论西藏地方的明代复制官印

On the Replicas of the Ming Officials’ Seals in Tibet

西藏有不少明代复制官印,这类印章通常是对明朝所颁印章的复制品,包括宗教名号印、官司印、官职印、封爵印及图章等,这些印章在印面形状及印文方面较好的延续了原印的内容,但在印质、纽形、印章尺寸及艺术风格方面则采用了西藏本地的印章要素。这些复制官印在西藏被实际使用,其出现有多方面的原因,反映了内地政治文化在西藏的调适和改造。

Many replicas of the Ming officials’seals have been found in Tibet,including religious figures’seals,official title seals,official position seals,some official stamps,etc.The seals copied the original ones well in terms of seals’surface shape and text,but the seals’material,buttons,size and artistic style adopted the local Tibetan seals’elements.These replicas found in Tibet were actually once used there,and there are many reasons for their appearance.The seals reflect the adjustment and transformation of the Ming political culture in Tibet.