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
Reign	July 247 BCE–221 BCE
Reign	221 BCE–Sept. 10, 210 BCE

{{Infobox Chinese emperor
|image = [[File:Qinshihuang.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.
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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.
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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.
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<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>
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I hope this helps. LittleDan^talk 12:57, 26 August 2006 (UTC)