The Holy Bell of the Book of Changes: Name Culture and the Names of the Twelve Zodiacs

Since the emergence of the zodiac culture, it has been popular among the people and continues to this day. Zodiac is a set of symbols used in chronology, and it is also a part of ancient astronomical calendar. Later, it became a recognized zodiac calendar and folk belief culture. Each of the 12 zodiac animals can only occupy one of them to represent the year of birth, which is easy to remember.

Because the zodiac is different, that is, the year of birth is different, the four-dimensional space-time and environmental space occupied are also different. People of different ages and different zodiac signs will have different fortunes. In order to understand the relationship between Chinese zodiac culture and name, we will analyze the influence of name on life and career for you.

The success or failure of life career is a comprehensive whole of life fortune, which is inseparable and independent of each other. For example, how much influence does a person's genus have on his occupation, how much influence does a person's surname have on his occupation, how much influence does a person's name have on his occupation, and so on; It is impossible to judge the success or failure of a person's life as a whole and comprehensively. Only by analyzing and judging a person's comprehensive information from many aspects, directions and angles can we fully understand him. But as far as the name is concerned, it is really related to the success or failure of life, and also affects interpersonal communication, thus affecting career, work and life.

Zhong Sheng, president of China Academy of Architectural Sciences, summed up the relationship between the zodiac and the four seasons, years, months, days and hours, and studied the zodiac and name culture in years of practical application. I hope the name culture can guide your life, guide the maze, provide help and convenience for your daily work, and bring you good luck and peace!

China's ancient culture has a long history, and its name has been with us all our lives. Unconsciously, names have become a culture. We can distinguish the differences between Chinese and western cultures through the development of name culture, and analyze the connotation and extension of China's cultural development. In a word, name culture has become a fortune in the historical development of our country, which is accompanied by our life.

Zodiac, as a unique culture in China, runs through our lives like name culture. People often say that there are twelve constellations in the west, but we have twelve zodiac signs in China. As a unique culture in China, the Zodiac adds a lot of colors to our culture. So is the name culture related to the zodiac? Actually, there is. In this issue, we will explain the relationship between name culture and Chinese zodiac.

Ancient sages chose twelve kinds of animals as zodiac signs; There is a mouse, two cows, three tigers, four rabbits, five dragons, six snakes, seven horses, eight sheep, nine monkeys, ten chickens, eleven dogs and twelve pigs. In terms of earthly branches, children belong to rats, ugly cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs.

The so-called zodiac refers to the branch in the year when a person was born (subject to the branch of the earth). The relationship between the name and the attributes of the zodiac is to take the attributes of the zodiac as the main body and the name "shape, meaning and sound" as the object, and compare the object with the main body to see what kind of environment and strength the guest can provide, whether it is icing on the cake or offering charcoal in the snow, or adding insult to injury; Whether it is health and cooperation, mutual assistance, confrontation, criminal punishment or five elements, and so on.

First of all, it is clear that there is not much punishment between genus and name, and there is basically no great influence between them. When naming or predicting an occupation, especially when the four-column eight-character prediction focuses on the date of birth, the genus only accounts for one word of eight characters, which is basically useless in the application of naming, and only plays a reference role, because the genus itself only accounts for one-eighth of the life span, and it is only named by the genus, which is inaccurate and has no scientific basis. This method is a general prediction method after dividing the population. It is representative to predict names only based on the analysis of the zodiac, but it still has certain limitations. To make a detailed analysis and prediction of life, we must use a very strict way, comprehensively use a variety of predictions, and analyze and judge according to the time and space information of a person's birth, such as the date, month, day and place of birth, so as to be associated with the name.

The name is only a symbol of a person, and it is a kind of knowledge of modern people. Although it is only a symbol, in the 5,000-year history of civilization in China, the names of China people actually contain profound cultural origins. We can first look at the cultural connotation from the word "name".

The surname is a combination of "female" and "born". It is said that surnames in ancient Chinese characters are composed of "people" and "fate", which means that people are born and are surnamed because of fate. Since the word surname appeared in the inscription "Curse Chu Wen" carved by Qin State, Xu Shen in Han Dynasty was given the name "surname" because of "female" and "life", which not only expressed the basic state of human beings more accurately from the meaning of the glyph, but also described the social form of the matriarchal clan system in which children only knew their father.

Every mortal must have a surname and a first name, which are not only the representatives of human symbols, but also the main carriers of human information transmission. Therefore, since ancient times, people have attached great importance to their surnames and first names. China's surname and first name have gone through a long process of evolution, and only then have they developed into "first names" commonly used by people today. In ancient China, there was no name from the beginning, but a surname, followed by a name, a character and posthumous title. Ancient people had many names in their lives, and each name had its own purpose and different meanings. What is "naming"? The definition in the general dictionary is "giving names", which means giving names to people and things. Confucius, a saint in China, also said, "The name is positive and the name is not correct." "Shun" here should also refer to the smoothness of fate.

Name culture is a systematic knowledge, which has gone through a long development stage. Nowadays, people usually only pay attention to the literal meaning and pronunciation of names when changing their names. In fact, the cultural connotation and content of name culture are not the same, so what factors should a good name consider when studying names?

People's birth time is the embodiment of people's genetic genes, and it is the cooperative relationship between yin and yang and five elements in the eight characters. Because of the operation of the earth, the change of celestial bodies and the role of celestial gravity, different places and times of birth have different temperament and personality, so their fate is different.

According to the ancient cultural tradition of China, the birth of heavenly stems and earthly branches, that is, the birth date, is in harmony with the operation of the universe. The five elements are also a law of the operation of the universe and a balance of the structure of the universe. One should not only balance yin and yang, but also balance the five elements. If it is not balanced, physical and mental health and even fate will have a negative impact. So what elements should be paid attention to in naming?

1. Choose words with auspicious meanings, shapes and rhythms. The words should be written with pleasant sounds, harmonious sounds, balanced yin and yang, full of rhythm, beautiful shapes and auspicious meanings.

2. It is necessary to attach the five-element circulation principle of mathematics and physics. Everything in the universe consists of three parts: qi, number and image. Characters are no exception. Characters represent yin and yang, signs show five elements, and strokes are mathematical and physical structures. , all contain a certain amount of information energy, and the configuration of words and words contains the principle of mutual restraint of mathematics and five elements.

3. Combining personality, ambition and desire, choose a developing and meaningful name. The name that accompanies you all your life is not just a simple symbol. It has a certain meaning, sometimes it can directly or indirectly reflect the thoughts and wishes of the namer, which makes people clear at a glance, and sometimes it contains a certain connotation to guide you to complete the great cause.

4. It should be named according to the time of birth, season and space-time environment. A person was born in a specific time and space, and was greatly influenced by the five elements of time and space environment. Seeing that the sun dominates the ups and downs, he likes to avoid it. The ups and downs will ease, and the decline will help him. In this way, he can make up for the lack of innate genes, balance Yin and Yang, make the five elements of the gas field circulate in an orderly manner, and achieve the organic combination of internal and external information, so that he can be both rigid and flexible and reconcile Yin and Yang.

5. Be creative, unique, artistic and have a good name, including internal and external overall image design. According to the inherent genetic genes, personality tendency, charm, aesthetic characteristics, posture, manners, wishes, folk customs and other comprehensive conditions to carry out creativity, in line with their own needs, in line with their own creativity, a good name and nickname can add information and energy to you, but also a sign of a person's image, quality and taste. The quality of your name determines others' impressions and feelings about you. An elegant and unique name with cultural connotation does have a good leading role and is as famous as you.

In addition; Language itself has the ability to absorb, thinking is carried out through language, and thinking and consciousness are substances. When you use it yourself, when you are called by thousands of people, you are constantly associated with the five elements of nature: gold, wood, earth, water or fire. Therefore, the name contains gold, wood, water, fire and earth, which can also increase the content of your five elements and make up for the shortcomings of the five elements.

Through the analysis, we can see that in the development of name culture, the theory of five elements runs through it, and the zodiac is closely related to the five elements, so the name culture is also related to the zodiac. We can get a better name through the relationship between the name and the zodiac, and the relationship between the name and the five elements, so that our life is beautiful because of the name!

Zhong Sheng, Dean of China Institute of Architecture and Environment.