China's ancient feudal society created a system of temple numbers and titles with Chinese characteristics, and these systems also radiated to neighboring countries, such as North Korea, Vietnam, etc., such as the temple number system.
Among them, the temple number originates from the Confucian temple system, Confucius said: "There are kings under the heavens, the establishment of the country in different places, and the establishment of ancestors, is the number of relatives and nobles." The ranking is carried out according to the Zhaomu system, with tianzi establishing seven temples, princes establishing five temples, dafu establishing three temples, shili one temple, and Shuren no temple, in order to distinguish between relatives and nobles. The second order is: the ancestor is in the center, the left zhao and the right Mu.
Since there is a temple, then there must be a temple number, the temple number is specifically the ancestor and the sect, such as Han Gaozu, Tang Taizong, this is the temple number, before the Sui, not all kings have a temple number, this is because since it is a temple number, then there should be an independent temple, but in fact, after the death of the ancient king, the first few generations were family temples, and after a few generations, the family temple was destroyed and merged into the Taimiao temple sacrifice, so that it is convenient for the emperor's descendants to sacrifice, and will not be embarrassed by the problem of sacrifice, and the first king who has great merit to the country and is worthy of eternal sacrifice for future generations. It will be specially caught up with the temple number to show the intention of eternal temple sacrifice.
Before the Sui Dynasty, the emperors all had nicknames, but with the development of the titles, many emperors' titles increased, and future generations would add beautiful titles, so the emperor was called too long with the title of the emperor, and they were called by the temple number.
From the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the founding emperor temple of the dynasty was usually "Taizu", and the second generation of imperial temples was often "Taizong", and Taizong, as an important presence only with Taizu, often had many stories.
In fact, there are many emperors called Emperor Taizong, and we will not repeat them one by one, but we will only look at the great unified dynasty and the regime established by several ethnic minorities.
The first Taizong is the Son of Heaven of the Shang Dynasty, of course, this is not the emperor, but only the king, that is, the Shang Taizong Taijia, and this temple number is still given by Yi Yin, we all know the allusion of Yi Yin to put Tai Jia, after Tai Jia repented, he was re-established as the king, Yi Yin Jiazhi, is the three articles of "Tai Jia Xun", praise Emperor Tai Jia, called 'Tai Zong'. "
The Taizong of the Han Dynasty was liu heng, the emperor of Han Wen, liu heng tried to rule, and his son Emperor Jing of Han, created the rule of Wenjing, but for Han Taizong everyone was not used to it, and used to be called Emperor Wen of Han.
Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty was Sima Yu(司馬昱), a puppet emperor, and the chancellor Huan Wen deposed Sima Yi and made Sima Yu emperor instead. Sima Yu's name was Emperor, and he was a puppet. After only eight months on the throne, he died of grief at the age of fifty-three. Emperor Jianwen and Emperor Taizong were buried in Gaoping Mausoleum.
Tang Taizong and Song Taizong are more familiar to everyone, the thrones of the two are won by themselves, the difference is that Tang Taizong is the son of Tang Gaozu, and Song Taizong is the younger brother of Song Taizu, the biggest difference is that Tang Taizong is considered to be an emperor for thousands of years, and Song Taizong has left a suspicious case for the world to see the sound of candle shadows and axes.
During the Song Dynasty, Liao Taizong of the Northern Liao State is worth saying that Liao Taizong is Yelü Deguang, that is, during the reign of Yelü Deguang, he briefly entered Beijing, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun were also in the hands of the Liao State, and the Song Dynasty did not really occupy the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. The Reoccupation of the Han Dynasty will not take place until the Ming Dynasty.
And Jin Taizong of the Jin Dynasty was the complete Yan Wu Begmai, that is, when he was in power, he destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, captured the Second Emperor Hui Qin, and created the shame of Jing Kang, it seems that the Taizong of Liao and Jin are not fuel-saving lamps.
Yuan Taizong is more familiar with Wo Kuotai, strictly speaking, Wo Kuotai is not the real Yuan Taizong, but the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty Kublai Khan posthumously honored, Wo Kuotai period is still the Mongol Empire, Wo Kuotai is a Mongol Khan, Wo Kuotai has been following in the footsteps of Genghis Khan to expand, that is, he destroyed the Jin Kingdom during his reign.
Ming Taizong is both familiar and unfamiliar to us, because Ming Taizong was originally Zhu Di, and later Zhu Di was posthumously honored as Ming Chengzu, and since then Ming Taizong has not been. Zhu Di's deeds are known to everyone and we will not say more.
And Qing Taizong is the Emperor Taiji, it can be said that the Emperor Taiji laid the foundation of the entire Qing Dynasty, he carried out feudal reforms, Emperor Taiji was still the Great Khan when he took the throne, that is, he changed his name to Emperor and changed Jurchen to Manchuria.
How, Taizong are not fuel-saving lamps, and there are long stories to carry out at will.
As for the temple number, Lu Su also said that in general, the selection of the temple number does not refer to the law, but there are also praise and depreciation meanings: Taizu and Gaozu opened the national business; Taizong and Shengzu carried forward and flourished; Sejong had the reputation of keeping the lord of shoucheng, but also referred to the deviation of the lineage; Renzong, Shengzong, Xiaozong, Ruizong, etc. are all Ming Junxian lords; Shizu is the lord of Zhongxing; Zhezong, Xingzong, and Chengzong are the kings of Shoucheng; Xianzong and Xuanzong have insufficient meritorious deeds and meritorious deeds; Ningzong is too cowardly; Dezong is forced to flee in turmoil; Gaozong is in decline; Xuanzong, Emperor Zhenzong, Emperor Lizong, and Emperor Daozong were good and vain; Emperor Wenzong was weak and incompetent; Emperor Wuzong preferred force; Emperor Duzong and Emperor Dingzong were only transitional monarchs with little influence; Muzong and Guangzong reigned for a short time and had little effect; Emperor Xizong fainted and decayed; And Emperor Aizong and Emperor Sizong applied to the more tragic kings of the fallen kingdom.
According to this corresponding historical emperor, you can know the approximate merits of this emperor.