"King Wen was restrained and performed the Book of Changes, while Zhongniee performed the Spring and Autumn Period. In ancient times, Fuxi proposed the Bagua system. When King Wen of Zhou was in prison, he deduced the eighty-eight and sixty-four hexagrams. Confucius The I Ching is annotated as "Ten Wings"
Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements
As the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang He also spent some time in a temple, and was assisted by Liu Bowen, a master of the I Ching, so he had great respect for knowledge such as the Five Elements and Bagua. For this reason, he had already made corresponding arrangements when arranging names for his descendants.
The names of the descendants of the Zhu family must be based on the radicals of wood, fire, earth, metal and water
It’s difficult Imagine that the emperor of an empire actually admires the Yi Jing culture so much. This is a culture that is deeply rooted in the bones, but few people can understand its meaning.
Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Annals, which contained different records but could not be described in writing. The Confucianism of Liu and Dong is quite close to the art of Shu Xiang, and there is no need to describe it at all. When Ban founded this aspiration, he had to elaborate on the origin of his learning. The history of the past dynasties often adopts what the predecessors have seen and prepares it in a concise way. The meaning and method of Kui are unknown. Therefore, since the examination of Hongwu, the outline of the Five Elements of History has remained the same, with its auspiciousness and differences, and the things should be the same as those seen before in the old theory, and it has been omitted without mentioning the clouds. ---"History of the Ming Dynasty"
Zhu Yuanzhang's own name does not have the radical of the five elements. This can't be helped because the adoptive father who gave him this name, Guo Zixing, can't be helped. I don't really believe this, and Zhu Yuanzhang is not his descendant, so there is no need to care.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang has relatively high requirements for his descendants. He believes that the five elements are mutually reinforcing and mutually reinforcing. Only by making good use of the laws of the five elements, the Zhu family dynasty can cycle forever like the five elements. It will be passed down back and forth without interruption. Zhu Yuanzhang's sons are all named after the characters next to the character "木", such as Prince Zhu Biao and Emperor Yongle Zhu Di. Their names all have radicals with the character "木"; Zhu Yuanzhang's grandsons are all named after the characters next to the character "火". Names, such as Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Yunwen is Zhu Biao's son, Zhu Gaochi is Zhu Di's son; Zhu Yuanzhang's great-grandchildren are all named after the characters next to the word "tu", such as Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji. The base character of Zhu Zhanji is actually the base character of soil, so it does not violate the ancestral precepts.
The difference between Zhu Zhanji and other brothers is that in his name, the word "tu" is next to the bottom, while in the names of his other 9 brothers, the word "tu" is next to "tu". It is on the left. For example, Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Zheng Jing, Zhu Zhanyong, the king of Yue Jing, etc. are all on the left. So for a while, many people thought that Zhu Zhanji's name was quite special. The Ming Dynasty paid great attention to the eldest son inheritance system. As the eldest son of Ming Renzong, Zhu Zhanji was of course special. The other children were either younger sons or concubines, so they were naturally more ordinary.
Metal, wood, water, fire and earth complement each other, but the order is actually different
When we talk about the five elements, we often call them It is called metal, wood, water, fire, and earth because it is very convenient to call it that way. In fact, this is misleading. You can never say this about the real five elements, because the five elements are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other, and the truth inside is relatively profound. Since there is mutual generation and mutual restraint, of course there is an order of birth and an order of restraint. Therefore, the order of naming the five elements should actually be changed. According to the theory of life, metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, and earth generates metal. So if we look at it in the order of birth, we should call the five elements: metal, water, wood, fire, and earth. According to Ke, metal defeats wood, wood defeats earth, earth defeats water, water defeats fire, and fire defeats metal. So if we look at it in the order of grams, we should call the five elements: metal, wood, earth, water, and fire.
Therefore, the way for Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants to continue is to arrange them strictly in the order of birth.
Metal, water, wood, fire and earth, Zhu Di’s birth to Zhu Gaochi is wood to fire, Zhu Gaochi’s birth to Zhu Zhanji is fire to earth, Zhu Zhanji’s birth to Zhu Qizhen is earth to gold, Zhu Qizhen’s birth to Zhu Jianshen is gold to water, Zhu Jianshen’s birth to Zhu Youtang is water to wood. , forming a cycle of birth order.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning, the order of mutual restraint must be perfectly avoided, that is to say, the son cannot restrain the father. Only by this arrangement can the descendants continue.
Taizu used his wisdom, martial arts, and ambition to help the world and bring peace to the people. He took advantage of the opportunity, followed the heroes, fought chaos and destroyed the strong, and became an emperor in fifteen years. The rise of commoners and the dying of Haiyu were unprecedented since the Western Han Dynasty. Punishing the Yuan government for its failure and slackness will lead to severe governance. To be able to pay tribute to the elders with courtesy, to test the etiquette and determine the music, to reveal the meaning of the scriptures, to respect the true learning, to add favor to the country, to clarify the administration of officials, to cultivate the discipline of people, to respect the Fengdu, to correct the name of the harem, to clean up the internal governance, to ban eunuchs and not to interfere in politics. , the five government offices and six ministries maintained their official positions, set up guards and garrisoned the fields, and had sufficient food and troops. ---"History of the Ming Dynasty"
This is of course a metaphysical statement, and Zhu Yuanzhang firmly believed in this matter. Therefore, during his lifetime, he had already arranged the order for future generations. It's like playing a Sudoku game. Zhu Yuanzhang has already prepared the corresponding radicals. As long as future generations fill in the names of these children one after another in order, it will be fine.
There are thousands of descendants of the Zhu family, and Chinese characters are simply not enough, so the periodic table of elements appeared
The first one Who invented the periodic table of elements? Some people must say it was Mendeleev. Of course, it is indeed this man, but the words for elements above were invented by the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Di usurped the throne, no vassal king was allowed to go out to do things and could only stay at home to give birth to children. Every time a child is born, they receive a salary, so these princes and kings marry wives and have children every day, and the country supports them anyway.
When combined with the human ways, there are five things; when combined with the heavenly ways, there are common people. Heaven and man understand each other and respond by analogy, which cannot be said to be unreasonable. The legend is analyzed piece by piece, using certain differences as the response to something, and even citing circumstantial evidence to extend its explanation. Therefore, although father, son, and junior disciple cannot be completely contradictory, the result is the meaning of describing categories. Fu Gou knows that the response of heaven and man depends on their influence, and the common people are vigilant in every word and action. This is a warning, and the intention is not bad. However, the road to heaven is far away, and the road to humanity is short. If we compare them one by one, there will be certain experiences and disconfirmations. ---"History of the Ming Dynasty"
Over time, the number of descendants of the old Zhu family has become frightening. It is said that some princes and kings actually gave birth to more than a hundred sons in their lifetime. When they had dinner together during the New Year and festivals, they would not recognize their sons at all.
With so many sons, naming has become a very troublesome problem. Because naming the descendants in the order of metal, water, wood, fire, and earth, these Chinese characters are simply not enough. What's terrible is that Zhu Yuanzhang not only determined that the third character of the name must have five elements as a radical, but even the second character was arranged for each son's family. For example, the second characters of the descendants of King Yan Zhu Di's family are arranged in this order: Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jing Di Xian You.
Even the right to control the second character was deprived, making it even more difficult for future generations of princes to name their children. What should we do? These princes of the Ming Dynasty came up with a good idea, which was to invent writing. Anyway, there was no statistical summary of Chinese characters at that time. If you invented a word, you only needed to declare it, and it had pronunciation, writing, and meaning.
So the words for elements in the periodic table of elements were invented. For example, the name of Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yuxi, whom we are more familiar with, is actually osmium in the periodic table of elements. old name.
Xu Shou, a chemist in the late Qing Dynasty, brought the periodic table back from Russia and wanted to translate it into Chinese. He found that there were no corresponding words for those metals, so he thought Knowing that there were so many characters with metal radicals in the names of Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants, a large number of related characters were selected from them.
It doesn’t matter what name you choose, the key is to have good education
In fact, when naming your descendants, as long as it is not a comparison like Shi Zhenxiang It doesn't matter whether it's outstanding or normal. Whether children and grandchildren can have a future depends on what kind of education they have.
It’s not that school education can change a child’s life, but parents’ education is crucial. Schools can only impart knowledge to children, but parents’ words and deeds will directly determine what kind of person their children will become in the future.
Zhu Yijun, Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, also known as Emperor Wanli, has been a mess all his life. Look at the virtues of his two more famous sons. Zhu Changluo died young, and Zhu Changxun weighed more than three hundred kilograms. Zhu Changluo did not know how to educate his son, so Zhu Youxiao could only do carpentry work, while Zhu Youjian was suspected of being too seriously ill.
Look at the brothers Zhu Biao and Zhu Di who were educated by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Gaochi who was educated by Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanji who was educated by Zhu Gaochi. Which one is not a wise king? So education is the most important thing. For important things, don't bother with the gimmick of naming.