In 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang defeated the six rival states and created China's first empire. Later books say that he ordered a square jade seal to represent rule over the whole realm. The inscription usually associated with it reads, "Having received Heaven's mandate, may its rule last forever." Whoever possessed the seal could claim to have received the Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule granted by Heaven.
In 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang defeated the six rival states and created China's first empire. Later books say that he ordered a square jade seal to represent rule over the whole realm. The inscription usually associated with it reads, "Having received Heaven's mandate, may its rule last forever." Whoever possessed the seal could claim to have received the Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule granted by Heaven.
In 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang defeated the six rival states and created China's first empire. Later books say that he ordered a square jade seal to represent rule over the whole realm. The inscription usually associated with it reads, "Having received Heaven's mandate, may its rule last forever." Whoever possessed the seal could claim to have received the Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule granted by Heaven.
In 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang defeated the six rival states and created China's first empire. Later books say that he ordered a square jade seal to represent rule over the whole realm. The inscription usually associated with it reads, "Having received Heaven's mandate, may its rule last forever." Whoever possessed the seal could claim to have received the Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule granted by Heaven.
In 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang defeated the six rival states and created China's first empire. Later books say that he ordered a square jade seal to represent rule over the whole realm. The inscription usually associated with it reads, "Having received Heaven's mandate, may its rule last forever." Whoever possessed the seal could claim to have received the Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule granted by Heaven.
In 221 BCE, Qin Shi Huang defeated the six rival states and created China's first empire. Later books say that he ordered a square jade seal to represent rule over the whole realm. The inscription usually associated with it reads, "Having received Heaven's mandate, may its rule last forever." Whoever possessed the seal could claim to have received the Mandate of Heaven, the right to rule granted by Heaven.