Prince is a title in feudal system. In China's feudal system, it was the first rank of nobility.

The Prince in the Feudal System of China

Since the Han Dynasty, both the prince and the emperor's brother have been made kings. Since Wei and Jin Dynasties, princes have been divided into princes and county kings, and princes are dedicated to princes and emperors. The county king was originally the title of the son of the Crown Prince, and later it was mostly used to enfeoffment military officials of our time, and civilian officials also had the title of county king.

Zheng Qiao's Tongzhi. "A Brief Introduction to Official Positions": "In the Northern Qi Dynasty, there were princes and Hou Bozi, and men were the sixth grade. Kings ranked above Fu, while non-princes were below the third grade." He also said: "In Yang Di of the Sui Dynasty, only the princes were left in the third class, and the rest were abolished. Uncle Kundi is a prince. " In the Tang Dynasty, "the emperor's brothers and princes were both customized as kings, and they were all princes of the country."

Because the prince and the county king are separated, the word "king" is generally the prince and the word "king" is the county king. For example, before he ascended the throne, he was named King Xiang and King Fenyang. In the Ming Dynasty, the official name of the prince was Wang, and his fief was called Guo, which was called "the treasure of the country". The title was directly named Prince. Only the Qing Dynasty called Prince Heshuo, and Manchu called "Heshuo?" I am Wang.

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Title. It first appeared in the Western Jin Dynasty. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, the title of county king was lower than that of county king, and most of them were county king titles. In addition, liegeman can also seal the county king. The third rank of imperial clan title in Qing Dynasty is called "King of Duoluo County" ("Duoluo" means "Li" in Manchu), which is called "King of County" for short.

Baylor

Baylor, a royal title (sometimes awarded to Mongols), was originally the title of Manchu aristocrat in Manchu, and the plural is "Beizi". Later, Baylor and Beizi were two grades of imperial clan in Qing Dynasty, and Baylor was the third grade.

The hereditary replacement of princes and princes is essentially the same, and the level is the same. If this is divided into two grades, then the prince plus double salary should also be in the middle level.

The titles of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty are: Prince Heshuo, King Duoluo County, Duoluo Baylor, Duoluo Beizi, Lord Zhen, Lord Fu, Lord Zhen, Lord Zhen, General Fu, General Feng and General Feng, with a total of 12 grades.

Li, Rui, Yu, Su, Zheng, Zhuang, Yi, Gong, Chun, Qing and other hereditary governors succeeded the county king and the diligent king.

The duke Hou Bo, the rest of the captain Yun and a captain arrive without pomp, all of them are not royalty.

beizi

China's title in Qing Dynasty. Manchu, originally the plural of Baylor. In the early Manchu society, Beizi meant a born aristocrat. Nurhachi established the Eight Banners system, with sons and nephews as the flag owners, which was called Heshuo Baylor. Baylor is composed of Beizi, called Gushan Beizi, and belongs to a senior aristocrat. After Huang taiji, the title system of 12 was gradually implemented. Beizi is under the prince, the county king and Baylor. The Eight Banners nobles such as Imperial Clan and Jueluo were sealed by Beizi. There are several ways to obtain it: hereditary, kindness seal, merit seal and examination seal. Mongolian aristocrats attached to the Qing Dynasty also implemented this title system, and Viscount Bei was under Wang and Baylor.

Beizi, also known as Gushan Beizi, was a royal title in Qing Dynasty. In the early Qing dynasty, the word Beizi was used to refer to the kings and ministers of the royal family. However, in 1636 (Chongde 1), a new royal title system was established, and the four-level royal title was referred to as Gushan Beizi for short.

emperor

The title of the highest feudal ruler. In our country, the title of emperor began with Qin Shihuang.

■ The origin of the word emperor

The earliest "emperor" in ancient China was a general term for "three emperors and five emperors". Huang San refers to the emperor, the Yellow Emperor and Ren Huang, and is the legendary ancient san huang. "Emperor" originally refers to the supreme master of all things in the universe-heaven and earth. Later, many countries scuffled, each claiming the title of emperor, and the western emperor, the eastern emperor, the middle emperor and the northern emperor appeared, which made the "emperor" in the sky come to earth and became the honorific title beyond the "king". (There are also Huangdi, Yandi, Chiyou, etc. During the tribal period).

After Qin Shihuang unified the whole country, he considered himself a "sage, Huang San, who made great contributions to the Five Emperors". He combined the two highest titles of "Emperor" and "Emperor" into one and became his own emperor. From then on, the son of heaven was called the emperor.

■ another name for the emperor

In feudal society, although "Emperor" is an extremely noble title, courtiers can't call the word "Emperor" in front of the emperor, and often only use the emperor's posthumous title.

The Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-AD 220) called the emperor "Guo", because in ancient times, governors called it "Guo" and doctors called it "home", so people took "Guo" as the general name of the country, and the emperor was the embodiment of the country, so they called the emperor "Guo", and the Jin Dynasty (AD 265-AD 420) still used this title.

In the Tang Dynasty (AD 6 18 ~ 907), the emperor was called a "saint" and a "curtilage home" in the palace, so he was called a "curtilage home" because the imperial power was supreme and "the world was his home, and the world was his home".

In the Song Dynasty (960- 1 127), the emperor was called the temple ancestor. For example, Song Shenzong is called "the ancestor of God" and Song Renzong is called "the seedling of man". There is also "official" and "official", which means "five emperors are above and three kings are below"

In addition, there are other nicknames for the emperor, such as, Your Majesty, Emperor, Shang, Cheng Yu, Che Jia, Jia, Long live the Lord, Saint, (Northern Dynasty), Lang Zhu (Liao, Jin) and so on. There is also a nickname given to the emperor according to the year number.