Template talk:Infobox Chinese emperor

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This is an attempt to standardize and facilitate a pattern of infobox tables I found among Chinese emperor articles. It is most directly based on the article Qin Shi Huang. Here is the infobox for his article, as an example:


Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang
Ancestral name (姓): Ying (嬴)
Clan name (氏): Zhao¹ (趙),or Qin² (秦)
Given name (名): Zheng (政)
King of the State of Qin
Dates of reign: July 247 BCE–221 BCE
Official title: King of Qin (秦王)
Emperor of Qin Dynasty
Dates of reign: 221 BCE–Sept. 10, 210 BCE
Official title: First Emperor (始皇帝)
Temple name: None³.
Posthumous name: None4
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar
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1. This clan name appears in the Records of the Grand Historian
written by Sima Qian. Apparently, the First Emperor being born
in the State of Zhao where his father was a hostage, he later
adopted Zhao as his clan name (in ancient China clan names
often changed from generation to generation), but this is
not completely certain.


2. Based on ancient Chinese naming patterns, we can infer that
Qin was the clan name of the royal house of the State of Qin,
derived from the name of the state. Other branches of the Ying
ancestral family, enfeoffed in other states, had other clan
names. Qin was thus possibly also the clan name of
the First Emperor.
3. The royal house of Qin did not carry the practice of temple
names, which were not used anymore since the establishment
of the Zhou Dynasty, so the First Emperor does not have a
temple name per se. However, his official name "First Emperor"
can somehow be assimilated to a temple name, being the
name under which the emperor would have been honored
in the temple of the ancestors of the dynasty.

4. Posthumous names were abolished in 221 BC by the First
Emperor who deemed them inappropriate and contrary
to filial piety.		 
{{Infobox Chinese emperor
|image = [[Image:qinshihuang2.jpg|center|Qin Shi Huang]]
|name = Qin Shi Huang
|ances-name = Ying (嬴)
|clan-name = Zhao¹ (趙),or Qin² (秦)
|given-name = Zheng (政)
|title1 = King of the [[Qin (state)|State of Qin]]
|reign1 = July 247 BCE–221 BCE
|off-title1 = King of Qin (秦王)
|title2 = Emperor of [[Qin Dynasty]]
|reign2 = 221 BCE–Sept. 10, 210 BCE
|off-title2 = First Emperor (始皇帝)
|temple-name = None³.
|post-name = None<sup><small><small>4</sup></small></small>
|notes = 1. This clan name appears in the [[Records of the Grand Historian]]<br>written by [[Sima Qian]]. Apparently, the First Emperor being born<br>in the [[Zhao (state)|State of Zhao]] where his father was a hostage, he later<br>adopted Zhao as his clan name (in ancient China clan names<br>often changed from generation to generation), but this is<br>not completely certain.
<br>
2. Based on ancient Chinese naming patterns, we can infer that<br>Qin was the clan name of the royal house of the [[Qin (state)|State of Qin]],<br>derived from the name of the state. Other branches of the [[Ying]]<br>ancestral family, [[enfeoff]]ed in other states, had other clan<br>names. Qin was thus possibly also the clan name of<br>the First Emperor.
<br>
3. The royal house of Qin did not carry the practice of temple<br>names, which were not used anymore since the establishment<br>of the [[Zhou Dynasty]], so the First Emperor does not have a<br>temple name ''per se''. However, his official name "First Emperor"<br>can somehow be assimilated to a temple name, being the<br>name under which the emperor would have been honored<br>in the temple of the ancestors of the dynasty.
<br>
<small>4. Posthumous names were abolished in 221 BC by the First<br>Emperor who deemed them inappropriate and contrary<br>to filial piety.</small>
}}

I hope this helps. LittleDantalk 12:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)