Can I write my name in red pen?

Don’t use red when writing your name. The reasons are as follows:

1. In ancient times, yamen used red pens to record some suspected crimes or to mark death sentences. This practice has a long history. "It is mentioned in: Fei Bao, Li Ye, wrote in Dan Shu. Criminals at that time were usually punished as official slaves and recorded in alchemy books.

2. When writing the names of criminals, you should use eye-catching red, and the most eye-catching red is also used on the inscriptions. Therefore, using a red pen to write other people's names will indeed make people feel impolite. Feel. At that time, writing letters would only be done with red pen if there was an emergency, and at that time, cinnabar was used. Now, the greater meaning is actually celebration and blessing.

3. The emperor usually uses a red pen when writing. Of course, when ordinary people write, the color cannot be on the same level as the emperor. Therefore, red represents supreme power. Always used. The reason why the death row inmate writes his name in red is to indicate that the supreme power has deprived him of his life irrevocably.

Extended information:

In addition to not being used to write names, red also has the following symbolic meanings:

1. In many countries and some ethnic groups, Red has the function of driving away evil. For example, in ancient China, the walls of many palaces and temples were red, and officials, official residences, and costumes were mostly red, the so-called "zhumen" and "zhuyi"; in traditional Chinese culture, fire is the symbol of the five elements. The corresponding color is red, and the Li hexagram in the Bagua also symbolizes red.

2. Because red easily attracts people’s attention, many warning signs are represented by red text or images. For example, red in traffic lights means stop; red is also seen as a symbolic color of bloodshed, danger, and terror; red is often used in politics to symbolize revolution and the left, and is used in communist countries to represent communism.

3. Red is considered to stimulate the secretion of male hormones in humans, so those wearing red clothing can achieve better results in sports competitions; in China, red traditionally represents happiness, such as at weddings People and Chinese New Year like to use red to decorate; in the North American stock market, red means that the stock price is falling; in the East Asian market, red means that the stock price is rising.

4. Since ancient times, writing a letter in red letters means serious insult to the other party. If the recipient is an acquaintance of the sender, it means breaking off friendship and has a slightly magical meaning.