Empress, referred to as Hou for short, is the title of the highest ruler (emperor) of the empire in world history. ?

Hou and Hou have existed since ancient times. The word "Hou" originally refers to the monarch, formerly called Hou, and later extended to "the monarch's wife and concubine", which is a position and title, not just "the woman behind the emperor".

Because of the simplification of Chinese characters, it is customary to combine the words "Hou" and "Hou" into "Hou", which means "Hou".

This is a misunderstanding. In the past dynasties, there were five rights in foreign affairs and five rights in internal affairs. Hou has all five people.

Xunzi believes that the son of heaven is the only one, and no one can be equal to him, so the spouse of the son of heaven can't take the homonym of "wife" and can only be called "Hou".

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he changed the emperor to the emperor and the wife of the emperor to the concubines system of the queen. The relatively complete system of concubines and hierarchical division was not really implemented until the Han Dynasty.

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The origin of the queen:

The emperor lived in Rencheng in ancient times, and the temple name was Ren, and the temple name of his wife Empress was Ding, so he put the T-shaped on the word Ren, and Ding+Ren = Huang, collectively called "Huang", calling himself the royal family. All surnames are royal, and the old emperor is the noblest.

Xi and Wa are both Huangren. Ren Huang said that the emperor was not an emperor. I have water virtue, but I am a dragon, I have fire virtue, and I am a phoenix. Therefore, the emperor is a combination of dragon and phoenix, which is extremely noble. Ding Naifeng Huang, claiming to be the queen.

The emperor, Ren Huang's wife Ding Sheng, had a son named E, and E married Gui, and Gui+E was the same as Emperor Wen Yue. According to legend, it is the royal family. Ding called it Cheng, hence the name, and called himself. Cheng Tang was born in Rencheng, invincible in the world, and established an emperor's family. The representative of the imperial clan is the Yellow Emperor. He is a man of virtue.

Xia, the emperor's son named Jia, married himself, and himself+Jia = Xia.

Xia said that Geng's son Yin married B, and B+Geng = Yin. Different from the early Shang Dynasty, the Yin Dynasty was established after Pan Geng moved the capital. In order to highlight his position, Pan Geng called himself Yin after moving to the capital.

Yin called the son of C Shang, married Xin, Xin+C = Shang. Shang dynasty was established earlier, and Sui people were established in Shangqiu, which belongs to the early Shang dynasty.

Only the emperor's wife is called the queen, which shows the dignity of the queen.

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