Liu Qi, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was also a promising Ming Emperor among the Emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, and he was also one of the protagonists of the "Reign of Wenjing", but he did not receive a temple title relative to his grandfather, father and son, and "Xiaojing" was his nickname. Why is that?
First of all, we must understand that the temple number originated in the Shang Dynasty, and the name was indiscriminately coveted in the Zhou Dynasty, and after Qin Shi Huang unified China, he thought that the temple number and the title were "sons and fathers, subjects and kings" was disrespectful, so they were canceled and replaced by "two, three or even ten million generations". After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the title was restored first, Liu Bang was the high emperor, remember, there is no "filial piety" here, because Liu Bang is the founding monarch, he does not need to be filial to anyone, and future emperors will add "filial piety" before the title, representing "ruling the country with filial piety". In addition to Liu Bang, the entire Han Dynasty also had Liu Xiu and no filial piety, and his nickname was "Guangwu", that is, the use of force to restore the Han Dynasty.
It was far away, and the temple number was restored in the Jing Emperor period, why he took the lead in restoring the temple number, because he wanted to deter other princes and prepare for the later cutting of the domain. So he gave his grandfather and father temple names: Han Taizu and Han Taizong. Sure enough, soon after, Liu Qi began to cut down the domain, and the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms broke out. When the rebellion ended, Emperor Jing did not establish the temple number system as a rule, that is to say, he restored the temple number with purpose and randomness, so the successor Emperor Wu of Han did not give his father a temple number.
When Emperor Wu of Han died, the successor Emperor Liu Fuling of Han Zhao also did not give Emperor Wu of Han a temple number, which shows that the temple number has not yet formed a strict system in the Han Dynasty. After Liu Fuling's death, Liu He the Prince of Changyi ascended the throne, and only 27 days after the emperor was ousted by Huo Guang, liu Yi, the grandson of the deposed crown prince Liu Zhao, had succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Liu Qing. Because Liu Qing was supported by Huo Guang to the throne, the authority and stability of the imperial power must have been greatly reduced, so he wanted to give his great-grandfather Emperor Wu of Han a temple number to show the legitimacy of his ascension to the throne, which was also a political purpose with self-interest.
After the death of Emperor Xuan of Han, most of the later "Yuan Cheng Aiping" thrones were relatively stable, so they did not go to the temple number, that is to say, throughout the history of the Western Han Dynasty, the status of the temple number was always lower than that of the temple number. Until Wang Mang established a new dynasty, he gave four temple names to Emperor Xuan, Emperor Yuan, Emperor Cheng, and Emperor Ai. In 25 AD, Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, believing that only Emperor Xuan of Han had great merit, and cancelled the temple titles of the next three emperors, so that only four emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were left with temple titles.
Of course, Emperor Jing did not have a temple number, in addition to not in line with the political interests of later monarchs, there is also a point that Emperor Jing's personal character is not good, I think Liu Qi is very similar to the later Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, although he is also a promising Ming Jun, but narrow-minded, dark in heart, disgusting. Therefore, it is normal and reasonable that Liu Qi, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, did not have a temple number, the temple number was originally for a monarch with merit and virtue, but later an emperor was worthy of the temple number, so the temple number became worthless, which was probably from the beginning of the Southern Jin Dynasty royal family moving south and the north being occupied by the Hu people.