提到“皇帝”,可能大家首先想到的是被“山呼万岁”的古代君主。但是,人们是什么时候开始用“皇帝”来称呼君主的呢? “皇帝”始于何时? 最早称“皇帝”的是秦始皇。在此之前,夏商周三代的君主既不称皇也不称帝。如大家熟悉的商纣王、周武王等,都是称王。值得注意的是,在甲骨文中,“帝”字很常见,但是从采没有用来指人间的君主的意思,而是指“上帝”,是天神的称号。春秋时期,在南方的楚国率先自称“王”,表示和周王分庭抗礼。到了战国,大国如魏、韩、赵、燕、齐、楚、秦等,都先后称王。发展到后来,势力强大的君主不满足于称王,竟然将过去专指天神 When referring to the “Emperor”, the first thing that may come to mind is the ancient monarch who was called “Long live the mountains.” However, when did people start to use the “emperor” to call the monarch? When did the “emperor” begin? When the emperor was first known as Qin Shihuang. Prior to this, the monarchs of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties were neither emperors nor emperors. As everyone is familiar with Shang Wang, King Wu, etc., are king. It is noteworthy that in the Oracle, the word “emperor” is very common, but it does not mean to refer to the monarch of the earth, but to “God,” which is the title of the god of heaven. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu in the south was the first to claim to be “king”, indicating that it was in opposition to Zhou Wang. In the Warring States period, great powers such as Wei, Han, Zhao, Yan, Qi, Chu, Qin, etc., were successively called kings. Afterwards, the powerful monarchs were not satisfied with being king. They actually referred to the gods in the past.