The problem lies with Wang Mang. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped power. In order to consolidate his rule, he picked up Dong Zhongshu's "Theological Teleology" and carried out a series of so-called "New Deal", from land system to employment system, from currency to place names.
Wang Mang pays special attention to "name". As soon as he came to power, he set off a wave of name change. First, the official names at all levels in the central government were changed, and then the place names were changed greatly. I changed it today, and I changed it back tomorrow, which makes people feel at a loss. Later, even "Xiongnu" was changed to "surrender slaves" and "Khan" was changed to "serve", which triggered a national war. Wang Mang worked hard on the name. He paid special attention to his "Wang" and gave his surname "Wang" to many of Liu's royal family and heroes to show his favor.
There is such a record in The History of Han Wang Mang: Wang Mang's eldest grandson is called Wang Zong. If he had waited a little slower, relying on his grandfather and father, this Wang Zong could have been emperor, but he was too impatient. I got the clothes and hat of the son of heaven, put it on, had a portrait painted and three bronze seals carved, and plotted with my uncle to seize power. But the level is limited and things are exposed. Although I am a grandson, this matter cannot be taken lightly. Wang Zong committed suicide when he saw that the situation was not good. Although people are dead, they will be deprived of "political power." Wang Mang gave this order: "Change the original name of the sect to two, and now it is renamed as the sect." This order can't be seen without thinking. "Making" is a law. The original name was "Wang" and was later changed to "Wang Zong" according to law. Now he has broken the law and must be changed back. He is also called the original "king". From this order of Wang Mang, we can see three problems: First, the number of words used in Wang Mang's previous names is infinite, and the names of his grandchildren are all two words. Second, after Wang Mang came to power, he once engaged in a "production" of "going to the second place", that is, it was stipulated in legal form that the word name was not allowed. Three, after the crime, restore the name, as a punishment.
There is also a saying in Wang Han Mangzhuan: "Xiongnu Khan, born naturally, went to the second place", which means that Xiongnu Khan has removed one word from the name of the two words according to the law of Yishun Dynasty. It can be seen that at that time, there was not only a law prohibiting the use of two-character names, but also an influence on the Huns.
Since then, due to Wang Mang's decree, people have gradually developed the habit of using single-word names. Later, although Wang Mang broke his promise, he never changed, and even became a trend. He thought it was disgraceful to use two words to name him. If everyone has a single name now, it will be in big trouble, because a single name can easily lead to duplicate names. However, at that time, the population was not large, people's activities and communication radius were limited, and single-word names did not have much adverse impact on society. Therefore, the phenomenon of single words continued until the Three Kingdoms period.
The names of the three countries tell us that the names of people have strong stages, and each era has its own naming characteristics. Knowing this, some people can guess the same by looking at his name and what era he is.
"Musi Wuding" is the most famous bronze ware in China, among which "E" is a name of Shang Dynasty. The Shang and Zhou Dynasties took heavenly stems and earthly branches as their name. After Shang Tang, the Shang kings were Waibing, Renzhong, Taijia, Woding, Taigeng and Jony J. Fu Ding, who assisted me, and later my master, Qin Mingbai, were also named after Tiangan and Dizhi. Heavenly stems and earthly branches is actually the current figure, which means the same as 12344.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the word "no" was often added to people's names, such as Ren Buqi, Han Unbelief, Shen Buhai, Chen Bugu, Xiao Buyi and so on. This habit continued until the Eastern Han Dynasty, when it was straightforward, ignorant and harmless to the public. The word "no" here is just a verbal word and has no practical significance. In the Spring and Autumn Period, there is a habit of adding "zhi" between names, such as the push of intermediary, the power of candle, dreams and so on. Names before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were very casual, often referring to the names of things, such as Kong Qiu, Yan Hui, Kong Li, Sima Niu, Li Er and Mo Zhai. All these names are named after what adults see at birth.
The names of people in Han Dynasty attached great importance to hierarchical words, and there were often words such as Meng, Bo, Zhong, Ji, Shu, Yuan, Chang and Ci in names or words. People in the Han Dynasty often used children, such as Sima Qian, Su Wu, Zhao Yun,.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism prevailed in China. Names are also influenced by Buddhism. Mr. Lv Shuxiang mentioned in the article "Names and Buddhism in the Southern and Northern Dynasties" that there are as many as 36 Buddhist names or terms directly used for names, such as Gotama, Siddhartha, Bodhi, Bodhisattva, Lohan, Amitabha, etc. What's more, a word related to Buddhism, such as "Buddha, monk, haze, dharma and Taoism", is used as other words to become famous. According to the historical table of North and South, the word "monk" was second only to the word "wisdom" in naming. At this time, words are often composed of a name and a word, such as Xie An's word Anshi, Yang Bing's word Jie Bing, Fan Xuan's word Zi Xuan, Yan Yanzhi's word Yannian and Hou Jing's word Wanjing. Taking "Zhi" as the name is also the characteristic of this period, such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Zu Chongzhi, Pei Songzhi, Gu Kaizhi and Liu Laozhi.
Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is also an important historical period of great integration of national culture. The vast majority of the sixteen northern countries were founded by ethnic minorities. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Tuoba, the filial piety of Xianbei people, ordered Xianbei people to change their Han surname, and first changed Tuoba's surname to Yuan. Total 144 Xianbei surname changed to Han surname. It is a kind of height to change Brother He into Brother Ge, to go to Jin for Ai, to bend suddenly for Qu, and to be lonely for Du. After Yuwen Jue, a Xianbei people, founded the Northern Zhou Dynasty, all Xianbei people who changed their surnames to Han people resumed their original surnames, and all Xianbei people's surnames were given to Han people. As a result, many new surnames have emerged, such as Sun Chang, Yuwen, Tuhe, Pruru and Xiao Ye.
The names in the Tang Dynasty inherited more idioms from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and their outstanding feature is that they like to use hierarchical titles, which can be seen in the titles of Tang poetry: Yuaner,,, Zhang Shiba, Liu Shijiu, Qiuer, and Huang Siniang. Because the ancients were all big families and lined up together, there were "Li 25" and "Zhao 32". In the Tang Dynasty, there were more names like "Ji", "Yu" and "Yan".
The Tang Dynasty was the heyday of China's feudal society, and foreign nationalities flocked to North Korea. For example, Li Bai's father came from the Western Regions, and An Lushan and Shi Siming were conference semifinals, but they all used the Chinese surname. Many foreigners have the surname "Li", some want to touch the emperor's light, and some are given by the emperor.
People in Tang and Song Dynasties not only like to use ranking names, but also commonly use numbers in folk names. For example, a person's name "Si Liu" was originally born when his father was 24 and his mother was 22, which adds up to 46 years old. If the mother is 23 years old and the father is 25 years old, then when she gives birth, it will be called "April 8". Since the Song Dynasty, double-character names have surpassed single-character names, and since then, there have been more and more double-character names.
Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties are minority regimes and a special period in the naming history of China. First, the words "brother" and "slave" are often used in names; Second, many people have names in two languages, such as Liao Taizu, Akuta Yan Hong and a Chinese name. Wu Shu in Jin Dynasty, also known as Zongbi; Jin Shizong's name is Hala, also called Hala. At the same time, some Han people also took the names of ethnic minorities.