It is said that it's not good to write people's names in red, but is that true?
I go to pen letters in order to write the letters clearly, but when I was looking at the sample characters my teacher wrote, the sentences were black, but only my name was written in red.
I don't think I wrote it out of particular malice, but somehow I don't feel good. Is it OK not to worry about it?
I see, if you think about it, you might be bothered.
Images of red = blood, red paper during wartime, red execution signs, etc. There are probably people who think that a deficit is unlucky.
I don't care though (^^;;
It bothers me when I think about it, and if it's about wow, it doesn't bother me at all.
The idea of bad luck is not in Buddhism. All I can say is not to worry about it.
How would you take it?
Previously, I have seen a description in a book explaining business manners to the effect that “a letter written in red is an expression of intent to be isolated to the other party.” I've forgotten what book it was.
I was in my 40's when I was reading this book. Therefore, in my life up until then, I had a cold sweat when I thought that I might have been receiving “a statement of intent to insulate (even if I myself had no intention of insulating at all).” However, in that book, “Why is it a statement of intent to insulate?” The reason was not specified.
When I searched for “red letter manners” on the internet, I asked the library about this question and got an answer.
http://crd.ndl.go.jp/reference/modules/d3ndlcrdentry/index.php?page=ref_view&id=1000083249
It's helpful, but there's no clear evidence. What I can guess in my own way is that red letters are used for scoring, correction, review, etc., as there is the phrase “insert vermilion.” Writing in red letters means scoring, correcting, and reviewing from a higher standpoint. Therefore, I think it's probably safer to write in black except when “putting in vermilion.”
Other than that, various reasons have been given, but the evidence is vague, and it seems that there are many others that are rather doubtful. For example, when I searched on the web, the viral media site called grape said, “Why can't you write your name in red?” There was an article called “There were quite a few people who didn't know the reason,” but it wasn't a very reliable description.
https://grapee.jp/224260
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Indicate a dead person
When a name is dug up on a tombstone while alive, there is something called “vermilion” that turns the name part red.
In vermilion, it means “still alive,” and it seems that the impression that “bad luck is bad because it is associated with a tomb” came from there.
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It's a description that amplifies misinformation.
If you receive the commandment during your lifetime, you will usually engrave your kakana on your tombstone. In that case, only the two-letter part of the actual kaima part will be reddened with paint. Turn it red to indicate that it is alive. It's definitely not ominous, and it doesn't “indicate a dead person.”
The name part of the question is in red, but it's probably the “meaning of pointing out” that you should be careful about how to write the name.
On tombstones, people who have died are written in surplus, and those who are alive are written in red. In that case, it is considered auspicious.
... but there are so many things I want to say about red. There are people who say things like this once in a while.
“When I attended the funeral, the sacred meal was red. Red is the color of celebration! It's impossible to use congratulatory colors at a funeral!!! Make it black, the color of mourning!!”
Watasha thinks about it every time.
“But try going to the wedding in kimono. Black is also an auspicious color. For the most part, I'm concerned about whether scarlet (red) is superior to monk clothes only for people who put on stingy clothes like this or whether purple coats are superior. Arta, I wonder if every time the monk wears scarlet clothes, I think about congratulatory clothes or something. it's not Santa Claus, is it? Europe and America are sigma (· ·.)”
right? that sounds stupid, isn't it?
There's no such thing as a joke cursed in “Kimitomi Toyoraku” or “National Anko,” but there's no such thing as a curse by writing their name in red. If someone were to shorten their lifespan or be unhappy because of that, the prime minister of our country, the president of a certain allied country, the chief of a certain neighboring country... all of them would be in such trouble by now. But that's not true.
It appeared on Yahoo News a few days ago that even “National Health” was actually not a problem, and the problem was that they had their real name written on it (insanely disrespectful by the standards at the time).
If I could manipulate someone else's life by dealing with ridiculous names, I would earn a lot of money by now... well, as expected, I wouldn't be able to earn that kind of money either.
Anyway, what's really scary isn't how the name is written, but “it's rebellious!” or “Unlucky!” It's the brain of a person that makes me misunderstand the meaning of something like that. If you look at it from red when it's raised and lowered without permission, it's a good reputational damage.
Red is red, just red. Isn't that fine?
This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is a humble answer to the question.
I've been learning brush, pseudonym, and hard brush in earnest in a calligraphy class for about 5 years, but my name was often written in vermilion as an example.
The teacher also remembers that it is difficult to write an example, so it was written in advance, or copied, and then the sample name and the position of the signature were later written in vermilion in an easy-to-understand manner.
Maybe it was because if it was the same color as the sample text, it was difficult to understand when handing it out one by one to everyone.
Well, it doesn't have a very deep meaning, and I don't think it bothers you much.
Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho