Ancient languages have rich meanings. How did the ancients address each other when they met?

First of all, we all know that the names of the ancients were separated. They have the difference between "name" and "case", such as: Cao Cao, surnamed Cao, named Cao, the word Meng De; Liu Bei, surnamed Liu, surnamed Bei, the word Xuan E; Zhuge Liang, surnamed Xiong, surnamed Liang, password Kong Ming. The name of the ancients is usually a word, which is the most common way to "name words". Ancient Chinese characters are generally two characters. As for the address on the label, when the ancients addressed each other, it was impolite to say each other's name, with a certain contempt and contempt. For example, when Yuan Shu learned that Liu Bei had won Xu Shou, he wrote to Lu Bu and said, "The victory in Shu was a long time ago, and I have never heard of Liu Bei in the world. Liu Bei is assembling an army to prepare for the battle with Shu. " (heroic story)

I haven't heard of anyone named Liu Bei since Yuan Shu was born. What kind of person dares to challenge Yuan Shu? Here, Yuan Shu calls Liu Bei by his first name. Speaking of excellent children's books in feudal society, you will definitely quote Hundred Family Names compiled anonymously by Qiantang in the Northern Song Dynasty. "Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Wu Zhou, Zhang Wang, Chen Feng, Zhu Wei, Jiang Shen, Han Yang ..." This book shows more than 500 different names to China people from generation to generation.

Last name is very important to a person. This is an important trademark. In our traditional culture, taking the father's surname is a routine operation. In most cases, a person's surname is the same as his father's, uncle's, grandfather's and other older fathers', but in the beginning, China people followed his mother's name.

There is a saying in Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Fame is born by people, born by women, and born by sound". The ninth volume of "White Tiger Tongde" written by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty says: "A surname is born as a human being, and it is born from time to time." It is generally believed that in the ancient stage of matriarchal clan, children only knew their mothers, but not their fathers. (similar to the existing walking marriage system in modern minority areas), so it is named after the mother. Therefore, many ancient surnames, such as Jiang, Ji, Yao and Sigui, have the word "slave" beside them. These surnames are usually tribal surnames.