Friends who have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" know that Liu Bei saw people and said that he was "the queen of Zhongshan Jing", posing as an uncle and messing around.
So the question is, why didn't Liu Bei claim to be a descendant of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, but after claiming to be the Queen of Zhongshan Jing? Isn't Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, more famous than Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing?
In fact, Liu Bei was not unwilling, but did not dare.
In the patriarchal law of ancient feudal society, the "Book of Rites" records that "the princes do not dare to ancestors, the doctors do not dare to ancestor princes", "shuzi are young and long, do not dare to ancestor princes", which is one of the main contents of The Zhou Rites, and future generations will inherit more.
"Shuzi is a young man and does not dare to be a prince" means that, according to the patriarchal system, Shuzi established himself as a portal and became a sect, and could not worship the ancestors, but could only appoint the Shuzi who created this branch as a sect.
The original text of the Book of Rites reads, "The other son is the ancestor, the successor is the sect, the successor is the small sect, there are five generations and the ancestor who has moved, and the ancestor who has been followed by the high ancestor is also; it is to let the ancestor move to the top, the sect is easy to go down, the ancestor is honored, the ancestor is respected, and the ancestor is honored, so the ancestor is honored." Shuzi does not worship the ancestors, but ming qi zong also".
The patriarchal system was the inheritance law of the slave-owning aristocratic class of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was also the law of succession. To implement this law of succession, it is necessary to first strictly distinguish between concubines and concubines. For example, the Son of Heaven is passed down from generation to generation, and each heavenly son is the eldest son who inherits the father's throne and is the second generation of the Son of Heaven, and the ancestor is honored as the "Great Sect". His half-brother and brother-in-law were made princes for "Xiaozong".
The princes of each lifetime are also succeeded by the eldest son of the concubine to the second generation of princes, and the ancestor is regarded as the "Great Emperor". His brothers were given the title of Qing Dafu (卿大夫) for "Xiao Zong".
The qing dafu of each generation is also the eldest son of the concubine who succeeds his father to the second generation of Qing Dafu, and his ancestor is "Dazong", and his brothers are "Shi", which is "Xiaozong".
The eldest son of a scholar is still a soldier, and the rest of the sons are a commoner.
The princes were small to the Son of Heaven. But in its home country for large quantities. Qing Dafu was a small sect to the princes, but a large sect in his own clan.
Pass it on.
They no longer followed the ancestors who were emperors as their ancestors.
The sons of the princes, do not be the ancestors of the future generations, and those who are called other sons, the princes shall not be your ancestors.
And Liu Bei's ancestor was Liu Sheng. He is the first king of Zhongshan.
Liu Sheng was the ninth son of Emperor Jing of Han and the half-brother of Emperor Wu of Han, and the Prince of Zhongshan, courtesy name Jing, also known as King Jing of Zhongshan.
Liu Sheng was good at wine, spoiled the harem every day, and had more than 120 children and grandchildren.
In 1968, in Mancheng County, Baoding, Hebei Province, the tomb of King Jing of Zhongshan, where Liu Sheng and Princess Dou were buried, was excavated. The tomb unearthed Liu Sheng's golden jade robe and Princess Dou Xuan's silver jade robe.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Liu Bei was a descendant of Liu Zhen, the son of Liu Sheng, the ninth son of Emperor Jing of Han, and the Canonical Sketch quoted in Pei Songzhi's Notes on the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Liu Bei was a "descendant of Marquis Zhi of Linyi", so Liu Bei may also be a descendant of Liu Rang of Linyi or Liu Fu of Linyi, but it is still certain that Liu Bei is after Emperor Jing.
Probably starting from Liu Bei's grandfather Liu Xiong, shiju Li Ting Lou Sangli.
His father Liu Hong died when Liu Bei was young, and Liu Bei and his mother sold straw shoes and woven straw mats for a career.
There is a large mulberry tree in the village, more than five meters high, which looks like the roof of an emperor's car from a distance, and everyone who passes by is amazed by the extraordinary nature of this tree, or that this family will be a nobleman.
When Liu Bei was playing under a tree with his family's children when he was a child, he once pointed to the big mulberry tree and said, "When I grow up, I will take a carriage with a roof as big as this mulberry tree." His uncle Liu Zijing happened to be passing by, and when he heard this, he reprimanded him: "Don't talk nonsense, our family will be exterminated!" ”
When the first lord was young, he played with the children of the sect under the tree, saying, "I will ride on this feather to cover the car." The uncle and son respectfully said: "Ru do not speak in vain, destroy wumen also!" "
What is a feather car? It is a canopy car decorated with bird feathers that only tianzi can ride.
When Liu Bei said this, if outsiders heard it, they would think that he was plotting to usurp the throne, so his uncle reprimanded him.
Even princes and nobles cannot say such things casually. Especially the imperial emperor, even more so.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, only Emperor Xian of Han could call his ancestor Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, and no other royal family could, especially Liu Bei, a wild royal family that suddenly appeared.
Coincidentally.
Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, had been a general under Emperor Gengshi before he became emperor, and he claimed to be a descendant of Liu Fa, the Ding King of Changsha, but did not dare to claim to be a descendant of Liu Bang or Emperor Jing of Han. It was not until he ascended the throne as emperor that he honored Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu, as his ancestor.
Liu Xiu was the ninth grandson of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, and was descended from the ranks of Liu Fa, the Ding King of Changsha, the Emperor of Hanjing, and surrendered from the Marquis for obeying the "Tui En Order". In Liu Xiu's generation, he was reduced to farming for a living.
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After Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of Han abdicated, the Eastern Han Dynasty perished, and Liu Bei was able to honor the Han Gaozu Liu Bang clan after he ascended the throne in Chengdu.
Set up a hundred officials, establish a temple, and sacrifice the emperor below.
In ancient times, this was called Xiaozong entering the main sect, which naturally inherited the inheritance of Han.
It is still a matter of the Three Kingdoms period, which can also explain the harshness of the patriarchal system.
In the first year of the Huanglong Dynasty (229), Sun Quan ascended the throne as emperor at Wuchang (present-day Echeng, Hubei), with the founding title of Wu, known as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu.
Sun Quan proclaimed himself empress dowager, posthumously honored his father Sun Jian as Emperor Wulie and the ancestor of the temple, and posthumously honored his brother Sun Ce as the Prince of Huan of Changsha.
Some history lovers have wondered, why not honor Sun Ce as emperor? It should be known that Sun Jian was the pioneer of Eastern Wu, and Sun Ce was the founder of Eastern Wu, and his merits were also great, and he should also be posthumously crowned emperor according to reason.
But no.
Because if Sun Ce is posthumously crowned as emperor, then his descendants' concubines and Sun Quan's descendants will all have Sun Jian as their ancestors, that is to say, Sun Ce's descendants are also eligible to inherit the throne of the Eastern Wu Emperor, which is not allowed.
Therefore, Sun Quan could not posthumously crown Sun Ce as emperor, but could only posthumously crown him as king, so that Sun Ce's descendants would lose their qualifications to inherit the throne of Eastern Wu.
This is strictly regulated in ancient ceremonial law.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there was another "Uncle Liu Huang" Liu Yu.
He was a native of Tan County, Donghai Commandery (東海郡郯县, in present-day Tancheng County, Shandong Province), a descendant of Liu Qi, the Prince of Donghai, and the son of Liu Shu the Taishou of Danyang.
He did not dare to claim to be after Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but only dared to claim that Liu Xiu was the eldest son and the prince of Donghai Gong after Liu Qi, and even Yuan Shao and other Hebei princes wanted to support him as emperor, but he refused.
This is an ancient set of patriarchal systems, the rules are very many, very strict, very complex, modern people are not familiar with it, so it is not surprising that Liu Bei did not understand Liu Bei after he claimed to be the King of Zhongshan Jing and not after liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao.
Because they do not understand this set of patriarchal systems in ancient times, modern people have made a lot of jokes.
At this point, why Liu Bei did not call himself after Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, when he broke through the rivers and lakes, but after calling himself the King of Zhongshan Jing, we have all understood.
Liu Bei is not unable to, is not dare ah!
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