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Most emperors of the Imperial period also received a temple name (廟號; Miaohao), used to venerate them in ancestor worship. [14] From the rule of Emperor Wu of Han (r. 141–87 BCE) onwards, [c] emperors also adopted one or several era names (年號; Nianhao), or "reign mottos", [17] to divide their rule by important events or ...
Emperors were worshiped posthumously under an imperial cult. The lineage of emperors descended from a paternal family line constituted a dynasty, and succession in most cases theoretically followed agnatic primogeniture. The emperor of China was an absolute monarch. During the Han dynasty, Confucianism gained sanction as the official political ...
Since Emperor Wu had just performed the religious feng (封) sacrifice at Mount Taishan, he named the new era yuanfeng (元封). This event is regarded as the formal establishment of era names in Chinese history. [16] Emperor Wu changed the era name once more when he established the 'Great Beginning' (太初 Taichu) calendar in 104 BC. [17]
For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.Beginning with the establishment of dynastic rule by Yu the Great c. 2070 BC, [1] and ending with the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in AD 1912, Chinese historiography came to organize itself around the succession of monarchical dynasties.
List of emperors of the Yuan dynasty; List of Northern Yuan khans This page was last edited on 10 May 2023, at 13:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Murdered emperors of China (107 P) S. Chinese sons of emperors (2 C, 2 P) T. Three Kingdoms emperors (3 C) Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (20 P) Y. Yan (An–Shi ...
Paramount leader, an informal list of those who have been considered the highest leader of the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China; Leader of the Chinese Communist Party; Chairman of the Kuomintang; List of leaders of the People's Republic of China of institutions; List of national leaders of the People's Republic of China
This list may not reflect recent changes. Emperor of China * Chinese sovereign; List of Chinese monarchs; C. Chen Li (emperor) Chen Youliang; D. Dong Chang (warlord) F.