Understand Chinese Courtesy Names (字)
The courtesy names (字), refers to 表字, or sometime (称字). Well, in ancient China, 表字/字 generally referred to the names Chinese people took for themselves …
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The courtesy names (字), refers to 表字, or sometime (称字). Well, in ancient China, 表字/字 generally referred to the names Chinese people took for themselves …
What does “Confucius” mean? This is a good question, with a long possible explanation. I will keep it short. 🙂 We need to understand a …