A name from a poem
丹心
Pinyin dān xīnusually a boy’s name
A loyal heart that does not change.
What’s wished for
Danxin is a heart burning true. Wen Tianxiang: leave that heart to light the history books. Honest, and true to the road you believe in.
Where it comes from
留取丹心照汗青
liú qǔ dān xīn zhào hàn qīng
“Leave a loyal heart to shine in history's annals of mind.”
— Wen Tianxiang, “Crossing the Lingding Sea” (过零丁洋)
About the two characters
- 丹
- red cinnabar; by extension, loyal
- 心
- the heart; also the mind within
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