6. Naming based on place names and ancestral home
Naming based on place names has been around since ancient times. In ancient times, Shennong was also called the Martyr clan because the Martyrs lived there. The Yellow Emperor lived in Xuanyuan Hill, also known as the Xuanyuan clan. Emperor Ku lived in Gaoxin, also known as the Gaoxin clan. As for Fuxi living in the east and hibernating in the west, later generations called him Taihao and Shaohao. The "Li" explains: The vitality is vast, which is called Haotian. If you grow in the east, the vitality will be great; if the west converges, the vitality will be small. Therefore, the emperor of the east is called Taihao; the emperor of the west is called Shaohao. Nowadays, people's names and surnames are combined into one, and they are mostly named after their place of birth or place of origin. However, in ancient times, they were mostly named by place of honor or official title, that is, the surname is added to the place name. In the former, the place name can only be the person's ancestral home or place of birth; in the latter, it refers to the place name where a person served as an official. Usually, the person has been an official for a long time, has significant political achievements, or has been demoted to the left, which has had a significant impact on his life. place. Diwang titles and eunuch titles are generally not formal names, but are called by others, disciples or descendants. There are also phenomena of self-proclaimed names. For example, Zhang Qujiang refers to the poet Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty because he was born in Qujiang, Shaozhou (today's Shaoguan, Guangdong); others include the Tang Dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan, known as Liu Hedong (from Hedong, Shanxi in the Tang Dynasty, now Yongji, Shanxi); Wang Anshi, a politician and writer who implemented reforms in the Northern Song Dynasty, known as Wang Linchuan (from Linchuan, Jiangxi); The Ming Dynasty politician Zhang Juzheng was known as Zhang Jiangling (from Jiangling, Hubei); the Ming Dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu was known as Tang Linchuan (from Linchuan, Jiangxi); the modern reformist representative Kang Youwei was known as Kang Nanhai (from Nanhai, Guangdong). Another example is Kong Rong in the late Han Dynasty, who was known as Kong Beihai because he served as Prime Minister of Beihai; Tao Yuanming, a great poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once served as Peng Zeling, so people call him Tao Pengze; , Cen Jiazhou (Cen Shen, a frontier fortress poet in the Tang Dynasty) and so on. The ancients expressed their deep affection for their homeland by referring to their place of residence or official position. On the other hand, it also reflected the traditional ethical concept of "if your parents are here, don't travel far away". Nowadays, people's naming of places mainly expresses their feelings for their hometown and reflects the influence of environment and life.
(1) Named after her place of birth
The familiar female singer Guan Mucun was born in the famous "Battle of Muye" in ancient times, now Muye Village, Xinxiang City, Henan Province (commonly known as Mucun), her parents named her "Mucun" in order to remind her of the place where she was born and raised. Tian Han named his son "Hainan" because he was "conceived in Tokyo Bay and born in Shanghai". The most famous is the great contemporary writer Guo Moruo. His original name was Guo Kaizhen. He was born in Leshan, Sichuan, and grew up here as a boy. In order not to forget the land where he was born and raised, and to express his deep love for the mountains and rivers of his hometown, he will The ancient names of the two rivers in Leshan, Sichuan, Mo Shui (i.e. Dadu River) and Ruoshui (i.e. Yalong River) were combined and named "Mo Ruo".
It is very common in our country to be named after the place of birth like Guan Mucun and Guo Moruo. Some are named after the family, hospital, village, district and township where they were born, and some are named after the county, city or province where they were born. Some are named after a certain symbol of their hometown, such as a building. For example, in 1933, the eldest daughter of the great writer Lao She was born in Jinan, and Lao She named her Shuji. Huang Binhong, a famous modern art master who can calligraphy and painting, whose real name is Zhi, has a pavilion at the south end of a bridge in Tandu Village, Xixiang, She County, Anhui Province. In order to express his longing for his hometown, he named himself "Binhong Pavilion". "Binhong" later became popular in the world as "Binhong". Rou Shi, one of the "Five Martyrs" writers of the Left-wing Alliance, was born in 1920 in front of the Western Temple in Haining County, Zhejiang Province. His original name was Zhao Pingfu. There was a bridge named "Jinshui Roushi" in front of the temple, which he thought was good. In addition, he admired the character of Fang Xiaoru in the Ming Dynasty (the Fang Temple was built by the villagers to commemorate Fang Xiaoru), so he took the name of the bridge "Roushi" as his pen name. Zheng Chenggong's nickname was Fusong, which is said to be because it was "produced under the pines". Named after the place of birth, it is clear, concise and easy to understand. It is often used by old friends. Common ones are: Tongren (name of hospital), Wuwei (name of county), Jingsheng (born in Beijing), Shensheng (born in Shanghai), Rongsheng (born in Fuzhou). (born in Nanjing or Xining), Hansheng (born in Wuhan), Yunsheng (born in Yunnan), Qinfeng (born in Shaanxi), etc.
(2) Named after their place of origin
Modern people often call themselves home from all over the world for their careers and ideals, and for their own pursuits, but after all, the moon is the hometown and the people are the relatives of the hometown. They still have deep feelings for their hometown, so when they name their children or rename themselves, they often name them after their parents or grandparents, to express their attachment and longing for their hometown and relatives. The famous writer and critic Wang Renshu is from Sichuan. Sichuan was called Bashu in ancient times, so he took "Baren" as his pen name. In the northwest provinces and regions of Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, there are many people who responded to the party’s call and supported border construction. They named their children after their place of origin, such as Li Yue, Huang Liao, Sixiang, Nianfang, Yinan; some parents also named their children after their respective places of origin, such as Xu Haining, Han Xiangrong, etc.
(3) Named after combining place of birth and place of origin
In the 1960s, many intellectual youths in Shanghai responded to the call of the Party and Chairman Mao to go to the grassroots and to the frontiers. Go where the motherland needs it most, come to Xinjiang in order to serve the motherland, develop the frontiers, and support the construction of the northwest. They took root, blossomed and bore fruit there, and not only made great achievements in their careers, but also gave birth to children, allowing future generations to contribute to the development and prosperity of Xinjiang. Some of them connected Shanghai with Xinjiang when naming their children: such as Huxin, Shenjiang, Haixin, Haijiang, Xinpu, Xinhai, etc., which not only expressed their longing for their hometown, but also expressed their longing for Xinjiang and their new life. Love expresses expectations for children.
In our country, especially in cities, there are many people who take one word each from the name of their ancestral place and the place of birth, and the two names are combined to become famous. Such as Jingsui (Beijing-Guangzhou), Shenhang (Shanghai-Hangzhou), Qinxiang (Shaanxi-Hunan), Minsu (Fujian-Jiangsu), Wanqing (Anhui-Qinghai), Ningning (Nanjing) ——Ningxia), Jigui (Jilin-Guizhou), Kawagoe (Sichuan-Zhejiang), Ganjin (Gansu-Tianjin), etc.
Naming after place names is often associated with naming time. For example, people born in Beijing or Hebei in spring are called "Yanchun", people born in Chengdu in summer are called "Xia Rong", and people born in Fuzhou in autumn are called "Qiurong" ".
Here are some names named after places for reference:
Anning, Mei Zhan (Zhanjiang), Lin Rong (Fuzhou), Gusui (Guangzhou), Nangong Changqing, Dongfang Lianyun, He Sanxia, ??Yu Mengjin, Liu Yanqing (Yan'an County, Beijing), Liu Ankang (Ankang District, Shaanxi Province), Yin Xi'an, Li Xining, Wang Changping (Changping County, Beijing), Zhou Daxing (Daxing County, Beijing), Chen Qingyun (Qingyundian, Beijing), Zheng Xinglong (Xinglong County, Hebei), Miao Yutian (Yutian County, Hebei), Wei Fengrun (Fengrun County, Hebei), Han Kangning (Kangning Town, Shanxi), Zhao Changzhi (Changzhi City, Shanxi), Hu Fazhong (Fazhong, Shanxi) Zhongzhen), Yu Baochang (Baochang, Inner Mongolia), Liu Yichun (Yichun City, Heilongjiang), Deng Zhenxiang (Zhenxiang Town, Heilongjiang), Gao Yilan (Yilan County, Heilongjiang), Feng Antu (Antu County, Jilin), Fang Huaide (Huaide County, Jilin) , Cui Huanren (Huanren County, Liaoning), Luo Pulan (Pulan Town, Liaoning), Jiang Dingtao (Dingtao County, Shandong), Pu Qixia (Qixia County, Shandong), Sheng Xiaozhi (Xiaozhi Town, Shandong), Chen Binhai (Binhai County, Jiangsu), Xu Hongze (Hongze Lake, Jiangsu), Chu Zhongshan (Purple Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu), Shen Wuhu (Wuhu City, Anhui), An Jiuhua (Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui), Zhu Siming (Siming Mountain, Zhejiang), Yao Jiande (Jiande County, Zhejiang) ), Xu Xianju (Xianju County, Zhejiang), Sha Chengjiang (Chengjiang Town, Jiangxi), Qiu Fengxin (Fengxin County, Jiangxi), Liang Nanping (Nanping City, Fujian), Pan Fuzhou, Shao Qingliu (Qingliu County, Fujian), Guo Zhengyang ( Zhengyang County, Henan), Ning'an Gao (Angao Town, Henan), Yangzhuxi (Zhuxi County, Hubei), Jiangyichang (Yichang City, Hubei), Nie Yuanling (Yuanling County, Hunan), Yue Huaihua (Huaihua City, Hunan), Lin Zhuhai (Zhuhai City, Guangdong), Liao Haifeng (Haifeng County, Guangdong), Qin Yulin (Yulin City, Guangxi), Wei Huaiqun (Huaiqun Town, Guangxi), Ning Zhongwei (Zhongwei County, Ningxia), Shi Yongdeng (Yongdeng County, Gansu), Gan Tianshui (Tianshui, Gansu) City), Lu Yining (Yining City, Xinjiang), You Changji (Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang), Yuan Baiyu (Baiyu County, Sichuan), Ni Jiangjin (Jiangjin City, Sichuan), Jin Guangyi (Xingyi County, Guizhou), Tong Xiuwen (Guizhou Xiuwen County), Cai Heqing (Heqing County, Yunnan), Lu Zhaotong (Zhaotong City, Yunnan), Li Sanya (Sanya City, Hainan), Xu Guilin (Guilin City, Guangxi).
November 2, 2021
Warning to readers: Starting from July 2, I will continue to publish the criteria for good names, ideas for naming, Methods of naming, but how to come up with a good name? For details, please read "Practical Encyclopedia of Naming".