Following Japanese custom, the new Emperor was naming taboo to by his given name, but rather was referred to simply as , which may be shortened to .

He came as a trader, but the Emperor named him king.

The Emperor named the chief justice, always a high aristocrat, several presidents of the court senates and some of the members of the court.

The Emperor named him as commander of these corps, with the rank of a full colonel.

The Emperor passed over many legitimate male heirs and named Cixi's son the Crown Prince.

Nonetheless, Orchid's life is still in danger from Su Shun (a corrupt official) as the Emperor has not yet named an heir.

Did you tell the Emperor to have no heirs and to name no one?

The Army promptly made an Emperor out of a man from the Provinces named Macrinus, who was a Moor and wore an earring in his ear.

The Holy Roman Emperor often directly named a deceased pope's replacement, or the pontiff named his own successor.

On 24 May 1862 the Emperor named a member of the Moderate-Liberal coalition to form a new cabinet.