Material: Hetian white jade
Inscription: Dou Gu
Size: 18.3x17.6x15.0mm
Craftsmanship: Milled by grinding
This small jade seal, the owner is not simple, it belongs to the Eastern Han Dynasty minister Dou Gu. It should also be the letter he used when he did not pay homage to the general. The printing material is Hetian white jade, the jade is warm and moist, due to the long time in the soil, it is eroded by soil Qin and iron-containing compounds, and the surface has brown cattle hair patterns and faint Qin spots. The printing process has the characteristics of the early Han Dynasty, which is slightly rough, and there are no mature seals in the same period. It is not an absolute square, but also slightly trapezoidal. The nose button is drilled into a round hole, and the drill marks remain on it. A closer look at either side of the rectangle has edges that are not parallel and grinding marks. The pulp in the broken corner is consistent with the printing body and the word tooth paste, which can be determined to be old residue. The word "Dou Gu" is written in a regular manner, and the level of contemplation is average. Slightly distorted marks of uneven force can be seen. It is also one of the characteristics of jade making.
Dou Guqi:
Sinus solid (?) ~88 years), the character Mengsun. A native of Pingling County, Fufeng County (present-day Xianyang, Shaanxi). A famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the nephew of Dou Rong the Great Sikong. Dou Gu is good at reading and loves the art of war. When he was young, he married Princess Neiyang, the daughter of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and was worshipped as a Waiter of the Yellow Gate, and was later succeeded to his father's title of Marquis of Xianqin. He served as a general in Zhonglang and fought with Ma Wu to break the Burning Qiang. Later, he was implicated by his cousin Dou Mu, who committed crimes, and was imprisoned for ten years. In the sixteenth year of Yongping (73), he attacked the Northern Xiongnu in four ways with the rank of Fengche Du and Geng Bing, and destroyed the Huyan King at the Tianshan Mountains, captured Yiwulu, and set up Yihe Duwei. Taking Ban Chao as a false Sima and ordering him to go to the Western Regions, he eventually re-annexed the western regions. The following year, he led Geng Bing and other strike-down divisions, and also suggested that the Western Regions Capital Protector and the Lieutenant Peng Ji be re-established, opening the throat to the Western Regions. After emperor Liu Zhao of Han succeeded to the throne, he recruited Dou Gu to be the Great Hongxu, and successively served as Guanglu Xun and Wei Wei. Whenever there was a military or political matter, Emperor Zhang would seek Dou Gu's advice.
Zhang He died in the second year (88 years), and his nickname was Wen.