The profound meaning behind the name of Liu Yuxi’s study: Humble Room

Chinese literati in the past dynasties like to name their study rooms. They believe that a good study name can not only express their elegance, but also put their hobbies, pursuits, sustenance and hopes into it. Liu Yuxi compared his "humble house" with Zhuge Liang's "thatched cottage" during the Three Kingdoms and the "Xuan Pavilion" of the Western Han Dynasty writer Yang Xiong to express his pursuit of a life of peace and prosperity. The study room of Lu You, the great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, was named "Laoxue'an" in his later years. It comes from the saying "the teacher is old and the teacher is still learning at night", which expresses his diligent spirit of living and learning, never ending life and endless learning. . Xu Qianxue, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, had a large collection of books. He once pointed to the books in the building and said to his son: "Why should I pass it on to you? What I pass on is only this." Therefore, his library was named "Chuanshi Building". Li Gang, a famous prime minister in the Song Dynasty, often encouraged himself with the character of osmanthus. He planted osmanthus himself to show his ambition of "winning the laurels in the Toad Palace". His study was named "Guizhai". During the Anti-Japanese War, the famous poet Liu Yazi named his study "Yi Tower". Yi is the sun-shooting hero in ancient mythology, and "日" refers to Japanese imperialism to express his patriotism. Most contemporary writers have given their study rooms names that are profound and interesting. For example, Sun Li's study is called "Gengtang", Yao Xueyin's study is called "Wujiangzhai", Su Jinshan's study is called "Wanqingju", etc., all of them are diverse and interesting.