妳你的姓，妳你的名The Surname & Name of Yours
那一天的《以茶會友》，在來客要回府前，機緣巧合下，吾隨筆當場演化，難得一見的「姓名大法」第三層功力，在座的每一位無不驚嘆有佳，獲益匪淺，歡喜而去。但是，她他們雖嘆未曾有，吾卻感嘆始終還有如此多人不識姓名的內涵與重要。就因如此，吾還得教授大家姓名另一層次的學問。
打個比方說，有三個人要為他們的子女命名，可是他們都是不諳姓名學的，于是，害了自己的子女。障礙終生以外，還得飽受她他人的嘲笑。這三個人分別姓馬、姓麥及姓倪，他們「無知」地為他們的子女命名如下：
馬必清
麥仙
倪友寶
顧名思義，姓馬的那一位，是想讓其公子一生做人清白。姓麥的那一位，則希望其千金，一生快樂清雅似神仙。姓倪那一位，則希望其公子對所有的友人，視如貴賓，常樂境安。可是卻無心插柳，讓他們的子女，成為廣大的笑柄。可憐啊！可憐。
姓馬的公子，因為取了馬必清，音似馬屁精，而成為職場上最不受歡迎的人。姓麥的千金，因為取了麥仙，音似福建話的，不要吹牛，害得她被人誤以為，很會蓋。至於姓倪的公子，運氣看來較差，取名為倪友賓，音似你有病，導致少人敢或肯接近他，同樣可憐。
相信不用吾說，大家應已知曉，吾要告訴大家，命名必須得注意字意與字音，勿讓妳你寶貝子女無法抬頭做人。
That day at the Tea Session, just before everyone was about to leave, an affinity arose and I wielded my pen to demonstrate the rarely seen Art of the Name Level 3. They were amazed and benefited immensely. Alas, as they expressed their amazement, I felt sorry that many people still do not understand the importance and intension of a name. Therefore, I shall now impart to everyone another knowledge level behind the Art of the Name.
Take for example, there are 3 persons who choose a name for their children. However, they are not versed in the art of name selection and as a result, bring harm to their children. Besides setting up obstacles for their children’s lives, the children are made the brunt of many cruel jokes. These 3 persons has the surname of “Ma”, “Mai” and “Ni” respectively, and they unknowingly gave the following names to their children:
馬必清 Ma Bi Qing
麥仙 Mai Xian
倪友賓 Ni You Bing
As the name implies, Mr Ma aspires his son to be a clean-handed person, while Mr Mai hopes for his daughter to be as happy and elegant like a fairy. Mr Ni wishes for his son to treat all his friends like honoured guests and be happy and safe always. However, their good intentions turned out to be crude jokes made on their children. How pitiful!
The son with the name “馬必清 Ma Bi Qing” has similar pronunciation as “馬屁精 Ma Pi Jing” which means a bootlicker. He subsequently became the most unpopular person at work. The daughter with the name “麥仙 Mai Xian” has a name that sounds like “Mai Xian” in Hokkien which means not to brag. This causes her to be misunderstood as a braggart. The son with the name “倪友賓 Ni You Bing” is no better off either. His name sounds like you are ill. That causes people around him to avoid him like a plague. How pathetic!
Without me saying, everyone should know by now that in choosing a name, you ought to take note of the meaning and pronunciation of a character, so as not to let your children hang their heads in shame.
