Tai shang huang, also known as Tai Shang Huang, is the title of the living father of the abdicated emperor or the current emperor in the history of China. It is usually given to the living emperor who has been in Zen. Since Qin Shihuang proclaimed himself emperor, there have been more than 400 emperors in China and 25 "Tai shang huang".
In the history of China, the first Tai Huang was the father of Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, the king of Qin Zhuang, and the second Tai Huang was Liu Taigong, the father of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. He is also the only person in the history of China who is not an emperor but is regarded as the Yellow Emperor. The representatives of the Yellow Emperor are Tang Gaozu Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty and Song Huizong Evonne in the Song Dynasty. The last emperor was the Qianlong emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
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There is a record in Hanshu Gaudi Ji, which reads as follows:
Go to Liyang, and you will be a squire on the fifth day. Taigong's family order said Taigong said, "Two days after the death of Emperor Tiandi, there will be no two kings. Although the emperor is a son, man is also a master; Although the squire is a father, he is also a minister. Why let people worship people! In this case, it will not work. " After the court, Taigong was in a coma, but it was ok to meet the door. Scared in the world, helpful in the world, squire.
Taigong said, "Lord, how can you mess with me?" On the third day of May in the summer, the imperial edict said, "The closest relatives of human beings are not the father and son, so the father is handed down from the world, and the son is respected by the father from the world. This is extremely humane. Peace in the world, this is a lesson for the squire. Kings, princes, generals, young people and doctors all address me as the emperor, but the squire has no title. Today, I respect Taigong and call it Tai shang huang. "
It means that at the beginning, Liu Bang's old father may not kneel down to Liu Bang and act like an elder. Liu Bang is also proud, and feels that he is the emperor, so he is entangled in the question of who kneels for whom. Later, Liu Taigong ordered Liu Taigong to bow down to the monarch. Although he was his father, he was a courtier.
Liu Taigong later showed respect to Liu Bang, cleaning the road and letting the emperor go first. In this way, Liu Bang addressed Taigong as "the father of the emperor", thus solving the problem of kneeling between father and son. Later, when the two fathers and sons met, they didn't have to kneel down because they were both "emperors."
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