Zhu Yuanzhang’s original name was Zhu Chongba. Why did his father give him such a name?

Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was extremely brave, resourceful, invincible in commanding people, and used troops like a god. Such a rare imperial talent in a century, Zhu Yuanzhang's father named him Zhu. Many people cannot understand Chongba, and after Zhu Yuanzhang has made great achievements, if anyone except Mrs. Ma calls Zhu Yuanzhang his original name Zhu Chongba or Chongba, Zhu Yuanzhang will be unhappy.

After Zhu Chongba joined Guo Zixing’s rebel army in Bozhou, he led the rebel army to victory many times. Guo Zixing won the love of Guo Zixing, and married his adopted daughter Ma to Zhu Chongba and returned her to Zhu Chongba. The new name was Zhu Yuanzhang, which means Zhu Yuan. Zhang is Zhu Yuan's weapon and a sharp jade instrument.

Zhu Chongba has a new name, but the old name will follow him throughout his life, which always makes people sound uncomfortable. It’s not that Zhu Yuanzhang’s father had a name that was uneducated. On the contrary, Zhu Chongba is a good name, and it is much better than Zhu Baba.

During the Yuan Dynasty, it was impossible to popularize education, and most people were illiterate. It was difficult to name and write for anyone who was illiterate. As lower-class people in the Yuan Dynasty, they were not allowed to have names, so they were named by numbers at that time, resulting in many duplicate names, and it was often difficult to tell who was who. The name is mainly based on the date of birth or family ranking, and Zhu Yuanzhang is his father's eighth child, so he is named Zhu Chongba.

So we can see that the name Zhu Yuanzhang his father named Zhu Chongba is very consistent with the rules, and it sounds better than just numbers. Anyway, it proves that Zhu Yuanzhang’s father Zhu Wusi is good at naming names. But for Zhu Yuanzhang, the name Chongba represents the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty to him. After all, his whole family died of starvation because of the Yuan Dynasty, and it is not nice to call him Chongba directly, which seems not to respect him enough, so even if Zhu Chongba is His real name, but he doesn't let others call him that.