China has attached great importance to naming since ancient times, and people attach great importance to naming future generations. Usually, a child is named by his father three months after birth, but there are also full moon names, one-year-old names, and names before birth. Since the Zhou Dynasty, naming has been incorporated into the etiquette and formed a system.
The ancients believed that a good name involves a variety of contents, including cultural background, personal beliefs, social development trends, etc. It is particularly important to combine it with the Book of Changes, with the strength and weakness of the innate eight characters, the joys and taboos of the innate five elements, the analysis of the five-grid mathematics, the human zodiac, and the analysis of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes. The ancients thought that a good name is not only good in meaning, sense of hearing, aesthetic feeling and five-grid mathematics, but also complementary to the strength of the eight characters, the unity of yin and yang, and consistent with the innate five elements of likes and dislikes. Only in this way can a good name be beneficial to people's life.
When naming names, people in China often use some methods to distinguish different generations of the same family. For example, in the name, one word is used to express the seniority, while another word is used to express the meaning of the name, and some people use the same radicals in the name to express the same seniority.
In ancient China, due to the influence of patriarchal clan system, taboo system was adopted in the use of names. Pay attention to being respectful-when talking and writing, avoid the names of your father's elders; Avoid taking the words in their names or homonyms when naming them. Although we don't pay attention to these things now, some people still try not to take words with the same name or homonym as their parents or grandparents when naming them. Because of taboo, modern people in China still consider it disrespectful to call their elders by their first names.
For thousands of years, many scholars have also studied the strokes of names, and combined them with the Book of Changes to form an independent science of character measurement. Later, after various generations of scholars supplemented and explained in detail, it did not attract the full attention of the world. At the beginning of the 19th century, Japanese scholar Kenweng Xiongqi made a systematic arrangement of Chinese nomology, which was called "sacred learning". Subsequently, it was spread to Singapore, Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan Province, South Korea and other regions, forming the current name science, which has been inherited to this day.
Now, the study of naming has become popular in China, with many naming companies and websites, and many so-called naming masters or experts. In fact, if you want to get a good name, it is not the work of a famous master on the one hand, but you need to collect and integrate various information.
Precautions for Naming Most parents name their children, which usually places their expectations on their children. The name should be chosen according to gender, date of birth, history of family members, genealogy, inheritance of genealogy, social reality and parents' wishes, etc., and then decided. Here are some naming methods and skills:
Distinguishing between male and female naming methods. Male names and female names in ancient and modern times are mostly determined according to their gender, personality, division of labor and living habits.
male naming characteristics: according to the characteristics of men's bravery, tenacity, openness, upward, strength, courage to struggle and dare to try, eagle, tiger, tiger, leopard, Peng, Dapeng, Wanli, Gaoshan, Mountain, Sea, Sichuan, River, Dagan, Sky, Magnificent, Flying, Ascending, etc. According to the characteristics of men who have ideals, ambitions, ambitious goals and want to make contributions, they choose the words "protect the country, enter the handsome, national pillar, pillar, forward, for the people, make contributions, build a great honor, hongye and Zhiyuan" to name them. According to the characteristics of seeking life safety and making a fortune, we choose the words into wealth, wealth, wealth, treasure, wealth, four auspicious, wealth-loving and wealth-promoting. There are also good words, words to express volunteers, words to express integrity, words to express longevity, and even foreign transliteration words.
the characteristics of female naming: choose the words with the word "female" beside them, and you will know that you are a female by name, such as female, girl, ni, Yan, Jing, younger sister, gu, shan, etc. The words flowers and plants are chosen to represent women's names, which express that women are as beautiful, charming and moving as flowers, and people like them after listening to the names, such as Zhi, Lan, taro, peony, chrysanthemum, Mi, core, reed, Fu, bud, Ling, Cistanche, flower, fen, fang, Qin, Rong, Ping and Mo. Choose jade treasures to take women's names, symbolizing women's nobility, such as jade, horse, naugh, ring, Jue, pearl, Jane, Shan, Zhu, Qi, Lin, Hu, Qiong, Ying, Bao, Jin, Yin, Yu, Chuan, etc. Choose the word "Yan Mei" as the female name to express the beauty and loveliness of women, such as beauty, beauty, elegance, beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty, flowers, beauty, freshness and beauty. Choose words such as tenderness and soft scenery to take women's names to express women's gentle and lovely characters, such as cloud, moon, wave, snow, Wen, Juan, Hui and Yi. Choose the words related to women's virtue to take women's names to express women's elegance and integrity, such as wisdom, cleverness, quietness, delicacy, elegance, beauty, elegance, elegance, beauty, fragrance, elegance and truthfulness, and so on.
Advocating the naming method of sages. Throughout the ages, people also use the names of sages to express their admiration for sages. For example, the names of Yao, Tang, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Kong and Meng are obvious examples.
The naming method of quoting classics intercepts famous sayings and aphorisms in the classics, and changes them slightly. As a name, it indicates the elegance and vulgarity of the name. Such as: He Fang, from the Book of Songs, Elegance, Xiawu, and "Congratulation from Four Sides"; Hou Chaozong, from "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Mianshui", "He flows like water, and lives in the sea"; The word "Xu" comes from the Book of Rites Shaoyi, "Hui Tong Zhu Xu", and Zheng Xuan's note: "Xu is sensitive and brave."
Five-rank titles are named after the five-rank titles such as Duke, Hou, Bo, Zi, and Male in ancient times, which are the ranks conferred by kings on nobles and symbolize their power and status. People choose Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi and Male by name to show respect for power.
China people, influenced by Confucianism and traditional culture, have a traditional virtue of advocating morality, which can also be reflected in naming. For example, when naming, we should choose virtue, morality, respect for virtue, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, loyalty, filial piety, chastity, loyalty, truthfulness, honesty, virtue, constancy, Telford, Jiande and so on.
Many people advocate auspicious naming methods, hoping for auspiciousness and happiness. Therefore, there are many words for auspiciousness and happiness, such as auspicious, auspicious, auspicious, blessing, Lu, longevity, happiness, jubilation, happiness, celebration, auspicious, auspicious, auspicious, Zhu Rui, Jia, Xing, Li, Xing Li and Sheng.
It's two ways for people to make contributions to their careers by naming French and martial arts. Some people advocate literature, such as literature, literature, literary strength, literary grace, Confucianism, elegance, Zong Kong, Zong Meng, Wenhua, Han, Hanlin, etc. Some people advocate martial arts, and the related words are martial arts, prestige, vertical, vertical, earthquake, strength, strength, strength, town, town martial arts, zhenwu, tiger, tiger, leopard, eagle, Peng, Yunpeng and so on.
The naming method of Yi Xiang Eight Diagrams is Yi Xiang Eight Diagrams, which are eight basic figures in Zhouyi. They are composed of "one" and "-"symbols, with "one" indicating yang and "-"indicating yin. The author of Yi Zhuan thinks that the Eight Diagrams mainly represent eight natural phenomena: heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain and ze, and that the two divinatory symbols "Gan" and "Kun" < P > occupy a very important position in the Eight Diagrams, which are the original sources of all phenomena in nature and human society. Zhouyi, Yi Zhuan, Yi Xiang and Eight Diagrams are very influential knowledge and cultural phenomena in China. From Fuxi to Confucius, and then to Yi-ology scholars in past dynasties, they all studied Yi Xiang and Eight Diagrams. Yi Xiang and Eight Diagrams also go deep into the naming of China people, so the words Gan, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui, Tian, Di, Lei, Feng, Shui, Fire, Shan and Ze are all words with high application rate and certain stability.
In the struggle against nature, the hard-working China people who advocate natural naming have cultivated a beautiful fashion of loving and worshiping nature, which is also prominently reflected in the knowledge of naming. The naming method advocating nature involves a wide range of words, from the names of the sun, the moon, the stars and the morning to the names of various mountains, rivers and waters, to the names of various animals and plants, to the names of spring, summer, autumn and winter, to the names of various natural phenomena. Such as river, big river, river, big river, Sichuan, Dachuan, mountain, mountain, Yue, Song, Xiang, Zhen, Han, cypress, maple, birch, tung, nan, bamboo, grass, aromatic, fragrant, spring, summer, autumn, winter, east, south, west and north.
In addition, there are the naming methods of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, heavenly stems and earthly branches, Zodiac, etc. The names are Yin, Yang, Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren, Gui, Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Ji.