In China, the earliest Zhou Dynasty was called Ji Wang, the daughter of Zhou Wang. The title of princess began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Lv Hou's Biography in Historical Records quoted Pei as saying: "Biography of Rams says:' When the son of heaven marries a woman and a vassal, the vassal must have the same surname, so she is called a princess. "At that time, the vassal states were called vassals. When the king of Zhou married his daughter to a vassal, he did not preside over the wedding, but asked the vassal with the same surname to marry him.
"Lord" means "marry", so the daughter of the son of heaven is called "princess" because it is married by the prince. At that time, the prince's daughter was also called "princess", also called "princess". He said, "My uncle is my friend and I am the princess of Wei." My uncle became a monarch and married the daughter of a vassal of Wei. "Take the princess's wife river early." The monarch here is a princess. My wife is going to marry Hebo. Ancient books are often referred to as main abbreviations.
Since the Western Han Dynasty, only the daughter of the emperor can be called "princess" and the daughter of the vassal king can be called "Weng Zhu". At the same time, the daughter-in-law or maid-in-waiting married for marriage reasons is often called a princess, such as Princess Wencheng in the Tang Dynasty. Yan Shigu explained under the article "Female Princess" in Historical Records and Biography of Wuqi: "The son of heaven does not marry, or is called a princess; A prince got married independently, so his master was Weng Zhu, Weng Zhe, his father, saying that his father got married independently.
He is also the master of the king, saying that the king is his bride. "In this way, Lord Weng is one level lower than the princess. Also from the Han Dynasty, the younger sister of the emperor was called "princess royal", and the younger sister of the first emperor was called "Big princess royal", and the words "big" and "long" were added to show respect. At that time, all the princesses had fiefs, which were given to Jiadi by the emperor and were first-class gorgeous residences.
There are villas and gardens, and officials are allowed to set up their own houses. Such officials are called family officials, private officials, family officials, grain officials and so on. Princesses in past dynasties were treated well, especially in the Han Dynasty, when princesses and princes occupied a large number of fields and handmaiden, which affected the stability of imperial power. So, in two years, Emperor Ai of Han issued a letter to seal the princess, covering an area of no more than 30 hectares, and the number of handmaiden should not exceed 100.
Princesses in the Eastern Han Dynasty are generally "princess of the county", such as Princess Wuyang and Princess Nieyang, the daughters of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, all of which are county names. Princess Feng Longxu, Princess Wu 'an, Princess Huo's family and so on. These names are all county names. When the place name of Huo family came from Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, he toured Hedong Xinzhong and got good news from the battlefield of East Vietnam, so he changed the place name to Huo family place name. Liu Pu, a famous aunt of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was named Princess Guantao, located in Hebei, which is now Guantao County. Han Xianwang's daughter is Ren, as the Historical Records of Six Kingdoms Table III says: "All girls are Ren." Ancient book researchers believe that "Ren" was actually a title for women at that time.
The princess of the Jin Dynasty is "the princess of the princess", because before the title of princess, it was the title of princess. For example, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Jin is Princess Pingyang. Such "princess" and "princess" can also be simply called "princess" and "princess", so princesses from the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty are all daughters of the emperor.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the daughter of a vassal was also a county, but she could not be called a vassal.
In the early years of the late Jin Dynasty, the predecessors of the Qing Dynasty and Baylor's daughter were both called "Gege", which was not customized. For example, the eldest daughter of Qing Taizu Nurhachi is called "Dongguo Gege" and the second daughter is called "Nenzhegege". After Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, in the first year of Chongde, the emperor's daughter began to be called "Princess", the daughter born to the queen was called "Princess Gulun", and the daughter born to the concubine and the adopted daughter of the queen were called "Princess Heshuo". The two titles emphasize the difference between the two titles, but there are exceptions. For example, Empress Dowager Cixi accepted Prince Gong's daughter as her adopted daughter and made her Princess Julun Rongshou. She may also be the last princess in China. The daughters of Princess Longfeng's concubine are Gulun and Princess Xiao, who married their son. However, there are also daughters of the queen, and there is no princess Feng Julun. For example, Gan Long's ninth daughter, the pure filial piety queen, was only sealed in Heshuo Princess Heke.