A name from a poem
河嶽
Pinyin hé yuèSimplified 河岳usually a boy’s name
As steadfast as great rivers and high peaks.
What’s wished for
The upright breath of heaven and earth becomes great rivers and high peaks on the ground — Wen Tianxiang’s “Song of the Upright Spirit.” Steady and vast.
Where it comes from
下则为河岳
xià zé wéi hé yuè
“Below, it becomes the rivers and mountains;”
— Wen Tianxiang, “Song of Righteousness” (正气歌)
About the two characters
- 河
- river; in older Chinese, the Yellow River
- 嶽
- high mountain, peak
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