研究生英语中国文化的个主题之中国人姓名的含义.ppt
Meanings in a Chinese Name,Creating surname,According to research,five thousand years ago the Chinese people have the last name.That was a matriarchal society(母系社会),people are only aware of the mother,but not a father.Therefore,the 姓 is the word 女 and 生 form,the earliest description of the image with the surname mothers.,姓氏是指姓和氏,姓起于女系,氏起于男系;氏同姓不同者,婚姻可通;姓同氏不同者,婚姻不可通。,The origin of last name,1、In place of birth,place of residence for the name.春秋时代齐国公族大夫分别住在东郭、南郭、西郭、北郭,便以东郭、南郭等为姓;郑大夫住在西门,便以西门为姓。2、In ancient called name。虞舜、夏、商朝都有个汪芒国,汪芒的后代乃姓汪;商朝有个在泾渭之间的阮国,其后代便姓阮。,3、In the manor surname.造父被周武王封到赵城,他的后代便姓赵;周昭王的庶子被封于翁地,因而姓翁;周公旦的儿子被封到邢国为邢侯,他的后代便姓邢。4、In his official surname.商代有五种官职,即:司徒、司马、司空、司士、司寇,他们的后代都以这些官职为姓。,The three names in Contemporary,Li is the most common surname,accounting for 7.94%of the total population.Wang is the second row,accounting for 7.65%of the total population.Zhang is the third rank of common surname,accounting for 7.07%of the total population.,The first name,A baby named by his father when he born in three months,the line naming ceremony called the Hundred Days.据周礼“婚生三月而加名”,婴儿出生三个月后由父亲取名,百日时行命名礼。Most ancient woman has a last name but no first name,at home only has nickname.古代女子大多都有姓无名,在家只有小名、乳名,出嫁则称某门某氏。,What is the surname of Meng Jiang?,孟(伯)仲 叔 季孟姜女姜家的大女儿,The story of the great names,What is the real name of these great men?,孔子,老子,鲁迅,(孔丘),(李耳),(周树人),The story of Confuciuss name,The 6th genenations prior to confucius is孔嘉父,so later their offspring began to take 孔”as their family name.(孔子父叔梁纥)虽有九女而无子。其妾生孟皮,孟皮一字伯尼,有足病。于是乃求婚于颜氏徵在既往庙见,以夫之年大,惧不时有男,而私祷尼丘山以祈焉,生孔子,故名丘,字仲尼。,The story of Laozis name,李耳离耳,Laozi was an angust man and very handsome,he has big eras too.Some argued that Laozi was fitional and said he is an old man with big ears.Big ears ofen was written as Li er.,离:大,The story of LuXuns name,zhou and lu shared the same family name.He had a straight character and quick personality so calledxun,it implied some of his views to the culture.,The story of Lin Zexus name,It rained heavily on the day when lin zexu was born.A Procurator named Xu Sizeng in Fujian,who enjoyed high prestige and good name,went for investigation tour and found for shelter in the house of Lin ZeXu.It so happened that a child was born.His family felt greatly hornored and hoped the child could Ze the Xu.,则:效仿,明成祖 朱棣明仁宗 朱高炽明宣宗 朱瞻基明英宗 朱祁镇明景帝 朱祁钰明宪宗 朱见深,can you find any secrets from the names of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty?,(木),(火),(土),(金),(金),(水),The names are endow with the philosophy and value of nation.The chinese hold the view that everything in the universe will in the end come to the five elements.So it arranges in the order of wood,fire,earth and water.,Principles named names,1、Do not choose more than one pronunciation.乐乐2、Do not use uncommon words.,3、Font changeable structure.像“国园园”、“林杨桦”、“吕昌晶”这些名字写起来略显单调,缺乏变化的美感,还可能影响人们对签名的识别。,4、Avoid ambiguous.范婉侯岩胡丽晶杜子腾杨伟杨桂芝,(肚子疼),(阳痿),(洋鬼子),(饭碗),(喉炎),(狐狸精),5、Phonological choose should pay attention.南尼兰 李尼丽 孙存春名字带有含鼻音的韵母读起来响亮。昂、良、光、鹏、东之类含后鼻音韵母的字尤其响亮;在非鼻音韵母字中,韵腹即主要元音开口度大的,如达、帅、瑶、宝,响亮程度较高。,THANKS!,