Seal of Shoushan Stone Carved Landscape Figure “Xianning of the World”

[Shoushan Stone Carved Landscape Figure “Wanguo Xianning” Seal]

“Wanguo Xianning” Seal, Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, Shoushan Stone Carved Landscape Figure Square Seal, Chinese Seal Script. The face is 3.3 cm square and the height is 7 cm
“Xianning in all countries” comes from the “Book of Changes • Qiangua”: “Xianning in all countries is the first thing to come out of the commons.” It also comes out of the “Shang Shu • Zhou Guan”: “Yu Ji Gu in the Tang Dynasty, only one hundred officials are built, there are four mountains in the Baikui, and there are marquises of the Zhou Mu outside. The commons are only peaceful, and the whole country is Xianning.” It is said that all people should have monarchs, set up hundreds of officials, unify the state of affairs in the Ming Dynasty, and divide the rank and the inferiority, so that the world is peaceful and all people live in peace. Emperor Kangxi inscribed the words “first out of the commons, all the countries of Xianning” on the screen behind the throne of the Qianqing Palace, while Emperor Yongzheng inscribed the words “all the countries of Xianning” in the seal, which means “all the rules of governance are exhaustive, and the rule of the king must be the same, and then it can be said that the rule of the king is complete”. Emperor Qianlong commented: “People are not only clothed and fed, but also satisfied. The people are as clean as water. It is also difficult to make the Shu Li cloth and silk like water and fire. How can we falsely claim to be peaceful?” Then “Xianning in all countries” is not a falsely claim to be peaceful, but there is a sense of self-warning for the king


寿山石雕山水人物“万国咸宁”玺钤本