Did the ancient emperors all call themselves "Yuan"? There was an unlucky emperor who was beaten for calling himself "Yuan"

For the self-designation of the ancient Chinese emperor, everyone is most familiar with it. In fact, not all emperors call themselves "朕", for example, there was a hapless emperor who was beaten for calling himself "朕".

So, how did the emperor's self-proclamation evolve, and what kind of interesting things are in it?

First of all, let's talk about the "decay" that appears most frequently. This word has been used for a long time, in the pre-Qin era, but at this time, "朕" and "I" are similar, which is a first-person word, and everyone uses it casually. Like what. Qu Yuan always called himself Shuo: "Emperor Gaoyang of miao descent, Emperor Gaoyang of Miao, Emperor Gao of The Miao, Emperor Gao of The Miao, Emperor Ofe. ”

So, when did it become special?

This has to start with Qin Shi Huang. The Qin Dynasty was the first centralized country in history, after Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, he realized that he had created a new dynasty, so in order to emphasize his own specialness, he first created the word emperor, and then began to make a fuss about self-designation, choosing the title of "朕", from then on, "朕" is the exclusive emperor.

Before the fall, how did the emperor or the princes call themselves? The more common are widows and orphans, these two words on the one hand refer to the emperor's position of qu gao and widow, on the other hand is also introspection, in line with the Chinese consistent modest painting style.

However, before the Qin Dynasty, widows and orphans were not absolutely exclusive to the emperor. For example, "widow", the princes and kings of the Spring and Autumn Warring States will call themselves like this, and scholars may also use it. But in the Tang Dynasty, the widow also became the exclusive emperor.

In addition, there are some usages that we are not so familiar with, such as the Han Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and many emperors prefer to use "I" to refer to themselves, such as in the "Book of History and Zen", Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, asked the group of subjects: "I have five emperors in the heavens, and there are four, why not?" ”

Of course, the self-designation of "朕" still needs the authority of the emperor himself, such as the emperor Han Wu of Qin, let alone the self-proclaimed "朕", even if it is called something else, no one dares to disagree. However, some emperors are puppets and still call themselves "Degenerate", and the consequences are very tragic.

The political situation in Eastern Wei was turbulent, and the powerful minister Gao Huan forced away an emperor, and there was no way, and another Eastern Wei Xiaojing Emperor Yuan Shanjian was established. For the sake of his own reputation, Gao Huan was still very good to this puppet emperor. However, after Gao Huan's death, Gao Huan's son Gao Cheng seized power, and the emperor was miserable.

Gao Cheng was furious when he heard Yuan Shanmi call himself "朕", smashed the cup, and scolded: "朕? I? Dog's foot decay! Not only that, he also let his men beat Genzenmi, which was very rude.

Yuan Shanmi, the puppet emperor, not only received the title of the only "dog foot" in history, but also was severely punched three times by Gao Cheng's subordinates, which was also extremely sad.