"Taizong" is a relatively high-ranking temple number for mainland emperors, basically second only to the founding emperor's temple name "Taizu" or "Gaozu", so usually, it is taken by the second emperor, and this second emperor either has martial arts, or has Wenzhi, or both.
Among Emperor Taizong, the most famous is Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, who was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty and an emperor who had both civil and martial arts. In addition, Liu Heng of Han Taizong and Zhu Di of Ming Taizong are also more prominent.
However, there is an emperor in history, who is absurd and cruel, and in the case of both civil and martial arts, he can get a high-level temple title like Taizong, which is a bit incredible. Who is this person? He was Emperor Taizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, Liu Yu!
The Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu was not the second emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was already the seventh in the strict sense, preceded by Emperor Wu Liu Yu, The Young Emperor Liu Yifu, Emperor Wen Liu Yilong, The Culprit Liu Shao, Emperor Xiaowu Liu Jun, and Former Deposed Emperor Liu Ziye. Even if the three short-lived people were removed from the young emperor Liu Yifu, the culprit Liu Shao, and the former deposed emperor Liu Ziye, they would at most rank fourth.
After stabilizing the throne, he superstitiously believed in all kinds of Buddhism, Taoism, and even thick black studies, built temples on a large scale, increased the burden on the people, and all kinds of unexpected taboos, so that the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu was cautious in words and deeds, everyone was in danger, and the government was in chaos.
In terms of martial arts, in the civil war, he performed well, defeating the eight state rebels with a capital, but in the foreign war, he showed some crotch, and was attacked by the Northern Wei in just four years, successively capturing Huaibei, Shandong Peninsula and other regions.
How could such an emperor, who had both martial arts and martial arts and was not ranked ahead, get such a high-level temple title as "Taizong"?
The temple number began to be established from the Shang Dynasty, and by the time of the Zhou Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty, in order to prevent the formation of the situation of the son and the father and the subject, the temple number was abolished for nearly a thousand years, and was restored in the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was extremely cautious about the posthumous gift of temple numbers, and many emperors did not have temple numbers because of their poor grades.
Especially in the Western Han Dynasty, emperors who did not have great merit could not have temple titles, and in the entire Western Han Dynasty, only Emperor Taizugao Liu Bang, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen Liu Heng, Emperor Shizong Xiaowu Liu Che, emperor Xiaoxuan of Zhongzong Liu Quan, these four emperors had temple numbers, and the rest of the emperors were not qualified.
However, during the Three Kingdoms Wei and Jin dynasties, the temple number began to be abused, except for some emperors who had fallen into the country and the emperors who were overthrown by the coup, the rest of the emperors, regardless of their merits, had temple titles!
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties period in which the Song Ming Emperor Liu Yu lived, the abuse and misuse of temple names was even worse. Therefore, it is not surprising that he was able to obtain a high-level temple title of "Taizong" with the merits of Wenzhi martial arts and double waste.