Speaking of China people's names, it has a long history. People have been given names since the distant matriarchal society, but at that time the names were very random, but now people's names contain more and more contents. I believe everyone knows that in a long time ago, people used to choose their names according to the generations in the genealogy, which is why many older people called some younger people. Uncle? Or is it? Aunt? Wait, this is what we often call seniority. But from now on, people have gradually forgotten the thing of seniority, and the main reason for this result is the influence of the current culture.
In traditional culture, people's names are endowed with unique meanings, and the ancients gave names to others not only to give people a title, but also about seniority, so generations appeared. For those born in the 199s, there are words about seniority in their names, while for those born after the 199s, most of them don't use the words in seniority. After all, now more and more people are no longer bound by traditional culture, as long as they are nice and meaningful. Therefore, the main reason why people seldom use this thing is that modern people are influenced by current culture.
In fact, there is another reason why the ancients ranked in generations, that is, to avoid having the same name as others. In ancient times, when people named their names, they often had characters, numbers, etc., and then they became the last word of the Jia generation. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, actually started with his first name. Zhu Chongba? That's his name because he ranks eighth in the family. Later, when he had a certain influence, he thought that the name was no longer suitable for him, so he changed it to? Zhu Yuanzhang? .
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang also invented a naming method that had a great influence on the naming of our country. He stipulated that when future generations take names, there must be two words after the surname, the first word is seniority, and the second word can be chosen at will.