There are three main types of titles for emperors in ancient China, namely the name of the emperor, the name of the temple and the name of the year.

The temple number originated very early, and began to exist in the Shang Dynasty, and at the beginning there were only a few such as Sejong, Taizong, Gaozong, and Zhongzong. The temple number is used for worship in the temple, and the living monarch can enter the temple after his death, but not all the spirits can stay in the temple all the time, only those monarchs with great merit and high prestige can always be worshiped in the temple, and these monarchs who have been staying in the temple have a temple number.

Why didn't the descendants of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty give him the temple number after his death?

The reason why Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty did not have a temple number is related to the country he governed at that time and whether he won the hearts of the people in handling things.

There are four emperors of the Western Han Dynasty who have temple numbers, and the merits of these four emperors are all groundbreaking and unique. It can be said that they have made great contributions to the continuation of the Han Dynasty, and only when the merit is strong enough to a certain extent, they will be equipped with a temple number after death. These four emperors with temple numbers are Liu Bang, Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Heng of the Han Taizong (Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty), Liu Che of the Han Shizong (Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty), and Liu Xun of the Zhongzong of the Han Dynasty (Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty). Among them, the temple numbers are, Han Gaozu, Han Taizong, Han Shizong and Han Zhongzong.

Liu Bang is known to everyone as the founder of the Han Dynasty, and his credit should be the greatest among all the emperors of the Han Dynasty. He has a temple number, and the founding emperor has a temple number, which is reasonable.

As one of the emperors who pioneered the rule of Wenjing, why didn't Emperor Han Jing get the temple number? It is mainly related to his personality and how he behaves. Some people in history have commented on him as: Ji Ke Shao Grace, no one has the amount of a king, and together he is mean and unkind!

First, according to legend, once the prince of Wu came to Chang'an to play chess with Liu Qi, who was the prince at the time, the two had a fight, Liu Qi picked up the chessboard and smashed the prince of Wu to death, and later Emperor Wen sent the prince of Wu back to Wu, and Liu Wei, the king of Wu, said that we are all members of the Liu family, and we will be buried where we die, and then sent back to Chang'an.

Second, it is wrong to kill the teacher. After Liu Qi succeeded to the throne, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, was dissatisfied with the reduction of the feudal domain and rebelled, and another reason for this was that Liu Bi had not forgotten Liu Qi's stoning of his son. Liu Bi also played the slogan of the Qing Jun's side, as long as Liu Qi killed Chao Cuo, he would stop the army. Liu Qi didn't even think about it, so he sent someone to behead Chao Cuo in front of the court.

Third, kill the heroes. After Chao Cuo was killed, the Seven Kings did not stop the army, and the commander headed by Zhou Yafu also pacified the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms three months later, while Zhou Yafu was also proud of his achievements, and on the other hand, Emperor Jing of Han also looked down on him, in order to make the prestige of the prince Liu Che in the future, he caught Zhou Yafu's chicken feet and framed him for rebellion, Zhou Yafu died of hunger strike in prison in order not to be humiliated.

Summary: All kinds of signs show that under the strict selection mechanism of the temple number of the Han Dynasty, the life evaluation of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, it is completely impossible to get the temple number, in addition to the following three things, there is one more thing that also makes him unable to get the temple number: Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, the abolished prince.

The reason why Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty did not have a temple number was, to put it bluntly, forgotten. It is because he has no political value to exploit, and no one needs to use him to assert his legitimacy.