Throughout china's ancient history, except for Wang Mang in the Two Han Dynasties, who usurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty, he was barely an emperor, and indeed there were no other emperors with the surname of Wang. The emperor mentioned in the title should refer to the emperor of the orthodox dynasty, and the founders of local separatist regimes such as Wang Jian and Wang Zhenzhi during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period cannot be regarded as emperors in the true sense. The reason why everyone is concerned that there has never been an emperor in the history of the Wang surname is mainly because the Wang surname is now one of the largest surnames in the Chinese, and they think that such a large surname has never had an emperor, which is a bit strange. In fact, in view of the fact that there has been no emperor with the surname of Wang in history, we should look at it rationally and should analyze it from the perspective of probability theory and some situations in ancient China.
First, the number of royal surnames in ancient times was not as high as it is today
We all know that the number of Wang surnames is close to 100 million now, is a veritable population surname, many friends put forward the question of "why the Wang surname has not produced an emperor", in fact, based on today's situation, and in fact, this problem should be analyzed from the ancient situation. It should be said that the surname Wang has been the surname of China's population since ancient times, and it is also a surname of talents, so what is the proportion of the population surnamed Wang in various periods of ancient China? This question is obviously not easy to examine, but it is certain that the proportion of the population surnamed Wang in all periods of history can never be as high as it is today. In fact, the proportion of the population of the surname is not very influential on whether there is an emperor or not, so this reason is not the main reason.
Second, whether a surname has ever produced an emperor is a matter of probability
Whether any surname can produce an emperor or not belongs to the category of general studies. There are also hundreds of surnames in China, but there are no more than ten orthodox emperor surnames in ancient China, including small surnames such as Sima and the surnames of ethnic minorities. Therefore, whether a surname can produce an emperor cannot be determined solely by the number of people, but it can only be said that from the perspective of probability, the larger the proportion of the population of a surname, then the probability of the surname being an emperor is relatively large, and the problem of probability is not 100%.
Third, the emergence of the emperor is the result of the joint action of the heavens, the place, and the people, and does not depend only on the level of the individual
This is the most important reason. For example, Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms period, in that era of heroes, Sima Yi's personal level was not the highest, but why did Sima Yi finally achieve imperial achievements? The reason lies in the comprehensive role of heaven, time, place, and many aspects, first of all, Sima Yi was in Cao Wei, the most powerful camp at that time, secondly, although Sima Yi was ostracized by Cao Yi in the later period, he actually had a lot of wings, in addition, Sima Yi lived long enough, after Cao Cao and Cao Pi died one after another, Sima Yi had more "heavenly time", and it was under the influence of these various factors that Sima Yi finally achieved imperial business.
In summary, whether a surname can produce an emperor is a matter of probability on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also determined by the comprehensive combination of many factors. Therefore, whether it is a wang surname or other surnames, it is not surprising whether there has been an emperor or not, and we should look at this problem rationally.