The so-called "name" refers to the surname and the given name. It is a symbol of blood relationship. Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "Shuowen Jiezi": "Name" is self-named. From the mouth to the evening, the evening person is also in the dark. ?It means that your name is your destiny. From the inheritance that ancient people’s names are their destiny, we can know the importance of names to people. In ancient times, the taboo on names was very common and important in ancient society. Pay attention to taboos for relatives, taboos for sages, and taboos for venerables. In daily conversations and writing, it is generally required to avoid the name of the king's father. ?The first of the four taboos is to use the name of your ancestors. For example: the names of "Huang Di", "Zhou Gong" and "Confucius" should be avoided in most dynasties after the Han Dynasty. The second of the four taboos is the use of indecent homophones. For example: Zhu Fen and pig manure, He Shang and the monk, Lu Hui and the ashes, Gu Du and loneliness, etc. In ancient times, people in Zhou Dynasty used taboo to worship gods. The name will eventually be taboo. ?It comes from "Zuo Zhuan? The sixth year of Duke Huan". In ancient China, taboo avoidance was a subject that everyone needed to understand, even common people who did not know how to read.
The third of the four taboos is the constitutional taboo. Refers to the story that subordinate officials should avoid the name of their superior. The famous story "Only state officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps" is the story of the leader's name being avoided.
The last taboo is the family taboo, which is limited to those within one's own family. Within the family, one must remember to avoid the names of ancestors within three generations, and outsiders should also abide by them when interacting with them to show respect. Ancestor respect. In today's social life, people actually don't pay much attention to the taboos in naming names, but in my opinion it is better to pay attention to it. After all, these are left by our ancestors, and it is worth us slowly thinking about them. Contained truth. Nowadays, except for those with relatively few overlapping surnames, most of the top five surnames are easy to have the same name, so you should pay more attention when naming.