一枚相傳由秦始皇所造，象徵天命傳承的傳國玉璽，在歷代政權遞嬗中扮演 重要的角色，並引起激烈的爭奪。本文閱讀相關文獻，認為其他帝王的玉璽亦能 象徵天命所歸，而其轉移也能象徵天命的傳承與政權的轉移，並非僅有傳國玉璽具備這樣的功能，因此可以於史書中見到「傳國六璽」之說，但隨著魏晉十六國 時期的紛亂，各政權爭相強調自己的正當性，「一枚」「貨真價實」的傳國玉璽神 話乃逐步被塑造與強調。爾後，更是出現了多個版本的傳國玉璽系譜，這些相互 競爭的敘事，或許與各時代的正統論述有關。

The historic Ch’uan Kuo Imperial Seal (Ch’uan Kuo Yu Hsi), created by Ch'in Shih Huang, was considered a device by which to legitimize the emperor’s "Mandate of Heaven." It was passed down through various regimes and caused many armed conflicts in Chinese history. This essay attempts to prove that many other jade seals of Chinese emperors also had the same function in early times by vindicating the historical records of “six” Ch’uan Kuo Imperial Seals. However, when China was divided into several kingdoms in the Era of Norh-South Divisions, each regime struggled for its legitimacy. Then the myth of this Ch’uan Kuo Imperial Seal had been reinforced and become popular legends.