Due to specific particularities for some dynasties, the template has been broken up as follow:
- Template: Chinese Emperor 1 (for all emperors before Yuan dynasty) (with footnotes)
- Template: Chinese Emperor 2 (for all emperors before Yuan dynasty) (without footnotes)
- Template: Chinese Emperor 3 (for emperors of Yuan dynasty)
- Template: Chinese Emperor 4 (for emperors of Ming Dynasty) (with footnotes)
- Template: Chinese Emperor 5 (for emperors of Ming Dynasty) (without footnotes)
- Template: Chinese Emperor 6 (for emperors of Qing dynasty)