Posthumous name

A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: ??/?? Simplified Chinese: ??; Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji Japanese: shig?/tsuig?; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho; Vietnamese: th?y hi?u) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the person's death. The posthumous name is commonly used when naming most Chinese royalty, most Korean royalty, almost all Vietnamese royalty and all the emperors of Japan, except the four most recent emperors, Akihito, Hirohito (the Sh?wa emperor), the Taish? emperor and the Meiji emperor. Posthumous names in China and Vietnam were given to honor lifetime accomplishment: many people who were not related to the emperor have posthumous names. An example is Sun Yat-Sen who is called Father of the Country (?? Guófù).

Miscellaneous

To combine an emperor's temple name and posthumous name, place temple first.

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The process of naming somebody posthumously is in Chinese called "retroactively posthumously naming" (追謚).

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A fuller description of this naming convention for royalty appears in the Chinese sovereign entry.

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