Recently, I want to recall the history of family naming. My father only knows that the first word is surname, the second word is your generation, and the third word is.

Zhu Yuanzhang once did this, and other families may imitate it, and each family's surname and different householders with the same surname have different generational rankings. As far as your problem is concerned, it is not clear enough to be solved. I'll tell you how Zhu Yuanzhang got it.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang's education level is not high, he still learned a lot of mystical divination of Zoroastrianism. The tedious and interesting norms he set for naming future generations are worth studying.

First of all, we need to know the principle of the five elements:

Wood fire, fire produces soil, natural gold, gold produces water, aquatic wood.

Secondly, we know that every generation in the past had a substitute word, and the word in the middle of the name was this substitute word. For example, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Kuangyi, we knew at a glance that they were brothers.

Zhu Yuanzhang's general idea is to arrange the order of future generations with "wood, fire, earth and gold". He has 26 sons, and each son's name is beside the wooden character. He gave each son a 20-word generational table, starting with his grandson and starting with his name. They are:

Prince (Zhu Biao)' s family: Yun Wen abides by the instructions of his ancestors, Pei Wu Da Jun wins, and by the way, he is lucky to make good use of his teacher.

Qin Wang's family: They are loyal and honest, but they cherish respect and friendship, are honest and upright in their auxiliary resources, and always trust them when they are in trouble.

Wang Jinjia: The economy is wonderful, the new knowledge is cautious and sensitive, and the heart is salty and admired, learning from the predecessors.

Rebecca's (Judy's) Family: Seeing the monarch with a high banner, it is thick and easy, kind and elegant, and Emperor Jianjing is the first.

Zhou: You have a peace-loving, diligent, respectful and generous son.

Wang Chu family: Ji Meng won the honor, Huaying won the honor, Cai Hongjin was promoted to Bo Yan, and Mao Shili contributed greatly.

Wang Qijia: Virtuous people can be praised, wise people can be respected, elegant people can be cultivated and their thoughts can be revived.

Wang Jialu: Zhao Taiyang should be healthy. He should look forward to life and longevity. He should inspire hope and success.

Family members: Yue You, Shen Binrang, Cheng Zhiping, Duan Ju.

Wang Xiangjia: For a long time, the town said, respect for ceremony is resolute and superior, and self-sufficiency is weighed.

On behalf of the Wangs: Xun Shi became a sage, served as an official of the imperial court, promoted foreigners, spread letters to make the United States beautiful, and strengthened Hongji.

Wang Sujia: Zhan Lu Gongzhenbi, the gentry's gratitude, the morning glow is auspicious, and the construction is prosperous.

Liao Wangjia: noble and generous, virtuous and respectful of Confucianism, peaceful and harmonious clouds, beautiful and graceful dragons.

Wang Qing's family: Ji Jia is an excellent man, and Ni Shen is handsome and strange. Your enthusiasm is great and it is necessary to get rid of it.

Wang Ningjia: Pan Chen Gong, seeking multi-unification, always expanding branches, being a philosopher and caring for each other.

Home: the emblem lives up to its reputation and is determined to be an enterprise. It worships the initial consultation and visit, and it is tolerant and happy.

Gu: Fu Chang and Du He were expounded from Xing, and Yu was expanded, which was rich and open.

Han: Zheng, Xie Xu, Lang, Jing Kui, Shi, Shi.

Shen: I am a young man who interprets. I am very effective and sincere.

Wang Anjia: Xu Fei rewarded the court, condensed the fragrance of Qin Jun, restored the preciseness moment, and carefully outlined the outline.

Wang Jia in Tang Dynasty: Joan was fascinated by the universe, living in a strange place, singing in the same style and painting.

Wang Ying's family: I've heard about it, and I'm looking forward to it. Besides, I taught you. Kirin has accumulated more omens, and Que Ye Ying gave me an explanation.

Dear family: I encourage you to make an award to praise Ke's choice of Phoenix and Chen. Give him an award, Kun.

King Jingjiang (nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang): With Zan's consent, he was awarded by the state. If he takes the pure route, he will be famous far away.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that starting from the grandchildren, the first name of each generation should use the words in the generational table, and the second name must have five elements of radicals or parts, and circulate in the order of fire, earth, gold, water and wood.

Actually, let's look at the list of Ming emperors. Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang's grandchildren, the name of the emperor is (the word "Yun" comes from the generational table of the prince's family, and the word "Lian" is next to the word "fire"). But later, Wen Jian's uncle Judy rebelled and seized the nephew's world, and the emperor system was transferred to the prince's house. So we can see that Zhu Gaochi, the name of Ming Renzong, is the fire of the Gao Dynasty, Zhan Ji, Xuanzong, is the land of the Gao Dynasty, Qiqi Town, Yingzong, and Qiyu are the golden face of the Qi Dynasty, while Xianzong sees the depth, but sees the surface of the Gao Dynasty, and Youmin, the filial piety, is a blessing.

In fact, the four divisions of water in Chinese characters were originally the word "fire" and later evolved into four divisions of water. Such as burning, boiling, boiling, steaming, heat, high fever, etc. According to the original word "Ying".

Because Chongzhen hanged himself, the prince was killed. The emperors of the small court in Nanming were very complicated, including Tang Wang (Zhu Yousong) and (Zhu Youlang), (Jin Yue) (Zuo Yue in brackets) and Zhu (also known as Tang Wang), and Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the Luwang family. At this time, we can see the advantages of Lao Zhu's digital coding: whether there is imperial power, the relationship between relatives and generations, and the name is clear at a glance, which is really "what you see is what you get". Here is a gossip: the endings of several small emperors in Nanming seem to have some mysterious connection with their names. According to Liu Xianting's Yang Guang Miscellaneous Notes in Qing Dynasty, Zhu finally came to Fujian, (Jin Yue) finally came to western Guangdong, Zhu Youlang finally became Yelang, and Zhu Yihai finally went overseas. This coincidence is really interesting, and it also shows that Zhu's name-choosing skills are different from Cao Xueqin's.

After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, many royal families changed their names in order to escape the pursuit of the Qing Dynasty, so they did not strictly abide by this norm. However, some royal families still maintain this tradition, such as Zhu Cihuan, which was mentioned by Prince Zhu San in the TV series The Secret History of the Crown Prince. According to his name, we can know that he is an authentic descendant of the royal family. In addition, like Zhu Rongji, our former prime minister, we can know that he should be the17th generation grandson of Wang Min's family by consulting the generational table and the cyclic order of the five elements.

Finally, there are a few very interesting little questions to discuss here:

First, Zhu Yuanzhang only thought of the five elements, but did not think of the five elements. In fact, Jin Kemu, Mutuko, Tukeshui, Shuihuoke and Huojinke. Therefore, in the next generation, it will always be father and son, grandparents and grandchildren. I wonder if Zhu Yuanzhang and his descendants have thought of this?

2. Which of the five elements is Zhu Yuanzhang himself? There seems to be a lack of records in history books. Some people say that he belongs to "gold", which should be impossible. Otherwise, Jin Kemu, why did he designate his son as Mu? Is it true that Prince Zhu Biao was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang in this way? In fact, naming offspring after five acts has existed since ancient times. We should pay attention to Zhu, a great scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty. He gave his descendants five behaviors. I guess it may be that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even have a name when he was a child because of his humble background (Zhu Yuanzhang's nickname was Zhu Chongba, and Zhu Yuanzhang was given a name by others), so he tried his best to hide his poor background after he developed. He may think it would be more beautiful to drag Master Zhu over as a grandfather. Perhaps the descendants of Zhu to Zhu Yuanzhang's generation happened to belong to the "water faction", otherwise there would be no way.

Third, it is said that the Yuan Dynasty belonged to Jinde, and the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, which should be Huode. Legend has it that the title of "Ming" is "three fires" Ming is a Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty is a fire virtue, which is called Han Yan. The Ming emperor surnamed Zhu, Zhu was red, and red was fire; It is also clear that the sun and the moon are separated, the sun is extremely sunny, and the sun with cinnabar is also a fire. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang should belong to "fire", but "fire is born of soil", and his son should be next to the local word, which does not meet the above requirements.

Later, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps many people in the royal family gave up the tradition of naming, but many people did keep it ~ When I saw Zhu Rongji before, I thought his second word was strange ~ It was also earthy, and I thought he might be a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang ~ So I went to check it out. Sure enough, I found the word Rong in the second word of a sentence in Min Wang's hereditary table. According to the rules, this word should be matched with earthwork.