Chapter 15 The seventh chapter records Zhisheng
In the pre-Qin period, there were many records of things named after them.For example, it is recorded in "Zuo Zhuan Yingong Year" that Zheng Guozhuang was born with dystocia, which disturbed his mother Jiang, so he was named Wusheng (that is, born backwards, not coming out first).Duke Zhuang of the State of Lu and his father, Duke Huan, had the same birthday, so they were given the same name.This kind of name combination is literally not easy to find its inner connection.Some can see the connection between the lexical meaning of the name and the character, but they don't know that it is a record, and some can't judge the relationship between the two at all.Because no matter what facts are recorded, or events with special commemorative significance, most of them are the affairs of one person and one family. Not only is the scope small, but also the subjective color is too heavy. How can outsiders understand it thoroughly with just two words.And see the following example.
(Han) Yuan · He character Yuanfu
"Custom Tongyi·Zheng Los": "I would like to congratulate you according to the name of Yuanfu, and I am also from Runan. My grandfather was named Yuan, and he was a servant. Emperor An added Yuanfu, and all officials congratulated him. Sun Shisheng was born when Lin Yan came out, and he was very happy. Yes, because the name is 'He' and the word 'Yuanfu'."
The yuan is the head, the yuan clothes, and what is worn on the head is the crown.The Canadian dollar service refers to holding a crown ceremony.It turned out that when Yuan Yuan was going to congratulate the little emperor for the coronation ceremony, his grandson happened to be born. To commemorate this grand event, he named his grandson "He" and the word "Yuan Fu".Although we can guess that this is a celebration ceremony, we cannot understand why.In addition, "fu" is a word for "multi-tasking", and it specifically refers to mourning clothes.The funeral of the parents is called "serving the middle".Because of this, outsiders don't know what it looks like, so they become suspicious, and Yuan He's father has been notorious for his son's word "Yuanfu". "Right Loss" goes on to say:
It is commonly said that Yuanfu's father, named Bochu, was Guang Luxun, and he gave birth to this son in Fuzhong.When you are old, there is nothing more unfilial than having no descendants, so he was accepted and promoted.A gentleman does not hide his faults, because he uses "submission" as his character.
In the feudal era, couples whose parents died were not allowed to share the same room.To give birth to a child in mourning is no doubt exaggerating one's own fault: not following the rules.Yuan Bochu was framed for his son's name, and he could only blame the ambiguous name in the record, which was too much guess work.
[Three Kingdoms] Gu Yong character sigh
"Three Kingdoms · Wu Zhi · Gu Yong Biography" Pei Songzhi's annotation quotes "Jiang Biao Zhuan": "Yong learned from [Cai] Bo Jie... Bo Jie is different from him, saying: 'You must be successful. Now I use my name and Qing.' Therefore, Yong and Bo Jie have the same name, hence."
By the way, Bo Jie was the word of Cai Yong, a famous writer at that time.Cai Yong valued Gu Yong very much and believed that he would have great achievements in the future, so he gave Gu Yong the same name as Ji.Because Gu Yong was admired by Cai Yong, the character Yuan Tan and Yong are the same as "Yong". "Yuan" is a word of beauty and goodness.If you don't understand the relationship between Gu and Cai, you can't be "famous and well-known". "Yuan Tan" has no meaningful connection with "Yong".
〔Jin〕Jia·Chongzigonglu〔ludonkey〕
The biography of "Book of Jin" states that Jia Kui gave birth to Jia Chong in his later years.
This is Jia Kui's hope for his son, and he believes that his son will be able to shine in the future and fill the streets with joy.But it is difficult to make such a meaning just by connecting the two characters of "Chong" and "Lv".Although later the He people used the dictionaries "Chong Lu" and "Chong Lu Zhiqing" when they gave birth to their sons, but this was born from the whole story.
[Jin] Huan · Wen Zi Yuanzi
According to the biography of "Book of Jin", Huan Wen was born not long ago, and Wen Qiao saw him, "He said: 'Here is a strange bone, you can try to make it cry.' Hearing his voice, he said: 'A true hero!" [Huan] Yi He was rewarded by Qiao, so he was named Wen."
Because Wen and Yuan both have harmony and kindness, the word "Yuanzi" was used instead of "Wen".Although we can find out the semantic connection between the two, if we don't know the story, it is difficult to know that "Wen" is Wen Qiao's surname.
〔Tang〕Zhang·鷟〔zhuo turbidity〕Wencheng
The third volume of "Old Tang Book Zhang Jianzhuan" and "Chaoye Qianzai" all said that Zhang Jue once dreamed of a big purple bird, "Written in five colors...to tell his grandfather, he said: 'This is auspicious...this bird is the assistant of the Phoenix, you It should be the emperor's assistant.' So I thought it was the name." (According to "The Dynasty and the Wild"
We can only know that this bird is an auspicious bird like a phoenix, and we can also deduce that it must have five colors, so we know that the word "Wencheng" is written according to its five colors.But in any case, it is impossible to know that this is a childhood dream, and my grandfather thought it was auspicious, and he would be the emperor's assistant minister in the future, so he "thought his name" to mark this grand event.
〔Song〕Zhang Lei〔lei Lei〕Wen Qian
"Laoxue'an Notes" Volume 4: "Zhang Wenqian was born with writing in his hand, and he called it 'Lei', so he took the name and wrote Wenqian."
That is to say, because there is a texture like "Lei" hidden in the palm of the hand, it is named Lei character Wenqian.If you interpret it literally, you can't think of it at all.
We can give some more examples like this.For example, Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, has a view on word affairs.Literally, we can have two explanations: take the name of Qin Guan, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, as the name (Qin character Shaoyou);However, "Four Dynasties Wenjianlu" said that Lu's mother dreamed of Qin Guan and gave birth to Fangweng, so she was named after her character, and her name was named after her character.With this piece of evidence, we have to deny the inference of taking "Liezi".Even so, if it weren't for "Four Dynasties Wenjianlu", we would not know that Qin Guan's name was removed because of Lu Mu's dream of Qin Guan.
Another example is Chen Jingfan from the Qing Dynasty, whose character is also Han.If Gu Zhen hadn't said in "The Biography of Mr. Siye Chen" that Chen's grandmother Han, great-grandmother Fan, and his father "are thinking about the origin, so the name is Zu Fan, and the character is also Han", we would have thought that this It is Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi who admire the Northern Song Dynasty!Gu Zhen's account is reliable.Because Chen Jingfan sees his own words, this is the meaning of "Poetry Xiaoya Liaoe [liaoe ruthen]" "Father gave birth to me, mother gave birth to me... Take care of me, answer me, enter and exit me", and it is also pregnant. Thinking about the kindness of the parents and the upbringing.
In short, it is difficult to understand the full connotation of a descriptive name just from the words, and it must be explained by literature.