Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world and inherit the history and civilization of the Chinese nation.
The ancients were also very particular about naming names. From the Zhou Dynasty onwards, naming was incorporated into the ceremonial law and formed a system. The name is also very learned, and it can be called an art.
And these few ancient names, really..... It's like a joke, hahahahahaha~
I thought it was a prank
I didn't expect such a character
Although the name is girl
People are pure masters who lead soldiers to fight
Li Xian's original name was Ugly Donkey
When he came to defect to Zhu Yuanzhang, he was given a name
Only then did he have the big name "Li Xian"
Hahahaha
This one
It's quite stubborn
This queen lives up to her name
Her taishou father once said
"This is my daughter King Also"
There is no one who praises his daughter so much
But in the end, people really became the "queen" (queen)
Don't look at the name so man
In fact
People are very beautiful because of their appearance
Quickly gained favor and was promoted to empress
Unfortunately
Calling a fierce girl did not escape the fate of being deposed
This nickname is introduced
I can't say it all in one breath
The super long title was all the emblems obtained by Cixi during his lifetime
Together with "Xiao Qin" and "Empress Shengxian of Tianxing"
At that time, most of the empress's nicknames were around 17 characters
Even the Kangxi Emperor's title was only 23 characters
The number of words in Empress Dowager Cixi's courtesy name was as high as 25 words
This was also a shocking event at the time
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The habit of taking a lowly name is really ancient, and it is a habit from folk to royal.
A traditional practice, now largely supplanted, was choosing deliberately unpleasant given names to ward off bad omens and evil spirits.
Traditional naming methods have now been largely replaced, with people deliberately taking unpleasant names to avoid bad omens and evil spirits.
- Wikipedia
In addition to the "ugly donkey" we counted above, there are many more:
Ji Black Buttocks, Ji Black Back, Ji Black Humerus, Ji Black Shoulder, Wei Yi (chōu), Wei Ugly Fu, Sun Zhen, Liu Fei, Liu Yan (zhì), Chen Feng (xī), Xin Tiezhu...
Just look at the surname, it is estimated that everyone can guess that this is not an ordinary person. All the people with the surname Ji are descendants of the Zhou royal family, including:
Ji Black Buttocks is the son of Jin Wengong, and this strange name is said to derive from the physiological characteristics of his birth - the black mole on his ass.
Duke Cheng of Jin was from 606 to 600 BC the ruler of the State of Jin. His ancestral name was Ji, given name Heitun, and Duke Cheng was his posthumous title.
Duke Cheng of Jin was the ruler of the Jin state from 606 BC to 600 BC. His surname was Ji (姬), his name was Black Buttocks, and his courtesy name was Chenggong (成公).
And Wei Ugly Husband, then it is the same as the "ugly egg of the old Wei family" that we say today;
Sun Bing, that is, "Sun Broken Leg", formerly known as Sun Boling, because he was tortured, so the world used to call it "Sun Bing".
Sun Bin (died 316 BC) was a Chinese general, military strategist, and writer who lived during the Warring States period of Chinese history. He was accused of treason while serving in the Wei state and was sentenced to face-tattooing (criminal branding) and had his kneecaps removed, permanently crippling him.
Sun Bing (died 316 BC) was a general, military strategist, and writer during the Warring States period. During his tenure in Wei, he was charged with treason and sentenced to abstinence (tattooing on the face) and had his kneecap removed, resulting in permanent disability.
Liu Yan was the real name of The Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, and Yan was a small wild boar; Chen Feng was a general of the Western Han Dynasty, while Feng was a big wild boar;
Xin Tiezhu, this iron pillar is not Zhao Tiezhu, Li Tiezhu, Zhang Tiezhu, but Xin Tiezhu, the son of the famous Southern Song Dynasty poet Xin Abandoned Disease. Xin wrote a poem to his son, "Qing Ping Le", especially noting "for the son of the iron pillar to do also".
Look at the Iron Pillar of the Xin Family, no disaster and no difficulty.
--Xin Renjie, "Qing Ping Le (for Er Tie Zhu)"
In short, physiological characteristics, poultry and livestock, can be used as names, the ancients name is so willful! In the "dog leftovers" of the pre-Qin Dynasty, there were many nobles.
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However, the later it was, the fewer the royals and nobles took the name of the untouchable. With culture, the name is more exquisite, and it has gradually become a very interesting science:
For example: name, word echo type.
Qu Yuan, the name Ping ZiYuan, and Pinghe Yuan, was originally a meaning; Li Bai, the word is too white, the word is an enhanced version of the name.
For example: balanced.
If the name is a bit too much, make it back with words.
Han Yue word retreat, "more" has the meaning of more than, overcome, and retreat is the meaning of humility and concession. This way of naming is "the name is too transcendent, the table word is pulled back", and between one entry and one retreat, it becomes the "middle way".
mean
Doctrine of the Mean, Middle Way
Zhong means bent neither one way or another, and yong represents unchanging.
Medium, impartial; mediocre, not change.
Also, ranking.
This method is similar to our today's "big hair, two hairs, three hairs", but the ancients were more subtle, using "Bo, Zhong, Shu, Ji".
Liu Bang's real name is Liu Ji, which means Liu Xiaosi; Confucius's character Zhongni is also because he is the second oldest in the Confucius family.
Confucius | Founder of Confucius Confucianism
Ancestral name (surname): Zi (子)
Clan name (氏): Kong (孔)
Given name (名): Qiu (丘)
Courtesy name (Word): Zhongni (Jonny)
The most representative are the Sun Quan family and the Sima family:
Sun family
Elder Sun Ce, Zi Bo Fu,
The second grandson, the word Zhongmou,
Old Third Sun Yi, Zi Shu Bi,
Old Fourth Sun Kuang, the word Ji Zuo.
Sima family
Sima Lang, Zi Boda, Sima Yi, Zi Zhongda, Sima Fu, Zi Shuda, Sima Kui, Zi Jida, Sima Ke, Zi Xianda, Sima Jin, Zi Huida, Sima Tong, Zi Yada, Sima Min, Zi Youda.
In addition, there is a five-element nomenclature.
The people who take the name of this method are either cultural people or high-ranking officials, because this method is based on the meaning of "five elements complementary".
The person who used the name of the Five Elements to the extreme was a generation of emperors - Zhu Yuanzhang.
Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's original name was Zhu Zhongba. Of course, the reason for taking this kind of soil slag name is mainly because the Yuan Dynasty did not allow the common people to take names (Yu Fan wrote in the "Spring In the Tang Essay": "In the Yuan system, those who have no position are not allowed to take names, but are named after the total age of the line and their parents").
After Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he resolutely bottomed out: in the future, the old Zhu family had to be named after the five elements.
Zhu Di (wood) → Zhu Gaozi (fire) → Zhu Zhanji (tu) → Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qiyu (jin) → Zhu Jianshen (water) → Zhu Youxian (wood) → Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houxi (fire) → Zhu Zaiyan (earth) → Zhu Yijun (jin) → Zhu Changluo (water) → Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian (wood).
The old Zhu family also asked that the names of the direct descendants could not be repeated, but everyone knew that the population of the old Zhu family was not generally large.
Later, the commonly used words on the side of the five elements were really insufficient, and finally had to turn to strange characters, such as: Zhu Shenlei, Zhu Tongbium, Zhu Miyi, Zhu Cheng palladium... It's a periodic table of elements.
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If you want a good name, you can also go to traditional culture to find inspiration - male Chu Ci, female poetry classics, Wen Analects, Wu Zhouyi.
Lin Huiyin's name is from "Si Qi" of "Daya Wen Wang's Shi", and Liang Sicheng's name is from "Ode to Shang".
Wang Guowei's name comes from the "Daya Wen Wang's Shi" "Kingdom Kesheng, Wei Zhou Zhizhen".
Zhou Xingchi, derived from Wang Bo's "Xiongzhou Wulie, Juncai Xingchi" in Wang Bo's "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion", Karen Mok, her name comes from the "I Ching. Ge Gua:"Gentlemen leopard change, its Wen Wei also." ”
Chen Daoming's name is taken from the first sentence of the opening chapter of the Tao Te Ching: "Tao, Dao, Extraordinary Dao; Name, Name, Name, Extraordinary Name." ”
A good name is mostly a good meaning and a good color head. The so-called "three points are destined, seven points rely on hard work", the real success will never lie under the aura of a good name and take a nap. On the contrary, it is often the success of these people themselves that makes future generations remember their names.