On the relationship between ancient people's "name" and "font size"

In ancient times, the same person often had a word, a number and sometimes more than one number besides his name. He has different names on different occasions. For example, Zhuge Liang, surname Zhuge, name Liang, word, number Wolong.

Writing is limited to people with status in ancient times. Both men and women can only take words when they reach adulthood. The purpose of choosing words is to make people respect and be called. Ordinary people, especially peers and subordinates, are only allowed to call their elders by their first names.

Numbers are also called nicknames, nicknames, nicknames. "Li Zhouguan Chundazhu": "The number is more beautiful to respect its name." Names and characters are taken by elders, but the numbers are different. At the beginning, the numbers were taken by ourselves, so they were called self-numbering. Later, there were other people's names, such as respectful names and elegant names. Because numbers generally mean something.

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The source of numbers

When did the bugle rise? There is no detailed record in the literature, probably in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Such as "Lao Dan" and "Guiguzi" can be regarded as the earliest nicknames of China.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tao Yuanming took the name "Mr. Wuliu", and in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, more people took the name. A general atmosphere was formed in the Tang and Song Dynasties and reached its peak in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Not only does everyone have a number, but also a person can say many numbers. For example, Chen Hong, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, has four titles: Lao Lian, Lao Chi, Regret Late and Yunmen Monk.

In modern times, the custom of using numbers has been enduring, such as Su's Schumann. Huang Qi's White Stone; He Xiangning's "Shuangqing Landlord". In modern times, the names of literati have been gradually replaced by pen names.

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