What do you mean by qualifications?

There are many generations, which can be regarded as a cultural symbol.

Generation refers to the position in family, relatives and friends. There are mainly great-grandparents, great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, peers and younger generations. Also known as "generational", it refers to the lineage between family and relatives.

The arrangement of generations is often reflected in the names of people. It is not only convenient for the same family to rank and recognize generations, but also convenient for compiling genealogy. Generally speaking, people who decide their seniority by characters always put these generational characters after surnames, such as Zhang Xueliang and Zhang. There are several generations from the royal family to the folk.

Ordinary people are not particularly particular about this generation, such as Bai Xiaowen and Bai Xiaowu, the sons of Bai Jiaxuan in the novel White Deer Plain. The word "filial piety" is a word like loyalty and filial piety, and there is no particularly strict evolution of substitute words. For another example, in the names of our fathers, the words used from generation to generation are generally words with better meanings.

Under this clan concept, the general seniority is mainly reflected in men, and women are not included in the genealogy, so they are not adopted. Nowadays, sisters in many families seem to use generational words, but generally they just choose the same word to express their sisterhood, without a sense of generation. The line generation figures are arranged in a certain order within the clan, which is not optional for parents or me.

The word genealogy generation school is used to strengthen the patriarchal clan system, so its words fully embody this purpose. There are mainly three kinds: one is virtue or auspicious words, such as virtue, benevolence, brightness, filial piety, happiness, wealth, luck, auspiciousness and virtue; The second category is the words that hope the clan will continue and prosper, such as: eternal, legendary, long, prosperous, prosperous, delayed, inherited and inherited. The third category is the words that cherish the memory of ancestors and praise the kindness of the emperor, such as: Ze, Zu, Xian, Rong, En, Qi, Xian and so on.

Genealogy of generations is a particularly important content in genealogy, which is generally formulated by a celebrity in the family and compiled into a few auspicious words, and some scholars even write it into poetry. For example, the genealogy of the Down family in Zhejiang is "Fulu Yongchang Dragon, He Liangduan Shi Mei, Ruining Cong"; The line generation school of the Wang family tree in Hubei Province is "aboveboard, success comes first, the world extends, and the family thinks."

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In China's literary masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions, we can also find traces of "generational". For example, in the chapter "Lin Daiyu enters Jia Fu", Daiyu "pays attention step by step, always cares, refuses to say much, and dares not step forward for fear of being laughed at." I met my grandmother first. When Wang Xifeng came, Grandmother Jia jokingly called her "Feng Chili". Daiyu didn't know what to call her and didn't dare to expect anything. As soon as the two sisters said "this is Sister Lian", she quickly apologized and called her "Sister-in-law". It can be seen that in feudal society, seniority is also very important, and it is very cautious to address a person without knowing seniority and identity.

We also pay great attention to the number and location of seats when visiting New Year or eating. For example, when eating, be polite to the guests. If the guests are young and low-level, they will refuse to sit in the next seat or below, otherwise they will be despised and laughed at.

Daiyu went to see her second uncle Jia Zheng, and Grandmother Jia told her to sit on the kang. Daiyu took her place, so she didn't go to the kang, but sat in the chair in the east. When I met my aunt Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang was sitting in the west. As soon as I saw Daiyu, I gave way to the east. Daiyu thought this was Jia Zheng's position and repeatedly refused. "Mrs. Wang took her to the kang four times and helped Mrs. Wang take her." When Mrs. Jia delivered the meal, Mrs. Jia sat alone on the couch with four chairs on both sides. Xifeng took Daiyu to sit in the first chair on the left. Daiyu was very evasive and got an explanation from the old lady. "Your aunt and sister-in-law don't eat here. You are a guest and you should sit like this." Daiyu sat down. Because there are many people in the Jia family, each with different identities and complicated generations, Daiyu has to be careful step by step and always care, so as not to make mistakes, make jokes and confuse her manners.

References:

Generation-Baidu Encyclopedia