Ancient people are how to take the name?

Ancient people have "name" and "word", "name" is also called "this name", the old saying is the ancient The old saying is that in ancient times, babies were given their names by their fathers three months after birth (of course, there is also a saying that the name can be given after birth);

And the "word" is also called the "character", which is in addition to the original name to take another name that is related to the original name, and the man took the word at the age of twenty when he performed the ceremony of coronation, while the woman took the character at the age of fifteen when she performed the ceremony of maturity. A man takes his name at the age of twenty when he is crowned, and a woman takes her name at the age of fifteen when she has attained maturity.

Name, before the Xia Dynasty, and take the word is said to have begun in the Shang Dynasty, such as the overthrow of Xia Jie Shang Tang, the original name of Cui, also known as Tian Yi, the word Tang. Also, there is a difference between the name and the word, the ancients often called their own name to show modesty, said the word of people to show respect for people, and the other name and word even said is also respect for people.

Name and word are related, associated. Some are linked in meaning, some are complementary in meaning, and some are opposite in meaning. In addition, the names and characters of the ancients were often taken from classical antiquity.

Expanded:

Names are one of the veins of the Chinese name culture, which is a social and humanistic identification of people based on the inheritance of their bloodline. Name is essential to people in society symbols and signs, it is a person in the social and humanistic exchange of information must be expressed, communication, dissemination of a tool;

It is still people in the depiction of their own energy and the continuation of another energy between the aura of a carrier. The name is the idea that the elders of the name owner pass on for the name owner, and it is also the memory of others' logical thoughts about themselves.

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