A name from a poem
浩然
Pinyin hào ránusually a boy’s name
A spirit as wide as heaven and earth.
What’s wished for
Haoran is the vast, upright breath that fills heaven and earth — Wen Tianxiang’s song; also in Meng Haoran’s name. Broad and straight.
Where it comes from
于人曰浩然
yú rén yuē hào rán
“In human beings it is called the vast spirit,”
— Wen Tianxiang, “Song of Righteousness” (正气歌)
About the two characters
- 浩
- vast, like a great flood
- 然
- so, thus
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