2014年3月24日星期一

Compound Words Are Clearer (5-3)

Beside relative names for ordinary people, the royal family has plenty titles too. The emperor’s wives or concubines have titles as:
皇后means the first lady of emperor(皇帝)
following with 17 classes:
正一品right first class:皇贵妃 
从一品following first class:贵妃、淑妃、贤妃、德妃 
正二品right second class:夫人 
从二品following second class:妃 (note, this character is very important, we will talk it later)
正三品right third class:昭仪、昭媛、昭容、淑仪、淑媛、淑容、修仪、修媛、修容、 
从三品following third class:贵嫔 
正四品right fourth class:婕妤 
从四品following fourth class:荣华 
正五品tight fifth class:婉仪、芳仪、芬仪、德仪、顺仪 
从五品following fifth class:嫔 
正六品right six class:小仪、小媛 
从六品following six class:贵人 
正七品right seventh class:才人、美人 
从七品following seventh class:常在 
正八品right eighth class:答应 
从八品following eighth class:承衣 更衣 
无品级no class:秀女 

Just think about the how to name all these ladies is a big system engineering for the emperor. And whenever a certain lady give birth a child, or help the emperor with something else, the emperor would promote her, it was also a big job, for the emperor would think about what other ladies’ reactions.  

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