名字这个词我们再熟悉不过了,每个人都有属于自己的名字。不过在我国古代,名和字却不是一回事,名是名,字是字,但这二者之间又有着很多有趣的联系。字,又称表字,是古代的中国人在名字之外为自己取的与本名意义相关的别名。现在一般已经很少有人使用了。古时男子二十岁时取字,女子许嫁时取字。根据《礼记·檀弓》上的说法,人在成年后,需要受到社会的尊重,同辈人只呼其名显得不恭,于是需要为自己取一个字,用来在社会上与别人交往时使用,以示相互尊重。古人在成年以后,名只供长辈和自己称呼,自称其名表示谦逊,而字 We are familiar with the name of the word, everyone has their own name. However, in ancient China, the name and the word is not the same thing, the name is the name, the word is the word, but there are many interesting links between the two. Words, also known as the table word, is an alias used by ancient Chinese people for their own names other than their own names. Now generally few people use it. Ancient men take word when they are twenty and women take the word when they marry. According to “Book of Rites Tan Gong”, people in adulthood, need to be respected by the community, peers just call their names appear disrespectful, so you need to take a word for yourself, when used in social contact with others Use to show mutual respect. The ancients in adulthood, the name only for elders and their own address, claiming to be humble, and the word