Xie Yong, a famous Chinese name master, talks about the influence of Confucianism and Taoism culture on the naming of names.
Confucian culture attaches great importance to personal cultivation, advocates family affection and filial piety, encourages the office, and the Qi family governs the country and the world, and in the process of naming, most of them contain some ideals and hopes, such as "Guangzong" and "Xianzu", and those who have multiple children are named "Qi Family" and "Governing the Country" respectively.
Parents hope that their children will have attainments, this kind of expectation and ideal for future generations is the influence of Confucian culture on the name, Confucianism in "husband for the wife, father for the son, the monarch for the minister", "five Lun" and "five constants", etc., advocated is human morality, when Confucianism in the feudal society became orthodox thought, the ruler to restrain people's words and deeds, evaluate a person's personality, noble character people are respected and respected, and can even directly enter the official office.
For this reason, people put forward requirements for moral character in the process of naming, such as "Dehuai", that is, having a noble mind; "Degao", I hope that it will have noble virtues.
At the same time, out of the yearning for this noble personality, people often use it to name their descendants, hoping that their descendants will follow suit, such as naming "Shi Han" and "Shi Kong".
1) Teacher Xie Yong talked about the influence of Taoist culture on names.
Taoism advocates "non-action" and "unity of heaven and man", and pursues a life without desires, such as Zhuangzi, a representative of Taoism, who advocates a leisurely life.
Qinggao is a unique quality in Chinese culture, is a kind of free performance, such as "out of the mud but not stained, clear ripples but not demons", "gentlemen are frank, villains are often timid", under the influence of this, the descendants named "Qinglian" means maverick, innocent.
For another example, Xie Wanying changed her pen name to Bingxin, taking the meaning of "a piece of ice heart in the jade pot", and many people use words such as "clear, ice, white, clean" for their children.
In Taoist culture, the "five elements" idea has a profound impact on the naming of Chinese, and the "five elements" are mutually reinforcing, interrelated and influential, and determine people's "destiny" and "future". Therefore, in the process of naming, people judge the "five elements" of the born according to the eight characters of the birthdate, and if there is anything missing in the "five elements", they hope to change it by taking the name.
2) Teacher Xie Yong talked about the influence of Legalist culture on names.
In Legalist thought, advocating the historical concept of "not following the past, not following the present", opposing the idea of conservatism and rejection of change, the Legalists unanimously believe that things are developing and changing, and everything must follow historical development and develop, and cannot stick to the rules; Some people are influenced by the idea of "pushing through the old and bringing forth the new" by naming their children, such as naming their children.
In addition, Legalism is also the earliest school of thought of "management" in ancient China, he established a complete set of management ideological system, to help the king manage and restrain the society, advocate people to abide by the law, restrain the bottom line and principles of life, reflected in the name of the most common is the use of words such as "Shou, Ke, Ge", Chinese traditional culture is inclusive, "Confucianism, Taoism, law" and other traditional culture, affecting the way of thinking and behavior habits of Chinese, in the name is more vividly expressed.
3) Teacher Xie Yong talked about the influence of modern Chinese historical background on names.
The influence of traditional culture such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Law on Chinese names is deep-rooted, but with the development and change of the times, especially in the historical wave of great changes in modern China, the historical background characteristics of the development of the times have a very profound impact on names.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, people cherished the hard-won peaceful life, so "Tianbao, Tianyou, Laifu, Ping'an" and so on became the hot spots of naming during this period; At the same time, with the longing and expectation for the future of the motherland, people change their names or their children's names to historical names such as "National Day, Founding of the People's Republic of China, and Liberation" to express their love and support for the motherland. There are also many parents who use historical events to name their children, such as "Loving China, Resisting US Aggression, and Aiding Korea," emphasizing their conviction and determination to resolutely support the motherland and resist foreign aggression.
During the text* period, the names were chosen to closely follow the changes in social psychology, and most of the names of children born during this period were named with words such as "red", "army", "guard", and "soldier".
With the continuous advancement of reform and opening up, foreign culture began to spread in China, and the process of China's social development accelerated significantly. At the same time, with the continuous acceleration of economic construction, people's yearning for the growing material and cultural life is getting stronger and stronger, and there are not a few people who take the name "Jin and Xin". Nowadays, people pursue individuality, and their names are no longer limited to the requirements of traditional culture, but also have a sense of "self", and there are more and more rare names. Moreover, with the continuous improvement of women's status, there are not a few children who follow their mother's surname.
5. Concluding remarks.
Names play a vital role in both political and social life. The name represents the characteristics of a person, and the name is also an important mark to witness history, and the name full of memories is silently telling you the story of history and the process of social development.
Chinese culture is broad and profound, and the names of Chinese perfectly combine traditional Chinese culture with the characteristics of the times, telling people the development process of Chinese society over thousands of years. At present, we must have cultural self-confidence, attach importance to Chinese culture, "take its essence and remove its dross", and be the inheritors and inheritors of culture.