What do the names of Su Shi and Su Zhe mean? Why is Su Xun named like this?

We often say that "a person is as his name suggests", and there may be some connection between a person and his name. Because the name sustains the expectations and cultivation of his family, he will develop in a fixed direction. Su San, a literary family in the Northern Song Dynasty, his father Su Xun, his brother Su Shi and his younger brother Su Zhe are all powerful figures in the literary world, but what we know is that Su Shi is the most famous, and the reason for this result is related to the names given to them by Su Xun. Do you know what Su Shi and Su Zhe mean respectively?

1. Su Shi First of all, let's take a look at Su Shi, whom everyone knows. Su Shi, Zi Zizhan, is a crossbar used by passengers in front of cars in ancient times. "I'm afraid you won't decorate." Su Xun thinks this kind of thing looks useless, but if it doesn't, it's like something is missing. Since stone has such characteristics, it can only be used as an ornament. Therefore, Su Xun's hope for Su Shi is to know how to hide his true thoughts, not to be too impulsive, not to be too honest with others, and not to be too hard on himself.

Of course, some people interpret it from another angle, which is not Su Xun's original words, but Su Shi's words. The word "foresight" has the meaning of foresight, and it also means riding the wind and waves and bearing the brunt. He hopes that his son can open up a new world, become a "stone" in front of the car and get ahead. In fact, this explanation is somewhat contradictory to the above, but it doesn't make sense. Maybe Su Xun means both.

2. Su Zhe and Su Zhe, the word by. "Rutting" refers to the rutting marks left by cars passing by. This rut mark looks even more insignificant. No matter what happens, it will leave a mark. After the car passes by, it will naturally leave rut marks. The car behind will follow the rut marks in front. No matter how the car is, whether it is good or bad, whether it is a success or a disaster, it has nothing to do with rutting. In fact, he also hopes that Su Zhe will be safe in this life.

Contrary to Zi Zhan, some people think that "Zi You" means to make Su Zhe "follow the trend", which is less conspicuous. Just leave it to Su Shi, and you should follow suit, not do the best. It's like making a rut mark, "Ziyou", doing what others do, and leaving the outstanding things to my brother Su Shi. So, from the name, Su Xun's wishes for the two brothers are different, so what prompted Su Xun to think so?

3. Su Xun's experience Su Xun, whose word is Ming Yun, wandered around many places in his youth. Although he studied hard several times, he failed to learn it in a short time and gave up. When he took the provincial examination for the first time, he was unfortunately the last one. Painful failure made him face up to himself and learn from his mistakes from the beginning. At this point, Su Xun was 27 years old. Su Xun finally learned many things, but it was still difficult for him to become famous, because his style was different from that popular at that time. He often talked about politics, and he didn't want to make friends with local officials. Of course, his career is not smooth.

Later, he came to Beijing and finally won a good situation. However, his pride has made many enemies for him, so he is still powerless. Perhaps his life is not smooth, so he has different expectations for his two sons, and their lives are indeed as Su Xun guessed.