Regarding the question of titles in ancient China, what was the rank of titles in ancient China?

Ancient Chinese Rank Rank:

One son of heaven, one male, one hou, one uncle, one son, one male, all fifth. One gentleman, one secretary, one doctor, one sergeant, one sergeant, one corporal, and six others.

In this book, Mencius depicts a complete hierarchy and structure of titles, which laid the foundation for later generations of Chinese titles, and later dynasties have continued to use this system of titles.

Development History:

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the titles of nobility were divided into six ranks, namely king, duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male.

At that time, the highest person in the world was the Son of Heaven, called "king", and in principle, there was no "king".

In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, some princes claimed to be kings without authorization and proclaimed themselves kings, but they were not recognized by Zhou Tianzi.

For example, the Qin State, the Chu State, the Xu State, the Song State, and the Yue State, these kings were far from the Ji surname of the Zhou clan, so they took the lead in destroying the ritual system of the Zhou Dynasty.

Some Rongdi chieftains also called kings, such as King Shao, King Lü, King Feng, etc., but they were also not recognized by Zhou Tianzi.

In ancient China, there were titles because ancient China was a feudal society. In a feudal society, there was a strict hierarchy. Although there is a system of imperial examinations and other examinations, the way is for civilians to become officials.

But after all, it is in the minority. Most of them are monopolized by big families. The biggest holder of power is the emperor, so the emperor's family is the one who holds the power.

Other royal relatives need titles to show their status.

Because it's an accident and a translation problem

The classification of titles in modern times in the West is much more complicated than that of ancient titles in China。It's just that the ancient and modern translations (including the beginning of Western studies in the late Ming Dynasty, but the first famous thing was the French missionary Li Ming), because China originally had a fifth-class title system, which was directly applied to the translation of the Western feudal title system, and gave the most important five ranks the title of knighthood.

In fact, if you read the Treaty of Nebuchu (Russian), you will find another very interesting thing--- Tsarist Russia, which claims to be the successor of Rome, actually uses the official and title of ancient Rome to call the ** of the Qing Dynasty. Can you say why the Qing Dynasty had a Roman official position? Of course not!

Of course, if your question is where did the knighthood of our country come from.

The word Jue is a sacrificial cup. (There is also a giant constellation in the constellation today, and this one is the big cup). Because the princes of all parties need the consent of the co-lord to borrow it for sacrifice, the lord has become a symbol of separation.

It should be noted that this sub-feudal was in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty at the beginning, and there was a local fief with real power, and Qin still had a title at the beginning, but it gradually became a virtual position, so this title was later not so much a feud as a gift.

After that, all dynasties and dynasties, until the Qing Dynasty, all had titles, but different dynasties had different titles, for example, the Tang Dynasty was the prince, the prince of the county, the prince of the country, the prince of the county, the prince of the county, the marquis of the county, the county uncle, the son of the county, the county male and so on; In the Qing Dynasty, it was Prince Heshuo, the prince, the prince of the county, the eldest son, Beile, Beizi ......It's twelve.

The titles of duke, marquis, earl, son, and male are reduced by one level in turn. The ancient Chinese title system is one of the political hierarchies of ancient Chinese society. The pre-Qin lordship system and the hereditary patriarchal and feudal systems were mutually reinforcing, and the title was often a sign of political power.

This is something that inevitably exists in feudal society.

Since there is a class difference, the group above the common people must have a title that is different from the commoners, not a title but also another, but there is no difference in essence.