Confucius is a descendant of Gongsun Jia, the kingdom of God. Some ancient people in our country took the "word" of their ancestors as their surnames, such as Uncle Ya of Lu Gongzi, whose grandson was called Uncle Chen. That's how Confucius took his surname. So the surname is Kong.
Why do people call Confucius "Kong Laoer"? It turned out that Confucius' father Shu was a general of Lu. He has nine daughters and a son. The only son here is a cripple. In that era when men were superior to women, Shu was certainly not satisfied. So he and his wife went to Niqiu Mountain in the southeast of Qufu and asked the gods to give him another son.
Later, as expected, Confucius was born again. Xu Geliang thought he got it on the mud hill, so he named him Kong Qiu and Zhong Ni. The word "middle" is ranking, which means "second". Because Confucius was the second son of Shu, people called him "Kong Laoer".
2. The origin of Li Bai's name
According to legend, Li Bai didn't have a formal name when he was seven years old. The reason is that he caught the book "The Book of Songs" when he was "grasping Zhou", which made his father happy and embarrassed. He thought, if my son grows up to be a poet, wouldn't it be a pity not to have a good name? So the more I think about the poet's reputation, the more careful I am to name my son, so I haven't named him for many years.
This spring, Li Bai and his family were playing in the yard. His father wants to write a four-character poem in the spring and intends to test his son's ability. He recited two sentences: "Spring blossoms first." Then he said, "I can't think of the following poem." You and your mother will continue. "
Li Bai's mother thought for a moment and said, "Xinglin is blazing and rosy clouds are falling." As soon as the voice fell, Li Bai pointed to the plum tree and said, "Li Hua is in full bloom."
After hearing this, my father cheered again and again, and suddenly his heart moved: Isn't the first word of this poem his own surname? Doesn't this last word "white" mean that Li Hua is holy and elegant? So he immediately decided that his son's name was Li Bai.
3. The origin of Sun Yat-sen's name.
1896 In September, Japanese youth Miyazaki Hayao Heping Mountain saw it in the apartment of a revolutionary in Yokohama, Japan after many twists and turns. When Sun Wen talks about revolution, he is impassioned, like a roaring tiger in the mountains. Deeply moved by Sun Wen's revolutionary enthusiasm, knowledge and ambition, they were determined to help Sun Wen and worried about his life safety, and advised him to stay in Japan for the time being.
After Sun Wen agreed, Miyazaki Heping Mountain accompanied Sun Wen to find a hotel. They bypassed Hibiya Park, passed Houjue House in Zhongshan, and came to the "Duihe Pavilion" hotel where Sun Wen was registered in Pingshan.
At that time, Sun Wen was in exile, so it was not convenient to disclose his name and identity. What should I fill in? Hirayama hesitated for a moment, suddenly remembering the plaque he saw when he walked past the Marquis House in Zhongshan, so he wrote the word "Zhongshan" in the hotel book. However, according to Japanese custom, Zhongshan is just a surname, so it needs a proper name. Hirayama hesitated again.
Just then, Sun Wen took the register, added a word "Chai" under the word "Zhongshan" and said to Pingshan with a smile: "I am Shan Chai from China." This is the origin of Sun Yat-sen's name.
4. The origin of Lu Xun's name.
In an article, Comrade Hou Wailu, a famous historian, explained the reason why Lu Xun was named Lu Xun as follows: Generally speaking, it is inaccurate to interpret the word Xun as "Kuaixun". Fast word "erya? "release the beast" said: "wolf, his son is excited, absolutely powerful and fast. "
Note: "The wolf is extremely powerful. He is fast." "Giving" is exciting, from dogs to animals, from water to water. It means intense. Lu Xun's Lu is taken from Lu Xun's mother's surname. Xun, a wolf in the ancient sense. Lu Xun's word meaning can be understood as the brave son of a wolf.
Why did Lu Xun pretend to be a wolf? He once said that he was willing to be a rebel and minister of feudal system. Logically, this name reflects his early thoughts and bears the brave resistance spirit of bourgeois Democrats.
5. The origin of Tao Xingzhi's name
Tao Xingzhi is a famous educator in China. Originally named Wen Jun, Mr. Tao believed in Wang Yangming's theory of knowing and doing in his early years, so he changed "Wen Jun" to "knowing and doing".
Later, I realized the fallacy that I believed in when I was young, and I turned to believe that "doing is the beginning of knowing, and knowing is the success of doing", so I changed my name to Xingzhi. It shows his transformation and development from idealistic epistemology to materialism.