We investigated 25 honorific titles of the middle ancient times,4 of which carried on as before ,5 of which were former ones but the object or degree was new,16 of which came into being.

• 我们主要考察了中古汉语表敬称谓25个，其中承袭上古的有4个，延袭上古但指称对象或表敬程度发生变化的有5个，新生表敬称谓或表敬用法有16个。