The sixteen kings of the Ming Dynasty are Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Hui Emperor Zhu Yunwen, Chengzu Zhu Di, Renzong Zhu Gaochi, Xuande Zhu Zhanji, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, Jingdi Zhu Qiyu, Chenghua Zhu Jianshen, Hongzhi Zhu You Zang, Zhengde Zhu Houzhao, Jiajing Zhu Houcong, Longqing Zhu Zaihe, Shenzong Zhu Yijun, Taichang Zhu Changluo, Xizong Zhu Youxiao, Chongzhen Zhu Youjian. It can be seen that the names of these emperors are basically three characters and named according to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.
While Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, he studied names for his descendants. However, because his son's branch had grown up many times, he did not name them according to three characters. A single name.
The second characters in the names of the twenty generations after Zhu Yuanzhang have been chosen and arranged. For example, the name of Zhu Di is: Gao Zhan, Qi Jianyou, Hou Zaiyi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jing Di Xian You. You can see that Zhu Di's branch is sorted according to the first two sentences of Zhu Yuanzhang. It is known that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian, so the last two sentences are not arranged further.
The third character in the name is arranged in five lines. We can look at Renzong Zhu Gaochi, Zhengde Zhu Houzhao, "chi"zhao" is fire; Xuande Zhu Zhanji, Longqing Zhu Zaihezhong, "ji" and "he" are soil, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, Jingdi Zhu Qiyu, Shenzong Zhu Yijun Zhongzhen, Yuyu, and Jun represent gold; Chenghua Zhu Jianshen, Taichang Zhu Changluo, Zhongshen, and Luolu represent water; Hongzhi Zhu Youtang, Xizong Zhu Youxiao, and Chongzhen Zhu Youjianzhong The representatives of the school, the school, and the inspection team are wood. So the third character of their names is arranged by five elements.
This is how Zhu Yuanzhang gave his descendants names. For the Zhu family, the second character was arranged, and the third character was chosen according to the five elements. In fact, such naming can be said to be arranged according to seniority, and the third character is determined by the five elements. Such a name is easy to choose, but the probability of the same name appearing in future generations is relatively high.