What countries pay tribute to China and become emperors behind closed doors?

In the East Asian cultural circle, there is only one son of heaven. The monarch of other vassal States can only be the king (divided into prince and county king by rank). However, when the China dynasty was not weak enough or had an addiction to the emperor, these ethical codes would be abandoned. In the history books, there are many countries that paid tribute to China, such as Tian Zi, which is behind closed doors. It is temporarily called the system of internal emperor and external king.

South Vietnamese emperor Jin Xi unearthed in Guangzhou

The earliest country to implement the system of "internal emperor and external king" was Nanyue State in Han Dynasty. When the state of Nanyue was about to perish in the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo, the commander of the South China Sea, led an army to annex Guilin County and Elephant County, which was established about 203 years ago. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, it was only called the King of South Vietnam. 196 years ago, the bluebird of the Han Dynasty was sent to South Vietnam, so Zhao Tuo surrendered to Liu Bang, the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and was called the vassal state of the Han Dynasty. During his stay in Lv Hou, South Vietnam began to oppose the Han Dynasty, and Zhao Tuo began to call himself the Emperor of South Vietnam. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, at the suggestion of Ambassador China, Zhao Tuo decided to restore the emperor's position as a vassal with the appearance of the Han Dynasty. However, in South Vietnam, China still commands the world by the son of heaven. After that, Emperor Wen of Sun Nanyue continued this system until South Vietnam was annexed in 1 12 before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and South Vietnam existed for 93 years. After five generations of monarchs, they all claimed to be the emperors in their families and the king of China.

Vietnam, which later became independent from China, claimed to have continued the legal system of South Vietnam in Zhao Tuo and followed the system of "the emperor inside and the king outside" for thousands of years. While accepting the title of King Anbei of China, the Vietnamese monarch still used the titles of "Da Yue" and "Dayu", claiming that the son of heaven established an independent title. In the confrontation with China in Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, he gradually formed an understanding of China's "Southern and Northern Dynasties".

Portrait of Emperor Ruan Dynasty in Vietnam

It was not until Ruan Chao, the last dynasty in Vietnam, that this form of "internal emperor and external king, imperial freedom" was institutionalized. The monarch of Ruan Dynasty called himself "Southern Dynasty" and called China "Northern Dynasty". All Vietnamese monarchs are institutionalized like China monarchs. For example, Shi Jing, Forbidden City, Tian Zi and Tian Zi are used only by Tian Zi to establish a name belonging to Vietnam. However, when he was in China, he still accepted the title of "King of North Vietnam" knighted by the Qing Dynasty and was obedient to China. However, it is not obvious that I am on an equal footing with China. The prestige of the Northern Emperor is called reciprocal ethnic relations and other internal affairs in official documents.

Portrait of Emperor Koryo

Korean history books, whether it is the tribute circle in East Asia, have all practiced the system of internal emperor and external king, that is, the Korean period in Korean history books. During this period, korean king called the capital Jing Kai the imperial capital. The king called himself me (your majesty), issued a decree and established a crown prince. With the same temple number and year number, China becomes the whole country's North Korea. North Korea, on the other hand, claims to be the king of inward-looking capitals such as Liao, Song and Jin.

Dali Tian Zi

In addition to these two vassal States, there are other historical records in China. The Lord in the Southern Tang Dynasty told the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the Lord in the Southern Tang Dynasty told the Northern Song Dynasty that the Southern Tang Dynasty proclaimed itself king and proclaimed itself emperor in China. Xixia Kingdom was the Lord of Xia Kingdom in Song Dynasty and the emperor of Xixia China. Dali was called the king in the Song Dynasty and the emperor in China.

Some people will ask these vassal States if they dare to call themselves emperors so boldly. Why didn't Emperor China, the master of the country, get angry? In fact, the emperors of China dynasty knew all these practices, but they didn't count when there was no need for war. For example, in the Sui Dynasty, Japan indirectly wrote that the Japanese source was the son of heaven, and Emperor Yang Di was full of energy, but there was no need to attack Japan for this superficial name. But there are exceptions, that is, when demand is the cause of the armistice, this can be said, just as Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty used such an excuse to destroy Vietnam's Hu.

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