We all know that the ancients needed not only a name, but also a word. Because in ancient times, it was different from us now. The ancients paid special attention to etiquette. After all, ancient times were made up of three cardinal principles and five permanents, so they were very particular about names and words.
there are special rules for who should shout and who should not shout. Because in ancient times, their names were modest, if we called ourselves names for superiors and subordinates.
but we don't usually say names among our peers, and we usually call them by words. This is the mode of getting along with each other among the ancients. They all think it is very impolite to call others by their first names. But it doesn't matter to us now, because we don't even have words. This name is enough, which is made by different times.
In ancient times, both men and women had special meanings. At the age of 2, a man with words means that he is an adult, and at the age of 15, a woman with words means that she is a woman and can get married.
They all have special meanings, so they are indispensable to the ancients. Moreover, we found that ordinary ancient literati all had characters, and those literati we are familiar with in history books all had their own characters, such as Li Bai, whose characters were too white. Bai Juyi, the word lotte. Su Shi, Zi Zizhan and so on, we can see that our ancient celebrities all have characters.
Although we people are used to calling them by their names now, when they interacted with people in ancient times, they actually praised each other, among peers. Because they used Chinese characters more frequently and widely, Chinese characters were indispensable to the ancients. But it is dispensable for us modern people.