Who is the surname of Bo Yi Shu Qi? This is a seemingly simple problem that is actually quite troublesome.
People who do not understand history will take it for granted: "This also needs to be asked, Boyi is naturally surnamed Boyi, and Uncle Qi should be surnamed Uncle Qi." ”
Those who know history will give the answer: "These two people are brothers, one is called Boyi, the other is called Shuqi, and their surname is not said in the book." ”
It sounds like the second answer is correct, but it's not.
In fact, "Boyi" is not a name, "Boyi" is Boyi's rank among brothers, and "Yi" is the nickname given to him after his death.
Similarly, the "uncle" and "Qi" in "Shu Qi" are also brothers and nicknames, respectively.
If the "Three Sus" are called in this way, then Su Shi, whose rank boss is Wen Zhong (公), will be called Bo Wen zhong, and the second rank is Wen Ding (公).
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The Su Ru should be called Zhongwending.
So, what is the real name of Bo Yi Shuqi?
According to the "Records of History", the Lone bamboo royal family to which Boyi Shuqi belonged took Motai as the surname, that is, the current Mo surname, Boyi name Yun, the character Gongxin; Shuqi Mingzhi, the character Gongda. That is to say, Bo Yi's full name is Motai Yun, and Shuqi's large Motai Zhi.
There is still a misunderstanding about Boyi Shuqi - Boyi is the boss, Shuqi is the second oldest, the first half of this statement is correct, Boyi is indeed the eldest son of the monarch of the Lone Bamboo Kingdom, MoTaichu, the second half is wrong, Shuqi is not the second oldest, and the word "uncle" of Shuqi is an irrefutable evidence.
In ancient China, especially in the pre-Qin period, the ranking of brothers had the order of "Bo Zhong Shu Ji".
There is a very typical example in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" - Sun Jian, the father of Wu Lord Sun Quan, had four sons, the eldest Son Zi Ce, Zi Bo Fu; the second Son Zi Quan, Zi Zhongmou; the three characters Sun Yi, Zi Shu Bi; the fourth Son Zi Kuang, the character Ji Zuo.
The four brothers of Sun Ce each accounted for one of the four characters of "Bo Zhong Shu Ji". In the same way, Shu Qi, who occupies the word "uncle", should be the third oldest, that is, there is another brother between him and Bo Yi.
The Chronicle of History Volume 61 Bo Yi Lie Biography No. 1 has such a record: Boyi and Shu Qi were the two sons of the Monarch of the Lone Bamboo State, and the King of the Lone Bamboo State wanted to appoint his younger son Shu Qi as his successor, but died before it was implemented.
Shu Qi wanted to give up the throne to the eldest brother Boyi after the death of his father, but Boyi refused to disobey his father's orders, so he secretly left the Lone Bamboo Kingdom, and When Shu Qi saw that Boyi was so benevolent and righteous, he also fled like the eldest brother, so the subjects of the Lone bamboo Country established the second son of the old king as the new monarch.