Chapter 43 Section 3 The Implication of the Pseudonym

Names often have certain meanings, and pseudonyms are no exception.Some of the pen names mentioned above also have certain meanings.However, some writers' pen names are chosen in addition to their original names, based on their own ideals, aspirations, or some memorable experiences and events.There are a few pen names of everyone, which is how they came up. Lu Xun, formerly known as Zhou Shuren, styled Yucai.When publishing "The True Story of Ah Q", he used the pseudonym "Baren", which, in his own words, "takes the meaning of 'Xialibaren' which is not elegant".When published, use "Lu Xun" instead.Lu, took her mother's surname.Xun, from "Erya·Shi Beast":

Wolf: male, badger [huanhuan]; female, wolf.His son Xie (calling) is extremely powerful and fast. Xing Bing (bing Bing) quoted a commentary from Sheren: Wolf, the male is named Badger, the female is named Wolf, its son is named Xie, and the most powerful one is named Xun. The male of the beast is a male, and the female is a female.The most powerful little wolf is called "Xun". It is a work with the strongest anti-feudal and anti-old ethics.Combined with the pen name "Lu Xun", it means to rush like a wolf to the cannibalistic feudal ethics.Lu Xun admired the mighty and majestic animals the most, and he was the most thorough and brave against feudalism, so he didn't mind using the wolf as the name to show that he would not compromise with feudal ethics and deal with it like a wolf treats its prey.

Mao Dun, formerly known as Shen Dehong, styled Yan Bing.He has used several pseudonyms.Mao Dun's pen name was used when he wrote "Shake" and "Pursuit" (that is, the trilogy) after the failure of the Great Revolution in 1927.These three books describe the spiritual and ideological contradictions and living conditions of intellectual youths after the failure of the Great Revolution.To some extent, it also reflects the author's own state of mind.This pen name was originally written as "Contradiction". Mr. Ye Shengtao said that it was a fake name at first glance, so it is better to change it to "Mao Dun".There is the surname "Mao" in it, so that the Kuomintang can avoid trouble.Using "Mao Dun" as a pen name is not only close to the content of the work, but also records and reflects the author's own situation in this historical stage.

Writer and scholar Xu Dishan, whose pen name is Luo Watson.The reason why he used the name of a crop as his pseudonym was because when he was young, his father told him about the wonderful qualities of this crop, and encouraged him to be like a peanut, silently contributing to mankind, so he named it as a peanut. as a pseudonym. The pen name is more complex, changeable, and more random.Some pen names, if the author himself does not explain its meaning, outsiders cannot guess it, so it is difficult for us to summarize and introduce all the pen names, so we can only give a few pen names and give a little explanation.