The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-27
NAMES AND MECHANICS.
ODD MEANING or MANY or THE H.
LUSTRIoUs NAMES or CHINA.

Names and Soubriauets-Thc Real
Co.nomens Are Even More re
mnrkRbIe Than Those Given in
sBort-Li Hung Chang would Ap-
pear 90 he an IIIustrious Bird In "a
Plum Tree-Princc Tuan - "A Clear
Year by Name The Plum Who
Holds the scales in shRntunE - 4
Fragrant Palace IL the Popular
Chinese Minister az Washington.
Many Cognomens which the Chi
namnn Gathers tie Grows tp.
Universal Habit of NtcknaminE
The Main. Halt aud BIind Are the
subjects - characteristic Chinese
Naming of Common Objects.
Copyright 1910 by /. T. Hsadiand.
some one has said that IL you wish TO
put man 20 sleep. or destroy all his In
terest in what you have to say, you need
only repeat a few Chinese names TO him
whether Chinese names are interesting
or not depends however. upon ones IN
dorstauding Of them as well as upon whom
the name represents The name ii Hung
chang Is no better sounding than any
other Chinese name. and yet Il attracts
attention and Is full OF meaning ii Is the
family name. and Is said 20 Indicate its
owners descent from the founder OF
| Taoism This old man. was born nearly
six hundred years H. c., was said 10 have
been born under a plum tree which Is
called Ii. aud so he was called Plum. The
given name o. a Chinese boy Is supposed
TO Indicate his disposition. character
prospects or the desires Of his parents.
And 81 the given name OF tho great
Chinese diplomat Hung Chang, may mean
"Illus,rious Riri. or Learned Treatise
His brother. who was also a viceroy. was
known as "Bottomless Bag" perhaps IN
reference 90 the depth Of his diplomacy
some Prominent Names Translated.
Next to II Hung Chang. the most II
ustrious Bird" IN China Is Vicerory Chang
Chih-tung the famous author OF "China's
only Hope" Ills family name. Chang.
means TO open out" while Chih-tung
signifies him a cave" the whole name
signifying apparently. one who opens
himself out like a cave. Another great
,iee-oy who has been appointed with
Chang Chih-tung and II Hung Chang as
peace commissioner, BE- Liu kun-yi, and
hls name and surname taken together
indicate that he will put the earth in
order" Il IS TO be hoped that he will
fulnu the mission Of his nomenclature.
as peace commissioner.
The governor OF Shantung. who has
made himself so useful the past Few
aff ~ faIH
from the government % at Peking 70
Chefoo and shanghai. is Yuan shih-kai.
Whose name indicates that he Is the "nrst
OF generation OF victors."
Prince Ching's name Is Ii-kang, and
prociaims MIN an assistant generation
whatever that may mean. As a matter
Of fact. tho Prince OF Ching's character
Is as indefinite - his name lie is one
Of these non-descripts who never makes
any serious errors. and yet never takes
a stand which indicates "A strong charac-
ter
The president OF PelSin Imperial Uni
versity. who g. By the way. one Of china's
great liberal leaders. is sun Chia-nal.
His given name sun, means Grandson,
aud Chla-nai means 'housc-vase r.
Grandson OF a Housc-Nase. title which
in America might be regarded as open
10 the suspicion Of ridicule. The Taotai
al Shanghai. who g. in charGs OF the tee
graph communications ana has sent 80
many kilograms the past few months, Is
shenR-Hsuan-huai His name. Shcug.
means abundant" aud his given name
Hsuan-hal. means TO reveal thoughts"
n he revealed all the abundant thoughts
that passed over his wires since the pre-
sent outbreak he would be liable TO have
his own thinking apparatus removed with
the sword.
lung I.u. the man who was objected
10 on the peace commission. has name
which means glorious salary or hap
pineas." which may be regarded by many
as a fair equivalent. The man who wa
amounted governor az Tientsin when Il
Hung Chang was removed was Vans
Wen-shao. His name. Wang. Is the same
as our name King. while Wen-shao means
classical music" He Il not however,
known as a composer. General Nieh shin
ch'eng. who was IN command OF the TROOPS
which attacked and killed 500 OF the Box
ere between Picking and Tientsin. who wa
then rebuked by tho empress dowager
In an edict, and who was afterward Killed,
Tad a surname which means hard ami
a given name which means "successful
student" Here the name fitted. az the
rosd 20 military glory In China is through
hard and successful study. General Ma
yuk.un's family name means horse
.,d his given name Jade mountain
Apv American who can make anything
out Of this combination Is welcome TO the
result.
co9nomens Appropriate and Inap-
propriate.
The Chinese minister at Washington.
one OF the most popular who has ever
been In this country Mr.. WI Tlng-fang
has a name which signifies fragrant PAL
ace" The name OF the minister 20 Eng
land. Mr.. 10 FiuR-lu, means "a rich har-
vest while the name q the minister 20
France. Mr. Yu Keng. signifies much
gold a very appropriate name for any
chinese who obtains an official position
Now let Us turn 20 some Of the anti
foreign conservatives who have made
/ thenselves prominent and obnoxious In
| the mast few months. Prince Tuan's name
| Ia really and means clear year
No name ever given 20 a man was more
] tnronpruous He has been largely instfu-
mental in making his FIRST year IN public
| IN. ono OF the darkest IN tho whole his
tory OF his country. The name Of Tung
Fushsiang. the Kansu general who has
been in charge o. the troops Ia Pekin ana
/ who ned with the empress as her body
| e,avd means Happiness and ausplcious
/ or,ans TO whom he has brought hap
/ rtress and what auspicious omens precede
/ us coming u would be difficult indeed
| 10 point out. Nothing but fear precedea