Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the traditional naming method for generations, and selected 20 words with beautiful meanings for the prince and the enfeoffment factions in advance as the words for generations, one word for each generation as the first word of the names of future generations.
Later, he became a scholar of the emperor's department and took twenty crosses: "Look at Qi and see happiness, and follow Yi Chang;" Both kindness and kindness are equally important, and Emperor Jianjing comes first. " However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse and Emperor Zhu Youjian of Chongzhen ascended the throne one after another, and only the tenth word "You" survived. The twenty crosses of Wang Yizhi in Jin Dynasty are: "The aid is wonderful, and the new knowledge is cautious and sensitive;" I am eager to learn and learn. "
The last word of the imperial clan name is also exquisite. Zhu Yuanzhang's son has a single name, and there is a wooden character next to his name. In order to prevent the imperial clan from being renamed because of its huge size, Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated that the word "Hou" must be accompanied by five elements and circulated in the order of fire, earth, gold, water and wood. According to China's ancient theory of five elements, fire produces soil, soil produces gold, gold produces water, aquatic wood, and wood makes a fire, which conforms to this order. Or take the imperial system of the Ming Dynasty as an example. Injong Zhu Gaochi is Judy's son, and the word "red" is next to the word "fire"; Zhu Zhanji, the son of Zhu Gaochi, was born in fire, and the word "base" is next to the local word. The imperial clan of each palace in the Ming Dynasty, like the imperial clan, was named according to this rule.