Our everybody from be born the surname that begins to have oneself, follow father last name commonly, also have the last name that follow a mother. Formal circumstance meets greet sb ask a name, does classics regular meeting say " your surname? " general answer also is self-abasement " avoid your name some. " , but have so 3 caste family name, in others so when asking, it is to need not reply " avoid expensive " .
Surname amount of China is very much, the history is of long standing and well established. Crude guess, the Chinese has the surname of account on document data, have 5662, among them sheet surnames 3484, compound surname 2032, 3 words surname 146. And this still does not include a few minority Chinese the last name that after changing, changes.
Surname most beginning to return is aristocratic appropriative, civilian common people did not have the right of surname. Antediluvian period, surname, family name is not a thing, they come apart, it is old nobles divisional and consanguineous the tool with the identity. Till Chinese government time, surname just closes 2 for one, ordinary common people also had his last name.
And the Chinese regards modesty as from of old a kind of goodness, what thing wants self-abasement. So somebody asks your name, should reply " avoid expensive " . As to need not reply " avoid expensive " , the first is aperture surname. Respecting aperture is surnamed not " avoid expensive " we should more or less can guess a reason, because,that is Confucius.
The force that Confucius is in China is very large, had pervaded the square respect aspect that the Chinese lives. In ethical thinking of the Chinese, it is the Confucianist culture effect that suffers Confucius to initiate partly greatly very. Although Confucius has been the 2000 many the ancients year ago, but since Han Wu emperor " alone honour Confucianism art " come, chinese ancient time regarded Confucianism as surveyor's pole of manage state affairs, do one's utmost praise highly.
And him Confucius, with respect to sage of the aperture that be called, sacrosanctity, sacrosanctity first division, big into sacrosanctity article a person of exemplary virtue of Xuan Wangxian division, all ages is waited a moment. Up-to-date, to Confucius sacred still do not have discontinuity, we the education nowadays, still also regard teaching material as the thought of opinion on public affairs of the Confucianist big Ga such as Confucius. So, aperture surname is respected in China, aperture surname need not say " avoid expensive " .
The 2nd is a lot of people expect is less than, this surname is in Chinese mouth is particularly much, it is very common big last name, but also need not say " avoid expensive " , it is piece of surname. As to piece the surname need not say " avoid expensive " reason, concern with the traditional idea of our country ancient time.
Original, in Chinese folklore, a ethereal The Jade Emperor is folk originally laic, be called Zhang Bairen. Because the middle of forhead became random, yu Dizhi vacant, and Zhang Bairen mitzvah is conspicuous, was received by barefoot big celestial being the sky becomes jade emperor. People of our ancient time is very deferential to jade emperor, with jade emperor of the same surname, need not say naturally " avoid expensive " .
The 3rd kind a period of feudal society of consist in ancient time. Imperial status of ancient time is exalted, their surname is the country is surnamed, young common people wants to respect. So if follow imperial of the same surname, that also need not say " avoid expensive " , because this surname is in,at that time is your name originally, for instance of Tang Dynasty plum the surname, bright red surname of bright generation is waited a moment.
? Nevertheless we had done not have these custom now, nowadays, the full name is a piece of calling card and label to us just, before seeing oneself, the first impression comes from a name namely. Now every surname is equality, without grade, ask surname the modesty when Shi Gongjing, answer, the daily ceremony that also is a Chinese only just.
