Bang calls his father, the Supreme Emperor, "Your Excellency" and the indirect title of the Supreme Emperor is "Sir."

The emperor enshrined the jade statue as the birthday of the Supreme Emperor, and said: "The First Master often relies on his ministers to die and is unable to cultivate property, so he is not as good as Zhongli."

Who is the one who has accomplished so much today?’ All the ministers in the palace called him long live and laughed happily.

"("Book of Han: The Second Chronicle of Emperor Gao") When did "Long Live" specifically praise the emperor? In Chinese feudal society, the word "Long Live" was synonymous with the supreme ruler. The "Long Live Lord" in the mouth of the courtiers was the emperor. In addition to the emperor,

No one dared to associate themselves with "Long Live". Even Wei Zhongxian, the powerful eunuch of the Ming Dynasty, although he never took the emperor seriously, he only dared to call himself "Nine Thousand Years Old". In fact, in the Western Zhou Dynasty,

In the Spring and Autumn Period, "Ten Thousand Years Without Borders", "Beautiful Eyes and Longevity Without Borders" were commonly used eulogies and blessings. "The Book of Songs·Binfeng·July" contains the sentence "When you enter the court hall and call him a toast, your longevity is boundless".

It describes the scene of people holding a celebration ceremony after a year of hard work. The word "Long Live" here is a simplified version of these eulogies and blessings.

When did the word "long live" belong to the emperor? There is no consensus among historians. One opinion is that when Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, came to the court, "all the ministers in the palace shouted long live".

"Long live" was different from the general cheer at that time. It was connected with a set of court etiquette. One opinion is that "Long live" belonging to the emperor began in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. "Han Shu·Wudi Ji" records: "

In the first month of the spring of the first year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Wu personally ascended Songgao, and the imperial censor was sent by his subordinates. The officials and soldiers at the temple heard that the three people called "Long Live the Three", but they ascended the ceremony and ignored them." Who called the "Three Long Lives"? Xun Yue noted

He said: “Long live the mountain god.

"Fifteen years later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also said that he was "lucky Langxie, and the rites are like a mountain."

Climb the furrow and float on the sea.

"Long live the mountain". Even the mountain gods and rocks had to call him long live, how could the subjects not shout? From then on, the sound of "Long live" was heard in front of the emperor's throne. If others call him long live, it is considered treason and disrespect. There is another opinion that

In the Han Dynasty, people other than the emperor also used "Long Live". For example, according to the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, the crown prince could also be called "Long Live". At that time, there were people in the royal family who were named "Long Live". The younger brother of Emperor He of the Han Dynasty was called "Liu".

"Long live". From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, there are countless examples of people saying "Long live" to people and ministers. For example, "Book of the Later Han·Li Gu Biography" records that the famous scholar Li Gu was falsely accused by the powerful minister Liang Ji and imprisoned.

Therefore, I wrote a letter to appeal, "The Queen Mother understands this and will forgive me.

When he is released from prison, everyone in the capital city will call him "Long Live". In the Song Dynasty, the title of "Long Live" must not be used by officials. Cao Na, the subordinate of Cao Cao, the general of the Northern Song Dynasty, got drunk once and said "Long Live".

He was reported and beaten to death ("History of the Song Dynasty: Biography of Cao Li"). It can be seen that in the Song Dynasty, no one was allowed to call him long live except the emperor.