When it comes to the history of the Ming Dynasty, we have to talk about the events of Lao Zhu’s family. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, had four sons, namely Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Xi, King of Jin Zhu Xi, and King of Yan Zhu Di.
A careful person will find that these four people all have "wood" in their names, which is very particular. I will talk about it in detail later.
Let’s take a look at the names Zhu Yuanzhang gave his grandchildren. Zhu Gaochi is the son of Zhu Di, and Zhu Yunwen is the son of the prince Zhu Biao, and he was established as the eldest grandson of the emperor. Looking at the names of these two people, you will find that their rankings are different. One is "Gao" and the other is "Yun". So what exactly is this? Why? Is there any secret in it?
Actually, the rankings among them were all set by Zhu Yuanzhang early in the morning. He compiled a twenty-digit order list for his sons' descendants. For example, the next generation of Prince Zhu Biao is of the generation named "Yun", and his son is named Zhu Yunwen.
Then we have to mention the King of Yan, Zhu Di. He competed with the uncle and nephew of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen for the throne, and finally sat on the throne of the Ming Dynasty. The world that was supposed to belong to Zhu Yunwen's lineage was immediately replaced by Zhu Di, and Zhu Di's lineage became a symbol of noble imperial power.
I won’t go into details about the other two princes one by one. What is more worth mentioning is that among Zhu Di’s sons, there is one named Zhu Gaochi. Logically speaking, he and Zhu Yunwen are the same generation, but the branch they belong to Different, so even if they are of the same generation, the ranking of their names is very different.
Take Zhu Di's lineage as an example. The next generation of Zhu Di was Zhu Gaochi, then Zhu Zhanji, and later Zhu Qizhen. People who understand the five elements can see the mystery of this.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any mandatory requirements when formulating the ranking of surnames for his descendants, there are still some rigid rules that cannot be violated. This principle requires them to follow the principle of the five elements, that is, metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, and fire generates earth.
Zhu Gaochi's "Chi" means "fire", which belongs to the five elements of fire, and fire generates earth, so his son's name has earth in it, and Zhu Zhanji's "base" means "tai" The character "Tu" is followed by Zhu Zhanji's son, and soil produces gold, so Zhu Zhanji's sons are called Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu. "Zhen" and "钰" both have the character "金"; and gold produces Water, so the descendants of Zhu Qizhen are called Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Jianlin, and their names all have "three points of water".
For someone like me who doesn’t understand Qimen metaphysics, I just think this naming rule is really amazing.
I have to say that the naming rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang are really very organized and have a wonderful sense of ritual. It can be imagined that Zhu Yuanzhang has a strong inheritance spirit for his Zhu family.
But, then again, after all, writing is limited, and the population is constantly increasing. If you follow this naming method, there will definitely not be enough for the descendants of the Zhu family, so that the strokes of the names of the descendants of the Zhu family will later be used. There are more and more people, and they are becoming more and more partial, and even those who later had the surname Zhu were forced to make up their own characters to name their descendants. It was really difficult.
Later, as the descendants of the Zhu family prospered, their names once appeared on the periodic table of elements. Could it be said that this periodic table of elements was established by the descendants of the Zhu family? In fact, it’s not the case. That’s because the periodic table of elements was first introduced to China from abroad. Since it has arrived in China, there must be corresponding Chinese characters to translate the elements. So scientists looked in dictionaries to create what today’s periodic table of elements looks like. .
In fact, this is just an accident. The descendants of the Zhu family who were named after the word "gold" probably never thought that they would be the same as the periodic table of elements. It is really wonderful!
When it comes to the history of the Ming Dynasty, we have to talk about the events of Lao Zhu’s family. Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, had four sons, namely Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Xi, King of Jin Zhu Xi, and King of Yan Zhu Di.
A careful person will find that these four people all have "wood" in their names, which is very important. I will talk about it in detail later.
Let’s take a look at the names Zhu Yuanzhang gave his grandchildren.
Zhu Gaochi is the son of Zhu Di, and Zhu Yunwen is the son of the prince Zhu Biao, and he was established as the eldest grandson of the emperor. Looking at the names of these two people, you will find that their rankings are different. One is "Gao" and the other is "Yun". So what exactly is this? Why? Is there any secret in it?
Actually, the rankings among them were all set by Zhu Yuanzhang early in the morning. He compiled a twenty-digit order list for his sons' descendants. For example, the next generation of Prince Zhu Biao is of the generation named "Yun", and his son is named Zhu Yunwen.
Then we have to mention the King of Yan, Zhu Di. He competed with the uncle and nephew of Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen for the throne, and finally sat on the throne of the Ming Dynasty. The world that was supposed to belong to Zhu Yunwen's lineage was immediately replaced by Zhu Di, and Zhu Di's lineage became a symbol of noble imperial power.
I won’t go into details about the other two princes one by one. What is more worth mentioning is that among Zhu Di’s sons, there is one named Zhu Gaochi. Logically speaking, he and Zhu Yunwen are the same generation, but the branch they belong to They are different, so even if they are of the same generation, the ranking of their names is very different.
Take Zhu Di's lineage as an example. The next generation of Zhu Di was Zhu Gaochi, then Zhu Zhanji, and later Zhu Qizhen. People who understand the five elements can see the mystery of this.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any mandatory requirements when formulating the ranking of surnames for his descendants, there are still some rigid rules that cannot be violated. This principle requires them to follow the principle of the five elements, that is, metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, and fire generates earth.
Zhu Gaochi's "Chi" means "fire", which belongs to the five elements of fire, and fire generates earth, so his son's name has earth in it, and Zhu Zhanji's "base" means "tai" The character "Tu" is followed by Zhu Zhanji's son, and soil produces gold, so Zhu Zhanji's sons are called Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu. "Zhen" and "钰" both have the character "金"; and gold produces Water, so the descendants of Zhu Qizhen are called Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Jianlin, and their names all have "three points of water".
For someone like me who doesn’t understand Qimen metaphysics, I just think this naming rule is really amazing.
I have to say that the naming rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang are really very organized and have a wonderful sense of ritual. It can be imagined that Zhu Yuanzhang has a strong inheritance spirit for his Zhu family.
But, then again, after all, writing is limited, and the population is constantly increasing. If you follow this naming method, there will definitely not be enough for the descendants of the Zhu family, so that the strokes of the names of the descendants of the Zhu family will later be used. There are more and more people, and they are becoming more and more partial, and even forced people with the surname Zhu to make up their own characters to name their descendants. It is really difficult.
Later, as the descendants of the Zhu family prospered, their names once appeared on the periodic table of elements. Could it be said that this periodic table of elements was established by the descendants of the Zhu family? In fact, it’s not the case. That’s because the periodic table of elements was first introduced to China from abroad. Since it has arrived in China, there must be corresponding Chinese characters to translate the elements. So scientists looked in dictionaries to create what today’s periodic table of elements looks like. .
In fact, this is just an accident. The descendants of the Zhu family who were named after the word "gold" probably never thought that they would be the same as the periodic table of elements. It is really wonderful!