Principles and methods of ancient naming

Principles and methods of ancient naming

The principles and methods of ancient people's naming gave their babies a distinctive name; It can be said that a name with auspicious meaning will have a strong implication for a person's future health, marriage and career. Let's take a look at the principles and methods of ancient naming.

The principles and methods of ancient naming 1 (1) "Believe in famous students" (the principle of "having faith")

According to Zuo Zhuan's note: "Like Tang Shuyu, Lu Gongzi is a friend."

This is based on legend. When Tang Shuyu was born, he had a palm print that looked like a dangerous word, and his name became more and more dangerous. This myth emphasizes that when the ruler is born, the name comes from nature and has the mystery of the name.

(2) "taking morality as righteousness" (the principle of "righteousness")

According to Zuo Zhuan, "if the king of Wen is named, the king of Wu is named."

This is also based on the historical legend that Zhou Wenwang (Ji Chang)' s father was very happy when he saw the good omen. He said, "I should be a prosperous person in the world, but is it prosperous?" That is to say, the hope of reviving the Zhou Dynasty is pinned on Prince Chang.

Later, Ji Chang gave birth to Ji Fa, the king of Wu, who thought it was time to "send troops to overthrow Zhou Wang", hence the name. This is the origin of the names of Zhou Wenwang (Ji Chang) and Zhou Wuwang (Ji Fa).

(3) "take the class name as the image" (the principle of "image")

According to Zuo Zhuan's note, "Confucius is like a mud mound."

This is a legend about the naming of Confucius. Confucius' parents prayed for a child in Niqiu Mountain, and later Confucius was born. When Confucius was born, his head was like a sweat dome (high on both sides and low in the middle), like a hill. "It is named Sun Ball, and the word Zhong Ni is like Niqiu."

(4) "taking things as false" ("false" principle)

According to Zuo Zhuan's note: "If Boyu (the son of Confucius) was born, someone gave it, so it was named carp." That is, when Confucius gave birth to his son, someone just gave him carp, so he named his son "carp" This is a random coincidence, which also means borrowing something.

A naming principle of the ancients.

(5) "Take the father as the class" (the principle of "class")

According to Zuo Zhuan's note: "If the sons are born together, there is a father." This means that his son is in the same heaven with him, so he named it "Tong".

Principles and methods of ancient naming II. The naming of ancient people has the following principles:

1, the consonant of the name should be crisp and smooth.

2. Shape: The font structure should be stable and smooth.

3. Meaning: The name you choose should have a certain meaning.

4. Combination: in line with the five elements of names.

5, taboo: the name can not be the same as or homophonic with the name of the elder, if you have time, write it.

6, reading different sounds, this is respect for the elders, this is the main principle.

Second, the most common way to choose words is that the names and words have the same or similar meanings.

Can explain each other. For example, Qu Yuan, whose name is Ping, has an original word; In Erya Dish, it is explained that "Guangping is as original as before". Zhuge Liang, the word Kongming, "bright" and "bright" have similar meanings; Ban Gu, the word "Gu" and "Jian" all mean "unswerving"; Du Fu, with beautiful words, explained "Fu" as "the title of ancient handsome man"; Prose writers in the Northern Song Dynasty are similar to Zi Gu, Gong and Gu.

Third, the meaning of the word taken by the name and the word is just the opposite. For example, Han Yu, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, retired, and the more he meant, the better. Yan Shu, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, has the same word, and the meaning of "different but the same" is opposite; Another example is Zhu, a famous Neo-Confucianist in Song Dynasty. His name is Xi, and his character is gloomy. "Xi" means bright, while "gloomy" means dim. Yellow damage, word benefit, retreat, word advance, "loss" and "benefit", "retreat" and "advance" can all form antonyms. Although there are not many such words, it is still very interesting to savor them carefully.

Fourth, from this to that, we can know elegance in association. Such as Guan Yu, the word cloud is long, the feathers of birds even think of clouds in the sky. Jiadao, the word Langxian, thinks of the freedom of Langbai from the island. Lu Long, whose word is Tian, Qian Qian, whose word is beneficial, brilliant, sincere, and Li Zongren, whose word is near Germany, are all based on an idiom: "Seeing the dragon in the field", "benefiting from humility", "being bright is sincere" and "being near is virtuous".

From the perspective of cultural analysis, this paper reveals the ancient people's psychology of kindness, desire and expectation when naming names, as well as the social value orientation under the specific background of the times.

Principles and Methods of Naming in Ancient China 3. First of all, it must be explained that in ancient China, "name" and "symbol" were separated. Ancient people in China had "surname, first name and number", which is a complete title.

China's traditional literature "Book of Rites" puts forward that "a teenager is famous, fifty is equal, and Zhou Daoye dies", which means: "When he is a teenager, his name is called. After the coronation ceremony at the age of twenty, you will call him the holy word. After the age of 50, it is called ranking, or uncle or secondary or uncle or season. Call it posthumous title after death. This is the system of the Zhou Dynasty. " Arrange a person's life.

The baby's name is the baby's name, which is what we call a nickname today. After reading it, I took a formal name called scientific name. Some people have the same scientific name as their real name. Many poor people have no education, and children have been farming since childhood, so nicknames have been used all their lives.

The word "crown" refers to the word "crown ceremony", which is the twenty-line crown ceremony in ancient China. In fact, most people are over 20 when they are crowned. It was called Fu Yuan in the Tang Dynasty, and it was also called Fu Yuan after Shoto Kutaishi studied the Tang Dynasty in an all-round way.

/kloc-After 0/5 years old, women perform "Li", also known as "Nian". With the hair clasp and the hair clasp, it is the age to insert the hair clasp. In other words, it means that you are an adult and can get married.

Death is used after death, and death is actually very important in ancient times. Because our Chinese nation pays attention to "closing coffins" and takes responsibility for what happened before death in order to "win the name behind us". Posthumous title, of course, not everyone has this one, but only emperors and ministers (more than one product) can use it.

We usually use more names now. Let's focus on the name.

In the ancient pre-Qin period, the name was not very particular, so Qi Huangong was called Xiaobai.

Confucius' name is Kong Qiu. When he was born, his head was sunken, like a pit. Confucius' son was named Kong Li because the king of Chu sent a big carp to congratulate him where his son was born. Therefore, in fact, "carp" has always been a symbol of good luck in China culture. Carp is still a famous dish in many parts of northern China.

Qin Wuwang's name is Conteng. .

For example, Xiang Yu chose Chu Yidi, whose surname is Mi and whose name is Xiong. Recently, there was a very popular professor named Jin. His name was Zhong, so his name was Jill.

This is the case at the top, and people at the bottom are even less particular.

Names were rarely used in ancient times, and they called each other "Zi" in ancient life.

For example, in the Three Kingdoms, people call each other Chinese characters, because many of them are officials and nobles. But when going to see the Water Margin, many people call each other names, even nicknames.

In the TV series Towards Harmony, Rong Lu called Yuan Shikai a "comfort pavilion", which was Yuan Shikai's word.

So what's the point of naming a child? There are certain taboos in naming ancient China, and there are several principles:

The first country that can't be called Wang Fa, Zhao Mei, Xu Xu and Zhong Congo.

Second, not relying on mountains and rivers: the ancients thought that mountains and rivers were places of gods, and mountains and rivers were just trespassing.

Third, not by official position: there is no secretary Zhang and no director Ma.

Fourth, don't be kind to animals: such as cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, dragons, tigers, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants, honey badgers, silly roe deer, etc.

Fifth, don't worry about hidden diseases: no one will call COVID-19, enteritis, cold or diarrhea.

After the rise of the nobility, the nobility is the monarch, and the so-called monarch is the prominent aristocrat in the county.

, Taiyuan Wang,, Yao, Runan Yuan. The name is not only elegant, but also a "universal word", that is, a generation uses one word, such as Wang Langya.