The origin of "Fengtian carries the imperial edict" can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. Qin Shihuang unified the whole country and was not satisfied with the title of king, so he named himself Emperor, calling himself "I", making life a system and making an edict. His decree was engraved with "Being ordered by heaven, living forever" to show its legitimacy. Han inherited the Qin system and gradually established a complete emperor system. Cai Yong in the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote in "Arbitrariness": "Qin Cheng banished the Han Dynasty at the weekend, and he was both virtuous and san huang, so he won the five emperors, so he thought it was a number. Emperor Gaozu was ordered, and his merits were appropriate, so he didn't change it ... Han Tianzi called himself Emperor, calling himself Me, and his subjects called him Your Majesty. It is said that the imperial edict was made, and the historian recorded it. Cars, horses, clothes, equipment, everything, everything. Where you are, you are in the forbidden city, and then you are in the province. Seal the seal. Fortunately, you are lucky, and you are brave. His order is to plan books, to make books, to write letters, and to abstain from books. " Among them, the writing format of the imperial edict, such as the strategy book, is based on Fan Ye's "The First Record of Emperor Guangwu of the Later Han Dynasty". In September, the red eyebrow entered Chang 'an, and make a new start ran Gaoling. Xin Wei, Zhao Yue, said, "make a new start was ruined, abandoned the city and fled, leaving his wife naked and redundant." The article quoted the Han system as saying: "There are four books under the emperor: one is to plan books, the other is to make books, the third is to write letters, and the fourth is to admonish. The book planner, who compiles bamboo slips, has a length of two feet, and the short one is half. The seal script, from the year, month and day, is called the emperor to order the princes. The three fairs also give policy by exempting sin, while the official script uses one ruler, one wood and two lines, which is the only difference. Book-makers, ordered by the emperor's system, said in their writings that they made three imperial edicts, all of which were sealed by seals, and that the official books were sealed and sealed again, and that Lubu Prefecture and County were also sealed. The imperial edict, the imperial edict, tells also, its text says to tell an official cloud [cloud], such as a story. Those who enjoin and admonish are called the secretariat and the satrap, and their words say that there is a letter to an official. It is all like this. " From this, we can infer that the most important kind of imperial edicts in the Han Dynasty should begin with a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, and an emperor ... The imperial edicts in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were similar to those in the Han Dynasty, but it is worth noting that most of the existing imperial edicts in this period are "when the weather is right, I will be ordered by this." In a word, such as the "Book of Jin", the three emperors of the Jin Dynasty acceded to the throne, and the six emperors of the Jin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty acceded to the throne all wrote the above words. The important reason for this is probably that the dynasties changed frequently at that time, and all the emperors paid great attention to emphasizing that their rule was destiny, and others could not steal it.

imperial edicts in the Tang dynasty are divided into seven forms: book-filing, book-making, book-making, book-making, book-making, book-making, book-making and book-making. Generally, they are drafted by Zhongshu Province (mostly Zhongshu Sheren), and reviewed and promulgated by Xiamen Province. There are strict regulations on the review and promulgation of Xiamen Province. Small things are awarded by the department. " (The Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, Volume 8, has the article "Giving Things to Things") Therefore, the first book issued by it is often the word "under the door". For example, the beginning of the system of supervising the country by the crown prince of Su Zong is "under the door, the foundation of the world ..." And the words of destiny are often found in the imperial edicts of the emperor's accession. For example, the book of Dezong's accession to the throne has the words "Heaven has life, Emperor Wang Shouzhi" Su zong was pardoned when he acceded to the throne, saying, "I heard that saints are afraid of heaven's destiny, and emperors are devoted to heaven ..." Shun zong was pardoned when he acceded to the throne, saying, "I compiled and inherited heaven's order ..."

The imperial edicts of the Song Dynasty were inherited from the Tang Dynasty and changed somewhat. Similar to the Tang Dynasty, the imperial edict of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, regardless of the size of the matter, "shall not be implemented unless it goes through the second house" (Volume 47 of "Notes of the Ministers of the State Dynasty" Cai Chengxi: "The theory of God Sect does not go through the second house", where the second house refers to the door of the Chinese book and the Privy Council). The drafting of imperial edicts was discussed by the Chinese calligraphy department, and then the bachelor was ordered to do it. Therefore, many important imperial edicts, like the Tang Dynasty, begin with the word "door". For example, the enthronement pardons of the eight emperors from Song Taizu to Song Huizong contained in the Collection of Imperial edicts of the Song Dynasty are all placed at the top of the article. At the same time, among the imperial edicts stored in the Collection of Imperial edicts of the Song Dynasty, those that begin with "I command a noble life" or "I command a noble family" also account for a considerable proportion. Such imperial edicts are more common in emperors after Zhenzong, and they feel great and glorious day by day.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolian was the national language, so "those who lectured in the national language called the imperial edict, and those who spoke in Mitchell called it the imperial edict" (Preface to the Grand Ceremony of the World. Imperial System). Both the Mongolian imperial edict and the Chinese imperial edict used the phrase "in the strength of longevity, in the protection and assistance of great blessing, in fact, in the strength of longevity, the protection and assistance of great blessing is the imperial edict. However, at that time, many Mongolian imperial edicts were mechanically translated into Chinese, so many Chinese imperial edicts began with "live forever in the strength of heaven, protect and help in the shadow of great happiness"

Fengtian's widely used imperial edicts should be in the Ming Dynasty, and Ming Taizu spared no effort to strengthen centralization, which naturally led to the imposing manner of being ordered by heaven and ruling the world. Mao thought that his rule came from God's will, and Yu Jideng's "Tales of Allusions" recorded in Volume I that Mao tried to say, "Everyone speaks and acts according to heaven, but he does not dare to be expert." Therefore, the beginning of the imperial edict is Fengtian transportation. The etiquette of Ming Dynasty clearly stipulates that princes and courtiers must have the words "Heaven commands as soon as possible, and governs all parties", "Heaven is commanded, and the monarch is in the room", etc., and the festival should be celebrated with "Fengtian Yongchang", and the emperor's suburban worship calls himself "the heir of the emperor". The first sentence of the music used is "Harmony is heaven and earth, harmony is heaven and earth. The first sentence of the emperor's wedding words is also "I inherit the order from heaven", and the emperor's treasure seal has the treasure of the emperor, and Fengtian carries the treasure of Daming Tianzi "and so on. The folk worship of heaven and earth is strictly controlled. The "blasphemy" item in Volume 165 of the Ming Dynasty Canon stipulates that if people privately sue heaven for worship, it is blasphemy and must be 7 sticks. In the Qing Dynasty, the imperial edicts began with "Fengtian carried the emperor's imperial edict", with the contents in the middle, and finally ended with "announcing that the world is salty and making people know about it" or "announcing that the world is salty and making people know about it". In addition to the imperial edict, there were also words (that is, books) in the Qing Dynasty, which generally began with the phrase "Fengtian carries the emperor to make a statement". In 1912, with the release of the abdication edict by Emperor Xuantong, "Fengtian carried the imperial edict" finally ended, and history turned a new page.