How to name a child? We might as well learn from the two methods of the ancients.

1. First: Five Elements Naming Method

The Five Elements Naming Method emerged in the Song Dynasty, that is, according to the name, it consists of "gold, wood, water, and fire". It is composed of 5 characters: ", soil", representing substances with different properties. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that the naming of descendants must also follow the principle of the five elements: wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood. The cycle continues.

2. Second: Naming method of ancient poems

"The Book of Songs" is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest A collection of poems. The Book of Songs is rich in content, rich in emotion, concise and profound in language, and also has great musical beauty. Therefore, the characters in the Book of Songs are also suitable for names.

For example, these good names all come from "The Book of Songs": Qingyang ("The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng·Wild Man Grass": "There is a beautiful person, Qingyang and graceful") Xi."), Qiong Yao ("The Book of Songs·Weifeng·Papaya": "Throw me a peach tree, and give me Qiong Yao in return"), Huiyin ("The Book of Songs·Daya·Siqi": "The great concubine Huiyin is full of thoughts. South"), Sicheng ("The Book of Songs·Shang Song·Na": "Tang Sun played a false memorial, Sui Wo Si Cheng"), Jing Shu ("Beifeng·Jingnu": "Jingnu's Shu, as soon as I came to the city "corner") and so on.