ÿþ<!-- saved from url=http://www.ida.net/users/valerie_lee/Octofoil/ChineseNames/index.html or from url=http://www.ida.net/users/valerie_lee/Octofoil/ChineseNames/ChineseNameIntro.html --> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"; charset="iso-8859-1"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"> <meta name="Author" content="Valerie Putman/Yin Mei Li"> <title>Period Chinese Names, Introduction</title> <meta content="SCA Period Chinese Names, Introduction" name="description" id="description"> <meta content="sca period chinese names name introduction menu medieval" name="keywords" id="keywords"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <table> <tr> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td> <h2><font color="#FF0033">Period Chinese Names</font><br /> <a name="top" id="top">Introduction</a></h2> <p>Rev. 0, &copy; 2004 Valerie L. Putman (known in the SCA as Yin Mei Li)<br /> </p> <p><a href="#intro">Introduction</a><br /> <a href="#menu">Menu</a></p> <h3><a name="intro" id="intro">Introduction</a></h3> <p>This Chinese name site provides information and documentation a person may use to help identify or construct a Chinese name for use and registration in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). Much of the work for this site grew out of the author's research for her own persona and her work as a book herald.</p> <p>One page briefly describes background information to help Western readers understand the name information. Another page briefly describes basic and general naming practices.</p> <p>However, it is hoped that, eventually, the bulk of the information will be lists of historical Chinese names and analyses of those names. Each list begins with a few short paragraphs about the list contents, identifying, for example, the range of dates for the listed names.</p> <p><a href="warnUnicode.html" target="Pictures" onclick="window.open('warnUnicode.html', 'diagrams', 'width=500,height=500'); return false">Chinese characters</a> are used in various contexts, primarily with the Romanized versions of listed names. The characters are from a font set, but this author hopes she writes well enough that you do not need a Chinese character font to understand the information presented in these pages.</p> <p>The site is designed to be viewed in frames. It is also designed to allow readers to open the pages separately without losing information. Other conventions for the site structure and information presentation are described in the <a href="ChineseNameBack.html" target="textframe">"Background"</a> page.</p> <p><a href="#top">Return to top</a></p><br /> <h3><a name="menu" id="menu">Menu</a></h3> <p><b>GENERAL</b></p> <p><a href="ChineseNameIntro.html" target="textframe"><b>Introduction</b></a><br /> <font size="-1">This page; also called the <i>Menu page</i></font></p> <p><b><a href="ChineseNameBack.html" target="textframe">Background</a></b><br /> <font size="-1">Background information about Chinese languages, written characters, spoken tones, Romanization methods, and the conventions by which information is presented in these pages.</font></p> <p><a href="ChineseNameBasic.html" target="textframe"><b>Basic Naming Practices</b></a><br /> <font size="-1">Information about the basic naming practices used in China, including the various types of names and information about how to address a period Chinese person</font></p> <p><b>SURNAMES</b></p> <p><b><font color="#FF0033">under construction</font></b></p> <p><b>FEMININE NAMES</b></p> <p><b><a href="ChineseFemHistorical1.html" target="textframe">Historical Feminine Names with Their Native Characters</a></b><br /> <font size="-1">List 1: names of women born before 1650, for which the author has Chinese written characters</font></p> <p><b><a href="ChineseFemHistorical2.html" target="textframe">Other Historical Feminine Names</a></b><br /> <font size="-1">List 2: names of women born before 1650, for which the author has not yet found the Chinese written characters</font></p> <p><b><a href="ChineseFemFictional.html" target="textframe">Feminine Names from Fiction</a></b><br /> <font size="-1">List 3: names of human women from fiction written and/or published between 300 and 1600</font></p> <p><b><a href="ChineseFemCaution.html" target="textframe">A Caution About Some Chinese Characters and Feminine Names</a></b><br /> <font size="-1">Characters and syllables that might complicate a person's search for feminine Chinese names</font></p> <p><b>MASCULINE NAMES</b></p> <p><b><font color="#FF0033">under construction</font></b></p> <p><b>OTHER INFORMATION</b></p> <p><b><a href="ChineseNameBiblio.html" target="textframe">Bibliography</a></b></p> <p><b><a href="nocopy.html" target="textframe">No-copy-needed Version</a></b><br /> <font size="-1">Information about an earlier version of the feminine name information, which was published in the proceedings of a Knowne Worlde Heraldic and Scribal Symposium</font></p> <p><b><a href="mailto:valerie_lee@ida.net">Contact Author</a></b></p> <hr /> <br /><p><a href="#top">Return to top</a><br /> Next page: <a href="ChineseNameBack.html" target="textframe">"Background"</a><br /> </p><br /> <table cellspacing="10"> <tr valign=middle cellspacing=50> <td><img width=54 height=73 src="YinMeiLiChop.gif"></td> <td><p>This page last updated September 26, 2004.</p> <p>Prepared by Yin Mei Li, who is also Octofoil Herald, and signed with her chop</p></td><tr></table> </td> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr></table> </body></html>