To choose a pen name, you can find it in ancient poems, find it in ancient and modern novels, split the name, use a metaphorical name, and use a simple name. The details are as follows:
1 , Find in ancient poetry
Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and ancient poetry is the most profound cultural carrier in China. There are many beautiful words that can be used for reference in Tang poetry, Song poetry, the Four Books, and the Five Classics. For example: Xie Wanying's pen name "Bing Xin" comes from a poem by Wang Changling, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "Friends and relatives in Luoyang are like asking each other, and a heart of ice is in a jade pot."
2. Find it from ancient and modern novels
< p>There is always a character in all kinds of novels from ancient and modern times at home and abroad that will move you. If you imitate and follow his way of doing things, you can directly use his name.3. Split naming method
Split a character in your last name or first name to choose a pen name. For example: Jin Yong, whose real name is Zha Liangyong, his pen name is "Yong" split into the two characters "Jin Yong". This method can be learned and used by everyone. It is not only unique, but also more meaningful.
4. Meaningful naming method
In addition to the pen name of Lu Xun, the great writer Zhou Shuren also has the pen name of "Ru Ziniu", which means "the cow of the people". Mr. Lu Xun once had a poem like this: "A cold brow looks at a thousand fingers, and a bowed head is willing to be a bully." Using this word as a pen name also expresses his ambition.
5. Simple naming method
Take the female writer Ding Ling as an example. Her real name is Jiang Bingzhi. She found the character "ding" with the simplest strokes in the dictionary as her surname, and then selected common characters in the name to form a name.
Extended information
The first category: related to the author’s real name and characters
For example, Jin Yong’s real name is Zha Liangyong, Lao She’s real name is Shu Qingchun, Cao Yu’s real name is Wan Jiabao, Ai Qing's real name is Jiang Haicheng, also known as Yu Wen. The word Dafu.
The second category: related to famous poems
There are too many of them. The more well-known ones are Bing Xin, which comes from "A heart of ice in a jade pot", and Qiong Yao's pen name comes from In the Book of Songs: "Throw me a peach, give me a jade, and a bandit will repay you, and you will always think it's good." Zhu Ziqing's pen name comes from Qu Yuan's Chu Ci. The pen name of Zhang Henshui, who has the mahjong manuscript on the left and the right, comes from Li Yu's "Meeting Happily".
The third category: related to language translation
For example: Gorky’s pen name means suffering and pain in Russian. That refers to the suffering and torture Gorky suffered in his childhood.
The fourth category: related to the social environment
For example, the pen names of Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun read together as Little Red Army, Duanmu Hongliang, and the Bronte sisters. Mao Dun, JK Rowling, etc.