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Those things about the Chinese Emperor – Is Long Live Really Long Live?

"Yellow Emperor Yao, Shun, Xia, Shang and Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States were unified under Qin. The Han and Three Kingdoms were restored and the Jin was restored, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties faced each other. The Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties and ten kingdoms, Liao, Song, Xia, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing." - In Chinese history, there were 83 dynasties, 559 Emperors, including 397 emperors and 162 kings. Every emperor is a witness of the times, and their life stories have become stories that are talked about by future generations. We can often see actors calling the emperor "Long Live" in court film and television dramas, and this is true in history. But being an emperor...does he really live long? Let's read on~~