铁券,是封建帝王赐赏给功臣某种特权的凭证,产生于西汉初年。铁券古称“誓书铁券”,“丹书铁契”。铁券的最早记载见于《汉书.高帝纪》,有“高祖……又与功臣剖符作誓,丹书铁契,金匮石室,藏之太庙”。可见,铁契是刘邦称帝后,为赏赐文臣武将,著录其功勋,颂其美德而特制的一种凭证。 Iron coupons, vassals of the feudal emperors have given some privilege to reward, produced in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. Iron coupons known as “vows iron coupons,” “Dan book iron contract.” The earliest record of iron coupons is found in “Han Dynasty. Gauteng”, there are “emperor ... again with the hero profile oath, Dan book iron, Golden Chamber, possession of the Temple.” Visible, Tiechai is Liu Bang proclaimed emperor, to reward Wen-min military commanders, recorded his feats, praised its virtue and a special certificate.