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Anyone who often reads the stories of the Three Kingdoms knows that most of the recorded names are single words, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Then why did people at that time tend to choose single-word names?

In fact, this question is very simple, mainly for two reasons.

First, traditional reasons: convenient maps In ancient times, reading and literacy was something that only a few people could do. A large number of farmers and craftsmen are illiterate, and due to the scarcity of books, a lot of book knowledge is in the hands of a very small number of scholars. Only people of noble birth and wealth are qualified to study.

Therefore, in ancient times, people who can generally name and write Chinese characters have defeated more than 80%.

Moreover, the way the ancients named their names was relatively simple, because the ancients had words as supplements, such as Cao Cao's word Meng De and Liu Bei's word Xuande.

When addressing each other, words, official positions, regions and other elements are usually added to distinguish them. For example, Guo Jia is Yingchuan and Guo Fengxiao.

Second, Wang Mang's system reform: The most important reason for single words is that the names of people in the Three Kingdoms period were all single words.

After Wang Mang, a legendary traveler, usurped the Han Dynasty, he set up a new dynasty on his own, intending to restore the ancient policy of well field system and nationalize salt, iron, wine, coins and mountains and rivers. Moreover, Wang Mang thinks that the names of states and counties in the world are not pleasant to listen to, so he set off a crazy wave of renaming!

How did Wang Mang change it?

For example, in the Han Dynasty, there were six famous counties, namely Nanyang, Hanoi, Yingchuan, Hongnong, Hedong and Xingyang, all of which were renamed by Wang Mang, and the changes were quite wonderful:

Nanyang called? Front team? What's the name of Hanoi? Backup team? What's the name of Yingchuan? Left team? What's Hongnong's name? Team? What's the name of Hedong? Super team? What's the name of Xingyang? Pray for the team? , collectively known as Yuzhou Sixth Team.

Wang Mang is also a nationalist. What do you think peninsula people don't deserve to be called? Koguryo? , should be changed to? The next sentence is Li? ; ? Xiongnu? I don't deserve to be called Xiongnu, so I changed it? Slaves surrender? , the leader of the huns khan also changed to? Serve?

This suddenly made Goguryeo and Xiongnu very unhappy and began not to listen to follwed.

At this time, Wang Mang was busy usurping the throne, and it was difficult to operate with external forces. So Wang Mang picked a soft persimmon and began to operate under the name of ordinary people. Wang Mang believes that during the period of Three Emperors and Five Emperors, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and we should learn from this era. How to study? I learned at two o'clock!

First, Yao Shunyu had only one name in ancient times, which shows that only good people and good citizens are qualified to use a name.

Second, in ancient times, enemies and monsters like Chiyou, Yinglie Shang and phase liu only used double names, which shows that only bad people and criminals deserve double names.

Therefore, Wang Mang gave an order: No one was allowed to have a two-word name in the Han Dynasty! And sent messengers to communicate with the leaders of Xiongnu and other countries: if there is also a name, Han will definitely be rewarded.

Then it is stipulated that only criminals and bad people are qualified to use two-word names.

? China is not allowed to have two when fighting recklessly. Because the messenger takes wind (irony) as his sole purpose, he should write a letter to Han. As a person, Han will get a heavier reward. Khan is obedient to it. ? -"Before Korea? The Huns spread in Wang Mang? No two names? Under this policy, everyone changed their names to one word, but one person became the first person to be forced to change to two words as punishment. This unlucky man is Wang Zong, the eldest grandson of follwed.

Known as the king because of folly? No two names? It was changed to Wang Zong. Wang Zongjue's own grandfather will be proclaimed emperor sooner or later if he continues like this, so he plans to replace Wang Mang in advance, and even the clothes and seals of the son of heaven are ready.

But this time follwed is still alive and well, while Wang Zong has made a big taboo! When the story came to light, Wang Mang was furious and forced Wang Zong to commit suicide. That's not all. Wang Mang changed his name back to the king, indicating that he was a criminal when he died.

Emperor Wang Mang of Jianxing issued a document:? The original name of this sect is Hui Zong, so it is divided into two places. Now it's renamed Hui Zong? Therefore, it is taboo to watch follwed kill his family so fiercely. For his own safety, everyone said that I was a good citizen and only took a one-word name.

Although Wang Mang was quickly ousted by Liu Xiu, it is not so easy to eliminate the influence left by this policy in his name. For more than a hundred years in the Eastern Han Dynasty, most people were still proud of single words.

Therefore, in the historical stories of the Three Kingdoms, the names of most counselors and military commanders are single names and double words. Are there any exceptions? Yes, but during the Three Kingdoms period, writing was still the mainstream.