What should the emperor's wife be called?

1. The queen is the wife of the emperor. The word "Hou" originally meant monarch. In the past, Xia Qi was called the Queen of Xia Qi, and later it referred to "the wife and concubine of the monarch", which is a status and title, not just "the woman behind the emperor". The emperor should be called the queen.

Empress, referred to as Hou for short, is the title of the highest ruler (emperor) of the empire in world history. Hou and Hou have existed since ancient times. The word "Hou" originally refers to the monarch, formerly called Hou, and later extended to "the monarch's wife and concubine", which is a position and title, not just "the woman behind the emperor".

Empress Dowager is the title given by the emperor to his mother, that is, the mother of the emperor. The emperor should be called the empress dowager.

3. The honorific title of Empress Dowager in this feudal era began in Zhao Haoqi of Qin Dynasty. Generally equivalent to the empress dowager, the emperor should be called the empress dowager.

Empress Dowager, a title of respect for the emperor's mother in feudal times. Beginning with Zhao Haoqi, Qin Dynasty, Historical Records Ji Qin: "The mother of Zhao Xiang, a native of Chu, was named Queen Xuan". The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and "my mother was also honored as the Empress Dowager" ("The Age of Events, Empress Dowager Department, Empress Dowager"), which was the case in all previous dynasties.

4. The Empress Dowager is the honorific title of the ancient people in China to the emperor's grandmother (including the first maternal grandmother, the second maternal grandmother and the biological mother), and also to the surviving mothers of the first emperor (the first maternal mother and the biological mother). It turned out to be the empress dowager, and later it was promoted to the empress dowager. The emperor should call it grandma.

Empress Dowager, referred to as Empress Dowager, or Grandmother, was the official title of the ancient emperor of China, and was the legal grandmother of the monarch in some times in East Asia. Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager in some dynasties are all variations of Empress Dowager.