一般人都知道,明朝的开国皇帝明太祖叫朱元璋,但是,却很少有人知道这位太祖的原名叫朱八八(即“重八”)。一代开国帝王,至尊至贵,怎么会有这样一个别扭难听的名儿呢?原来,我国古代有一种用数字给人取名的习俗。清代阮葵生著《茶余客话》中说,这种习俗最先起 Most people know that Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor Ming Taizu called Zhu Yuanzhang, but few people know that the original name of the TaiZu was Zhu BaBa (ie “Heavy Eight”). How could such an awkward name be found in the founding emperors, supreme and noble? It turns out that in ancient China, there was a practice of using numbers to name people. In the Qing Dynasty, hollyhock was born with “Tea Yu Guest Talk” and said that this custom came first