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Taizi (

imperial China
.

Succession

Further information:
Ranks of imperial consorts in China

Traditional

polygamy
: since later wives were subordinated to the first, their children – even when born first – were likewise subordinated to hers.

Following

Chinese dynasties observed it in theory though not always in practice. Liu Bang himself began to favor Concubine Qi, a later concubine, to his primary empress, Lü Zhi
, and doubted the competence of his heir
Liao dynasty
.

Under the

overthrew his nephew
under the pretense of saving him from ill counsel. His own legitimacy was precariously established: a charred body was procured from the ruins of Nanjing and proclaimed to be the accidentally-killed emperor; the nephew's reign was then condemned and delegitimized and the surviving son kept imprisoned and single; and imperial records were falsified to establish the Prince of Yan as his father's favorite and as a son of the primary wife, giving him primacy over his other brothers.

Names

As taizi, the crown prince would possess a name separate both from his personal name and from his later era name, temple name and posthumous name.

Lists

Crown Princes of Zhou

Crown Princes of Han

Crown Princes of Tang

Crown Princes of Ming

See also

Notes

  1. Song after the rise of the Zhou pointedly practiced agnatic seniority
    , favoring a father's surviving brothers over his offspring.

References

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