The Preliminary Study Of The Yuan Dynasty Official Seal

Official seal which has significant historical value is an important cultural carrier of a period of geographical evolution and official evolution. Due to various reasons, the studies of the Yuan Dynasty official seal are relative paucity.The relevant material is collected widely by the paper in order to get a higher level based on the studies of predecessor. The paper does the research about its category and period based on the collected official seal. The Yuan Dynasty official seal are preliminary divided into three periods. One of the early period features is the large number of Chinese officials and eight Palestinian civilian printed coexist. A characteristic of the second is the changing of engraving and printing agencies. Medium is the official seal stable development period, casting technology continues to improve, this time stamp mechanism unity as the book of Rites.In the late of Yuan Dynasty, the problems we face at home and abroad are the continuous uprising, problems official seal is present in large numbers. It becomes a typical feature of this period, and also reflects real social situation at that time.The paper is aimed at preliminary explore related issues in the Yuan Chao printing system, the local medical and post management system etc on the basic of collected data as the breakthrough point, starting from the official seal, some of the information is reflected.