Generation is called Ci generation, also known as Ci school, which refers to the words used to represent family generations in names (mostly words in the middle of names), commonly known as Ci. Its implication is self-cultivation, family harmony, peace and prosperity.
Word generation is an important naming form handed down by China for thousands of years, and it is also a special "ritual" system in ancient China. But in modern society, it is used less and less, and people name it casually, but there will still be names in the genealogy.
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Take Kong's Ci as an example:
Before the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of Kong had no fixed generation. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, successively gave Kong Cross as the generation word, ranking it from the 56th generation. From then on, the relatives of Kong clan were not allowed to name themselves casually. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the feast duke Kong Yinzhi reported to the emperor in the sixty-fifth generation, and made ten generations of crosses. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, Kong Xiangke, the 75th generation feast duke, was approved by the emperor and made a ten-generation cross. 19 19, Duke Kong Lingyi, the seventy-sixth generation feast, was put on file by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of China for the twentieth generation.
The number of generations set in the above era is 50 words and 50 generations, which can be regarded as the most luxurious and noble character origin. All previous dynasties were drawn up by emperors and governments themselves. Name several generations of Confucius celebrities. For example, the famous table tennis player and coach Kong is a generation of famous players. Kong Xiangxi, the finance minister of Nanjing National Government, and four families are auspicious generations. Kong Fansen, a famous Tibetan aid cadre, is a complicated person. Kong, a professor of Chinese Department in Peking University, is a generation of Qing people.
Let's talk about a word generation of the Ming dynasty royal family. Ming Taizu listed a 20-word generational list for each son, and named him in turn, starting with his grandson. There is also a rule that every five words are named in the order of five lines from future generations, and the radicals are named in turn within the same generation. The sequence is: wood-fire-soil-gold-water, and it goes back and forth.
Such as Chengzu (Judy), Renzong (Zhu Gaochi), Xuanzong (Zhu Zhanji), Yingzong (Zhu Qizhen), Xianzong (Zhu Jianshen), Xiaozong (Zhu Shitang), Sejong (Zhu Houzong), Mu Zong (Zhu Zaihou), Shenzong (Zhu Yijun), Guangzong (Zhu Changluo) and Xizong (Zhu Youxiao). Its radical names are wood, fire, earth, gold, water, wood, fire, earth, gold, water and wood.
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