The origin of Mu Xin s pen name

Mu Xin. This pen name comes from "Mu Duo has a heart".

His original name was Sun Pu.

The word Yushan. Also known as Sun Yangzhong, he changed his name to Sun Muxin after studying in Hangzhou and Shanghai in the mid-forties of the last century. Sun Muxin has become Mu Xin's longest-used generic name, and it is also an official name.

Mu Xin" is a pen name from Sun Muxin, about the reason for the name change, Mu Xin himself said: "Mu" is too elegant and too vulgar, and the meaning of the horse heart ape, can not shepherd. As a teacher, the students are very good, but they can't make it any better

The shepherd has no success in shepherding himself, and if he can 'wood', it will be fine. In fact, it is easy to write with fewer strokes.

Regarding the meaning of the pen name "Mu Xin", Mu Xin himself has explained, according to "Literary Memoirs".

On August 27, 1989, Mu Xin mentioned in a lecture on "The Continuation of the Book of Poetry" to students: "The ancient saying 'Mu Duo has a heart', my name.

This is where it comes from. The name of Mu Xin is obviously related to the traditional artifact of "Mu Duo", which implies a special connotation.

The "wooden bell" is a bell made of copper wooden tongue, which is used by officials to attract attention and gather listeners when issuing new decrees and promoting education. With the accumulation of history and culture, the wooden duo has been attached with more symbolic meanings. For example, "The Analects of the Eight Hundreds".

Nakamu Duo became a saint who embraced the truth and supported the world.

Mu Xin's first preference is for Mu Duo's function to attract the attention of the audience, which is quite consistent with an artist's desire to attract the audience with his works.

There are two interpretations of this name in China and abroad, one is taken from the words of Confucius's students, "Master Mu Duo has a heart", and the Analects "There is no way in the world for a long time, and Heaven will take Master as Mu Duo." ”

Another meaning is that in the UK, if a man is strong, it means that you have an oak heart, that is, a wooden heart.

The ancient saying "Mu Duo has a heart", my name is here This sentence comes from the eleventh lecture of "Mu Xin's Memoirs".

1, Mu Xin (February 14, 1927 - December 21, 2011), his real name is Sun Pu, the word Yangzhong, the number Muxin, and the pen name Mu Xin. Contemporary Chinese writer Min Chi and painter. He was born in 1927 in Dongzha, Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.

Graduated from Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. He lived in the United States for many years and returned to his hometown of Wuzhen in his later years. He died at 3 o'clock on December 21, 2011 in his hometown of Wuzhen at the age of 84.

2. Author of the collection of essays "Qiongmeika Caprice", "A Collection of Essays", etc.; poetry collections "Three Trees in Spain", "Baron", etc.; **Collection of "Windsor Cemetery Diary", etc.; Painting collection "Mu Xin Painting Collection", etc.; Oral works, "Literary Memoirs", etc.

In November, Muxin Art Museum opened. Wuzhen has the Memorial Hall of Mu Xin's Former Residence and the Mu Xin Art Museum for tourists to visit.