We often see that the names of many ancient people, especially the ancients who are far away in time, make people feel strange when they are called. A large part of the reason is that the names of the ancients are not the same as ours today. The names vary greatly. And we also know that the ancients would use "Bo Zhong Shu Ji" to refer to the ranking of children in the family, but how to use it specifically often leaves people confused. So how should Bo Zhong Shu Ji be used and how to use it?
Ancient Chinese culture has a long history, and many idioms and allusions are widely circulated. We often hear the ancients use the term "equal" to describe people who are of equal strength. Lu You, a poet from the Song Dynasty, wrote in "Shu Ang": "If Chu Shi Biao is really famous in the world, who can be compared to him in thousands of years." It means: Chu Shi Biao is really famous, and who else can write such an eternal masterpiece like Zhuge Liang. So, where did "Bo Zhong" and "Shu Ji" originate from, and what other explanations are there?
"Zuo Zhuan·The Twenty-Sixth Year of Zhao Gong": "Only Uncle Bo Zhong" "Ji Tuzhi". It means the order of ranking of brothers, Bo (Meng) is the eldest, Zhong is the second, Uncle is the third, Ji is the youngest, and the hierarchy is orderly.
The original meaning of "Bo" is "a man without brothers", which means the boss. In ancient times, it was used interchangeably with the word "Meng". Nowadays, it is generally called a person who is older than his father. man. "Bo, the boss, controls the household affairs." In ancient patriarchal societies, the eldest son usually succeeded his father as the head of the family. As far as a country is concerned, the person who heads the country controls the state affairs. For example, the "Five Hegemons" in the Spring and Autumn Period, "Bo" and "Ba" are used interchangeably, which means that the ally is regarded as the overlord, which means the leader of the alliance. After the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese word "Bo" became the title of officials and nobles.
The original meaning of "Zhong" is explained in "Shiming": "Zhong, Zhongye, the position of speech is in Zhongye." This name still remains in the Yunnan Bai language Here, "Zhongzi" refers to the second son, and "Zhongnu" refers to the second daughter. Sima Yi, courtesy name Zhongda, ranked second. His eldest brother: Sima Lang, also known as Boda; his third younger brother: Sima Fu, also known as Shuda; his fourth younger brother: Sima Kui, also known as Jida.
By analogy, "uncle" refers to the younger one, and is often used to refer to the father's younger brother. "Ji" refers to the youngest one, not necessarily the fourth. Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was the third eldest son. Because he was the youngest, Liu Ji was also named Liu Ji. After he became emperor, he proudly said to his father: "Today, who can achieve a certain career, who is the best?" It means I am. The youngest is better than the second oldest.
"The Analects of Confucius·Weizi": "There were eight scholars in the Zhou Dynasty: Boda, Boshu, Zhongtu, Zhonghu, Shuye, Shuxia, Jisui, Ji? "During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Jian named his four sons in this order: the eldest son was named Ce, with the courtesy name Bofu; the second son was named Quan, with the courtesy name Zhongmou; the third son was named Yi, with the courtesy name Shubi; and the fourth son was named Kuang, with the courtesy name. Ji Zuo. In addition, "Preface to the Spring and Autumn Ming Calendar": "Huang Bo, Huang Zhong, Huang Shu, Huang Ji, Huang Shao, five surnames of the same period, all ride dragons, and they are called Five Dragons."
In addition to expressing the ranking of brothers, "Bo Zhong Shu Ji" also expresses the order of things. For example, the Tang Dynasty poet Li Yong's "Longguan Youyi Envoy Ren Lingze Stele": "Li", "Music", "Poetry", "Book" "Bozhongshuji" also refers to the four seasons "spring, summer, autumn and winter": Mengchun, Zhongchun, Jichun, Mengxia, Zhongxia, Jixia, Mengqiu, Zhongqiu, Jiqiu, Mengdong, Zhongdong and Jidong.
In ancient times, women did not have names before they got married. There was a stipulation in Zhou rites that "men and women will not be known to each other unless there is a matchmaker." In order to distinguish themselves, unmarried girls usually use Meng (Bo), Zhong, Shu and Ji before their surnames to distinguish their rankings. As recorded in ancient books, Zhongzi and Shuji mean the second daughter of the Zi family and the third girl of the Ji family. Therefore, Meng Jiangnu who cried down the Great Wall was not named Meng, but refers to the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.
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