Let me briefly explain to you what the Western Han Dynasty was called in the Eastern Han Dynasty, what the Eastern Han Dynasty called itself, and the meaning of Ji Han.
The Western Han Dynasty was called the Early Han Dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Zhuan asked Pu: "As for the health-preserving equipment in Guizhou, it is really unparalleled in Yuzhou. I wonder how the scholars are like Yuzhou?" Pu replied: "Since the early Han Dynasty, the titles of those in Yuzhou may not be as good as those in Yuzhou. As for the writings, they are not as good as those in Yuzhou." The style of a worldly master is worthy of that of Yuzhou. Yan Junping saw Huang and Lao Zhigui, Yang Xiong saw Yi and wrote Taixuan, saw the Analects of Confucius and wrote Dharma, and Sima Xiangru wrote for Emperor Wu to enshrine Zen, which has been heard all over the world today. Ye." "Three Kingdoms: Biography of Qin Mi"
The Eastern Han Dynasty called itself: Han, Ji Han.
"Three Kingdoms: Biography of Yuan Shu" Chen Gui replied to Yuan Shu's book: "In the last days of the Qin Dynasty, the violence and passion spread throughout the world, and the poison was poisoned to the people, which made them unable to survive, so the land collapsed. Although the Qin Dynasty has not been destroyed, the Qin Dynasty has not been harsh and violent. It’s chaos.”
"Three Kingdoms: Chronicle of the Three Young Emperors" "In the past, the Ji-Han Dynasty collapsed, the Nine Territories were subverted, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan took advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble."
The Shu Han Dynasty is called the Eastern Han Dynasty: Zhong Han; it calls itself: Ji Han.
Yang Opera of the Shu Han Dynasty "Praise to the Assistant Ministers of the Han Dynasty": "At the end of the Han Dynasty, Wang Gang gave up his position, and the heroes and heroes rose up together. It was difficult to make ends meet in the Yin Dynasty, and the people were wiped out."
Explain why the Eastern Han and Shu Han had the problem of identifying themselves as Ji Han.
Ji does not mean Shao, small, but has the meaning of end. The meaning of the late Han Dynasty seems strange. It seems that the dynasty cursed itself to have no descendants.
But if you change the meaning, it will be easier to understand. If you paste the words of Qin Shihuang, it will not be difficult to understand.
"Since now, the posthumous title has been eliminated. I am the First Emperor. The generations to come will be counted, from the second to the third to the ten thousand generations, and will be passed on endlessly."
It means the end. It is better to understand Ji Han as 'I, the Han Dynasty, will last for thousands of generations and will never be extinguished'.
As for some book friends who insist on calling the Eastern Han Dynasty "Later Han", I would like to ask, wouldn't you be surprised if it was replaced by "Ji Han"?
Regardless of whether Hou and Ji have the same meaning.
In order to distinguish the politics of the two Han Dynasties in the discussion, what is the problem if the Western Han Dynasty is called the Early Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty is called the Later Han Dynasty?
Of course I can call the Eastern Han Dynasty 'Ji Han', just asking you if it's strange.
Moreover, when the Shu Han people called the Eastern Han Dynasty the Chinese Han Dynasty, didn't they consider themselves the 'Later Han Dynasty' and 'Ji Han Dynasty'?
As for the difference between Wei and Nuo, I naturally understand it. But for the convenience of writing and understanding, I unified it into Nuo.
I personally believe that history must be both historically rigorous and accessible.
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