Do you know what pigs were called during the time of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty? A very funny name is "Fei Fei"; and Yuan Shikai changed the name of Yuanxiao to Tangyuan, which is also quite interesting. Why should they change things if they are doing well? It turns out that it was because they felt that their status was more noble and their natural surnames were more noble. These animals or foods had their surnames, which made them feel it was a stain, so they changed it. There have been many similar name changes in history, and we can understand them.
In fact, the issue of taboos has arisen a long time ago. In ancient times, there were mainly the following categories of people, and you were not allowed to conflict with their names. For example, the words of elders, emperors, or some prestigious ministers and people cannot be repeated with those who have made achievements. Moreover, due to politeness issues, when referring to elders, one cannot directly say his or her name. This is a sign of respect for the elders. Therefore, in ancient times, one should be particularly cautious when naming names and pay attention to avoiding taboos.
The founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty was named Liu Xiu. The word "xiu" in Liu Xiu conflicted with the word scholar, so in order not to conflict with the emperor's name, the word scholar was changed to maocai.
Before Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian became the emperor, the character for the battle flag of the soldiers in his mansion was actually the word "sui". Later, after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he suddenly felt that the word "sui" was not good. , the intention of leaving again, thinking about the country we just won, and then leaving, how can we be happy? Therefore, in order to avoid the taboo word "Sui", it was changed to a word with the same pronunciation as Sui.
Also, we now call Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty. What’s going on? Doesn’t an emperor only have one posthumous title? It turned out that Emperor Kangxi changed the name Tang Xuanzong to Tang Minghuang in order to avoid the "Xuan" in his name.
The Jing family name is probably the most tragically taboo surname. Because their surname is the character Jing, it is inappropriate for the emperor or officials with more power to call it. It is so sad that the entire Jing family name has been changed. They changed their surnames separately. One team changed its name to "Gou", and the other team changed its name to "Wen". When they stopped paying so much attention to it, the various Jing clans changed back to their original surnames.
Soon after the Song Dynasty was established, and because Zhao Kuangyin’s grandfather was named Zhao Jing, it was taboo again, and the entire Jing family name was changed back to Wen. The Jing clan is really sad, even their surname has to be changed again and again.