Chapter 37 The name of the knight, the taste of the world

People often ask me: Liushen, are you the Wang Xiaolei who wrote a historical book about Cao Cao? I would like to imitate Zhu Zhishan played by Chen Baixiang, wiped my face, and said seriously: "Yes, girl, I am Tang Bohu." But the truth is: I am not.Liushen is unique, lively, talented and handsome. The same name and surname thing, I occasionally come across, but don't think I'm bothered by it - I am grateful and grateful to have the name I have now.On the day I was born, my grandfather, who was an old revolutionary, burst into tears and decided to name me "Wang Aiguo".Fortunately, my parents understood righteousness and tried their best to admonish them before giving up.Everyone should understand why I am lucky, otherwise you will see "Liu Shen Patriotic Reading Jin Yong" today.

The matter of naming is a science.The first test that every writer of martial arts novels encounters is to choose a good name for the character.This not only affects the popularity of the novel, but also directly exposes the author's hobbies and tastes. In the story, Zhang Sanfeng rescued the daughter of a boatman on the Han River, and when asked her name, she was called "Zhou Zhiruo".Lao Zhang was suddenly surprised: "The girl from the boat house, she chose a good name." Afterwards, he kept giving this girl a high look and took good care of her. On the contrary, some seemingly good names do not necessarily stand up to scrutiny.For example, "Yue Buqun".Most readers may think that this is a good name, arrogant and domineering.In fact, it is unlikely that Confucian scholars in ancient times would have chosen this name, because the so-called small party is not a group, and Confucian scholars may appear to be vulgar and ignorant if they choose this name.

On the contrary, the name of Yue Buqun's wife is very appropriate-Ning Zhongze, Mr. Confucius said, "If you are empty, you will be upright, if you are full, you will be overwhelmed", and the Huashan jade girl is indeed never overwhelmed, and she has been very decent all her life. There are also many characters in the novel who are not worthy of their names.For example, there are two brothers in the Xueshan School in the school, one is Qi Zimian and the other is Liao Zili.The master's original intention for naming them was probably to hope that they would encourage each other and be harmonious and friendly.But in the novel, they never encourage each other, but try to tear each other down, wishing to destroy each other.So, when you have a good name, be careful not to let it become ironic.

Generally speaking, the names of the characters in the novel are generally quite loud.In reality, some parents are really not very good at picking names, including some famous people. Let me give you an example.More than 160 years ago, a scholar in Huaxian County, Guangdong Province gave birth to a son, and he worked hard to choose a good name.He asked people to prepare a bunch of alternatives, and after screening, the most foreign name was finalized - "Hong Tiangui". After a few years, this scholar suddenly became an upstart, became a high-ranking official, and made a fortune. He felt that his son's name was not perfect enough and wanted to change it.He worked hard again, thought desperately for a long time, and finally settled on "Hong Guifu".

After a while, the scholar's career became more and more troublesome, and he felt that his son's name was not perfect enough, so he changed it for a long time, finally with a smile on his face, he changed the awesome name he was very satisfied with-"Hong Tiangui blessing".It's a really cool name.By the way, this scholar is named Hong Huoxiu, also known as Hong Xiuquan. Mr. Hong Xiuquan failed the imperial examination four times—don’t get me wrong, he didn’t fail the Jinshi examination, but failed the scholar examination.Judging from his cultural level in naming his son, the examiners of the Qing Dynasty were quite fair.

Of course, we know that Mr. Hong Xiuquan tried his best. With sincere love, he gave his son what he thought was the most beautiful word.In this sense, each of us gets good and bad names, but the love of parents contained in them does not make a difference. Good names certainly add color to people—for example, the girls I know named Shangguan and Duanmu happen to be beautiful women (probably due to psychological effects), but the names of common people also have other advantages.There is a theory called "the big surname swallows the small surname", which means that after a long period of natural marriage combination, the surnames with a large population will become more and more, while the surnames with a small population will gradually be swallowed up.Perhaps after a few hundred years, all Chinese people will have the surname Li Wang Zhang Liu Chen.

The name also has a function - it is not only given by your parents, but also given by the environment, and it is the imprint of an era on you.Connecting the names of thousands of people in series can read very interesting things. Take my own family story, for example.My uncles were named Gang, Qiang, and Bin, and they were named by my grandmother, who was a teacher.In contrast, my grandfather's name is actually much more literary, called "Yuhu". It was his father who named him, a blacksmith on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and his ancestors were eight generations of poor peasants.As a result, teachers in the 1950s did not name their children as well as blacksmiths did in the 1920s.

Looking at my mother, the names of the uncles are "Yong", "Qin" and "Weidong".It was my grandmother, a cadre, who named them. In contrast, my grandfather's name was actually more cultured, called "Hou De", and even used an allusion.It was also his father who named him, and he was an authentic southern farmer.As a result, cadres in the 1950s did not give their children the same names as farmers in the 1920s. The history of the evolution of this small family name shows that our taste was not bad in the past; when we named our children, we used to strive for beauty and timelessness. Otherwise, why did a blacksmith in Inner Mongolia name his child "Yuhu"? ", a southern farmer named the child "Hou De".But suddenly, this pursuit of beauty was interrupted, and only "brave and strong" was left to name the child, as if he would have enemies at any time.It can only be said that this has nothing to do with personal aspirations, but the imprint of the times.

In recent years, people have become more and more foreign, and they have become more particular about naming their children. Some people even threatened to change the name, and they don't know what kind of monster they want their children to become. Not long ago, an old classmate asked me to name my niece. The surname was Li. There were three requirements: first, the name should be beautiful; Let me call it "Li Manhao". It's so beautiful.He said it was not good, and the parents of the child felt that the name was not motivated enough. I want to choose a name that is both beautiful and motivated, which shows how entangled these 30-40-year-old parents are.They are struggling in two separate eras, wanting the foreign style of the new era, but also unable to forget the fighting spirit of the old era.

I quickly came up with a beautiful and motivated name - Li Yugang, I don't know what you think.