Could we trouble Your Reverence to think of two names for our children?” Qiu Chuji sipped from his bowl of rice wine and thought for a while. “For Master Guo’s child I suggest Guo Jing, meaning ‘Serenity,’ and for Master Yang’s child, Yang Kang, meaning ‘Vitality.’ This will remind them of the humiliation of the year Jingkang, when Kaifeng was sacked and the Emperor captured by the Jin. These names can be used for girls just as well as boys.”
