What does the folk saying "men don't take heaven, women don't take immortals" mean?

Because of the dominant position of feudal society, those people do not allow anyone to be nobler than themselves, just as people are not allowed to have the same surname as the emperor of the dynasty, otherwise it is offensive. For the ancients, there were many taboos in naming names, such as not being like the elders, avoiding the "word" in the names of current emperors or former kings, seeking luck on this basis, and not naming some unlucky names. It can be said that the ancients had too many taboos in naming.

Ancient people believed in "Buddha" and worshipped heaven and earth on important occasions, so they didn't use the word "heaven" when they were named, because they thought it was disrespectful to God. No one in the royal family was allowed to use the word "heaven" except themselves. As we all know, the ancient emperors called themselves "the Son of Heaven" to represent the legitimacy of their ruling power. But if someone uses the word "Tian", they will feel that these people have ulterior motives and suspect that they are spying on their position.

You know, doubts about the emperor are fatal. They follow the principle of "killing a thousand people by mistake without letting one go", so in order not to conflict with the "son of heaven" and to maintain respect for God, ancient men always avoid the word "heaven" when naming names. Ministers, in particular, will give more consideration to naming their children. After all, if you hit a noble person because of a name, or give others a handle to frame yourself, then you are somewhat wronged.

Similarly, ancient women's names can't be named after "Xian", because Xian has a high position in the hearts of the ancients and is highly respected, so the ancients dare not use the word "Xian" for fear of offending the gods. For emperors, their status is not as high as that of "immortals". If a person's name has the word "immortal", doesn't it mean that his status is higher than theirs? This is not allowed. Therefore, although women's names are not as harsh as men's, words such as "fairy" cannot appear in names.