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0003216Valley 1Programming TodoApr 25, 2011 2:54 am
ReporterChris_McElligottPark Assigned Tocupogoodness  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Summary0003216: ChineseFemaleAncientFirstNames
DescriptionLists of names for Chinese women from the BC time period -- really, anything suitably ancient is fine.
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cupogoodness

Apr 25, 2011 2:54 am

reporter   ~0012040

For all Chinese names it should go Family name (last name) first followed by personal name (first name). So I'd assume just do what you do normally only opposite for these. Pulled this off wikipedia and it sums it up easily enough:

"Personal names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. Most noticeably, a Chinese name is written with the family name first and the given name next, therefore "John-Paul Smith" as a Chinese name would be "Smith John-Paul". Chinese people commonly address each other with full names instead of given names (especially for names consisting of two characters in total). Family names are never used alone without any salutation. For instance, the basketball player Yao Ming should be formally addressed as "Mr. Yao", not "Mr. Ming", and informally addressed as "Yao Ming" instead of "Yao" or "Ming"."

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Apr 7, 2011 11:29 am Chris_McElligottPark New Issue
Apr 7, 2011 11:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Status new => assigned
Apr 7, 2011 11:29 am Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => cupogoodness
Apr 25, 2011 2:54 am cupogoodness Note Added: 0012040
Apr 25, 2011 2:54 am cupogoodness Status assigned => resolved
Apr 25, 2011 2:54 am cupogoodness Fixed in Version => 0.109 (4/29/2011 batch)
Apr 25, 2011 2:54 am cupogoodness Resolution open => fixed