Qin Shihuang's real name was "Zhao Zheng", which was also written as "Zhao Zheng".
In two weeks' time, China people's name system is the coexistence of sur
Qin Shihuang's real name was "Zhao Zheng", which was also written as "Zhao Zheng".
In two weeks' time, China people's name system is the coexistence of surnames, each with its own uses. Qin State House, to which Qin Shihuang belongs, belongs to a branch of Zhao who won the surname. Won is his surname (ancient surname) and Zhao is his surname (modern surname). According to the patriarchal clan system in the two-week period, surnames and surnames have different functions, and men only call themselves surnames, not surnames. In the early days of the prosperity of Zhao and the founding of Qin, the status and role of surnames were still quite important. At that time, people usually only used first names, and surnames were not widely used before first names. After hundreds of years of social development, by the time Qin Shihuang lived, this ancient surname was close to decline, and only a few nobles or royalty were still passing on. The modern naming mode of "surname+first name" has been widely adopted by the society. Zhao was originally inherited by Fei Zi from Zhao Fu, and was later used more and more frequently by courtiers of Qin State, so Qin Shihuang's name was called, which was reflected in the history books and documents of his contemporaries or later generations.
Putting the ancient surname "Won" before the name and calling Qin Shihuang "Ying Zheng" did not meet the naming standards at that time. Even in the Western Zhou Dynasty, where surnames were still important, men's names were not crowned. At that time, first names were usually used. Even a noble with a surname like Zhao Fu, he and his descendants didn't have a surname before their names for quite some time, let alone a surname. In the late Warring States period, surnames were basically not used in society, and the naming habit developed to add surnames directly in front of names, so the name of Qin Shihuang was naturally Zhao Zheng.
The reason why there is such an unreasonable name as "Ying Zheng", and it is still popular in society now, is entirely because the surname system has been very different from that in ancient times since the recent period, and people are very unfamiliar with the ancient culture and surname system, which leads to misunderstanding and getting used to it.