"Bo", "Zhong", "Shu" and "Ji" were used in ancient times to indicate the ranking of the eldest, the second, the third and the eldest. The ancients arranged brothers and sisters in descending order: Bo was the biggest, Zhong was the second, Uncle was the third, and the season was the smallest.

1, boss Bo, is in charge of housekeeping at home. If he is the son of the royal family, he is in charge of state affairs. Therefore, Zhou Wenwang's eldest son, the legendary prince killed by Su Daji, was named Boycott.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the eldest of the vassal states was called Bo, for example, Five Bo in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Bo was also called Ba, so it was also called Five Ba in the Spring and Autumn Period. In fact, in the pre-Qin classics such as Zuo Zhuan, it is recorded as "Bo". "Meng" is also the name of the eldest brother, but it refers to the eldest brother born to Yu Ji.

2, level 2, is the second child. The ancients often added the ranking order before the word "Zi", such as Confucius ranked second, so it was called "Zhong Ni"; Sun Quan is the second son of Sun Jian, hence the name "Zhong Mou".

Three, uncle, is the third. If there are more than four brothers and sisters, then from the third to the penultimate, they are all called "uncles". Zhou Wenwang had ten sons, and the Duke of Zhou ranked fourth, also known as "Uncle Dan".

4. The season is the smallest. But there are exceptions For example, Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang had four brothers, and he ranked third. His eldest brother and second brother are Liu Bo and Liu Zhong, both of whom seem to be called "uncle", while Liu Bang is called Liu Ji. In fact, he also has a younger brother named Ji. However, Liu Banggu is not a noble family like Zhou Wenwang, and he will not be investigated for legal responsibility if he shouts casually.

5, call the elders, the father's brother, call uncle; Father's eldest brother is Guan Zhong; Guan Zhong's younger brother is called uncle, and the youngest uncle is called Ji Fu.

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In the pre-Qin period, surnames were not only an important symbol of whether a woman could marry a man, but also an important basis for distinguishing whether a woman was married. Because at that time, although the woman had a name, it was limited to Zhou Li's stipulation that "men and women are unknown unless they have the media" (definition: between men and women, if they are not married, they don't know each other's names), so the woman's surname played the role of a common social name.

In order to distinguish unmarried girls, Meng (Bo), Zhong, Shu and Ji are usually used as prefixes to indicate the ranking of the eldest, the second, the third and the eldest. According to ancient records,, Zhong You,, and Ji Mou refer to Jiang's parents, two daughters, three daughters, and an aunt (the one who cried down the Great Wall is not Meng, but Jiang's parents' daughter).

When a woman gets married, she usually calls someone by her husband's surname and maiden's surname. For example, there was a woman named Ji who married Kong Wei, a doctor of Wei State. If a woman surnamed Li marries a man surnamed Zhang, she can only be called "Zhang Lishi" or "Shi Li" after marriage, which can still be seen in some rural areas today.

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