Appellations are part of Chinese culture and reflect the social characteristics of that time. Influenced by the profound Confucian culture, the names of Chinese people are a reflection of patriarchal clan, customs, hierarchy, status, and prestige. No one can surpass them in terms of hierarchy. Xiaoyi Search takes you to see how many ancient titles there are.
There are roughly three situations in which people refer to themselves by their first name: calling themselves by their first name or given name. Such as "Within five steps, please be able to splash the blood from your neck on the king" and "Luling Wen Tianxiang wrote a preface poem". Used for introduction or biography. For example, "So, we share Sun Quan with Lu Su" and "Liu Jingting is from Taizhou." Call people you hate and despise. For example, "Unfortunately, Lu Shimeng is evil in the former, but flattering in the latter."
Names: The ancients gave names when they were young and gave names when they reached adulthood. Words and names are connected in a meaningful way. Chinese characters are used to address others for convenience and to address peers or superiors out of politeness and respect. For example, Qu Ping was Qu Yuan, Sima Qian was Sima Zichang, Tao Yuanming was Tao Liangyuan, Li Bai was Li Taibai, Du Fu was Du Zimei, Han Yu was Han Tuizhi, Liu Zongyuan was Liu Zihou, Ouyang Xiu was Ouyang Yongshu, Sima Guang was Sima Junshi, Su Shi For Su Zizhan, Su Zhe for Su Ziyou, etc.
Titles are also called nicknames and table numbers. The fundamental difference between names, words, and numbers is that the former is decided by the father or elders, while the latter is decided by oneself. Numbers are generally only used for self-expression, expressing a certain interest or expressing a certain emotion; the name for a person is also an honorific. For example, Teacher Wuliu, Li Bai's Qinglian layman, Du Fu's Shaoling Yelao, Bai Juyi's Xiangshan layman, Li Shangyin's Yuxisheng, He's name in his later years was Siming, Ouyang Xiu's name was Zuiweng, and his later name was Jushi. In his later years, Wang Anshi's name was Banshan, Su Shi's Dongpo layman, Lu You's, Wen Tianxiang's Wenshan, Xin Qiji's name was Jiaxuan, and Li Qingzhao's name was Yi
Posthumous names for ancient princes, high-ranking officials, and famous scribes were waiting for death Later, he was given a posthumous title. For example, Tao Yuanming's name is Jing Shi, Ouyang Xiu is Ouyang Wenzhong Gong, Wang Anshi is Wang Wengong, Fan Zhongyan is Gong, Wang Ao is Su Gong, Zuo Guangdou is Zuo Gong, Shi Kefa is Shi Zhonglie Gong, and Lin Zexu is Lin Wenzhong Gong. It is evil to say that Qin Hui is an ugly and treacherous minister.
Ramadan name refers to the name or room number of Ramadan. For example, Yang Wanli, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, was called Yang; Yao Nai was called Yao Xibao and Teacher Xibao because of his name "Xibao Xuan". For example, Pu Songling is called Teacher Liaozhai, Liang Qichao is called Ice Room Master, and Tan Sitong is called Tan Zhuangfei.
The place of birth is as follows: Meng Haoran, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was from Xiangyang, so he was called Meng Xiangyang; Zhang Jiuling was from Qujiang, so he was called Zhang Qujiang; Liu Yuan was from Hedong, so he was called Liu Hedong; Wang Anshi was born in Linchuan, Jiangxi Province in the Northern Song Dynasty , so he was called the King of Linchuan; the playwright Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty was named Tang Linchuan; Gu, a beginner in the Qing Dynasty, was born in Linting Town, Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, and was known as Gu; Kang Youwei was from Nanhai, Guangdong, and was known as Kang Nanhai; the leader of the Beiyang warlord Yuan Shikai was known as Yuan Xiangcheng . There is a famous couplet full of irony in the late Qing Dynasty: "The prime minister Hefei is thinner than the rest of the world, and the farmers in Changshu are short of food." "Hefei" in the first couplet refers to Li Hongzhang, and "Changshu" in the second couplet refers to Weng Tongjie, who was born in Changshu, Jiangsu.
Calling the County Although Han Yu was from Heyang, Hanoi, Han Yu often called himself "Changli Han Yu" because the Han surname in Changli belonged to a famous family in the Tang Dynasty, and the world called him Han Changli. For example, Su Shi was originally from Meizhou, Sichuan, but he sometimes jokingly called himself "Zhaojun Su Shi" or "Su Zhaojun" because Su Shi was from a famous Zhaojun family.
Official names such as "Sun is smart and benevolent", "Sun" means Sun Quan, so he is called so because he was awarded the official position of general. There are sentences such as "Beibei", "Yan Taishi was relieved of the soldiers, Wen Shaobao was enlightened and the great light cicada escaped". Pao was the official position of Hong Chengchou, Taishi was the official position of Yan Zhenqing, Taishi Prince, and Shaobao was the official position of Wen Tianxiang. : "I can't learn much from Sima Chun's shirt." "Sima" refers to Bai Juyi, the former Sima of Jiangzhou. It was quite common in ancient times to use official names as appellation for people. For example, Jia Yi was called Taifu Jia; Ruan Ji, one of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", served as an infantry captain and was known as Ruan Infantry. Ji Kang once worshiped Zhong Sangong and was known as Ji Zhongsan. Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was a general of the Right Army. People still call him Wang Xizhi. Wang Wei, former Minister of History, named Wang Youcheng.
Du Fu used to be a leftist, so he was called Du Shiyi, and because he was in the inspection department, he was also called Du Gongbu. Liu Yuxi was a guest of the prince and was known as Liu Binke; Liu Yong was the foreign minister of Tuntian and was known as Liu Tuntian; Su Shi was a Hanlin scholar in Duanming Temple and was known as Su.
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