The origin of the name

The ancients in addition, there are words, Numbers, and Shi, its meaning is the same, such as "the YanShi family precepts," say: "in traditional, word table."Birthright which is used to justification, seal character entities, and the word is mainly used to show that ambition and virtues.We say today's name from the ancient "name" is different from the "word", today people only without a word, collectively known as names.Of course, from the individual's symbol of this sense, name, word, number, writings.finally is a "name".Words, can say is a supplement and extension, is another name appellation symbols, but in words and name there is a difference between on the meaning and purpose.

According to ancient Chinese etiquette, the man at the age of 20, to take "word" DE facto crowns, thinks he's grown at this moment, you can marry made room for social activities.And women's hair pinning ceremony held at the age of 15 when hair clasp hairdo) on (i.e., don't take words, says it has to make marry mating, we often use the idiom "expresses" "has not yet been word" refers to is the age of the woman not to take, or as an adult.Visible, word is the sign of the ancients said adult.

Word in ancient generally confined to the literati and the intelligentsia, general civilians are famous no words, so the words also said the role of social status.Such as the founding emperor of the western han dynasty emperor gaozu liu bang and many civil servants warrior such as responsible, han xin, Chen ping, hurried, GuanYing, bo zhou, etc., are all famous no words, it is because they before dignitaries, or pettifoggery beadle, or common, is ineligible to take word.Liu bang, civil servants at the hands of military commanders that alone is liu hailed as "the management policy in curtain grip, runoff away" the ovary of hou zhang liang word, this is because he was born of a noble family in South Korea.

The ancients in words, often from contact with the name, words tend to be explanation or supplement, the two are list, so the word is also called "secondary personal name"."White lv tong righteousness, name" said: "for which is the word, the name is known by his word the."The ancients, in the name of the word is really like that, but sometimes because of the old, semantic change, the link performance is more subtle, but also choosing is embodied in the following aspects:

(1) the word with the meaning of the same or similar, such as qu yuan, who ping ZiYuan, "erya, release to" "original quang yue", and the original synonymous.The various ge is bright, the bore is clear;Tao yuanming yuan, bright, bright, bright synonymous.Zhou yu, word GongJin;The oldest son, zhou yu, zhou yu, jin are jewels.Lu you, the service concept;Qin guan, less words, view and YouZhiYi close.Modern astronomers Shen Dehong, word wild goose ice, hon the wild goose, synonymous.

(2) the complementary information on the word and the meaning of name, such as the tang dynasty poet bai juyi, word lotte, meaning rice-producing, so very easy.The three leading zhang fei, wing DE;Southern song dynasty name yue fei peng, lift, is take wings, and peng to fly.Northern song dynasty writer su shi, zi chan, said wen jie zi "interpretation of the" power ":" the car in front of ": interpretation of the" pursuit ":" see also ".

"Zuo, ZhuangGong decade" there is a "power and hope".Visible power, deep meaning.Change of northern song dynasty poet liu is, word, meaning "and to correct them.Modern linguists Chen Wangdao, word long, meaning "to go".

(3) the word with the meaning of the name instead, such as Confucius' disciple had points, word, according to said wen jie zi ", "point, the little black also" "xi, one color white.Black and white, its just the opposite.And han yu, the word back;Zhu xi, character anchorite;taking

, the illustration of the words with uncle;Essayist tube with the qing dynasty, the words of different, its name and word meaning is the opposite.

Apart form (4) the name, such as Ming dynasty writer Liu Dong, fan;The ancients qing Lin Chuan, word.

(5) the word "" (jar), secondary, tertiary, quaternary", etc.With "eldest" (jar) ", such as Cai Bo rush-hour jar (basis), class (ban gu), liu bowen (Liu Ji);Ranked second with "secondary", such as the eastern han dynasty philosopher Wang Zhongren (wang chong), the three main Sun Zhongmou wu (sun), tang dynasty poet Qian Zhongwen (Qian Qi);With the word "uncle" third, such as "seven sages of bamboo forest", one of the YanShuYuan JiShu night (ji kang), the northern song dynasty poets (length);Use word "season" of nature is the youngest, such as the tang dynasty poet He Ji true (He Zhizhang), Wang Jiling (Wang Zhihuan).

(6) with men's laudatory name words, such as sima qian's shiji author words smaller;The western han dynasty ci fu Yang xiong words son cloud;When the three liu xuande;The beginning words DE progenitor;And so on.

(7) with ancient poetry word sentence, such as cao cao, word jar, taken from "xun zi • learning," husband is the virtues of "".By the writer in the qing dynasty Qian Qianyi word, from the "history" "modesty" benefit.Kang youwei word dwellings, taking the du fu: "Andrew metal must, between DaBi all those 倶 joys yan".

The ancients for the use of the name, the word is very exquisite, names and words used in different occasions, object.Generally speaking, claims to use name, or elders for the younger generation, teachers for the disciple, a most high vs low also can direct the name.And call the words can be said to be for others, especially a low counterpoint, refer to each other or elders between peers, should say the word, in order to show respect.Such as the analects of Confucius, Confucius says it is called "high", such as: "a day: 'the blarney, make color, foot, ZuoQiuMing shame, hill also shame'."Confucius, closely related to his disciple said: "back to also not help those who find also, to my words don't say."The "back" here is YanHui, word son deep, Confucius first-name basis "back".On the contrary, if a most high vs low, an elder to junior said its word, it is a kind of special treatment.Such as the order said: "all parties have a nasty, prince can let evil?"Prince is DouYing word, he in the early years of the western han dynasty with the seven countries of disorderly, is order to general, due to the work seal Wei Qihou.According to the language of tang Lin "records: du fu YanWu staff in chengdu, in a drunk drunk, said:" believe yan ting is the son."Because he said the name, the father of YanWu YanWu angry, said: "du made (du fu's grandfather) grandson run great risks?"Because of improper said name on '.

In ancient China, for the most high, the elder's name to "taboo", namely to their name used by the word cannot be used now.Emperor kangxi hiowan yei, and shall be written in the nanjing xuanwu yuan Wu Hu;Or should taboo words empty don't write, or write "one" word, or written "taboo" word, if I write the book of sui tang dynasty, because of its avoidance of taboo, will Wang Shichong, li ii ð ª Ÿ  as wang chong, lee ð ª Ÿ , later generations know name, taboo is writtenAgain as the duke of zhou JiDan in ji fa was seriously ill, to three king (king, king ji of zhou, the king of the text) soul for prayer, said: "sun wei er yuan, malaria Gou him.If the three Kings, are stocked in the day, with a denier generation."Duke of zhou due to avoid his brother Lawrence w. ji fa taboo, with "a".This sentence is translated into the vernacular: "your sun ji fa, suddenly got sick seriously.If three Kings soul, and have the children need to serve you, let me JiDan instead of ji fa!"Taboo and will avoid word not write for a lack of, a lot of strange words.Due to the progress of The Times, those strange words has rare modern words.The generation of words is to "respect", one young and famous, champions league and have a word, as a second lock, after in a social situation, can adjust measures to local conditions to call a word or name.Want to know, in ancient times, what occasion said name, what occasion said word is very strict.