Chapter 41 Chapter 10 Pseudonym

The appearance of the pseudonym was probably inspired by the alias.Because an alias is a symbol other than a name and a character, the original name is not used in publishing an article, but another name is used, which is similar in nature to the alias, except that the two have slightly different uses. Aliases were already very popular in the Song Dynasty. Many literati and scholars had aliases, and some had more than one.Yes, of course it will be used.We found that in the Southern Song Dynasty, some people did not sign their real names and surnames on their works, but signed an alias-like name, such as "Green Window New Talk" is an example.This is a collection of books, all of which are stories of joys and sorrows of men and women written by previous generations (scholars believe that this is for the speaker to use as material).Because it is a love story between a man and a woman, the editor signed it as "Master of Fengyue in the Imperial Capital".So far, it is impossible to verify who this person is, but it can only be roughly inferred that he was a gentleman who was enthusiastic about folk literature and lived in Hangzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty.In the feudal era, things with unorthodox ideas were often criticized by others. Compiling a collection of love stories would inevitably be condemned by the Taoists, so I signed the name of "Master Fengyue" to show that I am the support of love between men and women. By.

Some literary and artistic works that expose the ugly phenomenon of society, although they are based on their predecessors, are mostly drawn from reality, and there are specific places and characters, so we have to be cautious. This may be the famous novel "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua" that appeared in the Ming Dynasty. One of the reasons why "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" was written instead of his real name and surname.A dialect literary work in the early Qing Dynasty, called "Awakening Marriage Biography", tells the story of Mingshui Town, Xiujiang County, Shandong Province.The county is false (there is Xiujiang River in Zhangqiu County), but the town is real (Mingshui is now the county government of Zhangqiu, and it is also the name of the Jiaoji Railway Station).Although the author said that the protagonists "have no real surnames, and do not want to use their deeds to expose others to violence", "as for the corrupt husband, the names and surnames are all fabricated", but this is of no avail.Those who have something to do are guilty of being a thief, and they like to sit on the right seat; those with discerning eyes outside the situation will naturally know it at a glance.If the author is a local, obviously there will be a lot of inconvenience, so he signed a pseudonym of "Xi Zhou Sheng".Most of the denunciation novels in the late Qing Dynasty are not signed by their real names, and they are probably in the same line as "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua" and "Awakening Marriage".These pseudonyms should be regarded as the origin of pen names.

Newspapers were popular in the late Qing Dynasty, and there were no fewer than seventy or eighty tabloids that were well-known and verifiable.These newspapers kept publishing articles exposing the darkness of society, criticizing current politics, and advocating new ideas. Most of the articles were signed by pseudonyms, and they were in various poses and with different patterns.After a long time, a custom has been formed to use aliases when writing articles.The term pen name came into being.Since then, the use of pen names has become prevalent in the literary and artistic circles, academia, especially in the literary and artistic circles.