China Naming Network - Eight-character query< - Why don't people give their names a word like the ancients?
Why don't people give their names a word like the ancients?
Why did the ancients pick up words and numbers?
Nowadays, most people have a "name" without a "word", so when we say "name", we usually mean only a person's name, or a name. But in ancient times, most people, especially officials and intellectuals, had both "names" and "characters", and some names and characters had "numbers" in addition.
In ancient times, "word" was only limited to people with status.
"Book of Rites Quli" says: "Men are twenty crowns" and "Women are fifteen years old", that is to say, both men and women don't take words until they are adults, and the purpose of taking words is to make people respect them and be honored. Ordinary people, especially peers and subordinates, are only allowed to call their elders by their first names.
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