Foreword: As we all know, a large number of thinkers and philosophers emerged in Huaxia in the pre-Qin period, of which there are not a few who are famous throughout the ages and enjoy chinese and foreign reputations, such as Confucius and Mencius of Confucianism, LaoZi of Taoism, etc. In view of the vast influence of Confucian and Taoist thought, the founding fathers of both families became eastern saints, of which Confucius was enshrined as a moral saint and Lao Tzu was revered as a Taoist saint.
When we were students, we already knew that the so-called "son" was actually an honorific title for a wise and powerful person. But what makes us a little confused is "Lao Tzu". Confucius is Confucius because his name is Kong Qiu; Mencius is Mencius because his name is Mengke. According to this law, since Lao Tzu's name is Li Er, why do people honor him not as Plum, but as LaoZi?
It's very good, it's very good
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" >, "old" and "child" are honorific titles</h1>
The frequency of the word "old" in our daily life is quite large, such as the title between husbands and wives such as husband and wife, as well as the honorifics of the word "old" such as "old man", "old lady jun" and "old man" that we often hear in some film and television dramas. It can be seen that the word "old" does not only mean age, but also describes a person's degree of respect.
Some time ago, the "Son-in-law" that was widely circulated on the Internet, I believe many people have seen it, in which the male protagonist appears to be polite and courteous in terms of people and things, when he first met Qin Xiang, he was called "Qin Lao", so that as soon as people heard this title, they felt that Qin Xiang was a person of high moral standing.
Even in the present, we will still call some well-known figures with surnames + "old", such as Mr. Yuan Longping, who is often referred to as "Yuan Lao". According to this logic, it is not surprising that Li Er, who single-handedly pioneered Taoist thought and wrote the Tao Te Ching, is used by people with the honorific titles of "lao" and "son".
The name can be named, and the name is extraordinary
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > second, Li Er grew up and looked older</h1>
Compared with hearing and smell, the impact of vision on people is undoubtedly greater. The Internet often classifies men as visual animals, which means that men are easy to look at people, in fact, whether men or women, will pay attention to vision, which is determined by human physiology. A good visual experience makes people feel better, so there is a concept in marketing that is called "visual merchandising".
Merchants can improve performance through better shop decoration and commodity display, and writers can attract more readers through better typography, which are based on people's visual experience to spend their minds, which shows that it is not unreasonable to take people by appearance. Legend has it that Li Er's external conditions were much worse than Confucius's, and when he was not very old, his eyebrows and beard were white, and there were many wrinkles on his face, making people look like an old man, so in some classics there is the title of "Old Man".
I believe that many people have been given the experience of being "nicknamed", such as me, when I was a child, because of my fat physique, I was often called "Fat Tao" by my partners, and later because I liked to doze off in class, I was called "Sleeping Tao" by my classmates. It is also logical that Li Er will be called "old man" because of his old appearance. "Lao Nian" later became famous all over the world, and people called him "Lao Tzu".
Confucius asked Lao Tzu
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > third, Lee er is regarded as a freak</h1>
Li Er was born earlier than Confucius, and he lived about 2500 years ago. Such a long time, the legend about him will naturally not be less, take the previous article that he looks old, in fact, it is also a legend, after all, there is no proof that people can be convinced. Not only Li Er, but also Confucius, legend has it that Confucius's parents often went to Nishan to pray in order to ask for a son, and finally one day, their behavior touched the heavens, and Confucius mother dreamed of sending a child After returning home, Confucius mother became pregnant with a child.
Less than a year later, in order to show their gratitude to the heavens, Kong Mu and Kong Father worked tirelessly to go to the nishan mountain to make a wish, but unexpectedly Kong Mu actually gave birth to Confucius on the way down the mountain, Kong Father and Kong Mother saw that the child looked strange and ugly, and abandoned the child in a cave in shock. To say that the greatest feeling in the world is maternal love, Kong mother can not let go of her child after returning home, resolutely ready to go up the mountain to see the child, the result of the strange thing happened, Kong mother saw a tiger feeding her child, an eagle fanning her child.
This legend about Confucius has undoubtedly added a lot of legendary color to Confucius, but it should be said that in terms of birth, it is Li Er who is more legendary. Legend has it that Li Er spent a full eighty-one years in his womb and was born from his mother's arm socket. Because he was born under a plum tree, he was given the surname "Li"; because he had been in the womb for too long, his title was always inseparable from an "old" word.
The greatest writer, Lao Tzu
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > four, "old" and "lee" homophones</h1>
If you trace the origin of China's writing back to the Yellow Emperor period, it has been more than 4,000 years. After more than four thousand years of development, how much has the chinese language changed? The sound, glyph and meaning of the word will develop and change. Just like our Hubei abbreviation - "E" character, "鄂" was originally used to refer to the Yangtze crocodile, and later because the ancients often used the skin of the Yangzi crocodile to make war drums, the word "nightmare" was created.
With the passage of time, "nightmare" is often associated with "nightmare", and "鄂" has become the abbreviation of Hubei, a word has become two words, although the pronunciation of the two words is the same, the meaning is thousands of miles. According to some literary and historical sources, the word "lao" was pronounced "li" in the era when Li Er lived, and the pronunciation of "lao er" is not "lao er", but "li er".
There is a city of Lu'an in Anhui, and some of the people I contact often mispronounce it, calling it "liu an", which is actually "lu an". "lao" and "li" were thus confused, and coupled with the fact that the surname "Li" had long been at the forefront of the ranking among the hundred family names, the word "old" gradually evolved into the word "Li". Lee ear is the old ear, and the old ear is the lee ear.
The realm of the Tao
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > conclusion</h1>
In addition to the above four reasons, there must be other reasons for the existence of the vast history sea, who can say it in the chest? As for what the real answer is exactly? Judging from the current analysis of historical data, it is also difficult to determine. The greatest charm of our study of history is to explore all kinds of mysteries, even if we can't find them, we are trying to get closer to the truth.
In terms of credibility, the second and fourth of the above four reasons should be the highest and the most logical. To choose the best of the two answers, I'll choose the second. If it were you, which would you choose?
bibliography:
Historia
Lao Tzu and Confucius
The Legend of Lao Tzu