The so-called imperial edict can have the effect of the emperor's personal visit. Sometimes such solemn things as imperial edicts are indeed written by the emperor, but sometimes they are also handed over to the Hanlin Academy for editing and writing. From time to time, I would also invite some of the great calligraphers of the time to write.
Many people think that the edicts read out are all written by eunuchs, but this is not true. Most of the eunuchs actually come from poor families. In order to survive, they sold the male members of their families to the palace as pawns. Eunuchs, so most of these eunuchs are not literate, let alone able to write imperial edicts, and writing imperial edicts is a very serious matter. The status of eunuchs is not enough to be able to do these things. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was indeed the position of eunuch holding a pen. , but they only recorded some things dictated by the emperor, and could not directly write imperial edicts.
If you take a closer look at those imperial edicts, you will find that these words are very dignified and steady, and the momentum is indeed as if the emperor is personally present, so you will find that the person who wrote the imperial edict must be literate. of.
There is no doubt that the emperor can write imperial edicts. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang especially likes to write imperial edicts himself. Qianlong and Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty sometimes also wrote imperial edicts because their calligraphy was very good. On a whim or when no one else is around, he will write an edict himself.
The second step is to hand it over to the Hanlin Academy for editing and writing. The Hanlin Academy has set up a short-term profession, which is to draft edicts for the emperor. This person was a person whom the emperor trusted very much, and he was also one of the more promising people who passed the Jinshi examination that year. He would draft edicts for the emperor, and would also tell the emperor some ethics and virtues in the book. This person is an important candidate to become the cabinet capital in the future.
The second is to invite some great contemporary calligraphers to write. You may not be able to imagine that every time an imperial edict is to be issued, calligraphers from outside the palace are invited to come to the palace to write the imperial edict. In fact, it is not the case. Most people will invite some people with excellent calligraphy to stay in the palace, and these people have extremely high cultural literacy and extremely high calligraphy skills, so you find why the handwriting of these imperial edicts is so good, and because of these People are literate, so they can convey the emperor's meaning intuitively, and they can complete the emperor's dictation without adding or subtracting a word.