Because the ancients paid attention to family inheritance and paid attention to the inheritance of poems and books, rituals and music. Big families are proud of their aristocratic family, and ordinary families also hope that they can be passed down from generation to generation, so they give their offspring very special names. Pay attention to it, and use it to express the aspirations of the entire family.
In addition to being particular about giving names and nicknames to their descendants, ancient people also paid attention to choosing their own nicknames. When choosing names, characters, and titles, we should pay attention to the characteristics of using the correct form in the name, expressing virtue in the character, and embodying the sentiment in the title. Let’s look at the name first. Generally, the elders in the family will give a child a name when he is about three months old. When he grows up, he will be given another name. Names are used for elders, and words are used for juniors and seniors to address each other. "Hao" is generally a name given to oneself by literati, such as the common inscriptions on calligraphy and painting. Many of them are names given to themselves by painters.
The ancients paid attention to many things when choosing names. Judging from the records in "Zuo Zhuan", there are five kinds of things to pay attention to when choosing names: trustworthiness, meaning, image, falsehood, and category. In addition, people at that time had several taboos about naming their offspring, such as not naming their children after their country, their official position, their mountains and rivers, their hidden diseases, their animals, their weapons, and their coins. The main reason for choosing the name at that time was not to cause trouble due to the same name. After the Song Dynasty, naming became more and more particular. In addition to the taboos mentioned above, considerations such as family seniority, time of birth, and date of birth were also added. These all reflected people's emphasis on family inheritance and their concern for future generations. bless.
Take the eldest grandson of the gambling king of Macau as an example. Gambling king Stanley Ho is of the Hong generation, his son is of the You generation, and his grandson is of the Guang generation. According to the family tree, the gambling king is Hong Youguang. ?Come to pick it up. The grandson of the gambling king is named He Guangshen. Guang comes from the genealogy. Like his grandfather, Shen uses a similar method in "Zuo Zhuan". He hopes that his children will be as capable and courageous as his grandfather and be able to shoulder the family's ambitions.
We ordinary people may no longer use genealogy for naming due to various reasons, but no matter what, choosing a name with a beautiful meaning for future generations, although it is not in the genealogy, also has sustenance. The meaning of ambition.