DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF NAMES WITHIN TRADITIONAL CHINESE PERSONAL NAMES

• Authors: Kaluzynska Irena
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents the history and rules of usage of a surname and 15 categories of given names and appellations occurring in the Chinese anthroponomy. A typical Chinese (Han nationality) personal name consists of a surname followed by a standard given name. This pattern of naming started in the very beginning of the Chinese civilization, although there were also other patterns of personal names, performing the function of identifying people according to their gender, status in family and society, and social or professional functions. The more important the status of a person, the more varied categories of names the person was bestowed on.

Keywords

EN

APPELLATION; CHINESE ANTHROPONYMY; CHINESE NAME; PERSONAL NAME

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 21
• Pages: 73-60
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kaluzynska Irena

• Irena Kaluzynska, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydzial Orientalistyczny, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA069125