Definition

1. Verb (historical, formal):
   • To depose and enthrone: To remove a reigning monarch from power and officially install a different person as the new sovereign. This term specifically describes a dynastic or royal political action.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các quyền thần trong triều âm mưu phế lập. (The powerful mandarins in the court plotted to depose and enthrone.)
  • Thời kỳ đó chứng kiến nhiều cuộc phế lập đẫm máu. (That period witnessed many bloody depositions and enthronements.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "phế lập" is almost exclusively used in a historical or literary context to describe power struggles within a monarchy, often involving court intrigues, regencies, or coups d'état.
• It implies a formal, institutional act, not merely a rebellion. The new ruler is typically "lập" (established/enthroned) with some semblance of legitimacy or ceremonial procedure.

Variants and Related Words

• Phế truất (v): To depose, to dethrone. This focuses more on the removal of a ruler without the necessary implication of immediately installing a successor.

  • Vị vua bị phế truất và bị lưu đày. (The king was deposed and exiled.)

• Lập ngôi (v): To enthrone, to establish on the throne.

  • Họ lập ngôi cho hoàng tử nhỏ tuổi. (They enthroned the young prince.)

Synonyms

• To depose and crown: To remove a monarch and crown another.
• To dethrone and install: To force a king from the throne and set up a new one.

Related Idioms

• Phế hậu lập phi: To depose the empress and establish a concubine in her place. This is a specific, classic scenario of "phế lập" within the royal harem, which often had major political consequences.
  • Âm mưu phế hậu lập phi gây rối loạn cung đình. (The plot to depose the empress and establish a concubine caused turmoil in the royal court.)

1. (từ cũ) Depose one king and replace him by another