Retired Emperor
Title in East Asia for emperors who voluntarily abdicated to their sons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Retired Emperor, Grand Emperor, or Emperor Emeritus is a title occasionally used by the monarchical regimes in the Sinosphere for former emperors who had (at least in name) abdicated voluntarily to another member of the same dynasty, usually their sons. This title appeared in the history of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. Although technically no longer the reigning sovereign, there were instances like the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty of China or several emperors of the Trần dynasty of Vietnam, where the retired emperor continued to exert considerable if not more power than the reigning emperor.
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Chinese | 太上皇 | ||||||||
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Vietnamese alphabet | Thái thượng hoàng | ||||||||
Chữ Hán | 太上皇 | ||||||||
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Hangul | 태상황 | ||||||||
Hanja | 太上皇 | ||||||||
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Kanji | 太上天皇 | ||||||||
Hiragana | だいじょうてんのう だじょうてんのう | ||||||||
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