Bronze seal with inscription “Tiandi shizhe zhiyin”, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)

Bronze seal with inscription “Tiandi shizhe zhiyin”, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)

• Image Number: K1A000136N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Eastern Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: emperor’s seal
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  On the printed surface, there are six words in white: “The seal of the messenger of the Emperor of Heaven”. In the Han and Jin Dynasties, Taoists worshiped the Heavenly Emperor and the Yellow God (God of Land). When they wanted to pass through the Heavenly Emperor, they had to wear the seal of “the messenger of the Heavenly Emperor”. When they wanted to pass through the God of Earth, they wore the seal of “the Yellow God Yuezhang”. There were also two seals carved into “the seal of the Yellow God Yuezhang Heavenly God”.