Although Zhu Yuanzhang's education level is not high, he still learned a lot of mysterious divination skills in Zoroastrianism. The tedious and interesting norms he set for naming his descendants are worth studying.
First of all, we should know the principle of the five elements:
Wood makes a fire, fire makes earth, earth makes gold, and gold makes water, aquatic wood.
Secondly, we know that in the past, when compiling genealogy, each generation had a generational word, and the middle word of the name was this generational word. Such as Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, we knew they were brothers at a glance.
Zhu Yuanzhang's general idea is to take "wood, fire, earth and gold" as the order of generations. He has 26 sons, and each son's name is beside the wooden character. He has given each son a generational table with 2 words, starting with his grandson and starting with his name. They are:
Prince (Zhu Biao)' s family: allow Wen to follow the instructions of his ancestors, admire Wu Da Jun to win, and take advantage of luck by the way, and make good use of Sheng by teachers.
The Wangs of Qin Dynasty: They are loyal and honest, but they cherish respect and friendship, and they are honest and upright in their auxiliary resources. They are always faithful when they are in a state of turmoil.
Jin Wang's family: it is wonderful to learn from beauty, cautious to seek new things, careful to admire the scenery, and to learn from the past.
Yan Wang's (Zhu Di's) family: Gao Zhanqi sees you, and you are generous and generous, and your kindness and grace are equal, and Jane Jingdi is the first to care.
Wang Jia of Zhou dynasty: A son is peaceful, diligent and respectful, diligent and generous, and broad and brave.
Chu Wang's family: Meng Ji was honored, Ying Hua was full of glory, and his talents were promoted to Bo Yan, and Mao Shi made all the contributions.
qi Wang's family: a wise man can be celebrated, and his wisdom can be truly respected. His cultivation period is profound and elegant, and his thoughts can be revived.
Mr. Lu Wangjia: Zhao Taiyang should be a healthy person, and he should live a long and prosperous life. He can inspire both hope and hope, and the prosperity will be better.
Shu Wang's family: Yue You Shen Binrang, who promised to be fair, went deep and benefited, and settled in the house.
Xiang Wang's family: For a long time, the town has opened up a square yue, showing great respect for etiquette, being resolute and following excellence, and balancing self-sufficiency.
on behalf of the Wangs, I became a wise official, filled the court and appointed the Yi people, passed on the legacy of continuous beauty, and strengthened the Hongji.
Su Wang's family: Zhan Lu pays tribute to Zhen Bi, and the gentry is loyal, and the sunrise is lucky, and the admonition is prosperous.
Liao Wang's family: noble and gracious, respectful of Confucianism in constitution, harmonious and harmonious in clouds, and graceful in dragon and jade.
Qing Wang's family: the rank is deep, and the Ni Shen is handsome and strange, so it's necessary to be satisfied because of the huge ambition.
Ning Wang's family: Pan Dian worships Chen Gong, and in the process of making concerted efforts, he always adds a generous support to be a philosopher and a close friend.
Min Wang's family: The emblem is well-known for its reputation, and it is determined to work for the enterprise. It worships the original consultation and visits, and it is tolerant and happy.
Gu Wangjia: endowed with lofty qualities, Cong Xing demonstrates prosperity, is harmonious and harmonious, and expands Yu Zhenxiang.
Han Wangjia: Chong Fan Zheng and Xie Xu, Rong Mo Lang, Jing Kui, and Yu Shao, who are happy, make Xu's price fascinating.
Shen Wang's family: I'm a young man who interprets Xunyin, and I'm calm and effective.
An Wang's family: Fei Xu was honored by the court, and he was sincere and considerate, and he was careful in outlining the program.
The Wangs of Tang Dynasty: Qiong Zhi Mi Universe, Yu Lin Ju, a master, an ode to the age, and a picture of Jia Li Xie Ming.
ying Wang's family: I heard about it, looked at it, praised it, told me about it, told me about the unicorn, and told me about it.
the king's family of Iraq: I encourage you to make an award, praise you for your talent, and award you an award, Kun Yu Guan Quan Jin.
King Jingjiang (nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang): Praise Sasuke's agreement, and be a virtuous person through the state. If you follow Chunyi's line, you will be famous far away.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that starting from the grandchildren, the first name of each generation should use the words in the generational table, and the second name must have a radical or component of five elements, and it should be circulated in the order of fire, soil, gold, water and wood.
actually, let's take a look at the Ming dynasty imperial family table. Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, Emperor Jianwen's name was Zhu Yunwen (the word "allow" comes from the generation table of the prince's family, and the word "Lian" is beside the word "fire"). But later, Emperor Jianwen's uncle Zhu Di rebelled and took the nephew's world, and the emperor system was transferred to the prince's house. So we saw that Zhu Gaochi, the name of Ming Renzong, was the fire of the senior generation, Xuanzong Zhanji, the soil of the senior generation, Yingzong Qiqi Town, Daizong Qiyu was the gold side of the Qi generation, and Xianzong saw the depth, but he saw the water side of the senior generation, and Xiaozong Youmin was a blessing generation.
in Chinese characters, four points of water were originally the word "fire", but later they evolved into four points of water. Such as scorching, boiling, boiling, steaming, heating, intense heat, etc. According to the original word for "Ying".
Because Chongzhen hanged himself and the prince was killed, the origins of the emperors in the small court in Nanming were very complicated, including Fu Wang (Zhu Yousong) and Wang Gui (Zhu Youlang), Zhu Yu (Jin Yue) (a word in brackets, Zuo Jin You Yue) and Zhu Yujian (also called Tang Wang) of the Tang Wang family, and Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the Lu Wang family. At this time, we can see the advantages of Lao Zhu's digital coding: whether it is imperial or not, the relationship between relatives and distance, the level of seniority, from the name at a glance, really "what you see is what you get." Gossip here: The endings of several small emperors in the Southern Ming Dynasty seem to have some mysterious connection with their names. It is recorded in Guangyang Miscellanies by Qing Dynasty Liu Xianting that Zhu Yujian finally came to Fujian, Zhu Yu (Jin Yue) finally came to western Guangdong, Zhu Youlang finally became Yelang, and Zhu Yihai finally went overseas. Such a coincidence is really interesting, and it also shows that Lao Zhu's skill in naming names is different from that of Cao Xueqin.
After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, many royal families changed their names in order to escape the pursuit of the Qing Dynasty, so they didn't strictly abide by this rule. However, some royal families still kept this tradition, such as Zhu Cihuan, the prince of Zhu San mentioned in the TV series The Secret History of the Crown Prince. According to his name, he can be known as an authentic descendant of the imperial family. In addition, like our former Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, we can know that he should be the 17th generation grandson of the Min Wang family by consulting the generational table and the circulation order of the five elements.
Finally, there are a few small questions that are very interesting, so I would like to discuss them here:
First, Zhu Yuanzhang only thought of the coexistence of the five elements, but he didn't think of the coexistence of the five elements. In fact, Jin Kemu, Mu Ke Tu, Tu Ke Shui, Water Ke Huo, and Fire Ke Jin. In this way, in the next generation, it was always father and son, and grandparents and grandchildren alike. I wonder if Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants thought of this?
second, which of the five elements is Zhu Yuanzhang himself? There seems to be a lack of records in the history books. Some people say that he belongs to "gold" and it should be impossible. Otherwise, Jin Kemu, why did he designate his sons as wood? Is it true that Prince Zhu Biao was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in this way? In fact, naming the offspring after five acts has existed since ancient times. We should pay attention to Zhu Xi, a great scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty. He gave his descendants five behaviors. I guess maybe Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even have a name when he was a child because of his humble background (Zhu Yuanzhang's nickname was Zhu Chongba, and Zhu Yuanzhang was given a name by others), so he tried his best to hide his poor background after he developed. He might think that it would be more beautiful to pull Master Zhu Xi over as a grandfather. Maybe the descendants of Zhu Xi to Zhu Yuanzhang's generation just belong to "water", otherwise there would be no way.
third, it is said that the Yuan Dynasty belonged to Jinde, and the Ming Dynasty should be the fire virtue. Legend has it that the title of "Ming" is a "triple fire". Ming is a Han dynasty, and the Han dynasty is a fire virtue, which is called Yan Han. In the Ming dynasty, the emperor surnamed Zhu, Zhu was red, and red was a fire; It is also clear that the sun and the moon are apart, and the sun is extremely yang, and the sun is matched with vermilion, which is also a fire. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang should belong to "fire", but "fire is born of soil", and his son should be beside the local word, which does not conform to the above.
Later, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps many people in the royal family gave up the tradition of naming names, but many people did keep them ~ When I saw Zhu Rongji before, I thought his second word was strange ~ it was a soil side, and I thought he might be a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang ~ So I went to look it up, and sure enough, I found the word Rong in the second word of a sentence in the hereditary table of King Min. According to the rules, this word Rong was found. Moreover, later, when we look up the hereditary table of King Min, the generation of the word Rong should be about this age ~ so it is very likely that the former prime minister is a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang ~