<p>The characters are</p>
<p><kbd><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MviQq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MviQq.png" alt="transcription into regular script" /></a><br>　</kbd></p>
<p>which in today's standard would be rendered as 「熙熙春物見昇平」, roughly translating to</p>
<blockquote>
<p><em>the harmonious spring scenery greets peace and tranquility</em></p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is probably a line from the poem 《寒食輦下》 (<em>The Imperial Capital during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Food_Festival" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cold food festival</a></em>) by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_dynasty#Northern_Song,_960%E2%80%931127" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Northern Sòng</a> poet 曹組.</p>
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<p>Some notes on character identification:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>「熙」 uses the full form of semantic 「火」 as opposed to 「灬」.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The second 「熙」 is represented by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iteration_mark#Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">iteration mark</a> in the form of two horizontal lines (<a href="https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U16FE0.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Unicode U+16FE3</a>) written to the lower-right corner of the first 「熙」.</p>
</li>
<li><p>「春」 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baxter-Sagart OC</a>: <strong>/*tʰun/</strong>, <em>spring</em>) is written with one of the original forms 「旾」, from doubly semantic and phonetic 「屯」 (<strong>/*[d]ˤun/</strong>, <a href="https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=120" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>picture of sprouting plants</em></a>) and semantic 「日」 (<em>sun</em>).</p>
</li>
<li><p>In 「昇」, 「升」 appears as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Shuōwén</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_seal_script" rel="nofollow noreferrer">small seal</a> form</p>
<p><kbd><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_seal_script" rel="nofollow noreferrer">篆</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/GWYbf.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/GWYbf.png" alt="升" /></a><br><a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=77392&amp;page=82" rel="nofollow noreferrer">斗部</a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">說文解字</a></kbd></p>
<p>and corresponds to the same style for 「昇」:</p>
<p><kbd><br>篆<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HfR0O.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HfR0O.png" alt="昇" /></a><br><a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=77390&amp;page=97" rel="nofollow noreferrer">日部</a><br>說文解字</kbd></p>
</li>
<li><p>「平」 appears as the Shuōwén small seal form 「」:</p>
<p><kbd><br>篆<br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xmqLk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xmqLk.png" alt="" /></a><br><a href="https://ctext.org/library.pl?if=gb&amp;file=77390&amp;page=31" rel="nofollow noreferrer">亏部</a><br>說文解字</kbd><kbd><br><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E9%9A%B6%E5%AE%9A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">隸定</a><br><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/P13fk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/P13fk.png" alt="" /></a><br><br>　</kbd></p>
</li>
</ul>

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2020-12-27T09:34:49.513Z
2020-12-27T09:34:49.513Z
dROOOze
<p> 熙春物見昇平 Bright spring enviroment indicates a peaceful atmosphere. </p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/oLItZ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/oLItZ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2020-12-25T19:07:32.223Z
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ytlu
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<p>This is a small bronze seal.
Is this phrase from a poetic or philosophic text?</p>

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2020-12-25T11:45:30.063Z
i suspected it’s in kanji, japanese related.
水巷孑蠻
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@水巷孑蠻 it’s Chinese ^o^
dROOOze
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2020-12-25T14:03:46.170Z
the bottom strokes of 見 & 平 are distorted excessively, the “ditto” is, well, unnoticeable 
水巷孑蠻
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Can someone help me to read this seal (Characters identified: 熙熙春物見昇平)
# Can someone help me to read this seal (Characters identified: 熙熙春物見昇平)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-25)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/qqoa8.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/qqoa8.jpg)

This is a small bronze seal.
Is this phrase from a poetic or philosophic text?

**Tags:** character-identification, seal

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: i suspected it’s in kanji, japanese related.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 it’s Chinese ^o^  
> **username_1**: the bottom strokes of 見 & 平 are distorted excessively, the “ditto” is, well, unnoticeable   

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-12-27. Score: 2

The characters are

`![transcription into regular script](https://i.sstatic.net/MviQq.png)`

which in today's standard would be rendered as 「熙熙春物見昇平」, roughly translating to

> *the harmonious spring scenery greets peace and tranquility*

This is probably a line from the poem 《寒食輦下》 (*The Imperial Capital during the [Cold food festival](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Food_Festival)*) by the [Northern Sòng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_dynasty#Northern_Song,_960%E2%80%931127) poet 曹組.

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Some notes on character identification:

* 「熙」 uses the full form of semantic 「火」 as opposed to 「灬」.
* The second 「熙」 is represented by an [iteration mark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iteration_mark#Chinese) in the form of two horizontal lines ([Unicode U+16FE3](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U16FE0.pdf)) written to the lower-right corner of the first 「熙」.
* 「春」 ([Baxter-Sagart OC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)): **/\*tʰun/**, *spring*) is written with one of the original forms 「旾」, from doubly semantic and phonetic 「屯」 (**/\*[d]ˤun/**, [*picture of sprouting plants*](https://xiaoxue.iis.sinica.edu.tw/yanbian?kaiOrder=120)) and semantic 「日」 (*sun*).
* In 「昇」, 「升」 appears as the [Shuōwén](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi) [small seal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_seal_script) form

  `篆  
  ![升](https://i.sstatic.net/GWYbf.png)  
  斗部  
  說文解字`

  and corresponds to the same style for 「昇」:

  `篆  
  ![昇](https://i.sstatic.net/HfR0O.png)  
  日部  
  說文解字`
* 「平」 appears as the Shuōwén small seal form 「」:

  `篆  
  ![](https://i.sstatic.net/xmqLk.png)  
  亏部  
  說文解字` `隸定  
  ![](https://i.sstatic.net/P13fk.png)`


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-12-25. Score: 0

熙春物見昇平 Bright spring enviroment indicates a peaceful atmosphere.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/oLItZ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/oLItZ.png)


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