>>12361737>The same 10 words are used for everything over and over and over againWith good reason: Pre-Song Dynasty Dynastic names are taken from the Royal/Ducal Titles of their founders, whose names are based the preunification Chinese states. Since Qin Shi Huang unified China, the Chinese Emperor ennobled meritorious individuals and granted them lands of one of the pre-unification Kingdoms/Principalities as fiefs. By the late Han Dynasty, when China centralized, you didn't get land anymore, but a fixed salary equivalent to the wealth of your historic Dukedom/Kingdom
Here's a map of all of the states in pre-unity China. When the Emperor wants to reward you with a noble rank, he'd pick one of these titles in random and enfeoff you with it. When the Emperor runs out of titles, but he is utterly decided to reward you with one he creates a special noble rank with a bullshit name (i.e. Duke of Unwavering Might, King of Unparalleled Virtue, etc), which is one of the highest ranking honors you can ever get.
Now when a dynasty fell, all these ennobled cunts tend to be the power brokers, who then end up fighting each other. When one of them won, he named his dynasty after his highest noble rank. So yes, Dynastic names tend to repeat because they're the same fucking names. T
For example
>Qin DynastyThe King of Qin conquered all others, so naturally he names his reign after his main rank.
>Han Dynasty.The anti-Qin rebel, Xiang Yu, topples Qin enfeoffed himself King of Chu, and his best friend, Liu Bang, as King of Han. They ended up quarreling, and Liu wins. Hence Han Dynasty.
>3 KingdomsThe Last Han emperor enfeoffed 2 chads as Kings: Cao Cao (King of Wei), and Sun Quan (King of Wu). According to Shufags, the Han Emperor secretly ennobled Liu Bei as King of Shu. Hence the 3 kingdoms.
>Jin DynastyThe Cao Wei Emperor enfeoffed the Sima Family as Kings of Jin. They then took over Wei, and reunified the 3 Kingdoms under the Jin Dynasty.
