1, usually point out your source when choosing words. For example, Kong Qiu, whose name is Zhong Ni, can be regarded as his second generation descendant. He was born near Nishan, Shandong.
2. Sometimes it is associated with and echoes his own name, such as Guan Yu's word cloud length, the relationship between jade and cloud, Zhang Fei's word meaning of virtue and righteousness, and Zhao Yun's word dragon and cloud.
3. Names and characters have similar meanings, or characters are further refinements of names. For example, Qu Yuan's name is Ping Yuan, Zhuge Liang's word is Kong Ming, and Liang is Kong.
4. The name is opposite to the meaning, such as Han Yu, word back, Duanmu Ci, and Zi Gong. The upper reward is called the lower gift, and the lower gift is called the upper tribute.
5. Classified, Zhou Yu, word, Zhuge Liang's younger brother, word surplus.
6, add good words. In the pre-Qin era, a large number of words with rich meanings appeared, such as gong, Weng, Qing, Qian, Yan, Wei, Xiu, Dao and Xiao. , has become a popular choice for word selection. For example, Dou Rong, the minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, used the beautiful word "respect for the elderly". Dongwu general Huang Gai, the word Gongfu; Guo Jie, a strongman in the Western Han Dynasty, was named Weng Bo; The father of the Tang Dynasty spoke weakly. Su Wu, the envoy of the Western Han Dynasty, gave his title with kind words. General Wei Qing, Zhong Qing. Dong Fangshuo, a writer in the Western Han Dynasty, used the word Manchu to put it beautifully; Cao Mao, the grandson of Cao Pi and Di Wei, is a strict teacher. Xu Gan, one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an", is used to describe beauty and long words; During the Three Kingdoms period, the writer of Wei was called Ying Kun, whose word was Xiulian. Yin Zhen, a scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, used "virtue" to express his words beautifully. Liu Bei's counselor, the law is just.
7. Collect classics. The meaning of wonderful famous sayings and epigrams recorded in ancient books is elegant and interesting as ideographic characters. Cao Cao's word Meng De said in Xunzi's exhortation to learn: "Those who learn are solid in learning. ..... So the rights can't fall, the masses can't move, and the world can't swing. Life depends on reason, death depends on reason, and husband is called virtue. " "Shangshu Dayu Mo" says "full loss, modest benefit." It can be seen that scholars' money in the late Ming Dynasty was influenced by this word. Wang Xianqian, a gentry in the late Qing Dynasty, benefited me a lot.
8. Admire. Expressing respect for the sages is one of the important thoughts of the ancients in naming and choosing words. Yan Zhitui, a writer in the Northern Qi Dynasty, admired Jie Zhitui's moral integrity in the Spring and Autumn Period, so he repeated his name and took his surname as the word. Gu, an exegetist in the Southern Dynasties, highly praised Feng, a famous doctor in the Western Han Dynasty. He not only copied his own name, but also took the word "Xifeng". Gu Zuyu, who studied at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, praised Fan Zuyu, a historian of Song Dynasty. He was called "Tang" and was also famous for his style after imitating his name.
9. Send feelings. Lu You said in Notes on the Old Learning Temple: "Words show people's virtue." Just as words come from the heart, words are also a means for people to express their feelings. Kang Youwei, the leader of the modern reform movement, was called "Guangsha" to express his broad mind of striving for an enlightened and free life for the people in the dark. Huang Yanpei, a famous modern MZ, let it go. He himself explained the meaning of "letting go": "First, resolutely and bravely shoulder the responsibility you should do and the country and society, and let go; The second is to ignore unimportant things, boring rumors, etc. And let it go. This is my creed. "
10, analysis of famous articles. There is a close relationship between names and words. This connection can be semantic or structural. Xie Ao, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, was named Gao Yu; Qin Gui, the word will, treacherous court official; Dong Liu, a scholar of Jingling School in Ming Dynasty, is a homonym; Mao Qiling, a writer in Qing Dynasty, has a large vocabulary.
Of course, the rules of Chinese characters are not limited to the above points, and the above are more common.