1. The rules for naming emperors of the Ming Dynasty are: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood as the order, and then the radicals.
2. After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Mansion, he followed Liu Bowen's suggestion and stipulated a set of naming rules for his descendants. The second character is seniority, and the third character must conform to the five elements. . Therefore, starting from the second generation of the Zhu family, all names contain the element of the Five Elements. The element of the second generation is wood, such as Prince Zhu Biao, King of Yan Zhu Di, King of Ning Zhu Quan, etc. The names of the third generation all have fire, such as Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yun_, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, etc. The names of the fourth generation all have earthy names, such as Zhu Zhanji, Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty; the names of the fifth generation all have gold, such as Zhu Qizhen, Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Qiyu, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty; the names of the sixth generation all have water, such as Zhu Jianshen, Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. .
3. When the Five Elements went around in a circle, they started again from fire, so Wu Zong Hou Zhao, Shi Zong Hou_ were the fire side of Hou Zi generation, and passed to the wood side of You Zi generation, Zhu You Until the school and Zhu Youjian.