Some time ago, "Da Ming Fenghua" and starring Tang Wei and Zhu Yawen became popular in the circle of friends, and the cute and cute Zhu family four fathers and sons also brought a different royal family ethics drama to the audience. Among them, the encounter between Emperor Yongle and Emperor Jianwen's stupa reached a small climax in the plot, and also explained the main theme of the full text, laying the foundation for the plot trend of the later text.
Jianwen Emperor, namely Zhu Yunxi, was the second son of Zhu Biao, Prince Yiwen, and the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty. His whereabouts were unknown during the Jingnan Incident, and his whereabouts became a mystery. It is said that Zhu Di sent Zheng He to the Western Ocean seven times, one of The purpose is to find Emperor Jianwen. Z2z Zhu Yunxue's political career with ups and downs and the awkward end of life have also made him the protagonist of many novels and TV series, and thus become a household name.
In contrast, his elder brother Zhu Xiongying is much more low-key, and most amateurs in Ming history don't know him well. Then, as Zhu Biao's eldest son, what kind of life experience did Zhu Xiongying have, and why did his name seem so special among the many royal children of the Ming Dynasty? Let's start with the naming rules of the emperor and grandson of the Ming Dynasty.
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1. Zhu Chongba will be renamed as
Zhu Yuanzhang, the original name is Zhu Zhong (chóng) eight. There are many interesting theories about the origin of the name Chongba. The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty rejected the Han culture, and ordinary people were not qualified to take official names, and they were usually named according to the ranking and the age of their parents. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang's father, Zhu Wusi, was called Zhu Wusi because his parents were fifty-four years old when he was born.
Zhu Chongba ranked eighth, so it was called Zhu Chongba. Of course, there are also folk legends. Z1z said that when Zhu Yuanzhang was born, there were worms crawling on his body, so he named him worms.
No matter what, Zhu Baba has struggled from the bottom of the common people to the ninety five supreme, is deeply ashamed of the status quo of his family without an official name . Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang developed, he changed his father Zhu Wusi's name to Zhu Shizhen, his own generation was changed to the Xing generation, and his brothers were named Zhu Xinglong and Zhu Xingsheng.
2. The naming rules for the descendants of the Ming Dynasty’s royal family
To rebuild the family ritual order , and also to fundamentally deny the Yuan Dynasty’s poisoning of Han culture, promote Han culture, maintain the ruling authority , Zhu Yuanzhang set a complex for future generations The naming rules.
First, he set up a generation table for each son, each table of 20 characters, starting with grandson and descending the name. The 20 words of Prince Zhu Biao's family of are Yunwen following the ancestral precepts, King Qinwu wins, and good luck, good teacher, for example, Zhu Yunqi's eldest son is called Zhu Wenkui.
Of course, this branch of Zhu Biao has not been carried forward. What everyone is more familiar with is the 20 words of Yan Wang Zhu Di’s family: Gao Zhan, Qi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Changyou, Kindness and Yi Bozhong, Jian Jingdi Xianyou; from Zhu Gaochi (Ming From Renzong) to Zhu Youjian (Emperor Chongzhen), the second character of the names of the emperors of the past dynasties are in the same order as these 20 characters. Is the kinship between the emperors of the Ming Dynasty clear at a glance?
Secondly, the third character must have a five-element radical or component, and circulate in sequence in the order of fire, earth, gold, water and wood. The exact age of the Five Elements Theory is no longer available. In ancient times, Fuxi created the Eight Diagrams based on the Luohe Map. Since then, the Yin Yang Five Elements Theory has become popular. It is not uncommon for the five elements to be named after the five elements of wood, water, fire, earth, and so on. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi, Qin Hui family, and Nanqi ancestor Xiao Daocheng all had descendants named after the five elements.
is often jokingly said that Zhu Yuanzhang has made great contributions to the periodic table of elements , the descendants and grandchildren are luxuriant, in order to meet the five element naming rules , his descendants had to rack their brains, and even began to write characters , such as Zhu Shenlei, Zhu Tongchrom, Zhu Zaina, Zhu Enka, etc. These words have also become common words in the periodic table of elements in high school.
2. Zhu Xiongying, different fireworks in the royal family
1. Zhu Xiongying’s life experience
There are very few records about Zhu Xiongying in the history books. After all, he died before when he was a child, in the mighty history of history In, just a humble dust. According to the Records of Ming Taizu, Zhu Xiongying was the eldest son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, grandson of the famous general Chang Yuchun, and his biological mother was Xiaokang.Queen Chang's.
In ancient times when medical and sanitary conditions were poor, it was common for children to die before they were young, even Zhu Xiongying, who was born in an emperor’s house, was no exception. Zhu Xiongying was born in Yingtianfu (now Nanjing) on October 27th, Hongwu Year 7 and passed away on the first day of May, Hongwu 15th year. He lived only eight years old , and was posthumously named King Yu after his death. He was buried in Zhongshan as "Huai", and later called it "King Yuhuai".
2. The mystery of Zhu Xiongying’s name
There are too few records about Yu Huaiwang in the history books, only Zhu Xiongying is mentioned in "Ming Taizu Facts" and "Ming Dynasty History·Volume One Hundred Eighteen·Biography VI", but Since he died too young, has very few records about him. As Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest grandson, Zhu Xiongying is self-evident, but why is his name not the word Zhu + Yun + Huo? In the 147-year history of Ming Dynasty, why did his name appear so different among princes and grandchildren? Z3z has few records and died young, is it difficult to solve the mystery of Zhu Xiongying's name? This is not the case. Zhu Xiongying's unusual name is not because of his unusual talents, but because he was born too early. After reading this, the reader may be a little confused. What does this have to do with the time of birth? Not only is there a relationship, but also a big relationship.
3. The naming rules of "Huangming Zuxun" and the royal descendants
The naming rules of the royal descendants are actually recorded in a book called "Huangming Zuxun" , "Huangming Zuxun" began in Hongwu in the second year Compilation was completed in Hongwu eight years.
In the 9th year of Hongwu and the 28th year of Hongwu, the "Huangming Zu Xun" was revised, and the nearly strict naming rules of the emperor's son and grandson came from the etiquette chapter in "Huang Ming Zu Xun", " Fan Donggong, under the throne of the prince, each proposed to be named two crosses. will give birth to children and grandchildren in the future, that is to say, Fu Zongren's mansion. The two names are established, and one character is taken in each life as the upper character; the next character is randomly selected temporarily I thought it was a double name and incorporated it into the jade slip. After the twentieth century, it will be added as usual, and it will always be a fixed form."
It can be seen from the timeline that the "Huangming Zu Xun" related to the naming rules of the royal family was compiled in Hongwu eight years, and Zhu Xiongying was born in Hongwu seven years, that is, Zhu Biao's son's Yunzi generation was only after his birth. It was decided, so Zhu Xiongying had no chance to be like his younger brother, the second word of the name is Yun.
Although we have solved the reason why the second character of Zhu Xiongying’s name is not “Yun”, , the names of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons include Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiao, Zhu Huan, Zhu Di, Zhu Yan, and Zhu Zhen. There are wooden characters next to it.
It can be seen that the name of the five elements of has always been the traditional of the old Zhu family (of course, Zhu Yuanzhang’s own name does not have a five-star radical, but the name is not taken by him), it was set earlier than the 20-character generation, "Ming Zu Xun" can explain why Zhu Xiongying's name does not have permission, but it cannot explain that there is no five-element radical in his name.
4. Zhu Xiongying, maybe Zhu Xiongxun?
Folklore Because Zhu Xiongying died early, Zhu Yuanzhang began to believe in the Five Elements Fengshui theory. He felt that there was a mysterious power controlling everything in the world, and thus set the rules for naming the Five Elements. But this statement is obviously untenable. Zhu Yuanzhang has 26 sons. If he didn't believe in the Five Elements theory from the beginning, he would not be able to explain that all of his sons' names have wooden characters in their names.
There is a saying that Zhu Xiongying should actually be written as Zhu Xiongying, and the commonly used term for the five elements of is gold, wood, water, fire, and soil. In fact, should be gold, water, wood, fire, and soil according to the five elements. Fire begets earth, and native gold is born. Zhu Biao has wooden characters. According to the wood to make fire, the next generation should be the radical with fire characters. So Zhu Xiongying's real name is Zhu Xiongxun, which is a reliable way of saying. Since
has solved the mystery of Zhu Xiongying's name, let's take a look at the jokes made by the descendants of the Ming Dynasty royal family, and what are the unknown sadnesses?
3. The road to the dumbfounding naming
I mentioned earlier that in order to maintain the family order, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately decided the generation, and left strict naming rules. In order to comply with the five-element radical in the name, the royal family members are also indecent, "clamp", "員" and other words with ominous meaning and indecent pronunciation are also used.He even started to write characters, but this is considered lucky. Some clan members have no names until they are old. What is going on?
Zhu Yuanzhang divided the vassal vassal, in order to reflect the emperor as the supreme authority of the entire royal family, stipulates that members of the clan must be five years old and must request names from the imperial court, and generally need to be approved by the court of the royal palace. Only by the steps of name and other steps can the clan members formally establish their identity and enjoy a series of royal political and economic benefits. The importance of 's name is self-evident. The royal palace of has the right to play on behalf of others, which allowed some princes, county princes and Changshi to see the way of making money and frantically demand bribes.
In addition, the patriarchal government has a strict review system, and no name is given to the culprit and the birth mother. Even if the clansmen were lucky enough to bypass these two stages, they would still be exploited by the eunuchs and ministers of the rites at the stage of naming the Ministry of Rites. Therefore, some impoverished clansmen did not have the ability to ask for names at all, and they did not have an official name when they were old. Very pitiful.
IV. Conclusion:
Zhu Xiongying was born before the enactment of the "Huangming Zu Xun", and the generation of his descendants has not been determined. Therefore, the second character of the name is not "Yun". According to the tradition of the five elements of the old Zhu family, his real name should be called Zhu Xiongxion.
In addition, in order to maintain the emperor’s supreme authority in the clan, Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that clan members must be at least five years old and must request names from the imperial court. However, all stakeholders on the road to the clan were exploited, so that some clan members did not have one in their lifetime. The official name, this is probably something he didn't expect. As an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang undoubtedly hopes that the country of Ming Dynasty can continue for generations, but in the ups and downs of the times, and in the changing situation, there is no golden rule for . Only in line with the development of the times can there be long-term stability.
References
"Emperor Ming Zu Xun"
"Ming Taizu Record"
"Ming Dynasty History"
"Ming Dynasty History Draft"
