There are two main birthplaces of the surname Meng, one in northern Henan and the other in southeastern Shandong. Now for the Meng surname, it is mainly in the north of the Central Plains. In modern times, they all belong to Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places. Let’s take a look at some nice names with the surname Meng.
Meng
The Meng family has the same origin, but has two birthplaces, namely northern Henan and southeastern Shandong today. The Meng surname first emerged in the northern part of the Central Plains. The Meng surname from the two places quickly merged and flourished in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi and other provinces. In the Han Dynasty, the Meng family became a famous family in the three provinces of Henan, Hebei and Shandong. It spread to Xianyang, Shaanxi in the west, and moved south to Shangyu in Zhejiang, Sun Yicheng in Hubei, and Qujing in Yunnan. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, people surnamed Meng moved south on a large scale to avoid chaos. Most people with the Meng surname in Henan moved to Hubei and northern Jiangxi, and most people with the Meng surname in Shandong moved to Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Meng's family is widely distributed in Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places in China today, and even spread throughout the country during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Exploring the origins of Meng's family
Origins
It comes from the son's surname, from the arrangement of teeth in the Shang Dynasty, and belongs to the ancestor's name. In ancient times, people had a certain upright concept about the ranking of their children. In the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty unearthed from the Yin Ruins in Anyang, there is already a record that "Mencius is different from Zizhibo", which shows that the distinction between official positions and common people at that time was very obvious. According to Shang rites: Bo refers to the first eldest son of the first branch, that is, the first son born from the first wife; Meng, the eldest son of the concubine, refers to the first son born of the concubine's wife or concubine. It is clearly recorded in the ancient book "Liwei": "The first officer was called Bo, and the second officer was named Meng." Therefore, "Meng" has always been used as a name for children in ancient times, and is obviously the main form of children's names. In the representative stages of the middle and late stages of ancient Chinese slavery society, from the Shang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty, it was already clear that there was no abdication model, and the method of inheriting the monarchy had been fixed as "direct inheritance, with first aid and assistance", and "Meng" became the "third The representative of the stylized title "Erxian". Therefore, when the heir reaches adulthood, it is called the "year of the emperor", which means that he has the ability to inherit the throne, but his father is still alive, so he can only wait, that is, "meng waits for the throne." There is also a clear explanation in this ancient book "Shu Zhuan": "The son of the emperor, eighteen years old, is named Hou Meng." In addition, in ancient times, a woman's brother was also called "Meng", often Long Meng and Er Meng. It refers to titles such as brother-in-law and second brother-in-law, which are traces of a typical matrilineal clan society. After Chinese history entered the feudal society, this kind of vulgar name not only did not stop, but also intensified, because it was completely in line with the humanistic concept of the feudal social system, so that to this day, this influence is still deeply solidified among hundreds of millions of Chinese people and cannot be tolerated. ignore.
Meng is the eldest son, Meng is the heir, Meng is the title of the female brother, etc., which has long been the beginning of surnames in the history of Chinese humanities. The Meng family is far earlier than the origin of the Meng family with the surname Ji, and its origins are complex and far-reaching.
Origin
It originated from Ji, the son of the 28th King of Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was named after his ancestor. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou Dynasty was a vassal state with the same surname as Wei Kangshu, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, with its capital in today's Henan. It was passed to the son of the 28th King of Wei, named Meng Gong. He was unable to inherit the throne due to illness, so he abdicated the throne in favor of his uncle.
When the grandson's descendants were expelled, they took their grandfather's name as their surname and called it Gongmeng's surname. Later, the provincial text was simplified to a single surname of Meng
Although he was the ancestor of the Meng clan in the Qing palace, people did not dare to respect him because he killed two monarchs in three years. His crimes caused great chaos in China. Mencius is a descendant of the Qing Dynasty. He is highly respected and respected as the ancestor of the clan.
What are some useful ways to name Meng?
Characteristic method
The special method is to name the child based on his special appearance at birth. For example, Confucius's name is Kong Qiu. After he was born, it was discovered that he had a particularly sunken head, so his father named him Qiu.
Ranking method
The ranking method is easy to understand. It means naming children according to their ranking at home. For example, the three Ruan brothers in Water Margin: Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Wu Dalang, Wu Erlang, etc. This naming method is most commonly used by ordinary people, especially in the Yuan Dynasty. Han people can only use numbers to name names.
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang's father was named Zhu, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was named Zhu Chongba, and Chen Youliang was named Si.
In the name, you can directly see the child's birth time and special appearance. In fact, in terms of name, Confucius's name belongs to him, and the top of his head is very special, so his parents named it Qiu. And these are all distinctive naming methods.