when it comes to spring and autumn. "Zuo Zhuan Huan Gong Six Years" records that Duke Xian of Jin was named Stuart, Duke Wu of Song was named Sikong, Duke Xian of Lu was famous, and Duke Wu of Lu was named Ao. The custom of taboo arose, and Stuart (official name) was abolished in Jin and changed to Zhongjun; Song dynasty abolished sikong (official name) and changed it to sicheng; Lu abandoned the name of the two mountains, Ao, and changed the name of the mountain to its hometown. All the above four people were born in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. If they had taboo customs when they were born, they would not take such names, but they would change their official names and mountain names in another day because of taboo.
it originated in the western Zhou dynasty. "Zuo Zhuan Huan Gong Six Years": "The people of Zhou Dynasty were afraid of God and name, and they will eventually be afraid of it." "The Book of Rites Under the Tan Bow": "Cry and be afraid when you die, and the ghost will begin when you finish the story." It means that Zhou people can call the living by their first names, but after death, they cannot call them by their first names. This may be the initial taboo. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the custom of taboo only for the dead gradually developed into taboo for the living. However, those who refute the difficulties give examples: Zhou Liwang's name is "Hu" and Zhou Nuo's name is "Hu Qi"; Zhou Muwang was named "Man", and Zhou Xiang's imperial clan was also named "Wang Sunman", which shows that there was no taboo in the Western Zhou Dynasty. In this regard, scholars who insisted on taboo originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty said that it was because taboo was in the early stage and could not be completed.