Explanation of four surnames (1). It refers to four surnames. Since the Han Dynasty, the surnames of the four big noble families have been collectively called the four surnames. For example, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, consorts had four surnames: Fan, Guo, Yin and Ma. There are four surnames of Jiao, Lou, Meng and Mao in Shu of the Three Kingdoms (see Changqu of Huayang Guozhi Nanzhongzhi in Jin Dynasty), and four surnames of Wu Youzhu, Zhang, Gu and Lu (see Notes on Selected Works and Lu Ji's Wu Chuxing). Guangling County in the Jin Dynasty had four surnames: Lei, Jiang, Gu and Lu (see Biography of Liu Song in the Book of Jin); In the Tang Dynasty, there were four surnames: Cui, Lu, Li and Zheng (see The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Biography of Confucianism and Liu Chong). (2) Clans in the Northern and Southern Dynasties were divided into four classes according to their county rank or official position, namely A, B, C and D, which were called four surnames. Biography of Liang Shu Zhang Wan: "In the county, there are often hundreds of listeners with four surnames who speak the meaning of the Book of Rites." Liu Chong, A Scholar in the New Tang Dynasty: "The surnames of counties and counties are based on the poor reading of scholars in China ... The surnames of ministers, leaders and guards are' A', the surnames of scholars in Jiuqing are' B', the surnames of doctors in Taizhong are' C', and the officials in the official department are' D'. Anyone who goes in is called' four surnames'. " (3). Generally refers to the aristocratic family. Chen's Preface to the New Ode to Jade Terrace in the Southern Dynasties: "Five noble clansmen, fill the position; The fourth surname is a beautiful family and is famous in Yongxiang. " Yin Mingtang's "Golden Powder Blessed Land": "Four surnames are good families, extending to aunts."
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The interpretation of four is four names, three plus one (the word "four" is often capitalized on banknotes and documents): four sides. All around. Four orders (namely "four seasons"). Four bodies (a. refers to human limbs; B. It refers to four fonts: Kai, Cao, Li and Zhuan. Si ku (four ancient books: synonymous with classics, history, books and collections). Also known as "four"). Explanation of the surname of the four gentlemen √ The word for family: surname. Name. What's your last name? (Ask for compliments from the other person's surname). Civil servant: Wan surname. Ordinary people. Radical: female.