The opening chapter of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty·Zhu Yuanzhang Volume" lists "Name: Zhu Yuanzhang's aliases: Zhu Chongba, Zhu Guorui." However, it is not right to include Zhu Chongba in the "Alias" column. Zhu Chongba and Zhu Xingzong should be listed separately in the "former names" column. However, Zhu Yuanzhang was born on the 18th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar (October 21st of the Gregorian calendar) in the first year of the Tianli calendar of Emperor Wenzong of the Yuan Dynasty (1328). In this year, his father Zhu Wusi was 48 years old, and his mother Chen was 43 years old. Their parents were the same age. Add 91 years old.
If Zhu Yuanzhang was named after the sum of his parents' ages or the date of his birth, his name should be Jiuyi or Yiba, and it would not be Zhongba or Baba. In fact, in feudal society since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, people were still named after their seniors.
The name Chongba was chosen according to the order of seniority. He belongs to the "Chong" generation. He has four cousins ??named Chongyi, Chonger, Chongsan, and Chongwu, and three brothers named Chongsi, Chongliu, and Chongqi. He is the youngest, named Chongba. . Since it is named according to seniority, this Chongba cannot be called Baba.
However, after searching the "History of the Yuan Dynasty", "Yuan Dian Zhang" and "Tongzhi Tiaoge", no relevant legal provisions and policy provisions can be found, not even similar records. It is really debatable whether the statements in "Chun Zai Tang Essays" and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", which are non-official histories, are reliable. Going back further, we will find that naming with numbers is not a patent of the Yuan Dynasty people, but a custom that has existed for a long time. It can be seen that naming with numbers is just a custom, not out of official compulsion. It existed at least in the Song Dynasty. People in the Yuan Dynasty just followed this custom. Zhu Yuanzhang later changed his name and changed Zhu Chongba's name to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu: Zhu, Yuan: Yuan Dynasty, Zhang: refers to sharp weapons in ancient times. Together they are a sharp weapon to kill the Yuan Dynasty. This shows Zhu Yuanzhang's determination to kill the Yuan Dynasty.