Among the historical figures in the early Western Han Dynasty, there are two people who are quite unique. The reason is not because of their status, although both of them were born in the Han royal family, nor because of their influence on the historical process. Both of them more or less promoted or hindered the progress of civilization, but it depends on their names. " The leader of the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" is Wu Wang Liu Bi.
I believe that everyone will be surprised when they see the name Liu Piao for the first time: How could the mighty Emperor of Han use the word "Piao" as his daughter's name? This word refers to the obscene and depraved behavior of playing with prostitutes! Does he want his daughter to have a relationship with a prostitute in the future?
The answer is of course no. It turns out that the word "whoring" can also be pronounced as "piao" in ancient times, which has the same pronunciation as "piao" in "floating", which means: light body and light appearance, that is, the appearance of a light body. At this point, we suddenly realized that Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty wanted his daughter to be light and agile. It turned out that Liu's "whoring" had nothing to do with prostitutes!
Coincidentally, the name of King Wu Liu Bi, the culprit of the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion", is also very distinctive. When you see this name, you may have a big question mark in your mind: noble status, How could a prince among thousands of people have sex with his nose? In fact, Liu Bi himself can't be blamed for this. If he is to blame, he can only blame his father, Liu Xi, the second brother of Han Emperor Liu Bang. I don't know why Liu Lao Er chose the word "bi" as his son's name in the first place.
In the "Modern Chinese Dictionary", "濞" has only one usage, which is to form the geographical noun "濞濞" with the word "澿". Yangbi is a county in the west of Yunnan Province, in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. The "濞" in Liu Bi's name should have nothing to do with Yangbi County, because when he came to the world, Yunnan was still under the rule of the ancient Dian Kingdom, and it was impossible for him to have anything to do with Yangbi County.
So, why did his father Liu Xi give him the name "濞"? It turns out that in ancient Chinese, the word "濿" can also be combined with the word "桂" in "pengtuo heavy rain" to form the word "桂濞", which has three meanings. One is surging, the sound of waves hitting each other, Sima Xiangru's "Part 1" In "Lin Fu", there is a sentence: "The cross-current flows in reverse directions, turning and pouring, and pouring and pouring for irrigation."; secondly, there is a lot of rain; thirdly, there are many magnificent appearances, such as in "Han Shu·Sima Xiangru Biography" "The harassing Cistanches are coming to the rescue, and the Pang Bi Yang is rolling over the beautiful trees."
According to Liu Xi's education level and his identity as a farmer when he had his son, he named his son "Chu Yuan". ", maybe hoping that the days to come will be smooth and the harvest will be plentiful.