At that time, the elderly at home would often say: When choosing a name, especially a nickname, it should be a bit cheap, so that it is easier to make a living.
For example, Goucheng, Coward, Ergou, Black Girl, Stinky Baby, Black Hair...
When you grow up, you can use nicknames Change to a famous name.
However, a considerable proportion of these nicknames end up with the owner for a lifetime, and the owner’s real name is called Shunkou, and only a ghost can remember it. What's your name?
01
People in ancient times were keen on giving nicknames
The habit of giving nicknames is really It has been around since ancient times, and it is a common practice from the common people to the royal family. If you don’t believe it, take a look:
Ji Heibei, Ji Heibei, Ji Heibei, Ji Heijian, Wei Jie (chōu), Wei Choufu, Sun Bin, Liu Fei, Liu She, Chen Xi, Xin Tiezhu...
Ji Wuming
Just by looking at the last name, everyone can probably guess that this is not an ordinary person.
All the people with the surname Ji here are descendants of the Zhou royal family. Among them:
Ji Heihipu is the son of Duke Wen of Jin, and this weird thing The name is said to come from a physical feature at birth - a mole on his butt.
In the same way, the black back, black humer and black shoulder of Lao Ji’s family also have the same meaning.
Put aside the old Ji family in the hardest-hit area, and look at other families:
Wei Jie is also Wei Wuzi, and this Jie means cow panting. ;
As for Wei Choufu, it means the same thing as our "old Wei family's ugly egg" today;
Sun Bin means "Sun Broken Leg".
The image of Sun Bin in film and television dramas
Even the seemingly unremarkable Liu Fei, Liu She, Chen Xi, Xin Tiezhu also has a background: Liu Fei is the eldest son of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and his name is "Liu Xiaopang".
Liu Zhi is the real name of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Zhi is a small wild boar;
Chen Xi is a general of the Western Han Dynasty, and Xi is a large wild boar;
As for Xin Tiezhu, who needs no explanation - his father's name is Xin Qiji.
In short, physical characteristics, poultry and livestock can all be used as names at your fingertips. The ancients were so willful in naming! The pre-Qin version of "Gou Sheng" were basically nobles.
02
Chinese people pay attention to naming
However, later on, the royal family, The fewer nobles who have nicknames, the more educated they are, the more particular they are about choosing names, and it has gradually become a very interesting subject:
For example: names, Word echo type.
Qu Yuan’s name is Ping and the word is Yuan, and Ping and Yuan originally have the same meaning;
Li Bai’s name is Taibai, and the word is an enhanced version of the name.
The image of Qu Yuan in film and television dramas
For example: balanced type.
If the name is a bit too much, use words to make up for it.
Han Yu’s word retreat means to surpass or overcome, while retreat means to be humble and give in.
This way of naming is "the name is too transcendent, and the symbol is pulled back". Between advancement and retreat, it becomes the "golden mean".
Also, ranking method.
This method is similar to our today's "Da Mao, Er Mao, San Mao", but the ancients were more reserved and used "Bo, Zhong, Shu, Ji".
Liu Bang's real name was Liu Ji, which means Liu Xiaosi;
Confucius was named Zhongni because he was the second eldest child in the Confucius family.
The most representative ones are the Sun Quan family and the Sima family. The old Sun family:
The eldest son, Sun Ce, was named Bo Fu.
The second child, Sun Quan, was named Zhongmou,
The third child, Sun Yi, was named Shubi,
The fourth child, Sun Kuang, was named Jizuo.
The Sima family is "Bada":
Sima Lang's courtesy name is Boda,
Sima Yi's courtesy name is Zhongda,
p>
Sima Fu's courtesy name is Shuda,
Sima Kui's courtesy name is Jida,
Sima Xun's courtesy name is Xianda,
Sima Jin's courtesy name is Huida, < /p>
Sima Tong’s courtesy name is Yada,
Sima Min’s courtesy name is Youda.
The image of Sima Yi and his son in film and television dramas
In addition, there is also a high-end nomenclature - taking philosophy Five elements nomenclature of routes.
People who choose names in this way are either cultural people or high-ranking officials, because this method generally means "the five elements complement each other".
The emperor who used the Five Elements naming theory to the extreme was Zhu Yuanzhang.
The original name of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was Zhu Chongba, but in fact the names of his family were all rubbish:
Zhu Yuanzhang’s grandfather was named Zhu On the first day of junior high school,
my father’s name was Zhu Wusi,
and my three brothers were named Zhu Chongsi, Zhu Chongliu and Zhu Chongqi respectively.
Of course, the main reason why these sloppy names were given was because the Yuan Dynasty did not allow common people to take names (Yu Yue said in "Chun Zai Tang" "Essay": "During the Yuan Dynasty, common people without jobs were not allowed to be named, but were named based on their lineage and the total age of their parents.")
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was about to cry after being called by this rubbish name, decisively rebounded after becoming emperor:
From now on, the old Zhu family will You have to use the most powerful philosophical nomenclature!
Specifically, the descendants of the old Zhu family must follow the principle of the five elements: wood produces fire, fire produces earth, earth produces gold, metal produces water, and water produces The laws of wood continue to cycle.
Zhu Di (wood) → Zhu Gaochi (fire) → Zhu Zhanji (earth) → Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qiyu (gold) → Zhu Jianshen (water) ) → Zhu Youtang (wood) → Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houcong (fire) → Zhu Zaihe (earth) → Zhu Yijun (gold) → Zhu Changluo (water) → Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youjian (wood).
In addition to having a high personality, Lao Zhu's family also requires that the names of direct descendants cannot be repeated, but everyone knows that Lao Zhu's family has an unusually large population.
Later, the common characters for the Five Elements radicals were not enough, so I had to turn to uncommon characters, or even make up my own characters, such as:
Zhu Shenlei, Zhu Tongniobium, Zhu Mi cadmium, Zhu Cheng palladium... finally formed a "periodic table of elements".
03
Modern people’s naming business
I have to say, the naming thing , is a major event in the hearts of the Chinese people - "If you are not afraid of the wrong fate, you are afraid of getting the wrong name."
This is especially true in modern times.
For example, in the entertainment industry we are familiar with, many stars usually have stage names. Jackie Chan’s original name is Chen Gangsheng, Andy Lau’s original name is Liu Furong, and the immortal goddess Yang Yuying’s original name is Yang Gangli. As for Xiao Xianrou Li Yifeng was originally called Li He, and he was full of passerby vibes...
After changing his name, I feel that the temperament of the celebrities is also different. .
Another example is the business and entrepreneurial circles. Choosing a good name can also earn traffic and attract fans.
Dental hospitals are often called "X'er". If you recall briefly, you can see "Riel, Weir, Aimeier, Aier, Noel, Yier" everywhere. .."
If you want to enter the legal world or the accounting world, you can definitely choose the name "X Zheng", such as "Zhengtian", "Tianzheng", "Yi" "Zheng", "Guangzheng"...
This kind of name seems to have a feeling of "you can't buy it, you can't lose it, you can't buy it, you can't be fooled", it's fair. Justice does not depend on him, but who does it depend on?
Many entrepreneurial companies, whether scientific research or business, are often called "X Chuang" or "X Science", such as "Chuangmei" and "Science and Technology" , "Yingchuang", "Vicron", "Yingke", "Xingke", just the names give off a fierce and cold attitude.
If you have close contact with money and play in finance, then the company name contains the words Bao, Hao, Cai, Heng, Jin, Wang, Fa, Fu, Sheng, etc. For example: Zhenrongbao, Lancai Zhu, Lancai.com, Wangwang Financial Management, Lufax, Youjin...
Of course, the Internet financial market has been relatively chaotic in recent years. , many people who do not follow the right path end up in the police station.
Naming is so professional that some friends really “specialize” in it, such as “naming website” ", enter the birth date and parents' names, then pick up the orchid finger - click to pay, and a baby name will be born with a "click".
Whether the name is shocking or catchy, the website will usually tell you that this is the most suitable name for your child - take it away without any thanks.
The fees are very high, ranging from single digits to five digits, which is a solid business opportunity.
The leader among them is Hong Kong naming master Li Juming. Businessmen in Hong Kong will basically come to him for names, and he is even nicknamed the 500 million Feng Shui man by the media.
However, the "grandfather" of this industry is a Japanese named Takeo Kumazaki. He developed a set of "Sancai" in 1929 Five-part naming method."
The reason why this baby was developed is actually related to Xiongzaki’s own life experience: his wife and children died one after another.
Xiongqi believed that this was all caused by his own name being too boring, so he gnawed on "Hongfan Huangji" and specialized in nameology, eventually forming the "Three Talents and Five" Pattern naming method."
This is a set of "algorithms" for inferring bad luck based on the strokes of a surname, and this algorithm is easy to program, as mentioned earlier Name the website", most of them are based on this theory.
The "Book of Changes naming", "Fortune telling naming", "Master naming" and so on can be seen everywhere in our country, and the core of their theory is also "Hong Fan Huangji".
04
Of course, friends should not be too superstitious about name algorithms on the Internet. After all, names such as Li Shimin, Liu Bang, and Zhu Yuanzhang , Zhao Kuangyin, Ying Zheng and other outstanding names, the score results are only around 70.
The scores for two missing names such as "Zhou Gangsheng, Zhang Ergou, and Liu Xinghen" are as high as 90 points or more.
If you want a good name, you can also look for inspiration in traditional culture - Men's Songs of Chu, Women's Book of Songs, The Analects of Confucius, Wu Zhouyi .
Lin Huiyin's name comes from "Siqi" in "Daya·Wen Wangzhi", and Liang Sicheng's name comes from "Song·Shang Song".
The name of Wang Guowei comes from "The Kingdom restrains life and maintains the Zhen of Zhou" in "Daya·Wenwangzhishi".
Stephen Chow, derived from "Xiongzhou's misty columns, handsome stars" in Wang Bo's "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion", Mok Wenwei, her name comes from "The Book of Changes. Ge Gua" ": "When a gentleman changes, his literary talent is also great."
Chen Daoming's name is taken from the first sentence of the "Tao Te Ching" " Tao can be said, but it is not Tao; name can be named, but it is not named. "
Choosing a good name is mostly for good meaning, good luck, or a glimpse of the so-called. However, if the person is not upright, behaves improperly, or wants to rely on his name to win, a good name will hardly change his destiny.