Shoushan Shi Guangsu’s “Tongdao Hall” and “Royal Appreciation” seals

The “Tongdao Tang” and “Yushang” seals of Shoushan Shiguang Su are printed in a black lacquer box in the Qing Xianfeng period. Among them, “Tongdaotang” seal, Shoushan stone, light element, seal script. The surface is 2cm square and the overall height is 8cm. “Royal Appreciation” seal, made of Tianhuang stone, light element, seal script. The face is 1cm wide, 2cm long, and 5cm high
The two seals were originally official seals used by Emperor Xianfeng Yi Ф. In July of the 11th year of Xianfeng’s reign (1861), Emperor Xianfeng died of illness in Rehe Mountain Resort. Before his death, he made an edict to appoint six year old Zaichun as crown prince, and appointed eight people, including Zaiyuan, Duanhua and Sushun, to praise the government ministers and assist the successor emperor in handling government affairs. At the same time, the two small seals of “Tongdao Tang” and “Yushang” were respectively given to Zaichun and Empress Newhulu, and it was stipulated that any future edict issued must be based on these two seals. According to “The Secret Records of Rehe”, “Both seals were given by Da Xing. The mother used the ‘imperial reward’ seal and the ‘Tongdaotang’ seal on the top. This was used in place of the red pen, and the purport was also used to avoid malpractices.” Due to Zaichun’s young age, the ‘Tongdaotang’ seal was controlled by his birth mother, Empress Dowager Cixi, and was sealed on behalf of his son, thereby gaining the power to intervene in the imperial government
As the evidence for the issuance of the imperial edict, the two seals were used from July 17, the 11th year of Xianfeng to the end of the reign of Emperor Tongzhi in the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), which is a witness to the politics of the late Qing Dynasty and has very important historical value


“同道堂”与“御赏”二玺之二“同道堂”与“御赏”二印钤本同治时以二玺代硃笔作为发布谕旨的凭信

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