A name from a poem
乘月
Pinyin chéng yuèusually a boy’s name
Walk slowly under the moon — the night is kind.
What’s wished for
“If I’m allowed, I’ll stroll again under the idle moon” — the close of Lu You’s “Visiting a Village West of the Mountains.” Easy, gracious, a little free.
Where it comes from
从今若许闲乘月
cóng jīn ruò xǔ xián chéng yuè
“From now on, if you allow me to come at leisure by moonlight,”
— Lu You, “Visiting a Village West of the Mountains” (游山西村)
About the two characters
- 乘
- to ride, to mount
- 月
- the moon
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