Editing Chinese sovereign (section)

===Temple name===
{{Main|Temple name}}

Temple names ({{lang|zh-Hant|廟號}}; {{transliteration|zh|miào hào}}) were accorded to Chinese monarchs after their death, for the purpose of [[Ancestor veneration in China|ancestor worship]]. Temple names consisted of two or three [[Chinese characters]], with the last word being either {{transliteration|zh|zǔ}} ({{lang|zh-Hant|祖}}; "progenitor") or {{transliteration|zh|zōng}} ({{lang|zh-Hant|宗}}; "ancestor").

{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples of temple names
|-
!Personal name<br/>{{small|(Surname + given name)}}
!Temple name
!Dynasty
|-
|[[Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei|Yuan Ziyou]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|元子攸}}
|Jingzong<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|敬宗}}
|[[Northern Wei]]
|-
|[[Emperor Wen of Sui|Yang Jian]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|楊堅}}
|Gaozu<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|高祖}}
|[[Sui dynasty|Sui]]
|-
|[[Emperor Ruizong of Tang|Li Dan]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|李旦}}
|Ruizong<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|睿宗}}
|[[Tang dynasty|Tang]]
|-
|[[Wang Jipeng]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|王繼鵬}}
|Kangzong<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|康宗}}
|[[Min Kingdom|Min]]
|-
|[[Emperor Taizong of Jin|Wanyan Sheng]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|完顏晟}}
|Taizong<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|太宗}}
|[[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin]]
|-
|[[Kangxi Emperor|Aisin Gioro Xuanye]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|愛新覺羅·玄燁}}
|Shengzu<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|聖祖}}
|[[Qing dynasty|Qing]]
|}