What constitutes a Good Chinese Name?
After reading my article on change name, my fren asked this question.
There are a few components to a Chinese name according to Geomancy:
- Four Pillars of Destiny, Chinese name master will require this information to understand the destiny and element of the person so that a good name can be given accordingly.
- The number of strokes (it will decide the good or bad name) e.g. 9 strokes is bad, 16 strokes is good; (I will cover more in my free course).
- The good and bad of strokes are through a combination of Chinese Characters which can be classified as below:
1. 天格 (pronounced tian ge) translated as heaven character.
2. 地格(pronounced di ge) translated as earth character.
3. 人格(pronounced ren ge) translated as human character.
4. 外格(pronounced wai ge) translated as external character.
5. 总格(pronounced zhong ge) translated as overall character.
(More details in my course material)
- The five elements to a name (it is said that a good name must encompass all the five elements in geomancy i.e. metal, wood, water, fire and earth);
It is believed that a good master can tell your character and destiny from your Four Pillars of Destiny and your name.
Posted by logan at April 14, 2005 03:53 PM
