Chapter 38 Chapter 9 Nicknames

The nickname also existed in ancient times, it is too early to be verified.Take "Historical Records" as an example, the "Champion Qingzi", "Flying General", and "Goshawk" here should be called nicknames.If compared with the "Pioneer", "Two Spears", and "Putting the Eagles" of later generations, there is no difference.Maybe there was a nickname in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it has nothing to do with political affairs, and it is not recorded in history books, so it is inconvenient for us to speculate.However, like the relatives of the monarchs in the Warring States Period, many famous heroes and generals have titles, such as Mengchangjun, Mafujun, Wangzhujun, etc., it is inevitable that the nicknames will not affect them.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, there were many nicknames. "Three Kingdoms · Wei Zhi · Zhang Yan Biography" said: "Yan plagiarized and defended with great speed, so the army is called 'Flying Swallow'." Zhang Yan was originally a Yellow Turban Army and belonged to Montenegro.His collaborator was called Zhang Niujiao, and others were called Huanglong, Baijue (that is, bird), Leigong, and 羝 [di low] Gen, all of whom were probably nicknames.Pei Songzhi explained some of these names by citing "Dian Lue": Heishan and the Yellow Turban commanders are not originally crowns and caps. They call themselves Zhang Baima who rides a white horse; Claiming to be Li Damu.

Judging from the explanation in "Dian Lue", these are all nicknames, but they were names without nicknames at that time. Nicknames are not only popular among the people, but also among scholar-bureaucrats. Notes such as "Jiahua of Sui and Tang Dynasties" and "Chaoye Qianzai" recorded many nicknames of Tang people.For example, Li Shousu was proficient in the genealogy of aristocratic families, so people called him "Roupu", and Yu Shinan changed his name to "Character Zhi".Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty called Yu Shinan "Secretary" because of his profound knowledge.This is elegant.There are also vulgar ones.For example, Zhou Xing, a cruel official in "Chaoye Qianzai", is cruel and cruel, and he is called "grandma Niu Shou".Niu Shou Grandma is the Niu Tau A Pang mentioned by later generations, and the evil ghost in the hell mentioned by Buddhism.Su Zheng has a frivolous and restless behavior, and is known as a "lost hole mouse" (a mouse that can't find a hole).Wang Xiong is confused and greedy, and is called "Wang Momo (tata)".These are very vivid.

In the popular literature of the Tang Dynasty, there was a form called talking, which was later called talking about storytelling.Developed to the Song Dynasty, many professional categories were formed.Among them, there are those who talk about "sticks and sticks" and "plain knives", and the content is all stories about heroes fighting and fighting.The Southern Song Dynasty already told the story of the Water Margin Liangshan.The speakers gave these heroes nicknames for the vividness of the characters; after processing by the literati, each of the one hundred and eight heroes in the present book has a nickname that fits their status.Since then, none of the characters in martial arts novels has no nickname.The nickname of later generations has become a "special item" for those who are good at martial arts.