During the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, people also used the words "year after year" as lyrics and greetings to convey blessings to each other. However, with the development of the times and social changes, these eulogies and greetings have developed in the direction of simplification, simplified into two words, long live. During the Warring States period, people often used "Long live" to express their blessings in their daily lives. It can be seen that in the Warring States period, "Long live" was not only used by emperors. ?
As for when "Long live" became the proper name of the emperor, there are different opinions in the history circle. At present, many people think that "Long live", which belongs to the emperor, began in Emperor Gaozu. Because Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu, was originally a reckless civilian, he felt that he should show his achievements and status in a special way after he ascended the throne of the emperor. As his famous minister, Sun Tong was good at reading the emperor's mind, so he proposed a royal etiquette system to express the emperor's identity.
One of them is that the emperor is the son of heaven, so everyone who is an emperor has a destiny. Therefore, when Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, came to the court, people shouted long live together to express their blessing and awe to the emperor. Since then, "Long live" has become the special title of emperors. Only the emperor can use it, and no one else can use it.