Why did the ancient kings call themselves widows?

Many kings in ancient times would call themselves? Me? Because I want to be modest.

The word widowed means lonely. But what if the king claims to be? Me? In other words, what I want to express is that I am a person with no virtue. In short, I mean that I didn't do well in morality and cultivation. Such words came from the mouth of the king, obviously to achieve the effect of modesty. If your own king is very arrogant, it is also very unfavorable to the country.

In fact, the king said that he was a widow, and now people say that they are ignorant or not good enough, the effect is the same. Of course, others will not really agree with this, but will only feel that the other party is very modest. Modest people usually make people feel good. After all, both the humble king and the arrogant king think that the former is more worthy of respect. Only in this way can the courtiers dare to give advice to the king.

In ancient times, morality was actually a very important indicator to measure a king. After all, no king wants to be judged as immoral. For kings, it is everyone's goal to govern the country by virtue. At least in history, most kings who have no morality will lead to the destruction of the country and are sinners of the country. Therefore, ancient kings would remind themselves with the topic of "I am the only one".

Make sure that you will not become an immoral person, and also want to constantly remind yourself to pay more attention to your own virtue. After all, an immoral king will not win the hearts of the people, and his ministers will not sincerely surrender to themselves, which is likely to bring disaster. So the king will keep calling himself a widow, not only to show his great modesty, but also to sound the alarm for himself all the time.

But it was not until Qin Shihuang unified the six countries that this title slowly changed. After all, it is agreed that there is only one king in the country, and then you can claim to be yourself? Me? Yes