Generations are determined when ancestors compiled genealogy or branches continued from genealogy, and the arrangement is often reflected in the names of people. It is convenient to rank the generations in the same family, recognize the generations and compile genealogy. Generally speaking, people who decide their seniority by their characters put these generational characters after their surnames, such as Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xuesi and Zhang Xueming. From the royal family to the people, there are generations.
Genealogy of generations is a particularly important content in genealogy, which is generally formulated by a famous person in the family and compiled into a few auspicious words, and some scholars even write it into poems. For example, the genealogy of Tang's in Zhejiang Province is "Fu Lu Yong Chang Long, He Liang Duan Shi Mei, Rui Ning Cong"; The line generation school of Wang's Genealogy in Hubei Province is "aboveboard, success comes first, the world is prolonged, and the family has its own thoughts."
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In order to let future generations know what generation they are, if they are named according to word generation, they will always know what generation they are.
If people who come to the same ancestor are not named according to their word generation, they will not know each other's seniority, regardless of whether they are friends or not, so that uncle may become brother, and brother may become grandfather. The ancestors named their ancestors according to their word generation in order to prevent future generations from being confused.