The names of modern people are different from those of ancient times. Modern times are "surname" + "name", ancient "surname" + "name" + "word" and then a "number", and the surnames before the Qin and Han dynasties were separated, such as Qin Shi Huang is the surname of Ying and the Zhao family. The surnames are combined into one, but the emphasis on the name has not changed, and from ancient times to the present, Chinese have regarded taking names as a big thing.
I believe that everyone pestered their parents when they were young and asked this sentence: "Why give me this name?" In fact, the names given to their children by parents reflect the parents' own cultural level and depth of thought. For example, Zihan Yuxuan, who is now full of streets, sounds very pleasant, but there are too many collisions, who still likes it?
A good name must comprehensively consider the surname and first name, and complement each other perfectly. But the surname is fixed, only the name can choose the word independently, what should be paid attention to in the choice of words? On this point, the ancients have long given a comprehensive summary. In 706 BC, the Duke of Lu Huan, the ruler of the State of Lu, gave birth to the eldest son, And Duke Lu Huan did not know how to take the name, so he went to ask the doctor Shen Huan, who had always been intelligent and erudite, and was a famous name-taking master in Chinese history, who said:
"There are five names, there is faith, there is righteousness, there is an image, there is falsehood, and there is a class." Faith in the name of life, righteousness in virtue, image in life, false in things, and in the father. Not with the country, not with the officials, not with the mountains and rivers, not with hidden diseases, not with livestock, not with utensils... If the country is abolished, the name is abolished, the official is abolished, the lord is abolished by the mountains and rivers, the worship is abolished by the livestock, and the ceremony is abolished with the instrument coin... Big things can't be killed. ”
To explain it simply, Shen Xuan's view is not to name children with big and important things (such as mountains, rivers, countries, official positions, etc.), but to use special marks (letters), auspicious and beautiful words (righteousness), things that are similar to children (elephants), good intentions represented by all things (false), and names similar to fathers (classes).
Liu Bei had 4 sons, named Liu Feng, Liu Chan, Liu Yong, Liu Li, connected to "Feng Zen Yongli", Feng Zen is a great ceremony to sacrifice heaven and earth, exclusive to the emperor, Liu Bei's ambition is very obvious, but with his strength at that time, fantasizing about Feng Zen is purely a dream, his son not only did not become a generation of overlords, but became a mediocre king of the country.
In modern history, the famous "Eight Horses of the Lai Clan", Li Jinxi, Lai Jinhui, Li Jinyao, Li Jinyi, Li Jinjiong, Li Jinming, Li Jinguang, Li Jinyang, each person's name is in line with the "righteousness" principle mentioned above, 8 people have achieved great achievements, famous at home and abroad, can not say that there is any causal relationship between their achievements and names, but good names have undoubtedly played a role in adding luster and color.
Chiang Kai-shek also had two sons: Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Wai-kuo. Leaving aside those rumors of origin and origin of the names, only the meaning of the brothers' names. The country, may be a fixed character, may also be freely selected, this is a variety of opinions, can not be conclusive, then only look at the word "warp, weft", "warp" originally refers to the longitudinal line of the fabric, "weft" is the horizontal line of the fabric.
Later, another meaning was derived, and the Great Dai Li Ji Yi Ben Ming recorded: "Where the east and west of the earth are the latitudes, and the north and south are the longitudes." It means that the north-south road is "longitude" and the east-west road is "latitude", and in "Dream of the Red Chamber", Xue Baochao wrote such a very ironic poem: The road in front of you has no longitude and latitude.
However, "jing" also has the meaning of operation and governance, and together with the word "country", what the meaning is self-evident.
Emperor Cao Pi of Wei's Treatise on Classics said: "The great cause of the country. ”
The "History of Qin Shi Huang Benji" says: "Manager Uchi. ”
The "Chinese Zhou Yuxia" says: "The longitude is based on the heavens, and the latitude is the earth." ”
Heaven, earth, and country were all related to imperial power in ancient times, and those who possessed the talents of heaven and earth were the pillars needed to govern the country, which obviously reflected Chiang Kai-shek's own pretentious ideal ambitions, and was completely contrary to Shen Xuan's principle of "big things cannot be killed." If there is only one national character, it is not felt how, plus the word longitude and latitude, his mind will be clearly revealed.
Whether it is heaven or earth, it is obviously impossible to be transferred by the will of man, and the two names of "Jingguo" and "Weiguo" have very good meanings and are very domineering, but heaven and earth can never be the exclusive property of private manipulation and let them do whatever they want.