Avoid naming after famous people
Respecting great people and admiring sages is a positive spirit, but this is two different things from naming after great people and sages. Some people believe that naming something after a great man or sage is a sign of respect for the great man and admiration for the sage. To revere great men, one should learn from their thoughts, character and spirit; to look up to the sages, one should follow the sages as examples to start a business, study, pursue a career and make more contributions. Named after great men and sages, this itself lacks the "creative spirit" and is inconsistent with the teachings of great men and sages. To put it another way, if you are named after a great man or sage, but your actions are ordinary, isn’t this a stain on your “heroic name”? If your merits exceed those of your predecessors, including great men and sages, your Isn’t it easy to confuse famous names with predecessors? Therefore, this should not be promoted.
In our country, the practice of naming people after great people and sages has a long history and continues to this day. There are many names and characters named after Yao, Shun, Confucius, Yuzi, Guan Zhong, Lin Xiangru and others in the past dynasties. Their merits and fame are far less than those of the above-mentioned sages, but there are many people named after "Haoran". Among the modern and contemporary names, you can find a long list of Jiang Haoran, Jian Haoran, Ji Haoran, Lu Haoran, Zhu Haoran, etc.
Naming after great people and sages includes naming with the characters or names of great people and sages. This naming method is a factory for manufacturing "duplicate names". From the perspective of eliminating "duplicate names", we should also avoid naming names after great people and sages.
Therefore, we should try our best to overcome the mentality of blind obedience and advocate a new thinking on naming that is rational and can show personal characteristics, connotation of the times and aesthetic taste.