The ancient emperors advocated inaction and all specific matters were handled by their subordinates. The person who presided over the handling of specific affairs was the "jun". The feudal era refers to emperors, princes, etc.: monarchs. Gentleman (a. used to refer to nobles, rulers and their spokesmen; b. refers to people of good conduct, such as "honest gentleman"). king. Your Majesty. King, king's power, king's presence, king's side. The ancient title: Lord Shang. Mr. Pingyuan. Lord Xinling. Lord Chang'an.
The Chinese character definition of Jun
"Jun" is the name of the king and his ministers. The meaning of the word "jun" in oracle bone inscriptions may be used the same as "Yin". For example, Duo Jun, Duo Yin, Duo Chen, and Duo Gong all refer to human ministers. This meaning was still used in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions, the supreme ruler of the Shang and Zhou dynasties is called "king" or "Yu Ren", but no one is called "jun". Throughout the two-week period, "Emperor" was always the unique title of the King of Zhou.
In the two-week bronze inscriptions, court officials other than the King of Zhou and the leaders of vassal states and Fang states can be called "jun". "Jun" or "Tianjun" can be used in bronze inscriptions to refer to the concubines of the Zhou king, such as "Jun" in Zuo Ce Luo Zun's "Jun Ling Yu Zuo Ce Luo Anyi Bo"; it can also refer to the clan's wife, that is, the wife of the clan's son. , such as the "Jun's" in the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Xuan of Gui "by Jun's order". "
jun" is also used in official names, such as "Lijun", "Bangjun", etc. "Jun" in bronze inscriptions is also used to refer to husband, reflecting the unity of monarchy and clan at that time, and the relationship between husband and wife was like the relationship between monarch and minister. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, titles for feudal lords were used, such as "Fan Jun" for Fan Jun Li, Qiong Jun for Qiong Junhu, "E Jun" for Qizhou Festival, Mengchang Jun, Xinling Jun, Chunshen Jun, etc. in the literature.
Jun is also used as a verb to express the meaning of rule and governance (see Jin Jiangding), and it can also be used as a surname. During the Warring States Period, King Fanghu of Zhongshan first saw the symmetry of "junior and ministers", saying, "The positions of the monarch and his ministers were determined." At the same time, the monarch was also called the "lord", as in "the subject and the lord changed positions". This meaning was that "jun" was used as "the emperor" in later generations. an important evolutionary link.