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King Outside, Emperor Inside

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Also known as Emperor at home, King abroad

diplomatic policy of East Asian countries (Korea, Vietnam, etc.), according to which their monarchs would be titled “king” (王 wang) when dealing with China, but would be referred to as “emperor” (帝 di) internally

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policy
Country
Japan
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native label
外王内帝

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