We know that single names were popular in ancient China. The surname was one character and the given name was also one character. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Song Wu, Song Jiang and Li Kui are all single names. Starting from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, double names gradually appeared, such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Zu Chongzhi, Xie Lingyun, Li Daoyuan, and Tao Yuanming, all of whom were double names. By the Song Dynasty, double surnames had become very popular, even surpassing single names, and the royal family of the Song Dynasty was no exception.
Song Gaozong Zhao Gou
The annual college entrance examination and high school entrance examination are over. Some nosy people on the Internet picked out some weird-looking candidate names, such as Bai, Chang, etc. Some are very domineering, some have the same name as the most popular protagonist in the TV series, and some have beautiful literal meanings, but the homophony is weird.
The information on the Internet is mixed, and we don’t know whether these names are true or false. However, from common sense analysis, it is not impossible for parents to give their children such names. Think about it, are the children who took the college entrance examination or the high school entrance examination all teenagers this year? As early as more than ten years ago, when these children were born, we had never heard of white, but today it happens to be a hot word in society, and everyone thinks it is a bit strange. In the past, this was normal! Today's edition is about the weird names of the royal family of the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty royal family had a great time naming Dafa. As weird as it sounds, these names below are really weird. Please look at a list first:
Zhao Buliu, Zhao Buqian, Zhao Buxue, Zhao Bureason, Zhao Bubo, Zhao Illegal, Zhao Unpredictable, Zhao Buxie, Zhao Buhui, Zhao Bu Mean, Zhao is not close, Zhao is not far, Zhao is not bright, Zhao is not dark, Zhao is not advancing, Zhao is not retreating, Zhao is not vulgar, Zhao is not false, Zhao is not angry, Zhao is not proud, Zhao is not proud.
Not vulgar, not cheap, not hypocritical, not proud, the name is straightforward, meaning that beauty is vulgar but elegant, not cheap is noble, not fake is true, not arrogant is modest, elegant, noble, sincere, Qian is a good name.
No regrets, magnanimity, unyielding, and unswerving determination. They should all be names with provenance. The generosity without regrets comes from the Book of Changes, and the perseverance comes from Mencius. Mencius said: Poverty and despicability can not be moved, and power can not be bent. This is called a gentleman.
But look at the rest of the names, don’t stay, don’t don # don’t learn, don’t I don’t understand, don’t learn, don’t don # don’t learn, don’t be illiterate, don’t don’t type just say one , it will make people feel black. What? Tell Zhao to quit. Do you want to resign? He called Zhao unexpectedly, which means the weather is unpredictable. If he wins, will he live long? Zhao is not ashamed of this. Is his character shameless? In fact, some people told Zhao not to engage in prostitution. Are they showing off his lifestyle? Give parents and children such nice names, but don’t think their children were born, but they paid the price for them?
From a modern perspective, these names are really wonderful. What's even more amazing is that they are not the names of ordinary people, but the names of male members of the royal family of a certain generation in the Song Dynasty.
Those who do not have the seniority of the seventh-generation royal family of the Song Dynasty.
We know that single names were popular in ancient China. The surname was one character and the given name was also one character. Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Song Wu, Song Jiang and Li Kui are all single names. Starting from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, double names gradually appeared, such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Zu Chongzhi, Xie Lingyun, Li Daoyuan, and Tao Yuanming, all of whom were double names. By the Song Dynasty, double names had become very popular, even surpassing single names, and the royal family of the Song Dynasty was no exception.
The founding emperor of the Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin. He had two younger brothers, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Tingmei. Look, three brothers all have the same name. According to the nomenclature of men in the Song Dynasty, for anyone with a double name, the first character indicates seniority. Brothers with the same surname generally have the same surname. Therefore, Zhao Guangyi's original name was Zhao Kuangyi, and Zhao Tingmei's original name was Zhao Kuangmei. But after becoming the emperor, in order to show respect and awe, others could no longer use the words Kuang and Yin, so they changed it to Zhao Kuangmei. Later, after inheriting the Great Unification, both Guangzi and Zhengzi could no longer be used, so the third brother Zhao had to change his name again. From then on, he was called Zhao Tingmei.
Zhao Kuangyin was Song Taizu, and Zhao Guangyi was Song Taizong. When Mao was in office, the descendants of the three brothers were already ranked according to their seniority. His son is the German generation, his grandson is the unique generation, his great-grandson is the subordinate generation, and his great-grandson is the world generation.
For example, Mao's sons are called Zhao, Zhao Dezhao, Zhao, and Zhao; his grandsons are called Zhao, Zhao Weizhong, Zhao Wei, and Zhao; his great-grandsons are called Zhao Congjie, Zhao Congshu, Zhao, and Zhao Congke; his great-grandsons are called Zhao Shizhuo, Zhao Shayang, Zhao Shijiang. But as soon as Tang Taizong came to the throne, he immediately started anew and allowed his descendants to continue to use the seniority arranged by Mao, while giving his own descendants a separate seniority.
Specifically, the sons of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty were all from the Yuanci generation, named Zhao Yuankan, Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Yuanxuan, and Zhao Yuanfen respectively.
The grandsons of Xia Hou_, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, were of the Yun generation, named Zhao, Zhao Yunyan, and Zhao Yunrang respectively.
The great-grandsons of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty are descendants of the emperor, named Zhao Zongshi, Zhao Zongshu, Zhao Zongyou, and Zhao Zongmeng.
The great-grandsons of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty were of the Zhong generation, named Zhao Zhongqu, Zhao Zhongxian, Zhao Zhongpian and Zhao Zhongying.
The names of the great-grandsons of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty are Zhao Shicheng, Zhao Shihua, Zhao Fanshi and Zhao Shitao.
From Gaosun to the future, the next thing I knew was that I was no longer a mistress. Those weird names mentioned just now, such as Zhao Budai, Zhao Buli, Zhao Bushai, Zhao Bupiao, are all descendants of Song Taizong. If Song Taizong is designated as the first generation, then none of these royal descendants will belong to the seventh generation.
There is a Huashan school novel in Jin Yong's novel Swordsman. The leader of the Huashan School is Yue Buqun. He and his fellow disciples are all non-descendants, such as Feng Buping, Cong Bubu, Cheng Buxi, etc. Of course, these Huashan swordsmen did not belong to the royal family of the Song Dynasty, but coincidentally, their names appeared among the seventh generation descendants of Song Taizong. Zhao Buqun, Zhao Buping, Zhao Buqi, and Zhao Buxi can exactly correspond to Yue Buqun, Feng Buping, Cong Buxi, and Cheng Buxi in the clan lineage table of Song Dynasty. Perhaps when Mr. Jin Yong originally conceived Swordsman, he had just read through the family lineage table of Swordsman, remembered a few characters without me, and used them conveniently in the novel.
There were too many royal families in the Song Dynasty, mainly because they were afraid of having the same name.
The question is, why choose some names that seem particularly weird when naming the royal family of the Song Dynasty? There are three reasons:
First, Song Taizong arranged his descendants according to seniority from the beginning, and other seniorities were fine. This is not a very good word, because no matter how elegant the word is, once it is placed at the back, it will no longer be elegant. For example, Song Yingzong's real name is Master Zhao. There is nothing wrong with this name, but if it is ranked among the younger generations, it will immediately become fake, and problems will arise.
Secondly, after Song Taizong came to the throne, he persecuted the descendants of his elder brother Song Taizu and his younger brother Zhao Tingmei, causing the three branches of the elder and the younger to scatter. The population was not prosperous, but his own descendants quickly expanded to an astonishing number. By the seventh generation, there were thousands of people, so many people named them, they didn't want to repeat their names, they couldn't. Don't use this word
In fact, because there are too many generations of descendants of Song Taizong, they are not in contact with each other and have no contact. Poor communication during roll call. Even with so many weird names, duplication of names is inevitable. According to my rough statistics, among the descendants of Song Taizong, there are at least seven people named Zhao Buqi, four people named Zhao Buyu, four Zhao Buqiu, three Zhao Buwu, three Zhao Buqi, and two Zhao Bubu. When these people were named, they certainly didn't have any idea that they would have the same name as other royals' children, mainly because there were so many of them that I didn't know each other. I'm afraid only the officials who manage the clan archives can find out every detail of Zhao;
It was almost done, Song Gaozong called Zhao Bu.
According to the records of the Song Dynasty, in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Song Gaozong was driven by the Jin soldiers to flee, and he met a prince on the way. The emperor asked, which branch are you descended from? Answer: The one of Taizong. Gaozong asked again: What are your qualifications? Answer: No word generation. What is your name? Answer: Zhao is not bad. Zhao Zhen is well-deserved. It seems that our Zhao Jia empire is expected to be revived! He actually brought Zhao out on the spot.
In fact, according to seniority, he is also a junior, the same level as Zhao. According to ranking, he should be called brother or younger brother. But he didn't know this brother who was in the same industry, and he had to ask carefully to find out his branch, qualifications, ranking, and name.
Some friends may say: It’s pure nonsense. Song Gaozong’s name is Zhao Gou, and everything is in his name. How come he is the same age as Zhao Buxing?
This is because the emperors of the Song Dynasty did not want to cause trouble to others and the Tang Dynasty. In order to reduce the burden of changing names for peers, from the generation of Song Zhenzong to the United States, as long as a member of the royal family was named a prince or prince, the old emperors would remove the words indicating seniority in the name and change the double name to a single name. name. Song Gaozong did not belong to any generation. He should be called Zhao Bugou, but his father is Song Huizong, the emperor's son. He was named king as soon as he was born, so he changed from Zhao Bugou to Zhao Gou.