These are superficial phenomena of becoming an empire, because you don't think you are an empire, you have to be recognized as an empire by other countries, and at the same time, there must be a system to safeguard the autocratic authority of the emperor and the expansion and operation of the empire.

This also shows that dictatorship, expansion and power are the three basic characteristics of the empire. If you are in a small autocratic country with an emperor, you can also call yourself an empire at home. No one in the world admits that this can only be self-satisfied, which can only show that it is an imperial system. For example, how big is the Republic of Korea? Only South Korea is recognized internationally, but the smug name of the Republic of Korea is not recognized.

Then, the question is, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Qing Dynasty, can China still be called the Chinese Empire? I think so, too. In fact, it was called that in ancient times.

The imperial system lasted from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to the Qing Dynasty. We have always been called China, but internationally we are also called the Chinese Empire. First of all, we had an emperor, and then the territory merged and expanded, and the value of force was not low, which led to today's territory. Whether it is abdication system, enfeoffment system or county system, it does not affect the authority of the emperor.

In fact, English, Russian and other languages have different meanings for translation representatives in China. English is porcelain, and Russian means Qidan, but both of them represent China in their own minds. This is cognitive ability, and they can only remember the strongest and most representative ones.

China's feudal society was obviously dynastic politics, which was related to the rebellious spirit of China people and the cultural thought that emperors took turns sitting on the ground. Change the dynasty, the family and the world take turns to sit in the village, and the establishment is still an imperial country, but it is not necessarily an empire. Because it is an empire that meets its three basic characteristics.

Obviously, there is nothing wrong with the names of Daqin Empire, Dahan Empire and Datang Empire, which does not prevent her from being China. At present, some people in the world still call China the Tang Dynasty, which fully demonstrates the influence of the Tang Dynasty empire. Just like the first empire of France established by Napoleon, she is still France, while Hitler established a fascist empire.

The relationship between monarchy and empire The country that establishes monarchy is not necessarily an empire, but the empire must be an imperial country. Moreover, the empire has little to do with the social system and the time of its emergence. For example, during the hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, who can say that these were not two great empires? Although the United States is a democratic Republic, isn't its foreign policy criticized as an imperialist policy?

In a word, we don't have to hide the fact that ancient China had an empire, and we can dispel the worry that we will go back. The long river of history is vast, go forward bravely!