The main basis for ancient people’s horoscope methods are as follows:
1. Tautology. For example, Qu Yuan's name is Ping, his courtesy name is Yuan, and Guangping is Yuan. Confucius's students Zaiyu, also known as Ziwo, Ji Lu, Ziyou, Yan Hui, Ziyuan, Zhuge Liang, Kongming, Tao Yuanming, Yuanliang, Zhou Yu, Gongjin, Zhugejin, Ziyu, and Wen Tianxiang, Jingrui, all belong to this category. . ?
2. Antonym is relative. Jin Dynasty official Zhao Shuai (meaning to decrease) was named Ziyu (meaning to increase). Zeng Dian (Xiao Hei) has clear characters and white color. Wang Ji of the Tang Dynasty had the courtesy name Wugong, Zhu Xi (Huoliang) had the courtesy name Yuanhui, Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty had the courtesy name Ziang, and Yan Shu had the courtesy name Tongshu. ?
3. Lian Yi’s conjecture. Zhao Yun's courtesy name was Zilong (Yun Conglong); Chao Buzhi's courtesy name was Wujiu; Su Shi's courtesy name was Zizhan ("Zuo Zhuan Xi 28th Year": "Jun Feng Shi came to observe it"); Yue Fei's courtesy name was Pengju. From the above three categories, it can be seen that characters and names are closely related, and characters are often supplements or explanations of names. This is called "name correspondence", and they are the exterior and interior of each other, so characters are also called "table characters".
Chinese characters are only limited to people with status in ancient times? "Book of Rites·Quli" says: "A man has a Chinese character of twenty crowns" and "A woman has a Chinese character of fifteen hairpins", which means that regardless of male or female, only Only when he reaches adulthood does he choose a character. The purpose of choosing a character is to make people respect him and for others to call him. Most people, especially peers and subordinates, are only allowed to address their elders by their names and not by their first names.
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The word originated from the Shang Dynasty, became popular in the Zhou Dynasty, and later formed a system. Until modern times, it was still used by many people in the intellectual and cultural circles, such as Hu Shi's courtesy name Shizhi, Sun Wenzai's courtesy name, and Mao Zedong's courtesy name Runzhi. In modern times, except for people in the intellectual and cultural circles who still use it, few ordinary people use it anymore. However, China has a population of 1.3 billion, and the incidence of the same name and surname is too high. The cultural circle now intends to restore the system of table names, and some people like history. There are many people with cousin names, such as Li Haoran, Zi Tan, Zhou Qixing, Cheng Qi, and Zhang Ce, Zhu Hao.
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