Why was Liu She changed to Liu Che?

Name: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, formerly known as: Liu She, father: Emperor Jing Liu Qi, mother: Wang Quan, concubines: many,

Character: talented and strategic, cold and passionate.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is one of the greatest emperors in China. Today we will put aside his great achievements and absurd things. Mainly let's analyze the reason why he changed his name from Liu She to Liu Che.

First of all, I have to mention the most classic allusion to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and an idiom that was later widely used by us - the beauty hidden in the golden house.

For political reasons, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s first wife was his cousin Chen Ajiao. This is a political marriage through and through, but wrapped outside the core of the political marriage is a fantasy-colored story: A hidden beauty in a golden house.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was 6 years old, he promised Chen Ajiao’s mother, Princess Guantao, that if she married Ajiao, he would build a gold house for her to live in. It was this seemingly ignorant child's words that strengthened Princess Guantao's determination to give her daughter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, the pattern of assisting Liu Che (Liu She) to ascend the throne began to be quietly woven.

Before this, Liu Che (Liu She)’s mother Wang Quan once poured a pot of ecstasy soup into Jing Emperor Liu Qi. When she was pregnant, she once told Liu Qi that she dreamed of a goddess holding the sun into her arms. inside.

Obviously, Wang Meiren has the intention to seize the crown prince. We can see this and Liu Qi can also see it. Therefore, he named Wang Meiren’s child Liu She. Many people understood this pig to be a pig. In fact, this is not comprehensive, because the current common view is that pigs are eaters, lazy animals, and are used as food. There is some mockery in it. However, in the Han Dynasty at that time, animals like pigs were beasts like tigers and wolves, and there was no sense of ridicule. At the same time, this pig has a bit of a meaning of being easy to feed, similar to how we in modern times name our children Amao/Agou. It can be seen from this that Liu Qi has no intention of making Liu Che (Liu She) the crown prince at all. This name is telling Wang Meiren to give up the idea of ​​a true heir as soon as possible and let Liu Che (Liu She) be an idle nobleman.

Since Princess Guantao formed an alliance with Wang Meiren, the pattern of heirs to the throne has changed. Emperor Jing Liu Qi attached great importance to Princess Guantao's opinions. After the prince Liu Rong was deposed, the clever Liu She became the best heir to the throne. However, it would be disrespectful to call a future emperor Liu She, so Emperor Jing changed his name to Liu Che with a stroke of his pen. Since then, the Western Han Dynasty reached the peak of prosperity under Liu Che's wise leadership.