"There is a river in the far east, its name is called the Yangtze River, there is a river in the far east, its name is called the Yellow River, and there is a dragon in the ancient East, and its name is Called China."
As we all know, China, as the dragon of the East, is an ancient country with thousands of years of history and culture. As one of the four ancient civilizations, China is also the only ancient country among the four ancient countries that has survived to this day.
For thousands of years, although China has suffered from wind and frost, the great China has never interrupted the inheritance of history and culture, which is also the essential difference between China and the other three ancient civilizations.
With the development history of China for thousands of years, there are more and more cultural stories about China. Just about China's titles, there is an endless stream. China has always had countless titles, which represent the cultural characteristics of China at different times.
What is the title of China is actually the name of China. Throughout the ages, there have been many names about China, such as the Dragon of the East, the Chinese nation, and the Chinese nation, which are the most commonly used titles in China.
It is inconceivable that among the many titles commonly used in China, one of them was started by Qin Shi Huang, and although more than two thousand years have passed, it is still in use today. Who is Qin Shi Huang? What name did he give China?
First, the emperor that swept through the six kingdoms
For Qin Shi Huang, everyone knows very well, as a Chinese, who dares to say that they do not know Qin Shi Huang. From ancient times to the present, there have been many evaluations about Qin Shi Huang, some people say that he is a tyrant demon, and some people say that he is a ruler of the world.
All along, the evaluation of Qin Shi Huang has always been a matter of opinion, but these statements have one thing in common, that is, the status of Qin Shi Huang as an emperor throughout the ages. That is to say, no matter what the evaluation of Qin Shi Huang is, the people of the world are willing to recognize the great contribution made by Qin Shi Huang to the reunification of China.
Qin Shi Huang's name was Yin Zheng (嬴政), also known as Zhao Zheng (赵政), and was originally a hostage to the State of Zhao during the Warring States period. Because of Lü Buwei, the young Yingzheng became the monarch of the Qin state. At this time, the State of Qin has gone through the efforts of several generations and has become one of the more powerful of the Seven Kingdoms, and the great State of Qin is placed in front of the Government of Yingzheng, and finally set off the great talent and greatness in the heart of the "Emperor of the Ages".
At the beginning of the succession of Yingzheng, the power of the Qin state was controlled by the empress dowager and the chancellor. In addition to these two people, the Qin state at that time also had a chaotic chaogang, it can be said that it is not easy for the King of Qin to be the king of Yingzheng, and Yingzheng is surrounded by several major forces, which can be described as a constraint everywhere, nevertheless, Yingzheng still shows the style of the emperor throughout the ages.
Qin Shi Huang used Lü Buwei to suppress the YanYi clique, and then he set up Lü Buwei and let him die of depression. Under the operation of Qin Shi Huang, the power of the Qin state fell into the hands of Yin Zheng alone.
Subsequently, Qin Shi Huang rejuvenated his strength and launched an action to sweep away the Six Kingdoms. After continuous efforts, the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, the world was returned to Qin, and Qin Shi Huang finally established a great cause.
After Qin Shi Huang swept away the Six Kingdoms, he felt that his merits were comparable to those of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, so Qin Shi Huang took a word from each of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and thus called himself Emperor. Since then, the word emperor has become the standard used by successive dynasties, and at the same time, the title of Qin Shi Huang has also appeared.
Second, the first emperor named "Zhonghua"
After Qin Shi Huang unified the world, he then implemented his great ambition to govern the world. What are these great ambitions? Militarily, the northern attack on the Xiongnu and the southern conquest of Baiyue laid a solid foundation for China's territory; culturally, the unification of writing laid the foundation of Chinese culture; economically, unified currency, unified weights and measures, and promoted trade exchanges between various regions.
Under the policy of Qin Shi Huang, all parts of the world developed in one direction, and the concept of nationality was further strengthened, and after Qin Shi Huang unified the world, the nomadic peoples in the north were eyeing the Central Plains. Who is Qin Shi Huang? After that, Qin Shi Huang sent Meng Tianbei to build the Great Wall to resist the Xiongnu, and at the same time, Qin Shi Huang also showed the attitude of the Qin Dynasty towards the Xiongnu.
Qin Shi Huang issued an edict, and there were only nine words on it: "Those who offend me in China will be punished from afar." "It is precisely because of the edict of Qin Shi Huang that China has a Chinese name. Since then, Zhonghua has become one of many titles in China, and compared with other labels, Zhonghua can be described as far-reaching.
Why did Qin Shi Huang call the Qin Dynasty China?
In fact, it is related to the regional culture of the ancient period, most of the regimes at that time were established in the Central Plains, while the ethnic minorities in the north were regarded as different, and the establishment of any dynasty was based on the Central Plains.
It can be seen that Qin Shi Huang named "Zhonghua" for China is derived from the "Zhong" of the Central Plains and the "Hua" of Huaxia.
Because of the influence of Qin Shi Huang, China has truly become the label of China for a time, and in today's world, many countries call China China China, so this title is mainly derived from Qin Shi Huang. I don't know if you have ever felt this way, when you hear the word Chinese, there will be a sense of surging pride in your heart, if there is, then congratulations, you have felt the charm from the Chinese culture from a thousand years ago.
More than two thousand years have passed since the Qin Dynasty, but the influence on Qin Shi Huang's naming of China still exists. Because of China, our country still has Central China, East China, North China, and South China, and the reason why these regions begin with the word "Hua" is mainly because they are deeply influenced by "China".
Third, Qin Shi Huang, who had mixed praises and criticisms
Regarding Qin Shi Huang, from ancient times to the present, there have been many opinions. The vast majority of people approve of Qin Shi Huang's great deeds in unifying the country, unifying the script, and unifying the currency, while at the same time some people criticize Qin Shi Huang for burning books and pitting Confucianism and restricting cultural development.
Some people say that Qin Shi Huang was the greatest emperor in Chinese history, and if it were not for him, there would be no emperor behind him. Therefore, no emperor in the future can be compared with it. Some people also say that Qin Shi Huang was a tyrant who killed people like hemp and practiced tyranny.
But in any case, the world recognizes that Qin Shi Huang is the emperor of China for thousands of years, which shows that the people of the world are willing to recognize Qin Shi Huang's great contribution to the development of the Chinese nation.
Although later dynasties and dynasties have smeared Qin Shi Huang to a certain extent, they are all respecting and imitating the system created by Qin Shi Huang. It can be seen from this that Qin Shi Huang, who has mixed praises and criticisms, is likely to be an example in the hearts of the emperors of successive dynasties, and in the hearts of the rulers of later dynasties, he is very much in agreement with what Qin Shi Huang did.
epilogue:
From the time Qin Shi Huang succeeded to the throne as a teenager to becoming an emperor throughout the ages, he experienced hardships that ordinary people had not experienced. When he was a teenager, he was displaced, hungry and cold, and his inner fortitude was formed in his youth. After several years of hard work, Qin Shi Huang became the king of the unified world, and his position and achievements determined that he could not be man.
For Qin Shi Huang, he never cared about the evaluation of the world. As a generation of monarchs, he knew that the unity of the world was far above everything else. If not, he would not have established a million troops in the Qin Dynasty to go north to south, even if the Qin Dynasty paid the price of the second death.
It can be said that in the heart of Qin Shi Huang, there was a very strong concept of nationality, and in front of the nation, all the glory and wealth were just passing clouds.
As the first emperor of China's feudal society, Qin Shi Huang established the feudal monarchical system that he established has continued in China for more than two thousand years. No matter when it comes, no one can deny the great contribution that Qin Shi Huang made to China's development.
Qin Shi Huang unified China and made the Chinese nation form an inseparable group, such a feat, which can never be ignored by future generations.
Although during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, he also did many unsatisfactory things, resulting in many prejudices against Qin Shi Huang in the world, but from the perspective of the emperor, Qin Shi Huang did the right thing.
In fact, objectively speaking, whether it is the construction of the Great Wall or the burning of books, these practices have promoted the better development of China at that time to a certain extent. The Great Wall was built to defend against the Xiongnu in the north, and the burning of books was mainly to unify thought, although the approach was somewhat radical, but it actually played an expected role.
If not, how could Qin Shi Huang, as the "first emperor of all ages", risk the world's great disobedience?
References: "History", "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"
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