Advocate noble qualities and come up with good names
Quality is an important aspect of a person's cultivation. One of the criteria for measuring a person is to look at his quality. Of course, the standards for quality are inconsistent in different societies and different historical periods. Quality includes many aspects, such as being generous to others, being kind to others, being respectful and humble towards oneself; being diligent and thrifty in life; being cautious in words and deeds, keeping one's word; being polite and thoughtful in etiquette, etc. When Chinese people choose names, of course they use the Chinese moral standards and the views of the time as the frame of reference. Since Chinese people are deeply influenced by Confucian culture, when Chinese people choose names that express quality meanings, they mainly use Confucian moral values ??as the standard.
Since quality includes many aspects, we can only touch on its main aspects here and select the key points for analysis.
1. Naming based on the general aspects of a person’s quality
Some people do not name specific aspects of a person’s quality, but name them based on the general aspect of their quality. There are not many such names, here are a few examples:
Cheng Xiuji, a native of the Tang Dynasty, was given the courtesy name Jingzhi. "Cultivation of oneself" means "cultivation of oneself", which means to make oneself of high quality. Only when one has high quality can one be respected.
Gao Ruli, a native of the Jin Dynasty, was named Yanfu. Grinding is a whetstone. It is like sharpening a knife with a whetstone to strictly exercise one's own quality. It has a deeper meaning than "cultivating oneself".
Cheng Zhengji, a native of Changzhi in the Ming Dynasty, was named Daoxian and Chengyuan, and was a Jinshi in Wanli. "Rectify oneself" is taken from the code of "Rectify others first, rectify oneself" and connects the name with the word and number. It means that only by being upright yourself can you ask others to be upright. Only by setting an example yourself can you rectify your roots.
Cheng Kai, a native of the Ming Dynasty, had the courtesy name Zhengzhi. Model, that is, role model. Only when you set an example yourself can you ask others to do so.
Lei Weijie, a native of Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty, was a Jinshi and served as the deputy shipping envoy of Jianghuai River. Festival means moral integrity, greatness means magnificence, and great festival means noble and beautiful moral integrity.
In "Jingwu", "Jingwu" comes from "The Analects of Confucius": "I examine myself three times a day." To jingwu means to reflect on myself.
Chen Sansheng, also comes from the classic "I will examine myself three times a day". Three provinces means introspection many times.
Shengdu, a native of the Song Dynasty, was named Gongliang and was a Jinshi. The meanings of "degree" and "quantity" are similar, meaning that people need to measure the height of one's quality.
Gong Zizhen, a famous poet in the late Qing Dynasty, means to cherish oneself, which means to pay attention to self-cultivation.
In terms of overall quality, what attracts particular attention is the emphasis on "virtue". This is reflected in the naming, which has led to the phenomenon that most people use the word "virtue" in their names.
Shen Deqian, a native of the Qing Dynasty, was named Queshi. "Deqian" means deep and high virtue.
Lin Zhaode, Zhaode is to make virtue manifest in the world.
Liu Dezhong, Dezhong means high moral character and high prestige, that is, high quality.
Cui Defu, Defu means good virtue, that is, good moral character.
2. Name each specific aspect of quality
Each aspect of personal quality has specific content. When naming, you can choose it according to your personal wishes. Let us talk about these aspects separately.
(1) Be righteous, magnanimous, and loyal to others. People from Guixi in the Yuan Dynasty had the word Wuyu, which means they are the best in the world.
Mao Siyi was a native of Yangxin in the Ming Dynasty. The courtesy name is Jixian, and he is a Jinshi in Hongzhi. When thinking about meaning, you should always think of paying attention to morality. To follow the virtuous is to follow the virtuous.
Zhou Yishan, a native of Ruyang in the Han Dynasty, was named Jidao. Yishan means righteousness as heavy as a mountain.
Sheng Yihong, born in the Ming Dynasty, with the courtesy name Zikuan, was a Jinshi in Wanli and was promoted to Minister of Rites. Hong and Da are synonymous. Hong means to be magnanimous. Judging from the name and character, it means to be magnanimous to others. Huang Zhongcheng, Zhongzhong means being loyal and honest to others.
Huang Zhicheng, a former Kuomintang pilot, abandoned the dark side and flew to the mainland. Planting sincerity means establishing sincerity.
(2) Be respectful and humble to yourself, and value chastity and integrity
Liu Gong, a Song Dynasty native, whose courtesy name is Bo Li, Gong means respect and obedience, and Liu Gong means retention. Be respectful, obviously hoping to remain self-respectful. Wang Kegong, a native of Nan'an in the Song Dynasty, was named Yanli and was a Jinshi in Chunxi. Ke means able, and Ke Gong means able to be respectful.
Sheng Ruqian, named Hengfu, was born in Tongcheng in the Ming Dynasty. He was a Jinshi in Jiajing and served successively as the Minister of Household Affairs. Ruqian means being humble towards others. This person has a stocky personality, which is exactly in line with him.
Yu Kongqian, a native of Jintan in the Ming Dynasty, was a Jinshi in Wanli during the Ziyuan period. Kong Qian was very humble.
In Dajie, he was born in Renqiu in the Ming Dynasty, named Si Zhi, and Chongzhen Zhusheng. Yi has great righteousness, and Yizheng means integrity, and it is very upright.
Kong Zhenyuan, a native of the Ming Dynasty, had the courtesy name Baiyuan. Zhenyuan means Yuanzhen, Yuan has a beginning, the fundamental meaning, the meaning of Zhen is loyalty, firmness and unchangeability, Yuanzhen means maintaining the original loyalty, uncompromising and changeable.
Wang Kezhen, a native of Luling in the Song Dynasty, was named Shoujie and was a Jinshi in the Southern Tang Dynasty. To be chaste is to maintain the character of loyalty.
Wang Shanglian was born in Jintan in the Ming Dynasty. His courtesy name was Qingyu and he was born in Gong. Shanglian means advocating integrity.
Cheng Silian, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, had a courtesy name. He was upright throughout his life and always thought of being honest. He truly lived up to his reputation.
Yu Shilian, born in the Ming Dynasty, with the courtesy name Yuan Zhen, was a Jinshi in Wanli and had the hope of being clean. Officials must be clean and honest.
(3) In words and deeds, one should be cautious in words and deeds, and have faith in words and deeds carefully. He was a native of Dong'a in the Ming Dynasty. His courtesy name was Ke Yuan, and later he was given the courtesy name Wu Guo. He was a Jinshi in Longqing. Judging from the connection between the name and the word, it means that you should act cautiously so that you can go further. Later the word was changed to Wugu, which means the pursuit of perfection.
Yu Shensi, the younger brother of Shenxing, has the word Wuwu and the name Hangyin. Judging from the connection between the name and the word, it means to think twice before acting.
Qian Xinzhong was awarded the rank of general in 1955. To be loyal means to be loyal and trustworthy in what you say.
Han Xin, a general in the Han Dynasty, had a single name, with the word "xin" to emphasize the need to be trustworthy.
(4) Pay attention to etiquette
Yu Shouli was born in Laiyang in the Ming Dynasty, with the courtesy name Zhongyi. Observing etiquette and observing etiquette all mean emphasizing etiquette.
Cheng Duanli, born in the Yuan Dynasty, was given the courtesy name Jingshu. Being polite means being courteous and thoughtful.
Tian Houyi, a modern person, pays attention to etiquette.
Modern people will respect etiquette and condense it into names. The combination of surname and first name is just right.
(5) Be diligent and frugal in life
Fang Kejian, a native of Haining in the Ming Dynasty, with the courtesy name Qujin, was the prefect of Jining during the Hongwu period. To be diligent means to be diligent and thrifty, to eliminate arrogance is to eliminate arrogance and pay attention to thrift.
Deng Pu, a native of the Ming Dynasty, had the courtesy name Baisu, which means simple life.
The working people of our country have always been industrious and simple, so there are many names with this meaning. Here are a few modern names:
Jiang Kejian, meaning someone who can be diligent and thrifty.
Ye Yongjian, Yongjian, always frugal.
Naming according to the moral norms and ideological standards of the society at that time is not so much a naming method as a naming principle. Throughout the ages, most of China’s trillions of names have been named in this way. Today, most Chinese people's names are based on their meanings, and the meaning must be good and in line with current people's ideas.
However, with the changes of the times and the progress of society, concepts will also change accordingly. In different historical periods, people have different views on nature and society, and the names contained The ideological content will inevitably be affected by many factors such as social ideology, moral trends, and people's understanding of nature at that time.