Show 4 CHINESE NAMES FOR CHINA The many various names given by the Chinese to their country the nation na-tion and individuals are extremely curious y curi-ous and Interesting says the New York Tribune Tho Western custom of giv only shows to Jng one or two names the Celestial way of thinking a grlev Chlna t ous lack of imagination The list of words to denote man has a long his country and goes so far aS to HUIMJ Toe a new one for every new dynasty word China Is never used by I them Its Is certain but It maYbe origin not quite be assumed that it dates from the time about 2l0 B C when the family of Tsln rose Into power Their Province was the one most frequently visited oy strangers and since it was called by tho name of the reigning family It Is a plausible supposition that the word be used by neigh Tsln or Chin came to neighbors neigh-bors to denote the whole empire The f Chinese themselves have many names for tholr country TInCbow which I Is translated Into The Celestial Empire Em-pire Is a poetic and uncommon title I TienIlia Js an old term and means Beneath the Sky 1 o the whole world A similar name Is Sz Hal i e < All Within the Four Seas But by far the most common designation is Chung Kwoh the Middle Kingdom This name dates in all probability from 11CO B C or earlier The secret of its popularity is not far to seek Originally the term was used to denote the province of Honan which Is well in the center of China Then as the family reigning In that province Increased In-creased in power they gave thc old J namo to tho whole country It became be-came popular because even more than the ancient Greeks and Romans the Chinese despise the outside world Tho Middle Kingdom meant the center of tho earth and Itmay be added In proof of this feeling that even now maps may be found in China which make the Celestial empire occupy almost the whole of the globe with little dots for England Germany and America Cathay is a Persian name for China and is compartlvely modern It Is derived de-rived from Kltah or Kitan who ruled the ndrth of the empire in the tenth century A D It is interesting to note that Russians still call China Khltal Tho term Chung Kwoh fin meaning mean-ing Men of The Middle Kingdom is used frequently to denote the Chinese themselves It was customary however how-ever to call the people after the name of the reigning dynasty The title I Hanlin and Hantse Men of Han or Sons of Han is another common name It has lattcrly been adopted by a famousor rather infamoussecret S society the object of which is to restore re-store the ancient dynasty The latter of these two terms carries with it the idea of courage and is proportionately esteemed TangJin or Sons of L Tang ono of the moat celebrated oC tho imperial houses of ChIna is also common Thc prcsont THlng dynasty has never been able to Impose its name pn the peoplea sign of the enduring hatred of tho nation for their Tartar onquorors Ta Tslng Kdoh or Great Pure Kingdom is used officially offi-cially to designate the country but Is never hyphenated with the sulllx unto un-to denote the poople The Chinese also call themselves the Blackhaired A 1 Race and tho more educated insist I on tho term Mon of the Middle Flow cry Kingdom tho word Flowery dc noUnS the polish in speech and manner t man-ner I nerThroughout Important Throughout life names play an portant port in a Chinamans life At the age of ono month he receives his first or milk name When he goes to uchool ho gets his book name At marriage his great J name comes to him If ho onfers dniciarilfiriicllnd t r a himself possessed an official name After death in the solemnity of the Hall of Ancestors ho has at lust his permanent name Besides these he has his unchanging family name and another or tong name if he comes of good family This last is like the name of the gene In old Rome It denotes the family In general while his surname sur-name tells his particular branch of it Tho Chinese have four words for t r > ttr nnfl with thes cleslCIlnlIons A they attempt to make plain the importance Import-ance of the place To a certain extent I this is accomplished but the word also indicates the Importance of the province iq or district In which the city Is situated Each division of a province has a city of the same name Foo Ting Ii 1 Chow and Hlcn form a descending I scale indicating a towns and by Inference In-ference a provinces importance A Fpo is ruled over by an official responsible re-sponsible directly to the heads of the provincial government Ting ana an-a Chow are cither cities of departments depart-ments Included in a Foo or of smaller independent provinces Hlen is always al-ways a city of a dependent province f A table of Chinese words appearing or llkoly to appear In news dispatches follows Hwang Emperor yellow Tsln Prince Tain Wang Kindred Prince I e prince of the bloodl Tsung Clan family sometimes Etl board Nul Ko Privy Council Tsungtun Viceroy or ruler of more lhan one province e Footal Governor of a province afif MajorGeneral chief military t officer of a province f Taotal Governor of a city ShanTung Province east of the mountain it Shan Hill or mountain I Shin Imperial 4Ji1i Tamen Olllco where official business Ja transacted |