In "A Dream of Red Mansions", the Jia Mansion is a family of hairpins for generations, and there are many scholars in the family. However, Wang Xifeng's daughter is several years old and has no name yet. She is just called the eldest sister. The reasons are as follows: First, in ancient times, boys were favored over girls. Most girls had no names, only nicknames.
People in ancient times valued boys over girls. When a boy was born, he would seriously give a name with a beautiful meaning, hoping that he would have a glorious future and a great future. When a girl is born, she doesn’t have a formal name. There are very few girls with scientific names like Jia Min, Wang Xifeng and Li Wan.
Needless to say, common people's families, even the emperor's daughter, rarely left their names. They all use titles instead of princesses. For example, some of the daughters of Emperor Kangxi died young without titles or names. None of the living daughters has a name in the history books, only a title.
Even Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu are not just scientific names, just nicknames.
(Chapter 2) Today there is only one legitimate wife, Jia, who gave birth to a daughter named Daiyu, who is only five years old.
(Chapter 4) There is also a girl, two years younger than Xue Pan, whose nickname is Baochai. She has smooth skin and elegant manners.
The names of Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing and Aunt Xue are not written in the book. Maybe none of them have scientific names. There is only one nickname.
(Chapter 42) Sister Feng said: "This makes sense. I think of it, he doesn't have a name yet, so you give him a name. One is to lend you your life; the other is Then you are the villagers, and I am not afraid of you being poor. If you give a poor person a name, I am afraid that you will suppress him."
Wang Xifeng's child still has no name when he is two or three years old, and his body is weak. weak. In order to make it easier for her daughter to support herself, Wang Xifeng asked Grandma Liu to give the child a name. Of course, the name Grandma Liu gave her child, Qiaojie, could only be a nickname, not a scientific name.
Children should be named by their father and grandparents. The fact that Wang Xifeng's daughter has no name means that neither her grandfather nor her grandmother, nor her father, likes this girl. If Wang Xifeng's first child was a boy, he would have named it long ago. It would not have been several years before Sister Feng asked a poor old lady to name it.
This shows that the Jia family favors sons over daughters. Second, Wang Xifeng himself is not educated and cannot give his daughter a good name.
Wang Xifeng loves her daughter and hopes to give her the best, including a name. Wang Xifeng racked her brains and couldn't think of an auspicious name. None of the names are good, and none of them are satisfactory. So when her daughter is several years old, Wang Xifeng has not yet chosen a satisfactory nickname. I just call my daughter eldest sister for now. Third, the child is too young and cannot be named for the time being, lest he cannot be fed.
The day Qiao Jie was born was the seventh day of July. The ancients considered this day unlucky. After the eldest sister was born, her health was not good and she often fell ill. Therefore, the Jia family did not give Sister Qiao a name. So as not to make a living.
For example, as soon as Hai Lanzhu's son was born, Huang Taiji granted a general amnesty to the world and gave him the honor of being a prince. But he never named the child. He hopes that his children will grow up healthily and well. But contrary to expectations, the child died.
Wang Xifeng did not name the child because she was afraid that if her daughter had a name, she would be registered with the Lord of Hell and it would be difficult to support her daughter.
To sum up, there are three reasons why Wang Xifeng’s child has no name. First, the Jia family favored sons over daughters, and Wang Xifeng loved his daughter too much. He was afraid that her daughter's name would be unlucky, so she always wanted to give her daughter an auspicious name, so she delayed naming her daughter. Another reason is that Wang Xifeng was afraid that her daughter would not be able to support herself, so she did not name her daughter.