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TextB“WhatIsEssentialIsThat”

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[1]IMYSELFhaveanunbearablyvulgarname,amwellawareofthefadhavenoplanstogeit.ButIremaierestedinpeople’snames.

[2]Togivesomeoneanameisasimpleandsmall-scaleactof.Wheriarchofdaysgonebywouldsitihhisfeetproppeduponafbrazier,smokingae,andpieforanewlyarrivedgrandson,hiswordwasall.IftheboywascalledGuaehreshold),hewouldendupdoioredatesofthefamilyhouse.IfhewascalledZuyiralPrivilege)zu(IheAor),hewouldbepelledalwaystorememberhisforebears.IfhewascalledHesheng(LotusBorn),hislifewouldtakeohingofthegofapoersinnovelsaside,therearen’tmanypeoplewhoseelydescribewhattheyarelikeiy(aheoppositeisthedthessomethingtheyneedorlaeoftenpoorpeoplehavenameslikeJingui[GoldPrecious],AhFu[Richie],Dayou[HaveaLot].)Butnomatterhoworinwhatmaablybeeehappearandcharatheprocessapressionofaperson.Andthisiswhynamingisakiion.

[3]IwouldliketogivesomeohoughI’veyettohavetheopportunitytodoso.Itseemsthatosandsastersirysidehavethisright.Besidesthese,wemustalsoinerablegentlemenandgranddameswhirlsanddancehallmadamswhwomen.Suchashamethatthesepeoplearesosloppyiioies,siheyrelyentirelyolekidsareinvariablycalledMaotou(Kid),ErMaotou(Kidwo),SanMaotou(KidtheThird);servantgirlsbeeRuyi(AsYouWish);andtaxidancersaregivenfnsoundingnameslikeManna.

[4]Catholicpriestsapastivebabieshey’rebaptized(thismustbeopelliies),buttheyrayveryfarfromtheee,Mary,ah.IonpiledtwoorthreehundredonlyusedEnglishnamesfirls,andI’mafraidthatmylistprettymuchexhauststhepossibilities,evenifthereareafewthatIleftout.sarehandeddown,andablyselefolklorictraditiioushistory,tothepointwhereonerunseverywhereihesameabore!There’sanoldjoke:someohroughtheentireBibleinsearchofarelativelydistiname.Hetriumphantlyinformshispastorthathe’sdeenooneelsehaseverusedbefore:Satan.

[5]Asforesepeople,wehaveallofWangYubigdiaryofwhichtosearchforjustacoupleofcharacterstorepresehsudanceofchoices,itseemsunfivablethattherearesomepeoplewhtoletthemselvesbecalledthingslikeXiuzhen(PredZiji).

[6]Appropriatehernovel,e,nisimportantisthattheycreateaclearimagethatresohapersoy.Wheheneer,Ilikelhtheclassifiedads,spes,andlistsofretsofscholarshipsandsmallbusinessloans,becauseIwillusuallyfindsomegoodhere.g-ying(FirewoodPhoenixFlower)andMaoYi-jian(FrugalThatch),foriyouseetheflesh-and-bloodfiguresjustwaitingtefrombehindthenames?OneneedhardlymentionMaoYi-jian’smiserablepenury.g-yingnotonlysouomeoftheproverbial“preciousdaughterofahumblehome”

;hernamesouhasastoryjustwriggli,afolksytaleofabeautifulgirlrisiion.Iwouldlovetowriteastoryiureinwhichgyingistheheroine.

[7]Somepeoplesaythatanameismerelyacipher,withoutanyintrinsiifiakethisargumentinprihemselveswritiheimprintoftheirowncarefullycraftedpennames.Ofcourse,thisisanaturalimpulse.Whoamodesiretodistinguishhimselffromthecrowd?Evenifwelivedinaureworldiizenwasassignedanumberlikeaprisoherewerenohehemselves,eaumberwouldstillinescapablytakeonitsowndistinotation.Threeandsevelyhandsomenumbers,whiletwoesoffasratherstaid.InZhangHenshui’sQinhuaiShijia(TheHouseofQinhuai)themischievousgirliscalledXiao(LittleSpring),whileEr(Seg)ishermodestairingsister.InYeshehenight),thereisthevirtuousDingErhe(SeonyDing)aiouslyalSeissTian.

[8]Althoughamovementtopromotetheuseofsignsinsteadofnameseverbepushedthroughtosuccessful,itisirelyunreasoioheexplexityofames.Assoonasyourfeethittheground,yivehepast,petnameswerewithgreatliketheperfunctorysortsofesontoday,suan(Girlie)andBaobao(Baby).Forthevastmajirls,thepetheoheywilleverget.Siheyareogotosyway,thereislittleusegivingthemanimpressive“se”

,aheymarrytheywillimmediatelylosewhateverseheymightoncehavehad,beerelyMissZhahelike.Everythingaboutawomanshouldcarrywithitatouystery,andforthisreason,aetnameislightly.Intheboudoirpoetryofeseethatanewlywedgroomwhoopenlycallsoutthebride’seisseeherremissandhislapsedeservingofapoutingreproach.

[9]Littleboyswriteouttheirsesinpainstakicharatheirfirstcharacterprimers.Ifaboyshouldgrowuptobeanofficial,thishenbeesanofficialtitle,theinvoofwhichwillberestrictedtosuperiorsinthebureaucrats,andteachers.Healsohasamoreinformal“stylename”

forusebyfrieivesbelongingtothesamegeiohereisalsoathirdiskeptiheseliterarysobriquetsarerelativelyfreeofrestri.Suamebehonorofthepurchaseofaparticularlyfibegedaftermovibegedwhenhebeeswildlyihanadwantstomaketheliaisonpubliamesaremeanttosuggeststatesofmind,whyshouldatanytimeoranyplaaemoods?

[1xiongZhuaoryofLoversandHeroes),YoungMasterAnhasaChamberWife”

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.Heissionsacarvedplaquetobeplacedabovethedoortotheeasterreads“Banxiangshi”

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