Why is the ranking order of ancient brothers equal to Uncle Ji?

In ancient times, the ranking order of brothers was usually that the top four were uncles (Mencius) and uncles, and the latter had no clear title.

One, wave

Uncle, do the housework. There are also some who use the word "Meng" instead of "Bo".

For example, Confucius' eldest son is Kong Li and his name is Apollo; Cao Cao is the boss at home, so the word Meng De.

Second, second level

Zhong, Zhong Ye, is in Zhong Ye.

Confucius is the second child named Kong Qiu and Zhong Ni.

Third, uncle

Uncle, Sir Shao.

four seasons; all the year round

Season means youth.

Sun Jian's four sons are representative: the eldest son Sun Ce, Zi Bofu, the second son Sun Quan, Zi Zhongmou, the third son Sun Yi, Zi Shubi, Si Zikuang and Zi Jizuo.

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The original meaning of "Bo" is "a man without a brother", which means boss. The word "Meng" was commonly used in ancient times, but now it is generally called a man older than his father. "Bo, mind the housework." In ancient patriarchal society, the eldest son usually inherited his father's master status. As far as a country is concerned, the person in charge of state affairs. ?

The original meaning of "zhong" is explained in Ming Shi: "zhong, zhong ye, the position of the word is zhong ye." This name still remains in Yunnan white language. "Neutron" refers to the second son and "middle daughter" refers to the second daughter. Sima Yi, Zhong Da, ranked second. His eldest brother: Sima Lang, the word Boda; Third brother: Sima Fu, uncle Zi; Fourth brother: Sima Yi, whose real name is Jack Cater.

By analogy, "uncle" refers to youth, and is often used to address father and brother, while "season" refers to the youngest, not necessarily the fourth. Emperor gaozu Liu bang ranked third. Because the youngest, so take Liu Ji as the word. After he became emperor, he once proudly said to his father, "Now, where is a certain industry and which is more important?" It means I am older than my little brother.

"Uncle Zhong Ji" not only indicates the ranking of brothers, but also indicates the order of things. For example, Li Yong, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "A Monument to the Friendship of the Dragon Crown": "Rites, Music, Poetry, Uncle Zhong Ji." It also refers to the four seasons: Meng Chun, Midspring, Ji Chun, Xia Meng, Midsummer, Late Summer, Qiu Meng, Midautumn, Qiu Ji, Mengdong, Midwinter and Jidong.

In ancient times, women didn't have a name before they got married. It was stipulated in Zhou Li that "men and women are unknown unless they have media". In order to distinguish, unmarried girls usually add the words Meng (Bo), Zhong, Shu and Ji before their surnames to distinguish their rankings. According to ancient books, Neutron and Ji Shu refer to Zijia's second daughter and her family's three girls. Therefore, it was not Meng who cried down the Great Wall, but the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.

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