Presumably, everyone knows that the Han Dynasty was one of the most powerful dynasties in the history of our country. Especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were beaten far away, and all the states submitted. Later, the slogan of "those who commit crimes against strong Han in the future will be punished from afar" was even more popular at home and abroad, so the founders of the country in later generations were willing to have something to do with the Han Dynasty. For example, Liu Bei of the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Yuan of the Han Zhao, Li Te of the Cheng han, Liu Zhiyuan of the Later Han Dynasty and other founding emperors all used the name of the "Han" state. However, few of these founding emperors with the name of "Han" as the national name, including Liu Bei, really had a relationship with the Han Dynasty. And Liu Yu, the patriarch of the Han Dynasty who is in the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, why did he use "Song" as the name of the country after the founding of the country? Today Xiaobian will introduce it to you.
First of all, when Liu Yu was born, it had been more than 100 years since the fall of the Han Dynasty, and Yu Wei was not there. In 220 AD, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and established itself, and the Eastern Han Dynasty officially collapsed. Liu Bei saw that Cao Pi had destroyed Han and immediately took over the banner of "Han". In this way, he became orthodox. Whether it was Wu Wu or Zheng Wei, he stood on the highest point of morality. Because during that period, the people still regarded Han as orthodox in their hearts, so for Liu Bei, it was beneficial to establish "Han" as the name of the country without any harm.
The situation when Liu Yu was born was completely different. Liu Yu was born in 363 AD, when the nobles of the Jin Dynasty had crossed south, and the north was controlled by the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, and the Han Dynasty had long been diluted in the hearts of the common people. Even if Liu Yu revolted under the banner of the descendants of the Han Dynasty's clan, I am afraid that few people responded. Moreover, although Liu Yu was said to be a descendant of the Western Han Dynasty, he did not enjoy the treatment of half an imperial heir. Not long after he was born, his mother died. His father, Liu Qiao, had no money to ask him for a wet nurse, and almost threw him into the old forest in the mountains to feed the wolves. Later, it was the neighbors who reached out to help, and Liu Yucai survived. Therefore, for Liu Yu, there was not much sense of identification with the Han Dynasty sect.
Secondly, Liu Yu was first given the title of "Duke of Song" before becoming Emperor Song. After Liu Yucong became a general in the Northern Prefecture Army, he pacified Sun En and Huan Xuan internally, and destroyed Huan Chu, Western Shu, Lu Xun, Liu Yi, Sima Xiuzhi and other separatist forces, so that the southern region had a unified situation that had not been seen in a hundred years. Externally, he also destroyed Southern Yan and Later Qin, surrendered to Qiuchi, and recovered Huaibei, Shandong, and Guanzhong, which can be described as outstanding achievements. In the fourteenth year of Yixi, Liu Yu was made the Duke of Song, accepted the Nine Xi Special Ceremony, and established the "State of Song" with ten counties. For example, Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, called the empress dowager Tang, Liu Yu said that the empress also established the Song.
Finally, it was influenced by the proverbs of the late Han Dynasty. In the last years of the Han Dynasty, there was always a proverb called: "The han generation, when Tu Gaoye." Yuan Shu thought that he was the one who should be damned, and he was called emperor when he died, and finally died without a place to bury. However, Cao Wei Taishi ordered Xu Zhi to interpret this proverb as: "The Han Dynasty, Wei Ye; Like Wei, the two views are also. And in the end, as Xu Zhi said, it was Wei who represented han. During Liu Yu's time, although Cao Wei had long disappeared, Tuoba Jue in the north established Northern Wei. If Liu Yu really takes "Han" as the national name, is he not waiting to be destroyed? Therefore, in order to avoid the recurrence of that proverb, Liu Yu would not use Han as the name of the country.