After the death of the ancient emperor, he must worship in the ancestral temple and honor his name. Take an ancestor or a clan as an example. It began in the Yin Dynasty. For example, Tai Jia is called Taizong, Tai Wu is called Zhongzong, and Wu Ding is called Gaozong. As for the basis for choosing the name of the temple, The Book of Rites says: "There are merits in ancestors and virtues in ancestors." Han Yingshao's note: "Take the first person in the world as the ancestor, and the highest one is called Gaozu; Those who began to rule the world were called Taizong, and Wendi was called Taizong. " Aunt Tang Yan pointed out, "You should sayno." . Zu, Shi also, Shi was ordered. Zong, respect ye. There are virtues worthy of respect. "The Song Dynasty said," Strictly speaking, no .. At first, he was ordered to call Mao; Merits are also called ancestors, and Shang ancestors are also added. "There is a saying in Bao's Sacrifice Law:" The ancestors began, so there is no fixed number of ancestors, and the ancestors are just one. "But this is not the case. The temple of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang is called Gaozu (also called Taizu), and the temple of Liu Xiu is called Shizu. There used to be two ancestors. Or it can be explained that Liu Bang was the ancestor of the Western Han Dynasty and Liu Xiu was the ancestor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But in the Cao Wei period, there were three generations of temples called ancestors: Cao Cao (Emperor Wu) was the great ancestor, Cao Pi (Emperor Wen) was the great ancestor, and Cao Rui () was the great ancestor, so the so-called "three ancestors of Cao Shi" was also true. Therefore, Liu Zhiji's "Shi Tong Appellation" in the Tang Dynasty said: "The name of the ancient temple of the son of heaven has been handed down since ancient times, which started in the three generations and ended in the Han Dynasty. Down to Cao Shi, there are too many ancestral names ". Gu of A Qing Dynasty also advocated in Rizhilu that "ancestor abuse began with three ancestors of Cao Wei" and removed the ancestral temple. Claims are even more abusive. Gu even criticized: "Wang Mang respected the temple, became the emperor of the same clan, and even the emperor, and ZTE went. ..... It is said that follwed has three situations. "(ditto) in the Tang dynasty, promiscuity was particularly serious. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Mingsheng's "On the Seventeen Histories and Three Ancestors" has "no generation since Li Tang, which is extremely luxurious. Except for one ancestor, all other emperors, regardless of merits and demerits, are called "cases". There were no strict regulations on temple names in past dynasties, and not every emperor necessarily enjoyed the temple names. In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang's temple name was Gaozu (Jingdi was also regarded as Taizu), but Liu Ying had no temple name; Liu Heng Temple is called Taizong, Liu Qi has no temple, and Liu Che Temple is called Sejong. In the Tang Dynasty, some emperors did not have temple names for some reasons, such as Wu Zetian. Therefore, Liu Zhiji said, "The concept of calendar has had different names since ancient times, and it is based on feeling. There is no definite standard. " During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was generally more than one ancestor. Occasionally, a clan will be called an ancestor to show special respect. For example, when Shao Sheng was in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen was called Renzong and Renzu. There were many changes in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. For example, Genghis Khan in the Yuan Dynasty was called Mao, and Kublai Khan was also called sai-jo. In the Ming Dynasty, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was called Taizu, and the third emperor Judy was called Chengzu (also known as Taizong). In the Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi was called Mao, Sai-zu and Saint-zu. Generally speaking, every emperor has only one temple name, but there are exceptions. For example, Liu Bang has two temple names: Gaozu and Taizu. Zhu Mingdi has two temple names: Youzu and Taizong. Zhu Youjian even has three temple names: Zong Yi, Huaizong and Sizong. Zhu Youjian is the king of national subjugation, but there are three temple names, because the people in Beijing once chose Huaizong as the first memorial. Nan Ming (Zhu Yousong) was respected as a disciple of thinking by Tu and others, and he also missed him. After Zhao Zhilong, he thought the word was not beautiful, so he changed it to Zongyi. To sum up, it must be the emperor who gets the temple name, and the queen and the maharaja are not allowed to talk to each other. Temple number, posthumous title, respect number and year number appear frequently in ancient books in China. The first three are both related and different; The temple name, which began in the Western Han Dynasty and ended in the Qing Dynasty, was the name given to the ancestral temple when the feudal emperor died. Generally, the founding emperor is called ancestor, and the successor is called ancestor. For example, Zhao Kuangyin in the Song Dynasty was called Taizong, and later Zhao Guangyi was called Taizong. There are also some emperors who called their ancestors. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty called himself an ancestor, and his son Judy called himself an ancestor. In the Qing Dynasty, Fu Lin (Shunzhi) was called an ancestor, and Michelle Ye (Kangxi) was called a saint. But before the Sui Dynasty, not every emperor had a temple name, because according to the canon system, only people with outstanding literary talent and virtue could worship in the temple. After the Tang Dynasty, every emperor had a temple name. Posthumous title, a title evaluated by later generations according to the deeds of the deceased, has the meaning of praise and criticism. As the saying goes, "people who make mistakes are traces of their actions", "big lines are famous, and small lines are famous." Do it for yourself, and you will be born in the world. "posthumous title has an emperor's obituary, which is discussed by the ritual officer; There was a minister's obituary, which was given by the court. There is also the name Shi, who went to posthumous title as a mentor. The death of the emperor appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Qin dynasty was abolished and the Han dynasty was restored until the late Qing dynasty. Personal grudges may have started in the Eastern Han Dynasty, or in the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Republic of China, the name stone still existed for some time. There are fixed words in the obituary law: love the people, say "Wen", "Wu", "De" and "Yuan", which are beautiful. Killing innocent people, being polite to others and offering sacrifices to ghosts and gods are all evil. There are also expressions of sympathy, sadness and nostalgia. Posthumous title generally uses two words, such as Yue Fei's name is Wu Mu and Harry's name is Jie Zhong. Honorific title is a special title for the emperor, which consists of words of respect and praise. Either before or after death. Plus is posthumous title. It is generally believed that honorifics originated in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, as early as the Qin Dynasty unified China, Reese and others once addressed the King of Qin as "Qin Huang". But the meaning of honorific words at this time is not the same as that after Tang Dynasty. Your respectful name begins with a few words. For example, Tang Gaozu tang gaozu's honorific title is "Emperor Xiaoguang, Great Sage God". The farther back, the longer the honorific title. For example, all titles of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty are "Gao Zongfa Tianlong Yun, Sincere and Foresighted, Li Yuanji, Wen Fu Fenwu, Qin Xiaoming Ci, Sheng Jing Di", and besides the temple name "Gao Zong", there are more than 20 words of honorific titles. The title of the year is the name of feudal emperors over the years, which was initiated by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. His first year number was "Jianyuan". In the future, every new monarch in every dynasty will change the title of the year, which is called Yuan Reform. Before the Ming Dynasty, feudal emperors often changed their positions whenever they encountered military events or major auspicious disasters. For example, in the fifty-fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, eleven titles such as Jianyuan, Yuanguang, Yuanshuo, Yuanshou, Ding Yuan, Yuanfeng, Taichu, Tianhan, Taishi, Zhenghe and Hou Yuan were used successively. In his thirty-three years in office, Tang Gaozong used Yonghui, Xianqing, Longshuo, Linde, Ganfeng and Zhang Zong successively. Xianheng, Shangyuan, Yifeng, Tiaolu, Yonglong, Yao Kai, Yongchun and Hongdao have fourteen titles. From Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, including the Ming and Qing Dynasties, every emperor used only one title, regardless of the length of his reign. For example, Ming Taizu only used Hongwu, and the Qing Dynasty only used Qianlong. In the ancient documents of China, most of the former emperors did not call them by their first names or titles, but called them temple names, posthumous title names or year names. Generally speaking, emperors before the Sui Dynasty are often called posthumous title, such as Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, Sui Yangdi and so on. Emperors from Tang Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty are usually called temples, such as Emperor Taizong, Song Renzong and Yuan Yingzong. Emperors in Ming and Qing dynasties often called them titles, such as Jiajing Emperor and Tangxi Emperor. On some specific occasions, they are also called by all their names, namely, temple number, respectful name and posthumous title, such as the name of Qianlong mentioned above. When you meet this full name, you should pay attention to distinguish its temple number, respectful name and posthumous title. Besides, in ancient books, some princes and celebrities are often called posthumous title, not their names. For example, Yue Fei's name is Yue Wumu, and Harry's name is Hai Zhongjie, and so on. Reference books on temple names, posthumous title, honorific titles and year numbers include Four Chapters of the 21st Century edited by Shen Bingzhen in Qing Dynasty, Forgetting the Imperial Temples in Past Dynasties edited by Fei Yong in Qing Dynasty, Forgetting the Laws of Celebrities in Past Dynasties edited by Liu Changhua in Qing Dynasty and Various Historical Records of China, etc.