shì​fǎ

posthumous titling system

谥法 諡法 shì​fǎ
posthumous titling system
(literary) The traditional system of conferring posthumous titles based on a person's life and achievements; established in the Zhou Dynasty and continued until the late Qing Dynasty.
Shifa
The title of a book compiled by Su Xun of the Song Dynasty, which standardized the historical rules for posthumous titling.