After the appearance of feudal dynasties in history, the word emperor appeared. After Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, his merits were compared to "three emperors and five emperors", so Qin Shi Huang took the word "emperor", which had an emperor. Since Qin Shi Huang, there have been more than four hundred recorded emperors in history, and under such circumstances, emperors have become a profession that everyone aspires to.
It is worth mentioning that in ancient times, when the emperor was also risky, that is, many emperors were overtaken by the courtiers, and secondly, the emperor may also be killed. There are not a few emperors who have been usurped in history. More importantly, the fate of the king of the fallen country is very miserable. In history, not many kings of subjugated countries have had a good ending.
After the emperor appeared in history, many people would fight for the throne. For example, both father and son will die for the throne. In such a situation, the emperor became a high-risk profession. In history, the emperor's rules are also very many, such as the emperor's temple number and the emperor's sacrifice and so on. In short, the ancient emperors were also tired.
In ancient times, there were many rules for emperors, not only the ministers of the imperial court restricted the emperor, but secondly, in the royal family, the emperor was also educated. Ordinary emperors were educated in Confucianism. In such a situation, the emperor will attach importance to "etiquette". Under such circumstances, the minister attaches more importance to "etiquette".
After the emperor's death, there were strict requirements for the emperor's temple number and title. During the Han Dynasty, the emperors of the Han Dynasty were all named "Emperor", and the emperors of the Song Dynasty were all named "Zong". For example, the emperors of the Han Dynasty were Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Wen of Han, Emperor Jing of Han, and so on, and the Song Dynasty was Song Taizong, Song Renzong, and so on.
Then in ancient times, the founding emperors were named after so-and-so "ancestors", such as Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu, Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and so on. However, there are some exceptions, for example, the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was not the founding emperor, but his temple name was Called Qing Shengzu. There are many such examples in history.
The title is the most important evaluation of an emperor, for example, the word "炀" of the Sui Emperor has a pejorative meaning. The word 炀 is a derogatory term. The "Law of Sayings" records that "good inner and far rites are known as jiao, go to the far away from the people to be known as the scorching, against the heavens and abuse the people are known as the scorching, good and great government is known as the scorching, thin affection and widowhood are known as the scorching, and the derelict country is known as the desolation of the country." From the perspective of later generations' research on Yang Guang, it is both dizzy and violent.
The emperors of the Han Dynasty were named "Emperor". This is mainly due to the restoration of the title of Han Gaozu by Liu Bang. After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, there was no title, but when the Han Dynasty was established, the title was restored. Liu Bang's "Gao" character is a courtesy name, and Liu Bang was historically called Emperor Han Gao, or han Taizu by temple number. So where did Henkel Zu come from?
The Han Gaozu that people are familiar with today is because Sima Qian confused the two names. The temple number is a summary of a person's life's behavior, and in the Tang Dynasty, the temple number appeared, and the temple number was the title of the ancestors when the emperor's family was enshrined in the taimiao temple. It is worth mentioning that after the Tang Dynasty, the number of words in the name was very large.
For example, Tang Taizong's nickname is Emperor Daguangxiao of Tang Wenwu Dasheng, and the Kangxi Emperor's title is only powerful, how many dozens of words, Hetian Hongyun Wenwu Ruizhe Gongfeng Generous Filial Piety Honor, Honesty and Merit Emperor Chengren. Such a name is absolutely rare in history. Temple numbers appeared after the Tang Dynasty, but temple numbers were not available to every emperor.
The temple number is divided into two formats, some called ancestors, and some called zong. There is a difference between the two. Only the emperor who opened up the territory and expanded the territory was qualified to be called the ancestor. In other words, the founding emperor is qualified to be called the ancestor. During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, he constantly expanded the territory, and the history books recorded that "although it is known as Shoucheng, it is actually the same as the creation of Yan", so the Kangxi Emperor can be called the Qing Shengzu.
The appearance of the temple number was to let the future emperors sacrifice Taizu Taizong for generations, and because of this, by the Time of the Song Dynasty, the emperors began to abide by the temple law. The emperors of the Song Dynasty were called "Zong" and no longer "Emperor". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, every Emperor Ren began not to change his era name, such as the Kangxi Emperor and the Qianlong Emperor, and did not change the era name from the time they took the throne until their deaths.
The early emperor used the title of emperor, for so-and-so emperor, and the temple number was not often available. In the middle of the period, it was no longer mainly based on the name of the temple, and began to use the temple number. It is worth mentioning that the nicknames at this time are very long, generally more than ten words. The Ming and Qing dynasties used the era number, because only one era number was used, and it was no longer changed, which was convenient for differentiation.