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The twentieth issue: sacred decree
Now in the costume drama on TV, when the eunuch reads the decree, he always takes it The emperor said "as the opening remarks."
In fact, before the Ming Dynasty, the imperial decree did not have these eight characters, but when they appeared, they belonged to "Chang Gang".
After Qin Shihuang ruled the world, he was no longer satisfied with the title of king. He named himself emperor and called himself "Zhen". The order is the rule and the order is the edict. The jade seal is engraved with "Accepted Yu Tian, both live and yongchang" to show its legitimacy. Perhaps the earliest user of "Emperor" and "Zhao" was Qin Shihuang.
Han inherited the Qin system and gradually established a complete emperor system. The word "Zhao Yue" first appeared in the emperor's documents of the Han Dynasty and has been used since then.
In ancient China, the opening words of the imperial decree were not all "Emperor's imperial edicts to be transported by heaven". The first to use "Emperor's imperial edicts for the emperor's imperial edicts" was the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.
In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed the emperor in Nanjing and built a magnificent palace, including one of the largest halls of the Dynasty, named "奉天殿" . This is where Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers discussed matters.
In order to show people that his ascending to the throne is the will of Fengtian, that is, to further clarify the "legitimacy" of himself as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang calls himself the "Emperor of Fengtian", so the edict issued by him must be prefixed with "Fengtian" "Carriage Emperor" six characters.
These eight characters are not the pronunciation of "Fengtian Chengyun, the emperor's edict" in current film and television works. The correct sentence should be "Fengtian Chengyun emperor, the emperor's edict" .
In fact, the opening remarks of the imperial decree of the past dynasties are different. For example:
魏晋南北朝During the emperor’s ascension imperial decree, the emperor often used "Ming Ming" begins to clarify the "orthodox" of the emperor;
唐代's imperial decree is generally reviewed and promulgated by the Menxia Province, and the main body of the imperial edict usually begins with the word "menxia", "Su Zongming Crown Prince The beginning of "Jian Guozhi" is "Under the door, the foundation of the world...";
宋代's imperial edict writing format was largely inherited from the Tang Dynasty, but changed, from Song Taizu to Song Huizong, when he came to the throne All the decrees issued start with the word "men under", and many others like to start with "I Shao Ying Jun Ming" or "I Yin Hao Tian Zhi Ming";
元朝 period, imperial edict The opening words are always "Changsheng Weather Lili, Dafu Yin Protecting Lili, Emperor's Imperial Decree..."
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