在中国两千多年漫长的帝制社会里，皇帝是国家的最高统治者，是专制统治的象征与代表。皇帝一手掌握国家的立法、行政、司法等全部大权，独断乾坤，决定着国家的命运与臣民的生死荣辱。

In the long Imperial Society of China for more than two thousand years, the emperor is the supreme ruler of the country and the symbol and representative of autocratic rule. The emperor controlled all the powers of legislation, administration and judicature of the country and decided the fate of the country and the life and death of the subjects.