《礼记·王制》
天子设立七庙：文王世室、高祖、祖父三个昭庙，武王世室、曾祖、父三个穆庙，加上一个太祖庙，共七庙。
天子七庙，三昭三穆，与太祖之庙而七。
The emperor had seven ancestral temples: the Temple of King Wen, the Grand Ancestral Temple, and three Temples of Glorious Ancestors, as well as the Temple of King Wu, the Temple of the Great-Grand Ancestor, and the Temple of the Imperial Father, plus the Great Ancestral Temple, for a total of seven.