There were many emperors who liked high-profile in ancient times, such as Emperor Qianlong during the Qing Dynasty. He was probably the best emperor in history to be praised. Although he was not very capable of governing the country and had no outstanding performance in civil and

There were many emperors who liked high-profile in ancient times, such as Emperor Qianlong during the Qing Dynasty period. He was probably the best emperor in history to be praised. Although he was not very capable of governing the country and had no outstanding performance in civil and military affairs, he gave himself the title of "Ten Complete Old Man". Anyone who has a little knowledge of the history of the Qing Dynasty knows that he, the "Ten Complete Old Man", has too much water infusion, and it is entirely for self-entertainment.

Some people like to be high-profile, so naturally some people like to be low-profile. However, as the emperor who is highly anticipated, it is sometimes difficult to be low-profile. However, there was an emperor in ancient times who successfully achieved this. This is Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu . He was probably the most low-key emperor in ancient times.

If there was indeed a perfect emperor in ancient times, then it was definitely Liu Xiu. He was actually considered a commoner emperor. Although Liu Xiu's origin is considered to be after the Han Emperor , his family has fallen into decline by his generation, and the battle for the country is entirely based on personal strength. After becoming emperor, he was still thrifty and loving the people as his son. Not only did he issue an order to reduce and exempt national taxes, but he also issued several edicts to prohibit officials from harming and abuse slaves, and pardon a large number of slaves and servants as commoners.

Liu Xiu was also very tolerant in treating meritorious officials, properly placed meritorious officials, and did not act to persecute meritorious officials, and also gave him high officials and generous salaries. At this point, Liu Xiu did a perfect job, much more kind than Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang . In addition, Liu Xiu also learned from the lessons of the Western Han Dynasty, prohibited relatives and eunuchs from interfering in politics, weakened local military power, and brought the Eastern Han Dynasty into a relatively stable stage of development, known in history as the "Guangwu Revival".

As the founding emperor, Liu Xiu's achievements are not inferior to those of Liu Che , Li Shimin and others, but he is rarely mentioned. Not only ordinary people rarely mention him, but even historians rarely mention him about his deeds, which is enough to prove how low-key he is. Moreover, Liu Xiu clearly created a new dynasty, but was willing to be the successor emperor and still regarded "Han" as the national name, which is even more commendable.

In history, few emperors were as low-key as Liu Xiu. As the founding emperor, he could have given himself a temple name "Taizu" and "Gaozu". These two temple names are unique honors to the founding emperor. However, after Liu Xiu passed away, he only gave himself the temple name "Hanshizu". Although "Shizu" is only one word different from "Taizu" and "Gaozu", the meaning of their posthumous titles is very different.

Generally speaking, although the temple name of ancient emperors was determined by later generations, it reflects their wishes during their lifetime. Liu Xiu's temple name "Shizu" refers to his pioneering achievements, but he did not update the country name and still regarded "Han" as the country name. Few people can do this alone. For example, Wang Mang and Wu Zetian . The first thing they did was to change the country's name by usurping power was to become the ancestor after death and become the first person to create a foundation for all generations.

"Shizu" is a specific temple name that not everyone can use. It can only be used by those who have opened up a new historical period for the dynasty. For example, the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi, although the person who led the Qing army into the pass was Dorgon, Shunzhi was the emperor at that time, so after his death, he could use " Shizong " as the temple name, indicating that he led the Qing army into the pass and opened up a new era for the Qing Dynasty.

However, for Liu Xiu, the temple name "Shizong" really aggrieved him. His achievements are fully qualified to use "Taizu" and "Gaozu" as temple names, or to establish a brand new dynasty. In this way, as the founder of the new dynasty, he could receive the same treatment as Liu Bang, Li Yuan , Zhu Yuanzhang and others, and his chances of showing his face in history books will be greatly improved. But the low-key Liu Xiu did not do this, and this is the most admirable thing. Why do you say that? Just look at the practice of the old Zhu family in Ming Dynasty .

Is the temple name important for ancient emperors? That certainly matters.For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor of Jiajing, , Zhu Houqing, was brought into the Taimiao in order to treat himself as his father, , Xingxian King , Zhu Youwei first posthumously named him "Emperor Huangkaogongmuxian". Later, he used means to set a temple name for his father, King Xingxian, so that his god could enter the Taimiao of the Old Zhu family.

What’s ridiculous is that the King of Xingxian Zhu Youshi never served as the emperor for a day. Not only did he become a sect and enter the Taimiao, but his status was higher than that of Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao. You know, Zhu Youxi was Zhu Houzhao's minister at that time, and the throne of Emperor Jiajing was also inherited from Zhu Houzhao. Emperor Jiajing praised his father King Xingxian so highly, which shattered the three views of civil and military officials at that time. However, due to the majesty of Emperor Jiajing, no one in the court dared to object, and King Xingxian's tablets were listed on Zhu Houzhao in a grand manner.