Speaking of everyone's name, we all know that it is one of the symbols of everyone. After greeting strangers, they will say my name is Zhang San, and then the other party will say hello Zhang San and so on. This is a very normal phenomenon. But in ancient times, if you said this, others would definitely fight you.
The name contains many parts, such as surname, given name, character, number, and form. Of course now there are only two parts: name. Before the Republic of China, celebrities had their own names, and some had their own nicknames, but now they all have their own names. But in ancient times, if you messed up, someone would really die. This is a great disrespect for others.
First of all, let’s talk about surnames. Before the Han Dynasty, surnames were separated into surnames and surnames. Everyone had their own surname and surname. For example, Jiang Ziya, whose surname is Lu, whose given name is Shang, whose given name is Ziya, and whose nickname is Taigong. Therefore, many people called Jiang Ziya Jiang Shang, and some called Lu Shang. Of course, many people didn't care about this at the time. For example, Shang Yang during Shang Yang's reform, Shang was just his surname. The reason why he was called this was because his back cover was Shang, so his surname didn't matter much. It can be changed. After the Han Dynasty, surnames were merged into one, and there was little distinction.
Let’s talk about names. Names have been very important for a long time. The first thing to pay attention to is to avoid taboos. Roughly speaking, it means that if your ancestor's name has the character "called" in it, you can't call it that. If the person in power, the emperor, requires you to avoid taboos, you have to change them. Sometimes you even have to avoid words with homophones, and these words should not appear when you write. Li He, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, was unable to take the Jinshi examination because his father's name was Li Jinsu, and "Jin" has the same pronunciation as "Jin" in Jinshi. Qin Shi Huang's father was named Zi Chu. So the Chu land was changed to "Jing". Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty was named Liu Heng, so he changed the name of [Nü Genchang]'e to "Chang'e" and Hengshan to "Changshan". These are very common. At that time, all the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas were changed to Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to avoid being tabooed by Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty. Think about it, even gods have to make concessions. How can you not change it?
However, there is another very interesting phenomenon in names. Before the Tang Dynasty, almost everyone’s names had the same character. For example, Liu Bang, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, Gao Yang of Northern Qi Dynasty, etc. Because in that era, names were all one word, which was a symbol of nobility. After Wang Mang's reform, he punished a nobleman by clearly changing his name from one character to two characters, which was a great insult at the time.
It goes without saying. This can be found in history and Chinese language. Li Bai's courtesy name is Taibai, Du Fu's courtesy name is Zimei, and Cao Cao's courtesy name is Aman. Liu Bei's courtesy name is Xuande, etc. The word is an explanation of the name. Tables are the same as words, they have been integrated with words very early.
There is also a number, but of course most people will not have one. For example, Tao Yuanming is known as Mr. Wuliu. Wang Shouren's nickname is Mr. Yangming. Wait, it's usually an honorific.
However, the ancients were very particular about the fact that you are named only after your parents. elder. Superior. The emperor can say it, but no one else can. Usually parents can speak out, but almost no one else can speak out. For example, in the Three Kingdoms, everyone named Liu Bei was called Xuande, or Liu Xuande. When the emperor calls his courtiers, he usually refers to the person's official title by his surname. Or it's also called the surname and the given name. Names are rarely called. Otherwise, it is disrespectful to yourself. Because the name was given by my parents, only my parents can call it. But nicknames can be used. People of the same generation generally call you more names. Unless you don't want to hang out with others, you can't call others by their names at all.
So in the TV series, everyone calls everyone by their first name. If you called someone like this in ancient times, they would definitely break up with you. Even fighting with you. If a wife tells her husband to say this, he will definitely be divorced.