For the temple number, everyone actually has a misunderstanding, that is, the temple number is good or bad, in fact, the temple number is not high or low, just because the emperor's achievements are high or low because of these temple numbers, which directly drags down the temple number, and also makes the temple number directly linked to the quality of some emperors.
For example, the temple name of Yingzong, its origin is "three generations of Ying", not a clear praise and depreciation, that is, the use of "Yingming" to satirize Yingzong, but the person who got the temple name of Yingzong was either Song Yingzong who started the party struggle in the Northern Song Dynasty, or Yuan Yingzong, who was killed after reigning for four years, and the famous Ming Yingzong.
Qing Dynasty
Why is there no good or bad temple number, first of all, we must know the meaning of the existence of the temple number, for the reason of avoidance, the name of the monarch can not be directly written on the tablet of the ancestors, so it is necessary to add a title, so the temple number was born.
To put it bluntly, the temple number is to put the monarch in the temple to worship, that is to say, the purpose of the temple number is to praise the enshrined monarch, so the temple number will only have a positive meaning rather than a derogatory meaning, after all, everyone has gone to worship, and then to belittle, isn't it a contradiction? As for evaluating the merits and demerits of the monarch, it is natural to use the name.
Therefore, everyone must understand this, that is, all temple numbers are good, and the quality of the temple number in everyone's hearts is purely related to who has used this temple number in history.
All temple numbers are good, and as for the good and bad, it is related to the emperor used
Generally speaking, the temple number of a dynasty is a pattern of one ancestor and multiple sects, of course, not all monarchs are qualified to worship in the temple, according to the provisions of the etiquette system, the Son of Heaven set up seven temples, and the ancestors who created the foundation will naturally never be removed in the temple, and then the two emperors with excellent ability and virtue in the dynasty can also be placed in the temple to worship, this is the so-called "Erao", these three can be said to be the kings of the Ao.
A founding ancestor, two excellent emperors occupy three positions without moving, the birth of the four tablets will be changed as needed, even if it is put into the temple at the beginning, it will also move out according to the needs of the emperor, called Qian, generally according to the emperor's relatives and distance, of course, moving out is also to be sacrificed, after all, it is their own ancestors, but these ancestors who moved out will be put together to sacrifice, the temple is too small, can not accommodate so many emperors together.
Seven Temples of the Son of Heaven
From the Han Dynasty to restore the temple number and the name, until the Ming Dynasty, basically continued the pattern of one ancestor and many sects, except for the wonderful Cao Rong who set his own ancestral temple number before his death and Zhu Di who was changed to Taizong by Jiajing to become an ancestor, most of the dynasties are like this, of course, some separatist dynasties will also have ancestral temple numbers, at most there are only two ancestors.
As for Jiajing, in order to carry his father into the Taimiao Temple for worship, he moved out the tablet of Mingrenzong Zhu Gaochi, just to abide by the etiquette rules of the Seven Temples of the Son of Heaven.
To tell the truth, if Zhu Di knew that Jiajing gave him the temple number of Chengzu, he would have to jump out of the mausoleum, he would have to fight in the south and north all his life, just to get the temple number of Taizong to show that he inherited the throne from Zhu Yuanzhang and erase the memory of Emperor Jianwen's reign.
I think Zhu Di prefers the temple name of Taizong
But the Qing Dynasty is a bit strange, less than three hundred years, out of three ancestors, and the provisions of all emperors are eternal, completely aside the etiquette system, if not Jiaqing in order to disgust Qianlong, give Qianlong a Gaozong temple number, the Qing Dynasty will even appear in a dynasty of four ancestors, this spirit far beyond the sky.
Let's talk about the three ancestors of the Qing Dynasty first, namely the Qing Taizu Nurhachi, who created the foundation of the Manchu Dynasty, the Qing ancestor Fulin, who entered the Central Plains, and the Qing saint ancestor Xuanye.
It is worth mentioning that the Qing Dynasty also revered many ancestors, such as the Qing ancestor Bucuri Yongshun, the Qing Xingzu Fuman, the Qing Zhaozu Meng Temu, the Qing Jingzu Jue Chang'an, and the Qing Xianzu Takshi, if they are also counted, the eight ancestors of one dynasty are only a little less than the nine ancestors of the Li family in Korea next door.
To tell the truth, if the Qing Dynasty is called the ancestor according to the ritual system, only Huang Taiji is qualified, although Nurhachi created the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he is the Great Khan of the Later Jin, after all, the Huang Taiji is far superior to these three ancestors in terms of founding merits and governing ability, according to the qualifications, the temple number of the Qing Taizu should be given to the Huang Taiji, of course, the Houjin and the Qing Dynasty are in the same vein after all, and the temple number of the Qing Taizu is not impossible to give Nurhachi, as for the gold content of the Taizong of the Huang Taiji is also very high, and the problem is not big.
The problem is that Fulin, there is a temple number of the ancestor, and Fulin can get the ancestor purely because he entered the customs, ascended the throne at the age of six, and the power in the early stage was held by the regent Dolgon, and all the policies in the early Qing Dynasty were actually done by Dolgon, and Fulin was equivalent to lying on the merit book.
But after all, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs from the original secession force to a unified dynasty, and it can be regarded as creating a new history, and it is not impossible to give a Shizu temple number, but most of the credit for entering the customs is Dorgon's, and the ancestors of Fulin have a lot of water, but they can't give Dolgon the Shizu Temple number.
Emperor Shunzhi
The controversy is actually the Qing Dynasty ancestor Xuanye, although Kangxi has the merits of pacifying the rebellion of the three feudatories, recovering Taiwan, expelling Tsarist Russia and pro-conquest of Dzungaria, etc., but it is actually inseparable from the founding of the country and the creation of a dynasty history, after all, it is as strong as Li Shimin to open up the territory and expand the border, and finally it is also the temple number of Taizong, and what is even more outrageous is that the temple number of the Holy Ancestor was posthumously sealed by the ancestors before, and many of them are still immortals, such as Tang Shengzu Li Er, Song Shengzu Zhao Xuanlang and so on.
And the Qing Dynasty already has two ancestors, the ancestral temple number is actually completely unnecessary, and it is still the "saint" temple number that transcends mortals, in fact, Kangxi can give a temple number to Shizong, but Yongzheng himself wants the temple number of Shizong, so he gave Kangxi the temple number of the ancient and modern temple.
In fact, after the three ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, there was almost a fourth ancestor, this is Emperor Qianlong, Qianlong called himself a "perfect old man" before his death, claiming to be perfect, and his grandfather Kangxi was on par, but he was embarrassed to learn Cao Rong's temple number before his death, so he said to Jiaqing that he had no credit, and he would give a sect in the future.
But while saying that he had no credit, he also made books and inscriptions to record his achievements, comparing himself with his grandfather Kangxi everywhere, just to get an ancestral temple number.
Books and inscriptions were made to record their exploits
As for Jiaqing, in Qianlong's heart, he is not as good as Fukangan, he is disgusted everywhere in chasing Jiaqing's biological mother Concubine Ling and the queen, and he is dissatisfied with Heshen, and directly gave Qianlong a temple number of Gaozong, the last Gaozong was still Zhao Gou, Yuan and Ming both disliked Gaozong's temple name and did not give it to their own emperor, but it was given to his father by Jiaqing, and the nickname was also given to the general plain name of "pure", which shows how dissatisfied Jiaqing is with his father.
In fact, Qianlong's merits are indeed not bad, and it is no problem not to give the ancestral temple number a good nickname, such as "Wu", but Jiaqing just pinched his nose and refused to give it, and finally gave a "pure" nickname.
After the three ancestors of one dynasty finished speaking, now let's talk about the eternal immortality, as mentioned earlier, a dynasty Taimiao has a maximum of three emperors in the Taimiao for eternity, and the other four are based on the merits of the emperor to evaluate the reservation, but the monarch of the immortal needs to be seen in some long-lived dynasties, and the short-lived dynasty basically has no actual monarch to be moved, and the relocation is often the posthumous monarch.
For example, the Zhou Dynasty was Houji, Zhou Wen Wang Ji Chang, and Zhou Wu Wang Ji Fa;
The Han Dynasty was Liu Bang, Emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng of the Wen Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che of the Wu Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xun of the Xuan Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu of the Guangwu Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Zhuang of the Ming Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and Liu Wei of the Zhang Emperor of the Han Dynasty;
In the Jin Dynasty, there was only Emperor Xuan of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yi;
In the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizu Li Hu, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, and Tang Taizong Li Shimin;
The Song dynasty was Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi, Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, Song Shenzong Zhao Ji, and Song Gaozong Zhao Gou;
The Yuan Dynasty did not, the Ming Dynasty was Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Ming Chengzu Zhu Di.
The emperor in this is either to lay the foundation of the dynasty, or to create a rule of the world, or to turn a new page in the history of the dynasty, no matter from what point of view, it is reasonable to put it in the temple to worship.
But the Qing Dynasty can no matter what the emperor's virtue is, as long as it is the emperor, it is not a big problem to put it in the Taimiao, and it is not a big problem for Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong to learn from the Han Dynasty in the Taimiao.
Daoguang's temple number is to discredit Xuanzong
Jiaqing, as the king of Shoucheng, has put down the White Lotus uprising, and there is no problem with pinching his nose and putting it in the Taimiao, and it is no problem to move or not in the future, but Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu can also be put into the Taimiao, and it is a bit unbelievable that their virtues and merits are really not worthy of being sacrificed in the Taimiao.
If it weren't for the abdication of the Qing Emperor, the Taimiao of the Qing Dynasty would have to be expanded, otherwise how could it be put down?