In ancient China, the merits and demerits of the deceased were summarized in posthumous title's concise way. Posthumous title basically summed up a person's life, and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was no exception. As the founder of the Qing Dynasty and the founding king of the late Jin Dynasty, Nurhachi was regarded as the emperor by posthumous title with outstanding achievements. 1626, 68-year-old Nurhachi died and was buried in Dongling, Shenyang. After the establishment of the Qing regime, Nurhachi was named by posthumous title as "the emperor with the largest number of words in posthumous title in the history of China". His posthumous title is basically a compliment. How to understand such a long posthumous title? So many words actually contain two meanings. "Chengtian Guang Yun Shengde Lee Shau Kee Wu Xiaorui Qin 'an Career" is some words that praise Nurhachi's life and evaluate it according to Nurhachi's life, while Emperor Gao is an ordinary posthumous title, and the word "Gao" is the ultimate evaluation of Nurhachi.
Posthumous title in the Qing Dynasty had certain rules, which continued the practice of the Ming Dynasty. Posthumous title, the basic emperor, is full of commendatory terms, and no derogatory terms are allowed. Unlike the Emperor of Sui Dynasty in China's history, his posthumous title was "Emperor Yang", which was a very bad posthumous title. "Yang" means "good at home" and belongs to evil. Of course, Yang Guang's posthumous title "the king of national subjugation" was added by Li Yuanjia, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. If it is the offspring of Yang Guang, it will not give Yang Guangzao such a bad posthumous title.
Then, why did Nurhachi posthumous title have so many words? This has to start from the Tang Dynasty. Posthumous title of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang is the word "Gaudi", and posthumous title of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty is the word "Wendi", just three words. In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's posthumous title Ci began to increase. For example, posthumous title of Tang gaozu was called "Emperor Yao, Great Sage and Great Filial Piety". In the Song Dynasty, the number of emperor posthumous title began to "explode", and posthumous title in Song Taizu was named as "heroic spirit, literary spirit, moral integrity and filial piety". The Ming dynasty also continued this practice. Posthumous title of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was "the emperor who succeeded in opening heaven, establishing the supreme saint, being benevolent and martial." As the saying goes, each generation is stronger than the next, and in the Qing Dynasty, it can't be worse than the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, posthumous title has been extended again and again, and it is not surprising that posthumous title in Nurhachi is so long.
In fact, posthumous title in Nurhachi didn't have so many words at first, and there is another point that such a long posthumous title was caused by the Qing Dynasty and posthumous title. Emperors of the Qing Dynasty used to add posthumous title to the former emperors when they met major festivals or just became emperors. Posthumous title, originally given by Huang Taiji to Nurhachi, was "Emperor Renji of Lee Shau Kee for filial piety", and later Emperor Kangxi gave Nurhachi posthumous title the title of "Emperor Renji of Wu Xiaorui and Hong Wen of Lee Shau Kee", and changed the general posthumous title "Emperor Wu" to "Emperor Gao", which was more in line with Nurhachi's evaluation. The word "Duan Yi" was added in Yongzheng, and the word "Qin 'an" was added in Qianlong. Posthumous title, who eventually became Nurhachi, has been passed down to this day. So I understood that posthumous title in Nuerhachi was also a "copybook" made by later emperors to honor their ancestors. In order to prevent the constant criticism of posthumous title, in Jiaqing, according to the teachings of Emperor Qianlong, posthumous title and the first emperor were stipulated, and 24 words were added, but they were no longer added. From then on, posthumous title, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, had a clear word limit. And Nurhachi became the longest emperor in ancient posthumous title, China.
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