Why some people have the same names as others.

In ancient times, surnames, surnames, names and characters represented different concepts and expressed different meanings.

Surnames originated in the period of matriarchal clan commune in primitive society, and surnames began to appear in paternal clan society. Stone is a small tribe separated from the original "surname" tribe. In order to highlight their own particularity, they gave their own sub-tribe a separate title, that is, "teacher." In the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, vassals were enfeoffed on a large scale. The descendants of vassal States took the enfeoffed country name as their surname, and also enfeoffed the domestic Qing doctors. The descendants of the enfeoffed Qing doctors took the fief name as their surname. This is the real reason why "surnames" became more and more, far exceeding "surnames".

"Shi" is not a random name, only those nobles have "Shi", and ordinary people (603883) and the poor only have names without "Shi". By the Han Dynasty, "surname" and "surname" had been confused and collectively referred to as "surname".

If you have a surname, you must have a first name to distinguish it from others. In ancient times, name and word were also two different concepts. The so-called "name" is the nickname we are talking about now. Our country has taken nicknames since ancient times. Because nicknames are mostly used within the family, they are not too particular about naming, and they are mostly named after animals or objects. Even the ancient emperors' posthumous title was vulgar, such as Cao Cao, posthumous title Ashun, Wei Taidi, Tuoba Tao, posthumous title Baboon and Beaver Cutting in the Northern Dynasty, posthumous title Black Otter in Yu Wentai in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, posthumous title Lamb in Song Xiaozong Zhao Shen, Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Taizu and so on.

As for the "word" of the name, it is the scientific name we are talking about now. "Book of Rites Talking about Gong" says: "Young name, crown word." In other words, when a person is born, he must have a nickname or a birth name. When they are 20 years old, they will have a new name when they hold the coronation ceremony. This name is "Zi", also called "Puzi". This person "has the way of being a father, and friends and others can no longer call him by his first name, so add words to the title."

"the name is justified, and the words are clear and round." When the child reaches the age of weak crown, his personality endowment and even shortcomings are exposed. At this time, the word taken by the elders has the meaning of praise, persuasion and urging. Of course, "personality" and "name" are complementary, inherited, opposed or similar. Yi Tong, a white tiger, said: "You know your nature by being famous, and you know your name by hearing it." For example, Du Fu's ci is beautiful and a good name for a man. There are Han Yu's words, Yue Fei's words and Ju Peng's words, Tang Yin's words and so on.

The application of "name" and "character" in real life is also very particular. "Name" is the address of elders or respected people to the younger generation or the lower class, and peers call each other "names" when they are young. Once there is a "character", it is more commensurate with "character", and the younger generation cannot call their elders by their first names. For himself, he can't call himself "Zi". For example, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can all call Zhuge Liang "Kong Ming".