The royal family of the Ming Dynasty was given a double name according to their lineage. The middle character was the character of the lineage, and the last character was chosen in the order of "fire, earth, metal, water and wood". Character.
The Ming Dynasty clan names have a high repetition rate with the periodic table of elements. This is mainly due to the naming method of the Ming Dynasty clan clan. Starting from their grandchildren, the clan family will give them double names according to their lineage. Among them The middle character is the character of the lineage, and the last character is chosen in the order of "fire, earth, metal, water, and wood". As time went by, the population of the Ming Dynasty clan expanded rapidly, and all characters with five elements radicals became personal names, which naturally inevitably overlapped with the periodic table of elements.
Take Zhu Di's lineage as an example. The naming of his descendants strictly follows this rule:
First generation, wood: Zhu Di.
The second generation, the character generation is "Gao", and the five elements of fire are: Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui, Zhu Gao_.
The third generation, the character generation is "Zhan", and the five elements are soil: Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhan_, Zhu Zhanyong, Zhu Zhanyin, Zhu Zhan_, Zhu Zhan_, etc.
The fourth generation, named "Qi", has five elements of gold: Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qi_, Zhu Qiyong, Zhu Qihao, Zhu Qiquan, etc.
The fifth generation, the word generation "sees", the five elements of water: Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianze, Zhu Jian_, Zhu Jian_, Zhu Jianjun, Zhu Jianzhi, etc., there are many generations.