In terms of customs, the Chinese mainly choose names based on the meaning of the characters. This is also a traditional custom of Chinese naming in the Book of Changes, and there is even a tendency to name names to convey morality. According to their different aesthetic concepts, according to different wishes and pursuits, according to different personalities and hobbies, choosing a name with good literal meaning is the unremitting pursuit of many parents when naming their children Zhouyi. In the eyes of the Chinese, a good name with profound connotations and emphasis on literal meaning is a minimum requirement.
If the glyph is "form", then the meaning is "content". Although form sometimes plays a "qualitative" role, generally speaking, content determines form. Only paying attention to form without paying attention to content will be superficial and put the cart before the horse. The so-called literal meaning of a name includes two aspects. The first is the actual meaning of the name. This meaning includes the hope, pursuit, and wishes of the person who named the name in Zhouyi, as well as the parents' personal characteristics and hobbies; on the other hand, the literal meaning of the name also includes the meaning of the name, that is, the meaning contained in the name. In summary, there are some aspects that we must pay attention to when naming Zhouyi with its literal meaning. We will talk about these aspects later in the chapter "How to name your child Zhouyi".
Can you find a good name just by looking in the dictionary? The answer is maybe, because you may be delighted and think that you have discovered a good name that comes once in a lifetime. But when you tell others about it, you will often be answered like this: "This name? Oh, I must have seen it somewhere! Yes, the little Wang family's child downstairs also has this name!" You will be disappointed. Why is this? The reason is: Due to the influence of different cultural atmospheres, people have roughly the same understanding of the so-called "good characters", and the result of naming is often the same as the heroes. The number of Chinese characters is limited, and the number of "good characters" can be said to be pitifully small. In order to obtain good naming effects, we must break through the traditional word selection methods, find new ways, broaden our thinking, and find new realms in new worlds.
There is no fixed method for naming. What kind of name is considered good? Different eras have different standards. In today's world, a good name can be summed up in eight words: novel, elegant, subtle, and loud. The so-called novelty means that it is outstanding, different and unique to me; the so-called elegance means that it is respectable to watch, approachable to read, lovely to call, delicious to taste, and not stained by the world; the so-called implicit means that the artistic conception is profound, It's not fair or white, but there is true meaning in it, and there are millions of heroes in the chest; the so-called loudness means that it is pleasant to the ear, smooth and eye-catching. If the soundness depends on the harmony of the initials, finals, and tones of the name, then the key to novelty, elegance, and subtlety lies in how to discover the interest and cultural taste in the name. If you want your name to contain a certain meaning, here are seven methods for reference.
1. The method of borrowing a surname to make a name. Most of our surnames are polysemous. To make a name out of a surname is to use other meanings of the surname and combine it with the name to form other interesting words. For example: Ping'an, Ye Ye, Hong Tao, Gao Xiang, Bai Fan, Gan Quan, Zhou You, An Rushan, Fang Risheng, Gu Daoxing, Shi Tianzhu, Ma Zhiyuan. Due to the use of surnames, these names appear to be cleverly conceived, original, coherent, very natural and appropriate. We will talk about the deeper meaning and further analysis of these names below. But it should be noted that the surname of this kind of name should not be polyphonic. For example, if a person is named "Jiefang" in the Book of Changes, it can easily be read as the word "Liberation" of "***"; and if a person is named "Dan Liren" in the Book of Changes, I'm sorry, it is possible that this person will be regarded as a radical. . This needs attention.
2. Refining and extraction method. This method is to extract name combinations from certain idioms, poems, and allusions. For example: Anwei, Sangtian, Chengzhu, Gaogu, Ji Chenggong, Chengjia, Liu Qingshan
This method is slightly more difficult than the word grouping method. The word combination method only requires that the surname and first name have coherent meanings, leaving little room for elaboration. The number of words in the idioms, poems, and allusions on which the extraction is based generally exceeds the number of words required for naming, and the semantics may not be coherent. It requires the person who named the name of the Zhouyi to refine and extract. There is a problem of selection. If the refined sentences are very exciting, they can be free from the constraints of glyphs and pronunciations. For example, the name "Ma Shi Tu" is very good. Although it may not conform to the rules of phonology, the name has a profound meaning and the sentence it is based on is familiar to people, so it is still a good name. Therefore, when choosing a name using the refining and extraction method, the emphasis is on change, change will lead to generalization, and generalization will last for a long time.
3. The method of homophonic and homonymous meaning. The method is not much different from the above two methods, except that the name is replaced by homophonic words, thus clarifying the channels and ideas of Zhouyi naming, which is a good method. For example: Wu (Wu) Hei, Peng (Peng Fei), Liu (Liu) Lan, Yuan (Yuan) Gui, Yu (Yu Yue), Wei (Wei) He, Fu (Fu) Yuan, Gui (Gui) Wei, Hang (Hang) Tian, ??Zheng Aixin (Love), Shi You (Friend) Zheng, Deng (Deng) Jiufeng, Cheng Fangheng (Yuan)
The homophony method focuses on using sounds to express meaning. Since it only requires shelter, it has much more room for choice than word formation and refining, because this means that homophonic characters can have certain differences from the original characters and do not have to be homophones. By using this naming method, you can not only get a more satisfactory name, but also reduce the chance of duplicate names, making the content of the name eclectic, but you must integrate your own surname into the naming content. For example, when naming the surname Zhao, you must first consider the homophones of "Zhao". Because the word Zhao itself has no other extended or metaphorical meanings, it is difficult to form words. The homophonic words for "Zhao" include: Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhao, Chao, Zhao, Zhao, Zhu, Zhu, etc. By using these words as homophones or homonyms, you can find many better names.