Editing Chinese sovereign (section)

===Regnal name===
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Regnal names ({{lang|zh-Hant|尊號}}; {{transliteration|zh|zūn hào}}) were monarchical titles adopted during the reign of monarchs or after their abdication. Due to [[naming taboo]], regnal names were the most straightforward method Chinese rulers could be referred to during their regimes.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples of regnal names
|-
!Personal name<br/>{{small|(Surname + given name)}}
!Regnal name
!Dynasty
|-
|[[Qin Shi Huang|Ying Zheng]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|嬴政}}
|Shi Huangdi<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|始皇帝}}
|[[Qin dynasty|Qin]]
|-
|[[Wu Zetian|Wu Zhao]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|武曌}}
|Emperor Cishi Yuegu Jinlun Shengshen<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|慈氏越古金輪聖神皇帝}}
|[[Zhou dynasty (690–705)|Wu Zhou]]
|-
|[[Liu Jiyuan]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|劉繼元}}
|Emperor Yingwu<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|英武皇帝}}
|[[Northern Han]]
|-
|[[Emperor Zhenzong|Zhao Heng]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|劉繼元}}
|Emperor Yingtian Zundao Qinming Renxiao<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|應天尊道欽明仁孝皇帝}}
|[[Northern Song dynasty|Northern Song]]
|-
|[[Yelü Dashi]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|耶律大石}}
|Emperor Tianyou<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|天祐皇帝}}
|[[Qara Khitai|Western Liao]]
|-
|[[Kublai Khan|Borjigin Kublai]]<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|孛兒只斤·忽必烈}}
|Emperor Xiantian Shudao Renwen Yiwu Daguang Xiao<br/>{{lang|zh-Hant|憲天述道仁文義武大光孝皇帝}}
|[[Yuan dynasty|Yuan]]
|}