Why do later generations call Zhu Yuanzhang the "Godfather of Chemistry" and say that he is closely related to the periodic table of elements?
Why is Zhu Yuanzhang known as the "Godfather of Chemistry"? You must know that chemistry was not highly popular at that time, and only a very small number of people may understand it. So why is Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, called the "Godfather of Chemistry"? First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the peasant uprising and his education level was not high, so this negated the possibility of Zhu Yuanzhang's own research.
To understand why there is this title, let’s first understand the names of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons. Zhu Zaitie, Zhu Entong, Zhu Gongxi, Zhu Zaina, Zhu Shuaizinc, Zhu Enkalium, Zhu Shenlei, Zhu Xiaoli, Zhu Tongchromium, Zhu Tongniobium, Zhu Junplutonium, Zhu Fenga, Zhu Chengco, Zhu Chengpalladium, Zhu Zhilanthanum, Zhu Zhengpoium, Zhu Xiaoti, Zhu Quanberyllium, Zhu Micadmium, Zhu Yunfan... As soon as I saw them, I remembered the periodic table of chemical elements memorized in high school. I have to say, the "Godfather of Chemistry" is really right.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a commoner, Zhu Yuanzhang was originally named Zhu Chongba, because the lower-class Han people were named after the month. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want his children to suffer this disadvantage, so he thought hard and came up with so many lofty names. As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang started composing poems, his descendants began to use words from the poems as the second character in their names. But later there were not enough, so Zhu Yuanzhang became worried, so he looked for some rare characters, but later he found that there were no more rare characters. What to do? In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang made up his own characters, which were the names of the princes later.
It is a bit reluctant to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was called the "Godfather of Chemistry" because there was no periodic table of elements at that time. The person who really made Zhu Yuanzhang the "godfather of chemistry" was Xu Shou in the Qing Dynasty. He was a famous shipbuilder, chemist, and translator in the Qing Dynasty... because he was responsible for translating the names of chemical elements, but because of the language barrier, it was very difficult to translate. It was only later that we learned from the names of Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants that we were finally done.