Recently, a book friend said that I did not explain how Zhu Yuanzhang’s name was called Ming Dynasty. I have always wanted to say something about this little scenery, but it was not easy to encounter the Chinese New Year and I have never had the chance. Let me explain it here today.

The Ming Dynasty's national name was "Ming Dynasty".

Many people say that "Da Ming" has a lot to do with the Xiao Ming King. Because, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang first participated in the Red Turban Army Uprising. The Red Turban Army hosted the "Ming" of Xiao Ming King Han Liner. The "Ming" of Xiao Ming King comes from the Ming Cult. Ming Cult is also called "Manichi", which was founded by a Persian named Mani in the third century AD. Ming Cult absorbed the doctrinal factors of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity. Its classic is the "Two Interactions and Three Sects", which promotes that darkness will be defeated by light, and finally sentient beings will escape the sea of ​​suffering. Ming Cult was spread to China during the reign of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, but it has always been mysterious and mysterious, because Ming Cult promoted the "Maitreya was born and the Ming King came to the world."

Some people who resisted the court often used the Ming Cult to call on the masses. In order to protect themselves, the Ming Cult formed a relationship with Buddhism, and the White Lotus Sect of Buddhism, and finally formed the White Lotus Society. Therefore, the Ming Cult appeared from the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Yuan Dynasty, and sometimes sneaked into the ground, but it was often used as a weapon to resist the court.

So why did the Red Turban Army take over the King of Xiaoming as the main force? During the Red Turban Army's uprising, most people joined the army to improve their living conditions. Han Lin'er was supported by Liu Futong and claimed to be the eighth-generation grandson of Song Huizong. Their slogans were put forward, namely, "The mountains and rivers are dying, and the sun and the moon reopen the Song Dynasty."

"Mountains and rivers have Chinese land" means that the Yuan Dynasty ruled with Mongolian aristocrats as the main body. They placed the Han people and southerners in an oppressed position and had Chinese land, allowing the Han people to live on an equal footing with the Mongols and restore China. "The sun and the moon reopened the Song Dynasty", this Song Dynasty was a world where the Han people were the main body or the Han people and all ethnic groups lived equally.

The King of Xiao Ming promoted the saying "Maitreya was born and the King of Ming was born". After his birth, he brought everyone a happy life. Therefore, the Red Turban Army regarded Xiao Ming as the main person. In order to hide his humbleness, Zhu Yuanzhang joined the Red Turban Army and was the main person in charge of Xiao Ming, and he formed an unsolved relationship with the Ming Cult "Ming".

In 1367 AD, Zhu Yuanzhang's power became increasingly powerful. So he sent his general Liao Yongzhong to his base camp, Han Liner, to his base camp, Nanjing, but on the way he came, Xiao Ming Wang drowned mysteriously. In history, there have been many different opinions about the murderer who murdered Xiao Ming Wang. However, strangely, Zhu Yuanzhang still used the title of Xiao Ming Wang and named the country "Da Ming". Is he to hide his eyes and avoid being suspected of killing Xiao Ming Wang or is there another reason?

Xiao Jing thinks that there are a few things. From the slogan Zhu Yuanzhang's participation in the propaganda of the Red Turban Army, we can see that the rebel army used the doctrine of the Ming Cult when resisting the Yuan Dynasty. When the Ming King was born, the world was peaceful, and the soldiers of Jiangnan, the reason why the people followed Zhu Yuanzhang was mostly because they wanted to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to create a bright world, and at the same time change their fate as a fourth-class person and their destiny that could not survive. Using "Ming" as the national name can attract more sympathy and participation in it. If "Ming" is abandoned, they will lose their goal. Therefore, the slogan of "Ming" cannot be thrown away, and this slogan is in line with the wishes of the working people at that time. [

Furthermore, there were many intellectuals in Zhu Yuanzhang's Red Turban Army, Liu Bowen, Song Lian, and Li Shanchang, who guided the rule of the country with Confucian concepts. The core value of Confucianism is that "the son does not have the power to "disturbate" God". Confucianism opposes Buddhism, Taoism, and all the power to "disturbate" God. In the eyes of these intellectuals, "Ming" is no longer the "Ming" of the little Ming king. They explained the word "Ming" as their own explanation. Ming is the sun and the moon. In ancient China, it has always been worshiping the sun and the moon, and promoting the divine empowerment of the imperial power. My "Ming" is open and upright, and using "Ming" as the country name is also in line with the wishes of the intellectuals in Jiangnan.

The last point is also the most important point in Xiaojing's opinion. In ancient China, people believed in the theory of the Five Elements. The Five Elements say that the north is water virtue, the south is fire virtue, the Mongols won by water virtue, and Zhu Yuanzhang in the south wins with fire virtue. The water that I defeated you, fire is bright, and light. There are often legends that Zhu Yuanzhang was accompanied by fire. Zhu Yuanzhang was born. The neighbors all saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's house was covered with red light. The neighbors thought that it was caught fire and came to put out the fire quickly. When they saw that it was caught, they had no fire. They also said that Zhu Yuanzhang was caught with fire.

There is another reason. Zhu Yuanzhang must take over the position of "Ming". He cannot let others use the Ming King to oppose me. Zhu Yuanzhang himself is the Ming King! In fact, the "little" of Xiao Ming King was added by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang himself was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He must make Han Liner the "Little Ming King".
Chapter completed!