In the Qing Dynasty, who stipulated that the descendants of the royal family should use the same character as their name?
Kangxi’s generation (the so-called generation is the first character at the beginning of the name, such as the character Xuan for Xuan Ye and the character Yin for Yin Zhen) was determined by the ancestor Aixinjueluo. With the word generation, it is easy to indicate which generation of descendants the descendants are from a certain ancestor. The ancestors of different families have long determined different generations. For example, the ancestors of a certain family (assuming that the family's surname is Wang) have designated "Hong, Wen, Zhen, Shang, Yan, Xing, Yu, Chuan, Ji, Guang, Zhao, Xian" In the order of characters such as ", Qing, Fan, Xiang, Ling, De, Wei, Chui, You, Qin, Shao, Nian, Xian, Yang", the characters of each generation are usually words with good meaning. According to this generation order, if there are three people in this family named "Wang Xingye", "Wang Jikai" and "Wang Qingxiang" respectively, then their relationship will be very clear. Wang Jikai is the great-grandson of Wang Xingye, that is, the fourth generation grandson, and Wang Qingxiang is the great-grandson of Wang Xingye. The fifth generation grandson of Wang Jikai and the ninth generation grandson of Wang Xingye. The names of people of the same generation as Wang Jikai must also be Wang Jix (such as Wang Jiting, Ji Yu, etc.). Generation determines one's status in the family; no matter how big the actual age gap is, one's ranking in the family is based on seniority. For example, Wang Jikai is only 4 years old, and Wang Guangcai is 40 years old. In terms of generation, 4-year-old Wang Jikai is the uncle of 40-year-old Wang Guangcai, and 40-year-old Wang Guangcai must be called uncle to 4-year-old Wang Jikai.
As long as the family genealogy is kept intact, families can see their names; some people will have two names, one is the name containing the generational name, and the other is the actual name. For example, if there is a person named Wang Xiaoli (the name on his ID card), and he belongs to the generation with the character "Guang" in his family, then he will have a name with the character "Guang" in the family tree (assuming his name is Wang Guangcai), which is introduced in the family tree. This person will have two names: Wang Xiaoli (Guangcai).
After the founding of New China, the character generation was gradually cancelled. People no longer adhere to the rules set by their ancestors when choosing names, so everyone has forgotten that the character generation has already given us good names (part of ).
For example: Chairman Mao was born with the character ze, and the names of his family members and his peers all had the character ze.