Jasper Jiaolong New “Treasure of the Ten Perfect Old Men”

[Jasper Jiaolongniu “Treasure of the Shiquan Old Man”]

“Treasure of the Shiquan Old Man”, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, made of jasper, Jiaolongniu square seal, Chinese seal script. The surface is 12.8 cm square, the overall height is 15.3 cm, and the button height is 5.4 cm< "The Treasure of the Ten Complete Old Men", written by Emperor Qianlong in gold, is inscribed on the periphery of the treasure. "Ten Complete" refers to the significant victories of the ten expeditions to the frontier during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. "For the Ten Perfections, Pingzhungar was divided into two parts, Dinghuibu was divided into one part, Sweeping Jinchuan was divided into two parts, Jingtai was divided into one part, Myanmar was divided into one part, and Annan was divided into one part. That is to say, they were divided into ten parts by Gurkha twice today." However, when Emperor Qianlong ordered the carving of this "Treasure of the Ten Perfections of the Elderly", it gave more content to the "Ten Perfections". In his imperial book "The Treasure of the Ten Complete Old Men", he talked about the production of the treasure seal and its reasons: "Now that the record of the perfect is complete, Hotan Jade was chosen to inscribe 'The Treasure of the Perfect Old Man' and said, 'The Perfect Old Man's Treasure' is no less than the record of martial arts. What can you say? Martial arts is just one thing for the monarch. Fortunately, thanks to God, Jie Qiaoju, without adding a tax, the tax would be huge; if one person can't pay the people, they can't pay ten thousand. It's only possible to avoid ridicule. If one person has the perfect old man, it's not complete. It's not just martial arts that make him a monarch? Zhu Zi said "If one stands at his position on one day, then one day he will succeed at his official position, if one day he will not succeed at his official position, then one day he will not dare to stand at his position.". What is the official? Duty is also called duty. "The position of a gentleman cannot be fulfilled. How dare you say so?"? "If you fail to fulfill your duties, won't the 'Treasure of the Ten Perfect Old Man' also involve self-deception and boasting, adding to your sense of shame?"? However, the perfection of the elderly is indeed more extravagant, and they dare not have to respect those who are blessed by heaven. The perfect martial arts skill is sincerely blessed by heaven. Is it possible to hope that God will bless you? "Half a hundred li or half a ninety li is suitable for the people who have returned to government for the past three years, which is no less than half a ninety, and is as long as thirty years.". "It is necessary or unnecessary to use 'still diligently' as a motto to catch seventy and 'constantly strive for self-improvement' as an encouragement to reach eighty.". In the past three years, whether you dare to encourage the diligent work of eating, clothing, and food, and earnestly respect the heaven and love the people, so as to reverently attain the state of holiness and righteousness, or attain the perfection of the realm. The third year of Zu's reign is indeed as far away as thirty years. "How fortunate is it, how enterprising is it, and how cautious is it?" It can be seen that Emperor Qianlong not only made this treasure to display his top ten martial arts skills, but also to constantly encourage himself to do his full time, in order to achieve his long-cherished wish of "being a complete person throughout the ages.". It can be said that this seal is not only the tribute of Emperor Qianlong, but also the seal of his self encouragement


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