Who took the ancient characters?

Most of the words of the ancients were taken by respected predecessors or teachers.

Wu Cheng said in Tan Shi Zi Shuo: "Tan Shi is the crown, and his father stands in the word Gong Zheng. All friends are three characters, please ask for more. " Tan Shi asked the opinions of elders and celebrities when choosing Chinese characters. Obviously, choosing Chinese characters is a serious matter.

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 20 years old and women were 15 years old, so 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.

Image-taking originated in Shang Dynasty, prevailed in Zhou Dynasty, and 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, ordinary people rarely use it except those in the intellectual and cultural circles. However, in China1300 million population, the incidence of duplicate names 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 rosewood, Zhou Qixing's and Zhang Ce Zizhu.

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The ancients still chose Chinese characters after they were named;

1, taking the word means entering adulthood, and men and women can get married and have children.

The Book of Rites Quli says: "Men write in twenty crowns" and "Women write in fifteen crowns". It means that men add words when they are crowned at the age of 20, and women 15 take words when they salute. Slightly different, the wedding is held after a woman is engaged but before marriage. If she has never been engaged, it can be held at the age of 20.

2. Choosing words is out of respect.

The book Yi Li Guanshi Lee says, "If you are crowned, you should respect its name." The ancients thought that fame was not worth words. As an adult, it is considered impolite for friends and others to call them by their first names, so they should be praised.

3, take the word to avoid it.

If the names of the ancients were taboo, they avoided using their names and called them characters. For example, when Fang et al. compiled the Book of Jin, in order to avoid Tang gaozu, they avoided the use of names and words, so Gongsun Yuan called Gongsun Yuan a male, Liu Yuan called Liu Yuan and Chu.

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