中国制用玺印的历史久远,既不是通常人所说的起源于春秋战国时代,也不是一些人所说的起源于夏商周三代,更不是某些人所说的源于古印度印章。作者根据古玉玺藏品进行考证,识其玺纽形制类同于史前文化玉雕,其玺文刻字又近似于新石器时代陶文字符,证明中国玉玺早在新石器时代已有制用,因此可说,中国玺印应起源于史前的新石器时代。 The long history of the use of seal printing in China has neither the origins of the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States Period as commonly referred to by others nor the origins of the Xia and Shang Dynasties as some have claimed. The author carries on the textual research according to the collection of the ancient Yuxi, and recognizes the similarities and differences between the Xinyu and the prehistoric cultural jade carvings. The Xiling lettering is similar to the Neolithic pottery characters, which proves that the Jade Seal of China was already in use in the Neolithic Age. Therefore, China Xi printed should originate in the prehistoric Neolithic era.