#历史开讲 #
In real life, when quarreling with people, they often "greet" the "eighteenth generation of ancestors" of the other party.
So what eighteen generations of ancestors are referred to?
Generally speaking, the eighteen generations are centered on themselves (except themselves), counting nine generations at the top and nine generations below.
Upper nine generations: father, ancestor, great, high, heaven, lie, tai, yuan, nose;
The next nine generations: son, grandson, great, xuan, lai, hao, still, yun, ear.
Specifically——
The father of the father is the father,
The father of the grandfather is the great-grandfather,
The great-grandfather's father is the high ancestor,
The father of Gaozu is the ancestor of heaven,
The father of the Heavenly Ancestor is the Ancestor of Lie,
The father of Liezu is Taizu,
The father of Taizu is a distant ancestor,
The father of the distant grandfather is the originator.
The Son of the Father is the Son,
The son of a son is a grandson,
The son of the grandson is the great-grandson,
The son of a great-grandson is a great-grandson,
The son of the great-great-grandson is the grandson,
The son of the grandson is the grandson of 晜 (kūn),
The son of the grandson is the grandson of the surviving grandson,
The son of the surviving grandson is Yunsun,
Yunsun's son is Ersun.
Found it? The ancestors who are farthest from themselves are called "originators", and the farthest descendants are called "ear grandchildren", both named after the five senses.
据说，古人认为，人在母亲肚子里的时候，最先长出的就是鼻子，所以，就把最久远的祖先叫做鼻祖。 而下九代中最末一代的子孙距离鼻祖太遥远，从来没有见过，只用耳朵听说过，所以，被称作“耳孙”。
In summary, the "eighteen generations of ancestors" do not all refer to their ancestors, which also includes descendants. So using this word to scold people is indeed more hateful.
In addition, in addition to being used to curse, this word can also describe the long history of things or people.
In short, this word has a clear clan meaning, which is closely related to the patriarchal system mentioned earlier, and interested friends can turn to the previous article as a background supplement.