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Qi-Lu fengni jicun 齊魯封泥集存

Jun 10, 2023 © Ulrich Theobald

Qi-Lu fengni jicun 齊魯封泥集存 is a catalogue of seal inscriptions compiled by Luo Zhenyu 羅振玉 (1866-1940), with a preface by Wang Guowei 王國維 (1877-1927). It reproduces seals of the collection of the Guo Family 郭氏 from Weixian 濰縣, Shandong, a region in ancient times known as Qi 齊 and Lu 魯. In addition, it presents seals from the Han period 漢 (206 BCE-220 CE) newly discovered in Tengxian 滕縣. The rather short book includes 21 imperial seals from the Han period, 55 seals of Han-period princes (zhuhou wang 諸候王), 39 seals of marquesses (liehou 列侯), 251 seals of local officials, 54 private seals, and a small number of other types, coming to a total of 429 seal reproductions.

The book is interesting not only from a calligraphic viewpoint but also from a historical one, as it adds to the knowledge of Han-period local administration by discovering details not described in the official dynastic history Hanshu 漢書.

The book was published in 1913 by Luo's Shuimu Garden 水慕園 Press and reprinted in 1976 by the Datong Shuju 大通書局 in Taibei.

Sources:
Beijing Dongfang Shoucangjia Xiehui 北京東方收藏家協會, ed. 1996. Zhonghua shoucang da cidian 中華收藏大辭典, 75. Beijing: Beijing Yanshan chubanshe.
Li Xueqin 李學勤, and Lü Wenyu 呂文鬰, eds. 1996. Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典, vol. 1, 1514. Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe.
Yao Ganming 姚淦銘, and Zhu Ruifen 朱瑞芬. 1994. "Wang Guowei yu Qi-Lu fengji dang'an 王國维與齊魯封泥檔案." Shandong dang'an 山東檔案 1994 (1): 31-33.