Prose on saying one's name and surname

My name is Liu Rui, but my previous name was Liu Tianyu. "Tian" means I hope I can make progress every day, and "Yu" means I hope my mind can be as broad as the universe. My nickname is "Tiantian" because my mother wants me to be progressive, happy and happy every day. Later, because there were too many people with the same name, it was not easy to read, so my parents thought hard again and changed "everyday" into a single word-"Rui", which means smart and wise. My parents also hope that I will grow up to be a smart and wise child, and I also hope that I can use my intelligence to benefit the people in the future.

There are many interesting things about my name. Before I changed my name, on the first day of school in kindergarten, everyone had to say his name on the podium. I stepped onto the podium and said my name in fear. I didn't expect the audience to laugh my head off, and even the teacher couldn't help laughing. Why is this? It turns out that I just said "Liu Dianyu". Since then, my nickname in kindergarten has come into being. When people call my nickname, I always ignore it. Finally, after several days, my nickname finally "lives in seclusion" in the Jianghu. Unexpectedly, a few days later, new nicknames followed. Nicknames are really annoying.

When I was in the first grade, when everyone heard my name, I don't know who said, "Liu Rui, tears!" The whole class burst into laughter. After a few days, I don't know who "evolved" my nickname and changed it to "beef". As soon as I heard this nickname, I immediately ran home to complain to my father. I didn't expect even my father to laugh at me. I was angry with my father for this!

What's the matter? My name is interesting. Your name may have meanings or interesting things that I don't know. Come and tell me about it! I suddenly want to talk about names, but it's not all a whim. It's a psychological problem, because my original name is purely commemorative, my father doesn't have much culture, and because I'm a girl, I just took a name casually. This is also the reason why I don't like my name very much, and therefore, I value my pen name very much. I know that because I am a girl, my father didn't expect anything from me, so I had to expect something from myself, and the pen name I gave myself was what I expected from myself. My pen name is "Ruo Ming", and "Ruo Ming" is a kind of bamboo. I hope I can be as open-minded, upright and honest as bamboo. The so-called "jade can be broken but not destroyed, bamboo can be burned but not destroyed." But I don't pray for how glorious and vigorous my life is, so I choose the word "Ming", which means tea. I hope my life is as dull as tea, but when others taste it carefully, they will feel intoxicating. Because of my pen name, I value it even more. I took this pen name when I was in the first grade of junior high school, and it has been ten years now. Recently, someone always writes the word "Ming" as "Ming", so I have the impulse to "say my name".

It should be said that Chinese culture is the most profound culture in the world, because we have passed it on very well, and there has never been a fault for thousands of years. The same is true of the name culture, so some families still name their children according to the generation. I have a high school classmate whose turn is the word "Ke" in her generation. Her name is "Ke Heng" (the surname is not easy to disclose). She said that her family had put a lot of thought into naming her, because the word "Ke" doesn't sound like a girl's name with any words, including "Ke Heng". If you listen to it, you will think it's a boy's name. But this is the spirit of China people, and we will never discard the things of our ancestors. After all, the f * * king who forgets his ancestors is a minority. When I say this, some people may ask: Do you mean that if someone else's family is not named according to the generation, they will forget their ancestors? Of course not! The word "generation" only shows one of the functions of "name", that is, it reflects your generation in the family from the name (because many people lost their genealogy during the Cultural Revolution, they simply don't know which generation to take which word). But of course, the role of China people's names is not just this. In addition, it also contains the expectations of your elders. For example, many people name girls "Dan, Yao, Li" and so on, which is to hope that you are a beautiful woman; Names may reflect the characteristics of the times. For example, in Xia and Shang Dynasties, culture was still not prosperous, and most of them were named after cadres, such as Kong Jia, Yong Ji, Pan Geng and so on. After the founding of New China, most of them were "building the army, making it flat, becoming prosperous and innovative" and so on. Therefore, we are still inheriting these things, which also makes Chinese culture have a long history.

When people in China say "name", the surname comes first, so I also say "surname" first and then "first name". There are many surnames of China people, so I can't count them, and the data I'm looking for is not necessarily accurate. Even if I find out, I can't say them one by one, so I can only say them from the source of "surnames". We know that China's word-making method includes pictographic, comprehending, transferring notes, referring to things, pictophonetic, phonemic, so-called "Six Books". Then from the word "surname" alone, we can find that it is a word with both sound and meaning. It can be concluded that "surname" is related to women, because "born to women" is "surname", which just proves that China had the experience of matriarchal clan, so many surnames in ancient times, including "Jiang, Ji, Yi, Yao" and so on. This is also one of the sources of China's surname. In matriarchal clan society, mother is the surname. In addition, there are people who take their place of birth as their surnames, which is also followed in Japan. It can be seen that many things in Japan are indeed learned from China, but Japan refuses to admit it. There are also ancient countries with surnames, such as "Wang" (there was a Wang Mang country in Xia and Shang Dynasties) and "Ruan" (there was a Ruan country in Shang Dynasty); Later, many surnames took fiefs as surnames. In this Zhou Dynasty, there were many governors, and most of them took fiefs as surnames. There are also official surnames, which is also the origin of some compound surnames, such as "Situ, Sima, Sikong" and so on. The above are the main sources of China's surname, but there are few other cases, such as the surname given by the Emperor, the surname given by the ancestor, or the surname changed to avoid fleeing, and so on. Speaking of this, it should be mentioned that in ancient times, there was a strict difference between "surname" and "surname". "surname" was the expression of blood relationship, while surname was the title of aristocratic symbol and clan system, so "surname" may be changed frequently. However, in the Qin Dynasty, the patriarchal clan system was no longer so perfect, and it began to get a little confused, so that in the Han Dynasty, the surname "Shi" was not divided, and the two were simply confused in Historical Records. Later, Gu Yanwu said: "The name of surname has been mixed since Taishigong."

after the last name, it's time to say the first name. We generally only have names now, unlike the ancients who also have "characters" and "numbers". So what are the characters and numbers for?

let's talk about the relationship between "word" and "name". First of all, we should make it clear that "name" is a modest name, which is used for addressing yourself or your elders. The word "Zi" means respect and admiration, so it is a respectful title, which is generally used by friends and people younger than you. Generally speaking, the word "Zi" is the explanation and supplement of "Ming". The so-called "Ming is correct, and the word represents virtue", so the word can also be called "expressing character" and "expressing virtue". According to the Book of Rites and other books, the man took the word when he was crowned twenty times, and the woman took the word when she was fifteen. There is a word about girls called "waiting for the word in the boudoir". What does it mean? That is to say, girls are not old enough to marry, so they haven't taken the word yet and are waiting to take it. In A Dream of Red Mansions, it is said that Lin Daiyu entered Jia's house. When Baoyu saw her, he asked his sister if she could write. When Lin Daiyu told him no, Baoyu named her "pin pin". In fact, from here, we can probably infer Lin Daiyu's age. If she doesn't take the word, at least she is less than fifteen years old. What are the basic ways to get the general word? First, if the meaning is similar, it means that it is similar to the meaning of "name", but not exactly the same, and can complement each other. For example, Li Yu's word Li Weng, Yue Fei's word Peng Ju and Meng Jiao's word Dongye. Second, taking the same meaning means that the meanings of "name" and "word" are almost identical, such as Qu Ping's etymology (we call it Qu Yuan's address, which includes the meaning of respect), Ceng Gong's Zigu (the ancient word "zi" is a beautiful name, and "zi" is common among words, such as Du Fu's Zimei and Su Shi's Zizhan, etc., but Third: Take the opposite meaning. This is typical, such as Zhu Xi's word "Hui", Wang Zhihuan's word "Ji Ling" (Ji means ranking, the so-called "equal uncle season", Ling means the meaning of ice and freezing, so it is opposite to the meaning of dissipation) and Han Yu's word "Return". Speaking of Han Yu's name and words, I might as well tell a short story and explain the reason why people should be modest.

It is said that Han Yu was brought up by his elder brother and sister-in-law. When Han Yu reached the age of entering school, his sister-in-law wanted to give him a good name, but she couldn't find a favorite one because he had two brothers, one named Hui and the other named Jie, all of which were from the head, so it was difficult to get them. Since he was a child, Han Yu has been familiar with the history of classics, and he has extensive knowledge and strong knowledge, so he gave himself a "Yu", which means transcendence, that is to say, he hopes to stand out from others and surpass everyone else. His sister-in-law said it was good, so she used the word "Yu" as her name. Han Yu was really good. At the age of 19, he took part in the scientific research, but unfortunately he failed in the list. However, he felt that it was impossible to fail in the list with his own talents. He took the exam four times in a row and finally got the thirteenth place. But he went through palace examination three times in a row and didn't win the first prize. Han Yuke was depressed, but he spent almost all his travelling expenses in Beijing and had to go, so he went to Luoyang to ask his friends for help. With good luck and friends, Han Yu got engaged to Miss Lu, the daughter of French Cao who joined the army in Henan Province, and has been living in Miss Lu's house ever since. Miss Lu is really a nice girl. She admires Han Yu's talent with all her heart, but she is worried that Han Yu is too proud. She always plans for Han Yu in her heart. Of course, it is not good for Han Yu to continue to be proud. The so-called "pride goes before a fall". Miss Lu is very clever. One day, two people spent two months together. After praising Han Yu, Miss Lu said that you must have some shortcomings if you failed to get the first place. Have you ever thought about it yourself? Han Yu said that what Miss Lu said was reasonable, but he thought that this person could not see his own shortcomings and asked Miss Lu for advice. Miss Lu immediately wrote a few words in ink: "People seek truth, fire seeks guilty conscience, and if they want to achieve great things, they must retreat first." Han Yu suddenly realized that he was just too proud. At the beginning, taking the word "Yu" as the name was one of the manifestations, so from then on, the word "return" was used.

This story just shows that China people should be particular about their names. They should not be too big. If they are too big, some people can't help it, or if they are too big, they will encourage people's pride. However, people should not be arrogant, just have pride.

that's all for the most basic ways to get the word. What about the number? There are several kinds of "numbers", but now I only talk about nicknames equivalent to pen names. On a large scale, nicknames are divided into their own and those given by others. This self-given number is actually like the pen name of a modern writer. So what are the types of "self-name" with the same pen name? First, he is interested in thinking. For example, Ouyang Xiu named himself a layman on June 1st in his later years. This "June 1st" is his interest-"a thousands of books, a thousand volumes of ancient inscriptions, a piano, a game of chess, a pot of wine and an old man". Second: funny, why do I say it's funny? Because most of this kind of people take their numbers according to their age, morphological characteristics, etc., and the numbers are odd. For example, Xin Qiji's number is sixty-one, and even his words are not surprising. What impressed me the most is Xu Shupi, who buried the Taoist temple alive, scaring people half to death! Do you think it's weird? ! Third, the living environment, like Li Bai, lived in Qinglian Township, Sichuan Province when he was a child, so he named himself Qinglian layman; Another example is Su Shi's Dongpo, which should be explained, because the origin of Dongpo has always been controversial. There are two versions. The first one is that Su Shi often compares himself with Bai Juyi because he admires Bai Juyi and has similar life experiences with Bai Juyi. Bai Juyi was a secretariat in Zhongzhou (Zhongzhou is now in Sichuan, while Su Shi himself is a Sichuanese) and often planted trees in Dongpo of Zhongzhou City, leaving a poem saying: Therefore, Su Shi named himself Dongpo in order to express his admiration and admiration for Bai Juyi. The second way of saying this is that when Su Shi was demoted to Huanggang, Hubei Province, there was a beautiful hillside in the south of the city. Su Shi loved that place so much that he named himself Dongpo.

these are the three most common types of self-numbering, and there are three more common types of others giving numbers. First, the characteristic type of deeds, such as Wen Tingyun, is called "Wen Hacha" because he always likes to be a gunman for others. Another example is Song Qi, who is known as the "Red Apricot Shangshu". Because of his position as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, he also has a famous phrase: "The green poplar smoke is cold in the spring, and the branches of red apricots are full of spring." Second, the title type, such as Zhuge Liang, called Zhuge Wuhou, and Fan Zhongyan called Fan Wenzheng Gong. Third, official names of place names, such as Du Fu, also known as Du Gongbu, Wang Anshi, also known as Wang Linchuan and so on. It can be seen that there can be many of them. And our pen name is actually equivalent to the number. According to statistics, there are more than one hundred pen names used by Lu Xun.

Literati have a nickname. In fact, in the final analysis, it is for elegance or something that reflects a little personality.

With so much talk about naming names, I think everyone has a general understanding of their functions, and we should be able to get a glimpse of the meaning of these so-called "symbols". So interested friends might as well give themselves an interesting "number", and those who are not interested can learn a thing or two, which can also be said to be one of the manifestations of attaching importance to and respecting their traditional culture.