A name from a poem
東籬
Pinyin dōng líSimplified 东篱for anyone
Keep faith by the eastern hedge — with chrysanthemums.
What’s wished for
“When Double Ninth comes, we meet again by the chrysanthemums” — Meng Haoran. Echoes Tao Yuanming’s “picking chrysanthemums under the eastern hedge”: classical poise, not a “XX-fragrance” name.
Where it comes from
待到重阳日
dài dào chóng yáng rì
“When the Double Ninth comes round again,”
— Meng Haoran, “Visiting an Old Friend's Farm” (过故人庄)
About the two characters
- 東
- east; the eastern side
- 籬
- a bamboo or twig hedge
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