Chinese culture is broad and profound, the language is also very attractive, sometimes the same sentence can be interpreted differently, but different words have the same meaning. Therefore, it is difficult to learn Chinese, even the Chinese people themselves, sometimes when they speak, they have to listen several times to know the meaning, especially the harmonic and homophonic sounds are sometimes really head-scratching.
In the period of ancient feudal society, imperial power was supreme, and under the emperor, from the princes and nobles to the Jiupin County Order, they had to perform their duties and could not exceed a single point. With the prevalence of modern film and television dramas, people have a lot of understanding of ancient official positions. But sometimes it is also confused, whether the most powerful official in the court is the prime minister or the prime minister, is there any difference between the two? Could it be a different name for different dynasties? In fact, although the difference between the two is only one word, the power in charge is very different.
Xiang xiang is the title of an official position, while zai xiang is a title, a symbol of status. Historical prime ministers, such as Li Si, Xiao He, Fang Xuanling, etc., are all famous prime ministers, and they made great contributions to the country during their reign. However, their positions were somewhat different, Li Si was Zuo Cheng Xiang, Xiao He was Xiang Guo, and Fang Xuanling held the position of Zhongshu Ling. But people have a common name for them, that is, "prime minister".
The first prime minister originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong was the first outstanding prime minister in Chinese history, until the Ming Dynasty, abolished the prime minister system, established a cabinet, and the prime minister system was terminated.
During the Qin Dynasty, the official name of the chancellor was Xiang Xiang, and Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, which was institutionally derived from the Qin State, so the power of the Chancellor reached its peak in the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty, and it can be regarded as one person under ten thousand people.
Some later monarchs found that the power of the chancellor was too great, which was not conducive to the stability of the society, and in order to centralize the imperial power, they weakened the power in the hands of the chancellor. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, there were thirteen ministers who died at his hands. Therefore, during the Han Dynasty, the positions of Shang Shuling and Shizhong gradually appeared, and the position of Xiang Xiang as the deputy of XiangGuo was conceptually one level lower than that of the Prime Minister.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the post of chancellor was abolished, and its duties were replaced by Situ. It was not until the Three Kingdoms period that Cao Cao restored the position of chancellor. However, it was only a flash in the pan, and after the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui Dynasty and the Tang and Song Dynasties also abolished this official position. Later, during the Yuan Dynasty, yu Zhongshu Province placed a minister, and its province also set up a minister as a local official, and the position of minister was no longer unattainable. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang used Hu Weiyong's case to completely abolish the chancellor and form a cabinet, so that power was no longer concentrated in the hands of one person.
Zai Chancellor is a common or common name for the highest administrative officer under the ancient Chinese monarch, not a specific official name. "Zai" means to dominate, "Xiang", originally a person who is respectful, the meaning of the word has the meaning of auxiliary, the word first appeared in the "Han Feizi Xianxue".
Throughout history, the official positions held by the prime ministers have been different, and the titles of the dynasties have been different, such as Dazai, Xiangguo, Xiangxiang, Situ, Shangshuling, Zhongshuling, Cabinet Scholar, etc. These are the prime ministers in people's mouths.
Therefore, although there is only a one-word difference between the prime minister and the prime minister, the status of the two in people's hearts is not the same, and the power in their hands is also different. Especially after Hu Weiyong, although there are still some positions exercising the power of the prime minister, the title of prime minister is no longer dared to be used.
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