The moral of Ye Xiang

Night is a pictophonetic character. In ancient glyphs, "Xi" stands for night, and "one" is the phonetic symbol. Compared with the day and the sun, it refers to a period of time from darkness to dawn. Xiang refers to the good smell, which used to describe women or is synonymous with women: sweet boudoir, fragrant. Ye Xiang's name means that it is as beautiful, popular, cherished and praised as a flower.

The origin of surnames can be traced back to the matriarchal clan system in primitive human society, so many ancient surnames in China are beside or at the bottom of female characters. Surname is a specific symbol to distinguish clans, such as the name of a tribe or the name of a tribal leader. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor lived on the bank of Jishui and took Ji as his surname. Living next door, taking Jiang as his surname. Dayu was in charge of water conservancy, and the emperor made great contributions and gave his surname as the secretary. In addition, the son of a tribal leader can also have a surname. The Yellow Emperor had twenty-five sons, fourteen of whom were given surnames, namely Ji, You, Qi, Ji, Teng, Ren, Xun, Wei, Xian and Yi, and four of them belonged to the second surname. After Zhu Rong, he established eight surnames for himself, namely, Dong, Peng, Bald, Yi, Cao, Zhu and Mi, which was called Zhu Rong's eight surnames in history.