Taizong belongs to the temple number, which is one of the names that the ancient Chinese emperor called when he was enshrined in the temple after his death.
Generally speaking, the founding emperors are called ancestors, such as Taizu, Gaozu, and then the shoucheng kings are often called zong, unless they have a big contribution, bringing the dynasty to a new historical stage, such as leading the dynasty to transition from a divided regime to a unified regime, in order to call the ancestors, and among the temple numbers of the emperors, Taizong is the most, the best temple number, generally mostly the second generation of emperors Temple number, of course, not all the second generation of emperors can get the Taizong temple number, and some are called Huidi, what is this, today Song Anzhi said.
First of all, let's talk about the second generation of emperors, the so-called second generation of emperors, not only means the second emperor of the dynasty, but also the heirs of those founding emperors, who did not succeed to the throne at first, and later became emperors for one reason or another, such as Liu Heng, Emperor Wen of Han, Zhu Di of Ming Chengzu, who are not the second emperor of the dynasty, but as the heirs of the founding emperors, they can actually be called second-generation emperors.
In terms of the orthodox dynasty, the Qin Dynasty did not have a temple number, the Han Dynasty restored the temple number system, after the Han Taizu Liu Bang, the eldest son Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, because the Western Han Dynasty was very cautious about the use of temple numbers, so the 12 emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, only 4 emperors had temple numbers, plus Liu Ying as a very general, so there was no temple number after death, it was the Shangchen number Xiaohui Emperor, "Hui" means "benevolent, supple", referred to as Han Hui Emperor.
After Emperor Hui of Han, it was the dictatorship of Lü Hou, during which the two sons of Emperor Hui of Han were successively established as emperors, for the former Shao Emperor and the Later Shao Emperor, and after Lü Hou's death, after quelling the rebellion of Zhu Lü, the ministers supported Liu Bang's fourth son Liu Heng as emperor, for Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Wen of Han was a very accomplished emperor, the first "rule of Wenjing" in Chinese history, that is, it was opened by Emperor Wen of Han, and then continued by his son Emperor Jing of Han, because Emperor Wen of Han was very good, so after death he not only had a temple number, but also a temple number of Taizong.
There is this precedent of the Western Han Dynasty, so in later generations, the second generation of emperors have done mostly in the Taizong temple number, such as Tang Taizong Li Shimin, Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi, Ming Taizong Zhu Di (more than a hundred years after his death, was changed to Chengzu by the Jiajing Emperor), Qing Taizong Emperor Taiji.
Of course, the second generation of emperors have the deeds called Taizong, can not all be said to have the routine influence of the Western Han, after all, the Western Han only restored the temple number system, not the creation of the temple number system, the main influence of the Western Han Dynasty is that among the second generation of emperors in later generations, the mediocre emperors who did not do much were often called Huidi.
Like the foolish emperor Sima Zheng of Jinhui, who did not eat meat, and the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunjiao, who was ousted from the throne by his uncle Zhu Di, the King of Yan, was a very failed emperor, and was not even recognized by the Ming Dynasty officials, until the first year of the Qianlong Dynasty, he was given the title of Gong Min Hui Emperor, referred to as Gong Min Emperor and Hui Emperor, which was recognized as an identity, and "Hui" was regarded as a praiseworthy title, and along with these three emperors, one was not as good as one, in fact, it was already considered to be a clear praise and a dark depreciation.
In fact, it is more interesting to say that the Taizong Temple number is more interesting, there are many strips in it, not that all the emperors on the Taizong Temple number are good. Like Emperor Taizong of Song, Zhao Kuangyi, belongs to The Great Emperor Taizong, who has a great foundation left by his elder brother Zhao Kuangyin, the result of which was the failure of the two Northern Expeditions to the outside world, and in the early days of the founding of the country, when the army had the highest combat effectiveness and was most likely to be unified, not only was there no unification, but the elite army was damaged, and the internal civil rule was generally treated, and the strategy of "emphasizing literature and light force" was also increased in the Song Dynasty This is also the key reason why the two Song Dynasties and the Song Dynasty have repeatedly lost foreign wars for more than three hundred years, so Zhao Kuangyi called Taizong, which is really reluctant.
Moreover, most of the historical Emperor Taizong, in the case of the orthodox dynasty, became emperors through improper means. Han Taizong Liu Heng, as explained in the previous article, can be said to have no connection with the imperial throne, and became the emperor under the wrong yin and yang; Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi not only had water in the temple number, but also left the mystery of "candle shadow axe sound", in the case of his brother Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin had two adult sons, as a younger brother, he actually ascended the throne as emperor, which made people puzzled, which is likely to be full of blood; Tang Taizong Li Shimin, not to mention, the change of Xuanwu Gate is known to everyone Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty was the only king of the great unified dynasty who successfully rebelled; that is, Emperor Taiji of the Qing Dynasty was better, although the Qing Taizu Nurhaci did not designate him as the heir, but also did not designate anyone else, but did not designate the heir, and finally in the four great belles, the Emperor Taiji won the victory and inherited the position of Great Khan.
The reason for this is actually mainly that in the early days of the founding of the country, the regime was not yet stable and perfect, to put it bluntly, there was a lot of room for exploiting loopholes, and these were not the Taizong who were legitimately succeeding to the throne, because of the frequent wars in the early days of the founding of the country, and they had a lot of influence, and even had military power, naturally they eventually counterattacked as emperors.
Taking the separatist regime as an example, the Taizong of the dynasty is more watery, because the separatist regime is sometimes very unsophisticated and abuses the temple name. Like the Three Kingdoms Cao Wei regime actually had three ancestors, in this case, the Taizong Temple was naturally abused to a certain extent.
Like the Southern Song Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty, the First Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, Song Wudi Liu Yu, it is reasonable to say that the Taizu Temple number with higher gold content should be on the number of the Taizu Temple, but the result is the Gaozu Temple number. After Emperor Wu of Song, The Song Shao Emperor Liu Yifu was deposed and killed by the powerful ministers, and the third son Liu Yilong succeeded to the throne for Emperor Wen of Song, during his reign, although the external battle was defeated three times in the Northern Expedition, but the good villains were also the active side, and also created the "Rule of YuanJia" internally, but the hero I, confused for a while, was finally killed by the crown prince Liu Shao, like Emperor Wen of Song, if the temple number, at most it was Taizong, or Liu Shao who killed him was the Zhongzong Temple number, but after the third son Liu Jun defeated Liu Shao and ascended the throne as emperor, in order to show his filial piety and improve the status of Emperor Wen of Song, In order to show his legitimacy, it is simply ridiculous to go to the Taizu Temple for Emperor Wen of Song.
The temple number after Liu Jun's death is more interesting, it turned out to be the Shizu Temple number, his son Liu Ziye succeeded to the throne, he was indiscriminately killing ministers and imprisoning kings, so he was killed by Liu Yu, the king of Xiangdong, after Liu Yu ascended the throne as emperor, the external territory of Liu Song shrank, lost Shandong and Huaibei regions, and internally it was indiscriminately killing famous generals and royal relatives, making the Liu Song regime decline rapidly, and such an act was actually the Taizong Temple number, and it has to be said that the use of the temple number was too unprepared for the division of the dynasty.
Finally, in history, many of the four sons of the emperor became emperors, many of whom were ruthless people, such as Liu Heng of Han Taizong was the fourth son of Han Taizu Liu Bang, Ming Taizong Zhu Di was the fourth son of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and Yongzheng Emperor Yinchen was the fourth son of the Kangxi Emperor, this coincidence is really quite interesting.
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