Culture differences between Chinese names and English names汉英人名的文化差异文档格式.docx

1、2.1.2. The development of Chinese surnames.42.2. English speaking countrys surnames.62.2.1. The origins of Chinese surnames.62.2.2. The development of Chinese surnames.7III. Name in different ways in China and Western countries.93.1. Chinese names.93.2. Westerners names .10IV. The translation of dif

2、ferences of Chinese and Western names.124.1. English translation of Chinese names.124.2. Chinese Translation of English Names.13V. Comparison of Chinese and Western nicknames .15VI. Conclusion 16致谢.17参考文献18Cultural Differences between Chinese Names and Western Names. Abstract: name is not only the s

3、ign of differentiating the social-members from each other,but also contains a nations language, history, culture and religion and so on. Because of the differences of historical development and cultural tradition, two distinctive systems of names formed. This paper from the origin of Chinese name an

4、d Western name and the way that people named shows the differences between Chinese and western name culture. Through the name of thorough research we can better understand western culture,and it is good for English learning, and promotes the development of international culture. Key word: western; n

5、ame; culture; differences从姓名看中西方文化差异摘 要：姓名不仅是社会成员相互区别的符号，而且隐含着一个民族的语言、历史、文化和宗教等信息。由于各自历史发展和文化传统的差异，中西方之间形成了两种各具特色的姓名体系。本文拟从中西方姓名的起源、取名的方式等方面探讨中西方姓名文化的差异。通过对姓名的深入研究可以使我们更加了解西方文化，有助于英语的学习，促进跨国文化的发展。关键词：中西方，姓名，文化，差异I.Introduction The name of human society has always been an important part of personal i

6、dentification. In communicative activities, people usually start with the name. Name is the common culture phenomenon of Chinese and English nations, but the national history, ecology, religion, customs, feelings, aesthetic taste, and different ways of thinking, forming a distinctive name of culture

7、. Name is diverse, culture is also diverse. As carriers of cultures, Chinese and English names are full of cultural connotations, and result in cultural gap between English and Chinese. Names are used by human beings and they are the signs for people to distinguish one person from the others. They h

8、ave some particular functions that no other signs can perform. They are not only linguistic symbols, but also social symbols, representing relationship in societies and cultures. “Each person has his name which distinguishes himself from other members in the community, and each country has its own n

9、ame system owing to their different historical and cultural background”. （吴芳，2002） In a word, personal names are windows for people to see through different cultures in different societies. According to researching the name, it can make us deeply understand western culture, and help us learn English

10、, and promote the development of international culture.II.Surname Origin The study of surnames has formed a scientific discipline. It has closely relations with census, linguistic, history and archaeology, and has an extremely important role for personnel modernized scientific management. As an edge

11、 discipline, the surname study receives the value of various aspects.Because of the change of all previous dynasties royal government, the official circle ups and downs, years of violence,climate change, ethnic migration and the national migration and other factors, the surname is very confused.2.1.

12、Han surname “The number of family names in Chinese is much smaller than that of English name. So far, we have all together less than ten thousand family names, in which 63 family names are from the Han nationality. But in the west, there are 156 thousand family names, among which thirty-five thousan

13、d are frequently seen in daily life”.（吴芳，2002）“It is thought that Chinese family names came about in matriarchal clan society. At that time, every clan got the distinctive clan name based on their totem or dwelling places. The clan names are the earliest family names which in Chinese are called Xing

14、.”（任瑞，2004）2.1.1 The origins of Chinese surnames “In ancient times, the human beings were not only afraid of natural power, but also respect it. Therefore, both in Chinese and English personal names, we can find lots of names from place, animal, plant, unliving things in nature or natural phenomenon

15、”.（龚爱华，2005） Its source mainly in the following areas: “At beginning, the basic of personal name is totemism. Totemism may be animals, plants or unliving things. The group often takes some totem as their ancestor, and then used it as their own names”.（孙守玉,岳红丽，2001） To feud for the name, that name or

16、 the name of the country dynasty surname. For example, Zhao, Song, Qin, Han, Qi, Chen, tube, Cao, Cai, and Wei. A residence for the family name, that is the place where the ancestors of surname. For example, Spring and Autumn Period Qis doctor living in the capital of Siyu, respectively, Stong, West

17、 Kuo, Nan Guo, North Kuo, this will be to dongguo, South Guo Wei surname. Cheng doctor living in the west gate, thus it to Simon as a surname. Legend of Fu Xi lived in the East, and his descendants will be to the East as a surname. In his official capacity as a surname, that their ancestors served a

18、s an official called the family name. For example, Stuart is the ancient Chinese official in charge of Education and culture, Ma is the official in charge of the military, and their descendants, called on to these official names . Career-name surname that their ancestors career as a surname. For exa

19、mple, stone mason named, the names of potters pottery, witchcraft surnamed Wu, butcher named Tu, Music and other musicians last name. Color name surname, which is the color of nature as a surname. For example, white, yellow, blue, green and so on. Chinese women both before and after marriage, whethe

20、r to retain their own independent family name, that is, men and women of various surnames. However, in Britain and other Western countries, according to the traditional marriage customs of women in general need to use her husbands surname, that is, women with the husbands surname. If, Marie White La

21、dy and Mr. John Brown got married womans name is Marie Brown. Married women in Hong Kong after her husbands surname often added before his name. For example, XU Xiao-li and ZHANG Xiao-gang got married womans name is Zhang XU Xiao-li. Many go abroad to study and work in Chinese, but also foreign lang

22、uage faculties of students, in order to facilitate contacts with foreigners, often give themselves up a foreign names, but the name is not reform. And many foreigners come to China to study or work, in order to facilitate contacts with our staff, often from a Chinese name for himself not only the na

23、me is the Chinese name, but also a Chinese surname surname.2.1.2.The development of Chinese surnames Our country is the first to use surnames in the world, probably before 5000 Fu Xi time, surname is decided as hereditary, and transmits by the father.Today we said the surname and commontake the surn

24、ame stroke as the foreword, regards the surname as a unified concept, howeverthe surnameandfamily namehad the strict difference in the ancient times. The surnamerepresents the clan of descent, stems from the matriarchal society, is called the surname of the clan, and is to differentiate the blood re

25、lationship.Family namewas the symbol of the aristocrat and the title of the patriarchal clan system, at the middle of Xia Dynasty becomes the collateral series of ,express the exploits and status. At that time tribes big association, has become certain cliques, identified for the needs of interactio

26、n, while these small groups get a new residence, get the new sign that contact with the region - surname. We always think Chinese have first,then the family name, in fact, surname and family name have been mixing in using, the relationship of surname and family name are changing. In the fable and th

27、e literature presents a hundred of , the earliest are the surnames of Pan Gu、Tian Huang、Di Huang、Ren Huang、Wu Long area, after that appeared the surnames of Ju Ling、Huang Shen、Gui Wei、Kong Song、Ci Min and so on, then the surname of Chen Fang、Shu Shang、Hun Dun、You Chao etc,there are 13 surnames, they

28、 mentioned era. In this time, the most important surnames are You Chao and Sui Ren. The surname of You Chao teach people to build houses; The surname of Sui Ren invented the method that made fire by boring, taught the human the prepared food, and kept records by tying knots. Stepping into Fu Xi period, it appeared tribes and countries that are established by the people who has the s