Talk:Generation name

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Was the practice of generation name adopted in Japan? I've never heard that. A samurai clan usually had a character called tsuji (通字), which was used for the names of its members for generations. For example, Ashikaga shoguns used 義 (yoshi) and Tokugawa shoguns used 家 (ie) as tsuji. This practice is clearly different from Chinese generation name.

Menchi calls generation name sedaimei (世代名) in Japanese on this article. I'm curious about the source. --Nanshu 23:23, 21 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. The 世代名 is bad Google search. It turns out to be unrelated to this generation name. --Menchi 02:24, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)

[edit] Examples needed

To make the article more comprehensible to readers not familiar with Chinese names, some examples should be given of Chinese names while identifying the part that is the given name, and the part in there that is the generation name. The term "banci" is introduced without explanation; is it synonymous to "generation name"?  --LambiamTalk 19:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

banci introduced after Generation Name Hanfresco 02:12, 16 November 2006 (UTC)