1. Taizhuzu: Wang Mang, the founding emperor of the New Dynasty, once revered his ancestor Huangdi as the new Taizhuzu.
2. Ancestor: This temple name is usually given to the founding emperor to pursue the title of ancestor of blood, ancestor with surname, or the monarch who started the seal. Most of them are emperors whose descendants became emperors. In order to strengthen the majesty of imperial power, the founding emperor usually shows his imperial system by pursuing his ancestors as the ancestor emperor.
3. Taizu: This is the temple name of the founding emperor, which has been used on a large scale since the Han Taizu Liu Bang. Liu Bang's original temple name was Gaozu, and later Emperor Jingdi ascended the throne, Liu Bang was renamed Taizu. Since then, Taizu has become the usual temple name of the founding emperor. Among them, the temple name of Liu Yilong, Song Wendi in the Northern and Southern Dynasties is Taizu, not the founding emperor, which makes people talk.
4. Liezu: Liezu was also the founder of the dynasty or the monarch who revived the country. However, compared with Taizu, Gaozu and Shizu, the inheritance they created was limited and only one party could be separated.
5. Gaozu: This temple name is usually given to the founding emperors, such as Liu Bang, Li Yuan and Emperor Wen of Sui, especially Liu Bang, who is called Emperor Gaozu. Liu Bang is both Emperor Gaozu and Han Taizu, and Taizu is synonymous with Gaozu. However, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, it was a bit funny that even Shi Jingtang, the son emperor, had to match the Gaozu Temple.
Moreover, this period is the season when the name of Gaozu Temple is flourishing. After death, people like Liu Zhiyuan are all Gaozu, and even the founders of a small country with independent regimes frequently use Gaozu's honor. Of course, the temple name itself is the royal family's own business, and it has no direct relationship with the size and territory.
6. Sage: Only five emperors in China used the name of Sage as the temple name, namely, Li Er, the Tang Sage, Zheng Maisi, the former Shu Sage Wang Zijin, Zhao Xuanlang, the Northern Song Sage, and Aisingiorro Xuanye, the Qing Sage. Except for Zheng Maisi and Aisingiorro Xuanye, all the others died.
This temple name was founded in the Tang Dynasty by Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and was specially created by Li Er, Lao Zi. Later, it became the emperor's special memorial to the sage ancestors in his family, and was finally absorbed by the nomadic people, and officially became the temple name of the emperor. In China, there are emperors who take "Saint" as the temple name, as well as Yelulongxu, the Emperor of Liao Dynasty, and borjigin Chahetai, the Emperor of Yuan Dynasty.
7. sai-jo: generally speaking, as the pioneers of the new era or the connecting link between the dynasties, certain temple names, such as Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Wudi of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty and Fu Lin of the Qing Dynasty, are all sai-jo. Generally speaking, they are not the founders of the dynasty, but they have created a new era. Sai-jo can occasionally be used as the temple name of the founders, such as Liu Xiu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Pi in the Three Kingdoms and Sima Yan in the Western Jin Dynasty. Sometimes it can also refer to the transfer of lineage. Although Emperor Xiaowu of Song Dynasty, Wu Chengdi of Northern Qi Dynasty, Chen Wendi, and Sai-jo of Korea have made little achievements, their generation's lineage inheritance has been transferred to the collateral line, which is similar to Sejong. In order to avoid Li Shimin's taboo, the Tang Dynasty sometimes wrote sai-jo as a generation ancestor.
7. Unified ancestor: Wang Mang, the founding emperor of the New Dynasty, once revered his ancestor Chen Hugong as the new unified ancestor. ?
8. Wang Zu: Wang Mang, the founding emperor of the New Dynasty, once revered his ancestor Tian An as the new Wang Zu. ?
9. Taizong: This is the most important link of the so-called Zhao Mu system after Taizu. Since Shang Taizong, there are nearly 3 people with the temple name Taizong in history, including Yuan Di in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Song Ming, Liang Jian Wendi, Emperor Taizong, Song Taizong, Liao Taizong, Jin Taizong, Xia Taizong, Yuan Taizong, Ming Taizong and Qing Taizong. Except a few such as Emperor Song Mingdi and Liang Jian Wendi, others are outstanding and pioneers of this dynasty. Li Shimin, for example, can be called an emperor through the ages.
1. Sejong (Daizong): The original intention of Sejong is that the unified thread has started since then, which means that the lineage has shifted, and the branch has been inherited from the unified thread. After the death of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was the temple name Sejong, and the unified thread of the Han family has also changed since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. We all know that Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was originally prepared to be transferred to his eldest son Liu Rong, but it was only because of the separation of Guantao princess royal that it was unified.
11. Emperor Gaozong: What is interesting in history is that the emperors who were called Emperor Gaozong were generally at the beginning of the decline of the dynasty, or they were synonymous with sinister and diabolical. The famous ones were Song Gaozong and Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty, and Song Gaozong's temple name represented mixed merits. He built the Southern Song Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, which made the situation at that time not enter the troubled times like the Northern and Southern Dynasties. However, under the guise of Qin Gui, he removed Yue Fei and other merits from Gao Zhen.
Hongli, Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, was the longest-lived ruler in China's history, and he reached the peak of Kanggan's prosperity. However, he was too extravagant, and he was overjoyed at the literary inquisition. What he left to Jiaqing was a country full of holes and extravagant habits. That's why Jiaqing gave him the name of Gaozong Temple. It is also a mixed blessing.
12. Xianzong: There are two Xianzong in the orthodox dynasty, namely, Liu Zhuang, the Xianzong of Han Dynasty, and borjigin Gamala, the Xianzong of Yuan Dynasty, which are the laudatory names for the emperor after his death.
13. Renzong: There are four Renzong in the orthodox dynasty, Song Renzong, Yuan Renzong, Ming Renzong and Qing Renzong. Generally speaking, all of them are above average emperors in their respective dynasties. For example, Yuan Renzong actually restored the imperial examination system, which was something that only happened in the Sai-jo period in Mengyuan.
14. Zhongzong: People who know the name of Zhongzong Temple usually get it from Tang Zhongzong. Zhongzong, as its name implies, is the Sect of Zhongxing. It originated from Emperor Xuandi of the Han Dynasty, and then the orthodox dynasties were Jinzhong Sect (Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty) and Tang Zhongzong.
15. Filial piety: The emperor of this temple name is also a temple name that only a good and benevolent emperor deserves.
16. Yingzong: This is a temple name with many infighting and troubles, and most of them are short-lived. In history, Song Yingzong and Yuan Yingzong were only in power for three or four years, among which Yuan Yingzong had a southern slope change and even lost his life, and Ming Yingzong had two more, one was a civil fort change and the other was a door-grabbing change. In fact, although Ming Yingzong was in office for a long time, he was only 38 years old when he died, and his death was similar to that of Song Yingzong.
17. Mu Zong: Mu Zong was a short-lived monarch. Tang Muzong, Koryo Mu Zong, Ming Mu Zong and Qing Mu Zong Tongzhi Emperor all died young.
18. The name of the religion of God is praised but belittled. Wang Anshi's political reform in Song Shenzong not only failed to solve practical problems, but also intensified party struggles. Ming Shenzong made a mess of the country. Therefore, the Qing dynasty did not choose Shenzong as the temple name.
19. Dezong: Dezong is not a good temple name either. Emperors with this temple name-Tang Dezong, Xiliao Dezong and Qingdezong have a hidden nature-fled all the way to the west in the face of war.
there is no temple name of the emperor.
Extended information:
Originated in Shang Dynasty
There are only four primitive temple names established in Shang Dynasty, namely "Tai" (Taizu Tang, Taizong Taijia), "Gao" (Gaozu Wanghai, Gaozong Wu Ding) and "Shi" for generations of sacrifice.
Abolishment of Temple Names
After the demise of Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty did not continue to use the temple name system of Shang Dynasty, but continued to develop the posthumous title system of Shang Dynasty, so the monarch of Zhou Dynasty had posthumous title but no temple name. After the first emperor established the first centralized imperial dynasty in China-Qin Dynasty, the temple name was abolished together with the posthumous title system, because the decision of "temple name and posthumous title" would form a "son discussing father and minister discussing monarch". Therefore, from the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty, the temple name was abolished for nearly a thousand years.
the former king who has made great contributions to the country and deserves eternal sacrifice by his descendants will especially catch up with the temple number to see the meaning of eternal worship.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Temple Number