Book the name of the exquisite and rigour, besides follwed era name a word, just a few words out according to the family tree generation time generation.Name list of word generation of zhouyi customs directly influenced by ideas of patriarchal clan system, the key is to maintain the office inheritance system of patriarchal bunah has lawful inheritance (wife).General family, especially the family house, in order to make "people not forggestting", "knowledge system", is to repair the family tree.Family genealogy has a hen pecking everyone, to show the difference, easy memory, continuity, named book children pay attention to choose words, if use the same words or Chinese characters Chinese character component Cousins, kin expressed in different characters in different degress.This kind of method, according to ranking or typesetting.Ranking word generation of zhouyi name custom in Chinese history, influence is big, wide.Although the present age life change, not building a family tree, but still continue to use this method.

Words name generation method of zhouyi, the most common is the difference between the meanings.For row generational word word combination written mostly by auspicious celebration of ode to express a certain meaning, such as common sabingga sukdun dergici jimbi, in extremely good fortune, v its chang, radiant floor, poem li family heirloom, faithfulness following the and so on.Or smooth verse, some itself is a poem.Ranking word generation is the most complete, most representative is the feudal royal offspring as a sage Confucius family.As in 1774, emperor qianlong confirmed three cross generation descendant of Confucius:

Bush said male YanCheng hong WenZhen ShangYan xing yu pass the guang zhao xian city numerous auspicious

Made to hang on qin salt spreads

Word is Confucius family 56 generation.In 1920, the seventy-sixth generation of yan SAN male Kong Lingyi in the subsequent three cross two cross again, and approved by the ministry of internal affairs of the northern warlords government clients provinces county comply with:

Build way, settle overseas fix ZhaoYi often yu Wen Huanjing tin the mood forever prosperous

According to the above arrangement generation time, if we see the names of the descendants of Confucius in the middle of the word, the seniority can be calculated.Such as Kong Xiangzhen of the CPPCC national committee, ling-ming kong, Kong Demao, see the family tree generation time can know before 2 genera and 75, 76 generation of sun, one is after 77 generation grandson.

Generation time named royal descendants, the most stringent, I'm afraid to the qing dynasty.In the Ming dynasty zhu yuanzhang regulation, the descendants of zhu must name from the book does not.Since emperor kangxi, the qing dynasty royal family named according to the word generation, not only rules will be used, and the rules on the second word of Chinese character component, such as the generation prince yongzheng, the first word with the word "three-dimensional", the second word is used "in", such as three-dimensional progenitor, three-dimensional kei, three-dimensional...Assumed the and so on.Yongzheng emperor's fourth son, justify assumed the true.Qianlong this generation prince, the first word with hong words, the second word are using "day" (name of the qianlong emperor hong li).Qianlong years, huang yong molten painted six children ", the figure "after submission of secret memorials had great differences filial piety st, qianlong is just above the topic of a poem, a" permanent continous game in kind entertainment ", after the emperor qianlong in hong, choose words "yong yi," four words, as the named "word, light again after the" load "chosen" pu, yu, constant, and the "four word.Heshen was selected under the word "and" generation "event, until, increase, chess" four word.So the qing dynasty royal from yongzheng generation, called the order of the words is: three-dimensional, hong, yong yi, load, pu, yu, constant, rev., event, increase, kei.The last emperor pu yi's "pu", the qing dynasty was overthrown, named after whether to use these words, is unclear.

Book with words such as the name, name the structure like Confucius family peers the first word, also have take after a word;Some generation word before, and in the generation of word.As a family, two generations of people, thousands of words, Wan Ming, wanquan, ten thousand party, etc.;"Word generation, d people, the sea, XingMin, etc.Generation and generation of double, single, single is connected with Chinese character component.Cycles, continue.

Word generation of zhouyi name is a kind of folk customs with a long history, from the royal family, down to the plebeian inhabitants, even the monk monk pleased with.The name it fixed words, is rather stable factors, can continue from generation to generation orderly, and unlike some method changes, especially the inheritance of it, can help people promote lineage sequence, for those who live in overseas Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots roots to recognize them, distinguish folks neighborhood, pecking inferior play an important role.But, it is conventional, conservative, it limited the name of the person within a frame, to some extent, killing the person's will and independent personality, is not conducive to the development of personality, at the same time it also contains the concept of the feudal family of dense, interpersonal relationship and solidarity.

At present, the vast majority of the family surname, all has its own ranking word generation, such as hotel in hepu county of guangxi Chen clan words: shi has stood the road vibration, the mood of person of outstanding ability lian fang conducted tin family for prosperity forever.

But I don't like the Ming and qing dynasties era, generation of zhouyi name must be in strict accordance with the word, but some press, some do not.