Jade nose button “Wang Bao of the Western Wei Dynasty”

[Blue jade nose button “Wang Bao of the Western Wei Dynasty”]

Blue jade nose button “Wang Bao of the Western Wei Dynasty”, Ming Dynasty, printed face 2.1 × 2.1 cm, 1.4 cm high. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This seal is made of sapphire and has a nose button. The font is seal script and white text. The words “Wang Bao of the Western Wei Dynasty” are read from the top right
This is the seal of the king when the Ming Dynasty named Chu and Han. The “King of the West Wei” in the seal is the king of the Chu and Han dynasties, named Wei Bao, who was the prince of the State of Wei, and his brother was named Wei Gui. Chen Sheng revolted against the Qin Dynasty and sent Wei people Zhou Shi to play favoritism to Wei. After the capture of Wei, the city of Zhou believed that the descendants of the royal family of Wei should be welcomed as the king of Wei to win the hearts of the people, so Chen Sheng took Wei Gui as the king of Wei. Qin general Zhang Han counterattacked Chen Shengjun and attacked Linji. Wei Jiu was trapped and killed himself. Wei Bao fled to the Chu army, and had thousands of reinforcements to attack Wei again. At this time, Xiang Yu had defeated the Qin army, Zhang Han surrendered, and Wei Bao was appointed king of Wei again, leading the army to enter Hangu Pass with Xiang Yu. In the first year of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), Xiang Yu granted the vassal status and wanted to occupy the Liang land. So he moved the leopard, the king of Wei, to Pingyang, the capital of Hedong, to become the king of the West Wei. The king of the Han Dynasty set the Three Qin Dynasty, and the Wei leopard fell to the Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang’s defeat in Pengcheng, Wei Bao rebelled against the Han again. The king of Han sent Han Xin to defeat and capture Wei Bao. The leopard followed the Han army to defend Xingyang, and was again besieged by the Chu army. Zhou Ke, who was guarding Xingyang, and others believed that Wei Bao was capricious and potentially dangerous, so they killed Wei Bao.

“西魏王宝” 玉印钤本