The first part,however,will focus on such basic points about Chinese names as the sources of Chinese names,the uniqueness of Chinese names and the usage of Chinese names.接下来,我们将讨论中国姓名的由来、姓名的独特性及中国姓名的使用等。First of all,lets look at the Chin...[继续阅读]

    There are already poems with names in the Book of Songs,which is Chinas first anthology of poetry. After the Book of Songs,the earliest poems about names might be To Reply to the Poem of One Hundred Names by Lu Huixiao by Shen Yue (441 A. D. -513 A. D.),a...[继续阅读]

    The most striking feature of Chinese names when compared with some foreign names is that family name is put at the head and given name at the end. Take my name: Wang Ronghua (王荣华).Wang is my family name and Ronghua is my given name. Lets look at more exam...[继续阅读]

    There were some rules to follow when using different types of names.使用不同的姓名时,有些规矩要遵守。(1) When mentioning oneself,child name or a given name is to be used,in particular before ones father; one should do the same before senior relatives in the family to sho...[继续阅读]

    We wish to make it clear that the above only covered the most fundamental points in the study of Chinese names. The first effort of the study was The Origin of Genealogy (《世本》),which recorded the genealogy of all rulers and dukes since the Yellow Emperor ...[继续阅读]

    There are stories behind each and every Chinese family name. We wish to unfold the stories behind two Chinese family names in this book,they are Xie (谢) and Liu (柳).Xie(谢) is placed at the 34th in the table of family names we provided above. Liu (柳) is pl...[继续阅读]