What is the meaning of the word "Meng De" in "Cao Cao's words, Liu Bei's words"? Why use "word"

A epigraph refers to a name that expresses virtue or the meaning of a proper name in addition to its proper name.

In ancient times, men were adults and it was not convenient to call them by their first names. Therefore, another alias related to the meaning of this name is called Zi to show its virtue. When mortals treat each other with courtesy, they will call it virtue. Later, the word was called ideograph.

The origin of ideographic characters:

Originated in Shang Dynasty, prevailed in Zhou Dynasty, and then formed a system. Until modern times, it was still used by many intellectuals and cultural circles, such as Hu Shi's words, Sun Wen's words and Mao Zedong's words.

In modern times, it is rarely used. However, the incidence of China1300 million people with the same name is too high. The cultural circle now intends to restore the ideographic system. Some people who like history have ideographs, such as Li Haoran's red sandalwood, Zhou Qixing's and Zhang Ce's bamboo wares.

In ancient times, names and characters were called as follows:

In ancient times, due to special attention to etiquette, names and characters were very particular. In interpersonal communication, first names are generally used as polite terms, courtesy names, respectful names and long names.

Peers only call each other by their first names when they know each other well. In most cases, it is considered impolite to call each other or others by their first names.

It is considered polite to compliment each other among peers. When writing letters or making phone calls from the bottom up, you can call them by their first names, but you must never call them by their first names, especially the names of the monarch or parents and elders, or even mention them, otherwise it would be "disrespectful" or "out of line", thus resulting in the unique "taboo" system in China.