About Chapter 58 Story Introduction: After inheriting the throne, Fu Deng of the former Qin clan gathered all the soldiers and horses in the Longdong region to conquer Yao Chang, who occupied the Guanzhong region and established the Later Qin regime, the two armies fought several times, Fu Deng lost more victories and won less, after learning from the pain, Fu Deng had to promise fame and fortune, contact the old generals of the former Qin Empire, and try to take the Guanzhong region in one fell swoop.

In this story, in order to win the hearts and minds of the people in the Guanzhong region and eliminate each other, Fu Deng and Yao Chang both took out Fu Jian's spiritual position as their own talisman and shield, which shows that the Di and Qiang people led by Fu Deng and Yao Chang still retain some primitive ghost and god beliefs, but we can also see from it that the awe and respect for Fu Jian, the most effective emperor of the former Qin Empire, also shows that the two regimes constructed by the Qiang and Di people basically completed the Sinicization period, Regarding the attitude of the orthodox dynasty, the orthodox dynasty mentioned here is the former Qin Empire, which once unified the north for the nomads.

In fact, whether it is the Former Qin Empire or the Later Qin regime, Fu Deng and Yao Chang both claim to be the Great Qin Heavenly King or the Ten Thousand Years Qin King, and they all give themselves the name of the King of Qin. In addition, the naming of these countries during the Sixteen Kingdoms period was basically based on the order in which the regime was established and the geographical location in which it was located, so we will take this opportunity to talk about the origin of the names of these countries in detail.

Let's first talk about the origin of the Han Zhao Empire and the Later Zhao Empire, the Han Zhao Empire actually has a total of two country names, the early stage is called Han, and the later period is called Zhao, so we will combine these two country names into one, calling it the Han Zhao Empire, when Liu Yuan founded the country, in order to win the support of the Han ancestors under the rule of the Western Jin Dynasty, he thought that he was a relative of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, so the country name was Han, but when Liu Yao succeeded to the throne, Liu Yao was Liu Yuan's adopted son, and he thought that his ancestor came from Zhao Land, That is, the area centered on Handan in the south of Hebei now, this area is the location of the Zhao State during the Warring States Period, so it has been called Zhao since ancient times, Liu Yao changed the name of the country to Zhao, and some historians call it the former Zhao, in the final analysis, the Han regime and the Zhao regime are both countries established and controlled by Liu Yuan and his descendants, and it is appropriate to call it the Han Zhao Empire.

Later, Shi Le, the founder of the Zhao Empire, called his country Zhao, not only angry with Liu Yao, as part of the southward migration of the Xiongnu, Shi Le, the leader of the Qi people, should also think that his hometown is in Zhao, so he took Zhao as his country name, and also has the deep meaning of recognizing his ancestors and returning to his ancestors. Liu Yao and Shi Le both took Zhao as their country name, in fact, it also shows that the Xiongnu and their affiliated Qian people at that time were eager to Sinicize mentality, because their hometown was actually not in Zhao, but in the northern Mongolian steppe, and the hometown of the Qian people was far away in West Asia.

In ancient China, the naming of the country name of the dynasty basically followed the title of the founding emperor or the title of his ancestors, if the founding emperor called the emperor before, there was no title, and his ancestors did not have a title, so it was named after the place name of the ancestral residence, the Han Zhao Empire and the Later Zhao Empire followed such a principle, in fact, the naming of other country names in the Sixteen Kingdoms also followed this principle. Of course, there are also special dynasties in the history of our country, that is, they choose the country name more casually, for example, the Jin Dynasty established by the Jurchens is completely to compare with the Liao Dynasty's country name has the meaning of iron, so use gold to name their country name, the Mongols established the Dayuan Dynasty is to quote the classics, from the "Book of Changes" in the sentence of "Dazai Qianyuan" to find out the Great Yuan and name, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, is named according to the teachings of Mingjiao. The naming of the names of the remaining dynasties basically followed this principle.

Of course, other countries of the Sixteen Kingdoms also followed this principle.

Next, let's talk about the Yan regime established by the Xianbei Murong Department mentioned earlier, although the Xianbei Murong Department originated in the Xianbei Mountain, which is the southern foot of the Daxing'an Mountains in our northeast region today, but the Xianbei Murong Department has long been nomadic in the northern part of Hebei and the Liaohe River Basin, and since ancient times, this place has been the location of the Yan State during the Warring States Period, so the countries established by the Xianbei Murong Department are all named after Yan, combined with the Zhao land we talked about before, it is in the south of the Hebei region, so the Hebei region is also known as the land of Yan Zhao, It's a term that we still use today. Because the Xianbei Murong Department was the main force of ethnic integration during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, so during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, there were five Yan Kingdoms, of which there were four included in the Sixteen Kingdoms, and we only said three of them now, namely the former Yan, the latter Yan and the West Yan, and the rest of the Southern Yan and Northern Yan We will preach one after another in the future, and I will not say more here.

After talking about the origin of Yan as a country name, we will talk about the origin of the country name Qin, Qin in the oracle bone inscription means dog tail grass, this grass is the horse's favorite forage, the ancestors of Qin Shi Huang who unified the six countries are not sons are relying on excellent horse breeding technology by the Zhou royal family to divide the princes, Feizi and his family live in Gansu Tianshui generation rich in dog tail grass, so this area is also known as Qindi, with the Qin State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period continued to move westward, Qin land with the footsteps of the Qin people included the entire Guanzhong region, The Qiang tribe in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms came from the southern region of Gansu and gradually entered the Guanzhong region, so the countries established by the Qiang tribe who moved to the Guanzhong region called themselves Qin, and the Western Qin regime established by the Xianbei beggar tribe was named after the Han Zhao Empire and the Later Zhao Empire and the Yan regime established by the Xianbei Murong Empire. It is a good choice to use Qin as the national name, and using Qin as the national name can also show that the Xianbei Beggars have a legitimate right to rule Guanzhong and its surrounding areas. And because the Longxi region is located on the west side of the Qin region, the regime of the Xianbei beggar tribe was called the Western Qin regime by later historians.

In fact, during the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, because these tribes of the nomads and their ancestors were regarded as barbaric and uncivilized by the Central Plains Dynasty, they did not have titles, and the ancestral homes of these nomads also had no cultural heritage, so the country names they chose were often the names of the places where their tribes flourished. For example, Liang, the regimes included in the Sixteen Kingdoms have five country names as Liang, this is because these five Liang countries are all established in the Liangzhou region before and after, we have talked about the former Liang and the latter Liang, and then we will talk about the West Liang, the North Liang, and the South Liang, for these three regimes that we have not talked about, we can know according to the naming of them by later historians, these three regimes are named according to the location of the Liangzhou region, and we will talk about these three things later, and we will not say much here.

For another example, the Cheng Han regime established by the Di people is a typical use of the name of the place where the tribe flourishes to determine the name of the country. Li Te Li Xiong's father and son rose in the Hanzhong region, so the country name of the Cheng Han regime during this period was Han, and later generations lived in Chengdu and changed the country name to Cheng. So, we combined the two and named this regime the Chenghan regime.

Among the countries of the Sixteen Kingdoms, only the Xia regime is named after the ancestral title, which is of course also a regime established by nomads, so our later historians call the Xia regime during the Sixteen Kingdoms period Hu Xia, about the origin of the name of Xia, it can not be said that it is not the first country name of the Chinese nation through the ages, because the first dynasty in the history of our country is the Xia Dynasty, and the title of the Chinese nation that we often call ourselves today also comes from the name of this dynasty. The meaning of summer in the oracle bone inscription is the cicada that spreads its wings and chirps, the ancients also used the chirping of the cicada to explain that summer is coming, because of the special way of life of the cicada, it has another meaning in ancient times, it represents the reincarnation of heaven, so the Xia Dynasty is a tribe with the cicada as its own totem, and it thinks that its tribe is as beautiful as a flower, and the cicada is a great nation with the totem, how eager to integrate into our Chinese nation.

From the titles of the countries taken by the various regimes during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, we can know which people are not known today who were able to stabilize the country during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and according to the number of country names used by each regime, we can say clearly which countries are in the Sixteen Kingdoms, that is, five Liang, four Yan, three Qin, two Zhao, one into one summer. But in terms of precedence, it's more confusing. I think that if we want to know this period of history, we should take the Yellow River and the bay as the dividing line, and determine the experiences and changes of these countries in the Guanzhong region, the Kanto region, and the northwest region, so that we can have a comprehensive understanding of the historical overview of the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

As the nominal monarch of the former Qin Empire, Fu Deng naturally wants to eliminate the rebellion to set the right eye, and prove that his Qin regime is the orthodox dynasty, and Yao Chang wants to completely eliminate the former Qin Empire to prove that his regime is the real controller of Qin. And Yao Chang also knows that he has killed the monarch and is self-reliant, and if the great cause is not successful, what kind of fate will he end, so his heart is desperate to the point of hysteria, no wonder Yao Chang always has nightmares, so in order to prove that his regime is an orthodox dynasty, the battle between Fu Deng and Yao Chang in Guanzhong is not fierce and bloody.