Qing: Emperors: 1636-1912
Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: temple name (miàohào | 廟號) in Chinese || personal name (míng | 名), considered tabooed (huì | 諱) upon accession, in Chinese | Manchu; posthumous name (shì | 諡) in Chinese. The years of bestowal or change are given in brackets (subsequent extensions of posthumous names are indicated). |
| Ruling House: Àixīn Juéluó | Aisin Gioro (愛新覺羅 | ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ ᡤᡳᠣᡵᠣ) |
| Huángdì | Hūwangdi (皇帝 | ᡥᡡᠸᠠᠩᡩᡳ) |
| 15 May 1636 - 21 Sep 1643 |
Tàizōng (太宗) [1643] || Huáng Tàijí | Hong Taiji (皇太極 | ᡥᠣᠩ ᡨᠠᡳᠵᡳ) [1] |
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posthumous names: Yīng tiān xīngguó hóng dé zhāngwǔ kuān wēn rén shèng ruì xiào jìng mǐn zhāo dìng lóng dào xiǎn gōng wén huángdì (應天興國弘德彰武寬溫仁聖睿孝敬敏昭定隆道顯功文皇帝) [1643] (lóng dào xiǎn gōng | 隆道顯功 added in 1662; jìng mǐn | 敬敏 added in 1723; zhāo dìng | 昭定 added in 1736) |
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common reference (era name): Chóngdé (崇德) |
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| 8 Oct 1643 - 5 Feb 1661 |
Shìzǔ (世祖) [1661] || Fúlín | Fulin (福臨 | ᡶᡠᠯᡳᠨ) |
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posthumous names: Tǐ tiān lóng yùn dìng tǒng jiàn jí yīng ruì qīn wén xiǎn wǔ dà dé hóng gōng zhìrén chún xiào zhāng huángdì (體天隆運定統建極英睿欽文顯武大德弘功至仁純孝章皇帝) [1661] (dìng tǒng jiàn jí | 定統建極 added in 1723; xiǎn wǔ | 顯武 added in 1736) |
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common reference (era name): Shùnzhì (順治) |
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| 7 Feb 1661 - 20 Dec 1722 |
Shèngzǔ (聖祖) [1722] || Xuányè | Hiowan Yei (玄燁 | ᡥᡳᠣᠸᠠᠨ ᠶᡝᡳ) |
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posthumous names: Hé tiān hóng yùn wénwǔ ruì zhé gōng jiǎn kuānyù xiàojìng chéngxìn zhōng hé gōngdé dà chéngrén huángdì (合天弘運文武睿哲恭儉寬裕孝敬誠信中和功德大成仁皇帝) [1722] (zhōng hé | 中和 added in 1736) |
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common reference (era name): Kāngxī (康熙) |
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| 27 Dec 1722 - 8 Oct 1735 |
Shìzōng (世宗) [1735] || Yìnzhēn | In Jen (胤禛 | ᡳᠨ ᠵᡝᠨ) |
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posthumous names: Jìngtiān chāng yùn jiàn zhōngbiǎo zhèngwén wǔ yīngmíng kuān rénxìn yì ruì shèng dà xiào zhìchéng xiàn huángdì (敬天昌運建中表正文武英明寬仁信毅睿聖大孝至誠憲皇帝) [1735] (ruì shèng | 睿聖 added in 1799) |
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common reference (era name): Yōngzhèng (雍正) |
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| 18 Oct 1735 - 9 Feb 1796 |
Gāozōng (高宗) [1799] || Hónglì | Hung Li (弘曆 | ᡥᡠᠩ ᠯᡳ) |
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posthumous names: Fǎ tiān lóng yùn zhìchéng xiānjué tǐ yuán lì jí fū wén fèn wǔ qīn míng xiàocí shénshèng chún huángdì (法天隆運至誠先覺體元立極敷文奮武欽明孝慈神聖純皇帝) [1799] (qīn míng | 欽明 added in 1820) |
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common reference (era name): Qiánlóng (乾隆) |
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| 9 Feb 1796 - 2 Sep 1820 |
Rénzōng (仁宗) [1820] || Yǒngyǎn | Yong Yan (永琰 | ᠶᠣᠩ ᠶᠠᠨ); Yóngyǎn | Yong Yan (顒琰 | ᠶᠣᠩ ᠶᠠᠨ) [1794] |
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posthumous names: Shòu tiān xīng yùn fū huà suí yóu chóngwén jīng wǔ guāng yù xiàogōng qínjiǎn duānmǐn yīngzhé ruì huángdì (受天興運敷化綏猷崇文經武光裕孝恭勤儉端敏英哲睿皇帝) [1820] (guāng yù | 光裕 added in 1850) |
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common reference (era name): Jiāqìng (嘉慶) |
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| 3 Oct 1820 - 25 Feb 1850 |
Xuānzōng (宣宗) [1850] || Miánníng | Min Ning (綿寧 | ᠮᡳᠨ ᠨᡳᠩ); Mínníng | Min Ning (旻寧 | ᠮᡳᠨ ᠨᡳᠩ) [1820] |
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posthumous names: Xiào tiān fú yùn lì zhōng tǐ zhèng zhìwén shèng wǔ zhìyǒng réncí jiǎn qín xiào mǐn kuān dìng chéng huángdì (效天符運立中體正至文聖武智勇仁慈儉勤孝敏寬定成皇帝) [1850] (kuān dìng | 寬定 added in 1861) |
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common reference (era name): Dàoguāng (道光) |
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| 9 Mar 1850 - 22 Aug 1861 |
Wénzōng (文宗) [1861] || Yìzhǔ | I Ju (奕詝 | ᡳ ᠵᡠ) |
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posthumous names: Xié tiān yì yùn zhí zhōng chuí mó màodé zhènwǔ shèng xiào yuān gōng duān rén kuān mǐn zhuāng jiǎn xiǎn huángdì (協天翊運執中垂謨懋德振武聖孝淵恭端仁寬敏莊儉顯皇帝) [1862] (zhuāng jiǎn | 莊儉 added in 1875) |
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common reference (era name): Xiánfēng (咸豐) |
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| 11 Nov 1861 - 12 Jan 1875 |
Mùzōng (穆宗) [1875] || Zǎichún | Dzai Šun (載淳 | ᡯᠠᡳ ᡧᡠᠨ) |
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posthumous names: Jì tiān kāi yùn shòu zhōngjū zhèng bǎo dàdìng gōng shèng zhì chéng xiào xìn mǐn gōng kuān míng sù yì huángdì (繼天開運受中居正保大定功聖智誠孝信敏恭寬明肅毅皇帝) [1875] (míng sù | 明肅 added in 1908) |
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common reference (era name): Tóngzhì (同治) |
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| 25 Feb 1875 - 12 Nov 1908 |
Dézōng (德宗) [1909] || Zǎitián | Dzai Tiyan (載湉 | ᡯᠠᡳ
ᡨᡳᠶᠠᠨ) [2] |
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posthumous names: Tóng tiān chóng yùn dàzhōng zhìzhèng jīngwén wěi wǔ rénxiào ruìzhì duān jiǎn kuān qín jǐng huángdì (同天崇運大中至正經文緯武仁孝睿智端儉寬勤景皇帝) [1909] |
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common reference (era name): Guāngxù (光緒) |
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| 2 Dec 1908 - 12 Feb 1912 |
no temple name bestowed || Pǔyí | Pu I (溥儀 | ᡦᡠ ᡳ) [3] |
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common reference (era name): Xuāntǒng (宣統) |
