Photo Notes 辟大夫虎符
Monarch Hufu, Warring States, length 8.1cm, width 3.9cm.
Symbol for crouching tiger, head, tail volume. Tiger surface incised inscription 11 words:" monarch doctor letter section, Mei Qiu Yulou paper, expensive". " Zuo Zhuan Zhao ad" production number" son of the south said: Son of a white female doctor, doctor, but not of noble, also not." " Mandarin" Wu" ten lines one and a doctor, built in lifting drum, and the law a drumstick". Wei Zhao notes:" a doctor, too". That is during the spring and Autumn period has been " a doctor" one officer, a status equivalent to" doctor", responsible for the building 's army, beat class matters. " Monarch " is a " favorite" homonym phonetic loan characters.
Break for the ancient emperors granted power allocation of military subjects and pledge. The earliest extant copper symbol is the Warring States period, the Qin and Han Dynasties, Fu Yiduo uses the Hufu form.