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TheImportanceofNameRecently,itisuniversallyacknowledgedthatdueattentionhastobepaidtotheimportanceofname.Tobeginwith,alargenumberofpeopleassertthatone’snamecanexertprofoundinfluenceonthesuessofapersonorinstitution.Inaddition,someevenmaintainthatthementalhealthandphysicalfitnessofapersonwillbeinfluencedorevendeterminedbyhisorhername.Onthecontrary,itistheviewofagreatmanypeoplethatone’snameisoflittlesignificance.Icanthinkofnobetterillustrationthanthefollowingones.“Qiu”,whichmeans“hill”,isthenameofConfucius,thegreatestthinker,philosopherandeducatorthroughtouthistory.Likewise,anothercaseinpointisLaoZi,thefounderofphilosophicalandreligiousTaoism,whosenameis“er”,whichmeans“theear”.Theseexampleseffectivelyclarifythatone’sfutureisonlydeterminedbyhisstrivingspirit,talentorintelligenceratherthansomemysteriousandsuperstitiousfactorssuchascertainnamesorluckynumbers.Asforme,significanceshouldbeattachedtointelligence,persistenceanddiligenceinsteadofone’sname.Givenalltheabovearguments,itishightimethatweputanendtothisundesirablephenomenon.

OntheImportanceofaNameThereisnodenyingthefactthatitisacontroversialtopicwhethernamesareimportantornot.Someholdthepositiveview.Theyclaimthatagoodname,oranamethatcanbeeasilyremembered,canbringonealotmoreopportunitiesthanothers.SomeChinesemayalsobelievethatanamedesignedaordingtothetraditionaltheoryoffiveelementscanbringgoodluck.Others,however,holdtheoppositeview.Theyarguethatanameisnothingbutacodetodistinguishonefromanother.Aperson“good”namemaynotbeassuessfulasthenameindicates.Inthesameway,apersonwhohasamonorcasuallygivennamecanalsoachievetremendoussuess.Personally,Ibelievethatbothsideshavesomethingright,soweshouldnotgotoextremes.Ontheonehand,wehavetoadmitthatawelldesignednamecanhelpapersontosomeextent.Ontheotherhand,weshouldnotexaggeratetheeffectofanameonaperson’sfate.Anyway,aperson’ssuessmainlydependsonhishardworkanddesirablepersonalities.