Editing Chinese sovereign (section)

===Posthumous name===
{{Main|Posthumous name}}
{{See also|List of posthumous names}}

Posthumous names ({{lang|zh-Hant|謚號}}; {{transliteration|zh|shì hào}}) were accorded to Chinese monarchs after their death. These were adjectives originally intended to determine the achievements and moral values, or the lack thereof, of one's life.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples of posthumous names
|-
!Personal name<br/>{{small|(Surname + given name)}}
!Posthumous name
!Dynasty
|-
|[[Duke Huan of Lu|Ji Yun]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|姬允}}
|Duke Huan<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|桓公}}
|[[Lu (state)|Lu]]
|-
|[[King Kaolie of Chu|Mi Wan]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|芈完}}
|King Kaolie<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|考烈王}}
|[[Chu (state)|Chu]]
|-
|[[Emperor He of Han|Liu Zhao]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|劉肇}}
|Emperor Xiaohe<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|孝和皇帝}}
|[[Han dynasty#Eastern Han|Eastern Han]]
|-
|[[Qifu Gangui|Qifu Qiangui]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|乞伏乾歸}}
|Prince Wuyuan<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|武元王}}
|[[Western Qin]]
|-
|[[Zhu Yujian]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|朱聿鍵}}
|Emperor Peitian Zhidao Hongyi Sumu Siwen Liewu Minren Guangxiao Xiang<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|配天至道弘毅肅穆思文烈武敏仁廣孝襄皇帝}}
|[[Southern Ming]]
|-
|[[Guangxu Emperor|Aisin Gioro Zaitian]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|愛新覺羅·載湉}}
|Emperor Tongtian Chongyun Dazhong Zhizheng Jingwen Weiwu Renxiao Ruizhi Duanjian Kuanqin Jing<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|同天崇運大中至正經文緯武仁孝睿智端儉寬勤景皇帝}}
|[[Qing dynasty|Qing]]
|}