古代印章，原为微信之物，起源甚早。现存的古器物实物中，有殷代的族徽印和文字印。秦汉之时，社会繁荣，经济发展，人事交往频繁，作为徵信物的印章，空前发展，不但数量多，而且形式也日趋丰富，艺术价值极高，客观上为后世篆刻艺术的萌发、发展形成了物质基础。由文人参与 Ancient seal, the original WeChat thing, originated very early. Existing objects in ancient artifacts, the Yin generation of ethnic emblem printed and text printed. As the Qin and Han dynasties, social prosperity, economic development and personnel exchanges were frequent. The seal as an accusation material developed at an unprecedented rate. Not only the quantity but also the abundance of forms and the artistic value were extremely high, which objectively formed the germination and development of later carving art The material basis. Involved by the literati