Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Below the king or prince, there were six ranks of nobility () in Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: "E" (義 "Yì"), "An" (安 "Ān"), "Fu" (福 "Fú"), "Yen" (燕 "Yān"), "Yü" (豫 "Yù") and "Hou" (侯 "Hóu"). The nobility titles were not hereditary.