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essentially replaces the name used during life. Although most posthumous names are given to royalty, some posthumous names are given to honour significant...

In China, posthumous names were conferred upon Emperors, Empresses, and notable officials by the imperial court up until the fall of Qing dynasty in 1911...

notable exception of Japan. Temple names should not be confused with era names (年號), regnal names (尊號) or posthumous names (謚號). Modern academia usually refers...

Island'). Posthumous names (諡號; shìhào) were honorary names selected after a person's death, used extensively for royalty. The common "names" of most Chinese...

referred to by their posthumous names, monarchs from the Tang dynasty to the Yuan dynasty are generally known by their temple names, while rulers from the...

were not effectively regnal names. As a result of Chinese cultural and political influence, temple names and posthumous names were adopted by monarchs of...

A posthumous award is granted after the recipient has died. Many prizes, medals, and awards can be granted posthumously. Australian actor Heath Ledger...

"emperor" to these ancestors and gave them the honorific posthumous names and temple names by which they were known for the rest of the dynasty. Nurhaci...

the names are written in the Eastern name order. Given name, name at birth Mononymous person Married and maiden names Posthumous name Temple name The...

cultural traditions dictate systems of naming taboos, childhood names, courtesy names, art names, and posthumous names. Until the invention of the Korean...

Posthumous publication refers to publishing of creative work after the creator's death. This can be because the creator died during the publishing process...

A posthumous promotion is an advancement in rank or position in the case of a person who is dead. Posthumous promotions are most often associated with...

Posthumous marriage (also known as necrogamy or ghost marriage) is a marriage in which at least one of the participating members is deceased. In China...

a posthumous name. She was enshrined in Heolleung tomb along with her husband.[citation needed] In April 1002 (5th year reign of King Mokjong), name An-jeong...

in 1979. Therefore, the posthumous names of the emperors and empresses who reigned prior to 1868 may not be taken as era names by themselves. For example...

life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to...

beauty and meekness. (Her posthumous name started a trend for the rest of the Eastern Han, where empresses' posthumous names were formed not just from...

sources with the posthumous name Emperor Shang of Qin (秦殤帝) although the Qin dynasty had abolished the tradition of according posthumous names to deceased...

dynasties, are referred to by their temple names; they also had posthumous names and normally multiple era names. Kublai presided over the final conquest...

A posthumous birth is the birth of a child after the death of a parent. A person born in these circumstances is called a posthumous child or a posthumously...