Success and Politness

           Every name is individual and unique. In Chinese, each character contains a lot of meaning. Whenever a baby born, their parents will spend a lot of time thinking about a name for their baby. Name usually represent their parents’ hope.

            My parents gave me the name “Taoyuan Chen”. They considered it for a long time. At first, my name just had two characters “Tao” and “Chen”. “Chen” is my last name, so it doesn’t have a special meaning. “Tao” has different meanings when it comes with different characters. People usually use this character to express politeness or strategy. In ancient China, people thought politeness is the purpose in their education. This traditional culture is also essential in family education. People still attach importance to politeness. Therefore, my parents are not an exception, and they hope I can be polite to everybody. In addition, when I was five years old, they added my third character “Yuan”. The reason why is they hope I can succeed with all goals in school work or career. “Yuan” symbolize success. In ancient China, the imperial examination system used to select talented students. There were millions of students took this exam every year. When someone got first grade, they would get a job in the government with good salary and power. The first grade is called “Yuan” in Chinese.

            I am really thankful that my parents gave me a great name. Achieving politeness and success is not as easy as I write my name, and I need to work on it diligently. In conclusion, I love my name, and I will walk in a way which my name wants me to go.