The Book of Songs for Girls’ Names with Literary Allusions

The names of girls with literary allusions in the Book of Songs are as follows:

1. Qingwan. Source: There is a beautiful person, as graceful as the clear air, and there are vines in the wild. ——The Book of Songs. There was a beautiful woman walking on the road, with clear features and beautiful face. "Qing" in poetry means delicate, clean and pure. "Wan" means soft and tactful.

2. Zhihan. Source: Wei Shen Ji Fu, Wei Zhou Zhi Han, Song Gao. ——The Book of Songs. The meaning of this poem is: Shen Bofu, a great sage, assists the royal family and the state. "Han" in the poem means pillar. "Zhi" is an auxiliary word and has no actual meaning. Jiangnan Yilin chose "Zhihan" as his name because he hoped that his child would be a gentleman and outstanding person like what this poem describes.

3. Yihang. Provenance: A reed hangs across the river. ——The Book of Songs. Why does "Yihang" stand out as a name? You may be able to understand how to combine the emotions of the original poem. "A reed raft can sail" means a raft can sail with just one reed. What kind of artistic conception and momentum can be carried by a reed, just like the Buddhist saying "a reed crosses the river", and "reed" refers to a raft made of reeds.

The Book of Songs

The Book of Songs is China's first collection of poetry and the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry. It occupies an important position in the cultural history of China and the world. The Book of Songs contains a total of 311 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, which lasted for about 500 years. The author of the Book of Songs is unknown, and most of it cannot be verified. It is said that it was collected by Yin Jifu and compiled by Confucius.

The Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs" in the pre-Qin period, or the whole number was called "The Three Hundred Songs". It was revered as a Confucian classic during the Western Han Dynasty and was originally called the Book of Songs. The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: "Wind", "Ya" and "Song".