What do ancient princes, princes, sons and sons mean?

The son (mostly the eldest son) of an emperor who was determined to inherit the throne or the throne in ancient times.

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The eldest son or son of an ancient emperor or vassal, who succeeded to the throne or throne.

3. Di Zi

Always refers to the son born to his wife (as distinguished from "illegitimate child"). Especially the eldest son.

4. Xunzi?

In the old society, it refers to sons other than sons; Also refers to the son of a concubine.

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The Prince, also known as the Crown Prince, Crown Prince or Chu Jun, refers to the sons and nephews who are recognized by the current emperor as the heir to the throne according to legal procedures. There is no uniform standard for the legal successors of emperors and princes in Zhou Dynasty, either princes or princes. The Qin dynasty was very short, and there was no prince. The Han Dynasty called the Crown Prince.

Before Cao Wei, princes were called princes. Since Cao Wei, the sons of kings have been renamed princes, and later generations mostly took the eldest son of the baron as princes. Just like the Han system in the Ming Dynasty, only the national reserve was called the prince, and the heir of the prince was called the prince of the prince. Since Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the secret storage system has been implemented, and there is no prince. In our country, the true meaning of this word has long since disappeared with the collapse of the feudal dynasty.

Historically, the relationship between Chu Jun and the emperor was extremely complicated and contradictory. On the one hand, the emperor needs an heir, but the existence of the heir will pose a certain threat to the imperial power. Because the crown prince has great power, he often conflicts with the emperor, resulting in being abolished or killed. For example, Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty abolished glory, and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty abolished it. The powerful crown prince will rebel and even kill the king because he is dissatisfied with the emperor's constraints.

The former, like a criminal prince, was dissatisfied with the favor of Jiang Chong, a courtier of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and sent troops to the East Palace to punish him. The latter was killed by Shao. On the other hand, because of coveting the position of the Crown Prince, the sons of the emperor often love each other and even fight with each other, which is more common.

Usually, due to the above reasons, it is rare for a crown prince to successfully establish a title and inherit the throne. With the continuous strengthening of the emperor's power, the power of the crown prince is weakening. On the other hand, it is precisely because the power of the crown prince no longer poses a threat to the emperor, and the emperor has enough power to restrain his other sons, so there are more crown princes who succeeded to the throne smoothly in the later period, which can be seen from the history of the Ming Dynasty.