What is the difference between a name and a word?

According to the regulations of the Zhou Dynasty, the child was born for three months and was named by the father. Men are twenty years old, and they take characters when they are crowned, while women are fifteen years old, and they take characters when they receive gifts.

2. Different meanings

"Name" is real name, and "character" is ideographic. The ancients used surname plus "name" and "word" to refer to a person. A name is a social symbol of a person, indicating his existence. The word "Zi" is a supplement to "Ming" and is usually used as a word or antonym with similar original meanings. For example, Li Bai, the word is too white; Han Yu, back off.

3. Different functions

In ancient times, when people came of age, society would give them corresponding respect. At this time, elders can call them by their first names, while peers are not suitable for this. "Book of Rites Tan Gong" says: "At the age of twenty, there is a way to be a father, and friends can't call them by their first names." Therefore, address can only be used for elders or modesty, and ordinary peers will use his words to address him.

Extended data:

Ancient names and characters are closely related in meaning, or synonymous, or complementary, or relative in meaning, and have certain rules in structure.

Its format is roughly like this:

1, (coordinate formula) means that the name and the word are the same attribute, such as Zhou, Yu and Jin are jade articles;

2. (Coherence) That is, the prefix and suffix of a disyllabic word are made into famous words, such as the word Meng Jian in Ban Gu, and the word firm is taken;

3. (Annotation type) That is, names and words have the function of mutual note, such as Sun Ce's word "Fu Bo", which is yarrow for divination and can be interpreted as "Fuxi";

4, (vertical) that is, the meaning of the name and the word is opposite, such as the word, Meng and Ming are one positive and one negative;

5, (vertical and horizontal) that is, the name and the word are in the warp direction and the weft direction respectively, such as the word Zhang Chang is tall, spacious and lofty;

6. (Causality) is the causal relationship between names and words. For example, Bao Zhao's words are far away, and the reason why they are far away is because the sun and the moon are in the sky;

7. (Deduction formula) That is, we can infer what the word stands for from the name, such as Li He's auspicious word length, which is not worth celebrating;

8. (borrowing the classic style) That is, there are allusions between names and words. For example, Guan Yu's words are long, and Zhuangzi's "Free Travel" has nine Wan Li, and its cloud journey is long;

9, (the same type) that is, the name and the word use the same word, such as Li Bai's word is too white;

10, (comprehensive type) There are many relationships between names and words, such as Cao Cao's Meng De, Cao Cao's Meng De and Bai Juyi's Lotte, which have both cause and effect and inference …

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