Our country has a large population, and there are many people with the same name and surname. However, this phenomenon was very rare in ancient times. Some people say that nowadays Chinese people’s names are becoming more and more vulgar and unattractive. Why are the names of the ancients so good? Opening the historical books, we will find that the names of the ancients are very elegant. What is the reason for this?
First, the names of the ancients have a special feature. They not only have names, but also characters and numbers, so the probability of duplication of names is much lower. Moreover, when names and characters are combined, they often express beautiful meanings. . Everyone has read "Shanshan Yangtong Cares about Ancient Times". The author is Zhang Yanghao, whose courtesy name is Ximeng. What does Yanghao mean? There is a saying in "Mencius" that "I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit." Ximeng just hopes to be like Mencius. Some names and characters have a fixed relationship. For example, Zhou Yu’s name is Gongjin. Both Yu and Jin mean beautiful jade. Huang Gai’s name is Gongfu. When combined, it means covering. Therefore, the names given by the ancients have great cultural connotations. .
Secondly, the ancients had certain rules and regulations for naming. First of all, when people give names, they must avoid the emperor's name, such as Li Shimin. Names given by people cannot contain the word "min". If it did, it would be illegal in ancient times. Furthermore, there are restrictions on what name a family is called and what word it is guilty of. The most familiar "Confucius, Mencius, Yan Zeng" cannot be called casually. There is a saying that "Xing Yu passed on to Ji Guang, Zhao Xian" "Qing Fanxiang", so we see that many people with the surname Kong and Meng have the names "Fan", "Xiang" and "Qing" in them. This is a fixed ranking in the family. Others can know which generation they belong to in the family just by looking at the name.
Thirdly, the ancients had a wide range of names. They chose names from at least 3,000 commonly used words, but now there are only a few hundred to a thousand, which is not as broad as the ancients. Moreover, the current population is much larger than in ancient times. Many, so there are a lot of people with the same name.
Whether ancients or modern people choose names, they pay attention to the Five Elements of the Book of Changes. Whatever is missing in life is often contained in the name. In today's streets and alleys, we often see "names from the Book of Changes" " sign.