"Posthumous" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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死后 sǐ hòu after death / posthumous
遗墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)
追加 zhuī jiā to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title
遗书 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature
太宗 Tài zōng posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
遗作 yí zuò posthumous work
汉高祖 Hàn Gāo zǔ posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 / (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
追认 zhuī rèn to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
遗诏 yí zhào posthumous edict (of former emperor)
遗腹子 yí fù zǐ posthumous child
司马炎 Sī mǎ Yán Sima Yan (236-290), founder and first emperor (265-290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3di4]
冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
遗著 yí zhù posthumous work (of a writer)
哀荣 āi róng (literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died / posthumous recognition
諡 shì Japanese variant of 謚|谥 / posthumous name or title / to confer a posthumous title
遗教 yí jiào work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings
湣 mǐn (ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs) / old variant of 憫|悯[min3]
宋太祖 Sòng Tài zǔ Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 / (927-976), reigned from 960
元太祖 Yuán Tài zǔ posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
先帝遗诏 xiān dì yí zhào posthumous edict of a former emperor / Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] edict to posterity
孝肃 Xiào sù Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
清太宗 Qīng tài zōng posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極|皇太极[Huang2 Tai4 ji2] (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
清太祖 Qīng Tài zǔ posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
皇太极 Huáng Tài jí Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor / posthumous name 清太宗[Qing1 Tai4 zong1]
盖棺 gài guān coffin lid / fig. posthumous reputation
谥号 shì hào honorary posthumous name / posthumous title
遗男 yí nán orphan / posthumous son
开漳圣王 Kāi zhāng shèng wáng Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
陈元光 Chén Yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
隋文帝 Suí Wén dì Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
追封 zhuī fēng to confer a posthumous title
追尊 zhuī zūn posthumous honorific name
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