The Heirloom Seal of the Realm (simplified Chinese: 传国玺; traditional Chinese: 傳國璽; pinyin: chuán guó xǐ), also known in English as the Imperial Seal of China, is a Chinese jade seal carved out of the He Shi Bi, a historically famous piece of jade.
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