In 22 1 year BC, Ying Zheng conquered six Shandong countries and unified the world. The first thing he did was to change his name, and the original name of the King of Qin was changed to Emperor.
At the beginning of Qin Dynasty, the Prime Minister and the Imperial Adviser said, "I want to punish the violence with my own body. With the spirit of the ancestral temple, the six kings will hide their treasures, and the world will be settled." Today's name, if not more successful, should be passed on to future generations. It is about the emperor. "The Prime Minister Wan, the champion of the imperial examination, Ting Weisi and others all said:" In the past, the five emperors were far away, and the emperor could not control them. Today, your majesty Xingyi soldiers, killing the residual thieves, pacify the world, the sea is a county, and the laws and regulations are unified, which has never been seen since ancient times, and the five emperors are far behind. I want to discuss with the doctor:' There were emperors in ancient times, and Huangdi, Tai Huang and Tai Huang were the most expensive.' I'll wait for you to die. The king's name is Tai Huang. Life is' control', order is' imperial edict', and the son of heaven calls himself' I'. The king said, "Go to Thailand, write" Emperor ",take the ancient name of" Emperor "and call it" Emperor ". He is like a discussion. " The system says, "Yes."
1. Change the name
After the king of Qin unified the world, the first thing was to change his name. "Today's name is even less important, so it can't be called success, it will be passed on to future generations." It can be seen that the king of Qin attaches importance to names. Why?
The pre-Qin dynasty claimed that a hundred schools of thought contended, with different ideas and schools of thought contended. But there are differences and similarities, and everyone has the idea of "correcting the name" and attaches great importance to it. This trend of thought originated from Confucius.
Confucius said: it must also be justified ... the name is not justified; If you say it wrong, you can't do it. If you can't do it, you will be happy; If the ceremony and music are not prosperous, the punishment will be lost; If the punishment is not correct, the people will be at a loss.
Confucius emphasized that the real purpose of "correcting the name" was "being political", which he thought was the primary strategy of "being political". After Confucius, so did subsequent philosophers, followed by scholars, and most importantly for political reasons. It can be seen that from the beginning, names are inseparable from politics.
Fame is a good name and a strength.
A person who has made a career through struggle must have a corresponding name to match the "reality" in front of him. Worthy of the name, it is the world. Names are birthright, and everything has a name. In the cosmic order, different names have different positions, and each name has a hierarchy. What kind of "name" corresponds to what kind of power, name is the biggest source of power.
The ancients had the custom of giving surnames, and surnames were a kind of first names. It is a great respect for the emperor to give his officials the surname of the country, because behind the surname of the country is power, and giving the surname is giving permanent power.
The king of Qin unified the world and achieved "five emperors are far behind", so the name of the king is not "real" enough and should be upgraded.
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I believe I have contributed to the Five Emperors. In order to match this achievement, I have to abandon my previous title of "King". What kind of honorific title should I change it to? There is no doubt that the king of Qin said, I want to discuss with the emperor. Why did you choose "Emperor"? This is not Ying Zheng's original creation, but the way of our ancestors.
More than 60 years ago, his great-grandfather Qin thought that his powerful, dissatisfied and weak vassal state was called "king" and came up with a higher title: emperor. So he took the lead in establishing himself as the Western Emperor and became the first emperor among the vassal states. At the same time, messengers were sent to give the title of the East Emperor and Qi State. Then, on top of the king, there were two emperors, Qin called the West Emperor and Qi called the East Emperor. However, this time, the time to be emperor is very short. In order to destroy the State of Song, the State of Qi first ceded the Emperor's number and, on the surface, joined forces with five countries to attack the State of Qin. Under the situation of six countries cutting Qin, Zhao Haoqi was forced to withdraw Emperor Qin Xiang. It's only been a few months since I became emperor and came back as king. But since then, the emperor has replaced the king as the most distinguished title in the world, and it has become * * * knowledge. Step 3 call the emperor
Emperor is a title of emperor, just like Di Qing, Huangdi and Bai Di, they are all gods with different titles.
Originally, it was a title specially established by the first emperor for the state of Qin, not a general term for the supreme ruler. After the death of the first emperor, Qin Ershi needed to follow the "emperor". Therefore, when Xiang Yu regarded Chu Huaiwang as the master of the world, he respected him as "righteous emperor" rather than "emperor". As for why Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, he inherited the "emperor" of the Qin Dynasty, and he didn't know it himself.
Why is the emperor called "the emperor"? Some people say it is short for Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Ying Zheng considered himself a Huang San with both ability and political integrity, and made contributions to the Five Emperors. Throughout the ages, no one can match himself, so Huang Sanhe and the Five Emperors each took one and created a unique title. It seems that Qin Shihuang is simply arrogant.
However, this statement is somewhat unreasonable. Zuo Zhuan said that there are three immortals in the world, one is virtuous, the other is meritorious, and the other is resolute. Due to the high merits of Derby, Huang San and the Five Emperors, it can be inferred that Huang San's position is higher than that of the Five Emperors. Since Huang San's position is higher than that of the Five Emperors, it is better to take the title of Huang San as the general name of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. So I'm not shooting this. What did the emperor say? Japanese scholar Xishan said that "Emperor" is used as an adjective to modify "Emperor" here. Yellow, yellow also. emperor
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