ISSN : 1226-4822(Print)
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ISSN : (Online)
The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea Vol.22 No.1 pp.161-180
DOI : https://doi.org/10.14353/sjk.2014.22.1.161
DOI : https://doi.org/10.14353/sjk.2014.22.1.161
이름과 禁忌
-忌諱와 親諱-
Names and Taboos: a Naming Taboo and an Ancestor-Friendly Naming Practice.
논문 접수일: 2월 15일 , 논문 심사일: 3월 1일~3월 31일 , 게재 확정일: 4월 10일
Abstract
This paper is concerned with a comparative analysis of the naming taboo ofKihwee(忌諱) and the so-called name-friendly attitude of Chinhwee(親諱), thewilling adoption of one's ancestor's name. The goals of this study are to investigatethe origin, the evolution, the objects and methods of the naming taboo, andto compare it with the naming practice of Chinhwee which seems presumablyopposed to it in terms of showing how each one of them is realized in theagricultural society based on Confucianism and in the nomadic culture sphere,respectively. A naming taboo is a socio-cultural taboo against speaking or writingthe given names of exalted persons in Confucian countries including Korea andChina. There are several kinds of naming taboo: the naming taboo of the state(國諱); the naming taboo of the clan (家諱); the naming taboo of the holinesses(聖人諱). People tend to figure out plausible reasons and methods not to violatea naming taboo. There existed at least three ways to avoid using a taboocharacter: changing the character to another one which usually is a synonymor sounds like the character being avoided; leaving the character as a blank;omitting a stroke in the character, especially the final stroke. The problem isthat the custom of naming taboo had a contradiction in itself: without knowingwhat the emperors' names were one could hardly be expected to avoid them,so somehow the emperors' names had to be informally transmitted to thepopulace to allow them to learn them in order to avoid them. Since every reignof every dynasty had its own naming taboos, the study of naming taboos canhelp date an ancient text, and understand the culture concerned.
a naming taboo,an ancestor-friendly naming practice,nomadic culture sphere,Confucianism,a taboo character
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Journal Abbreviation : j. Korea Saf. Manag. Sci.
Frequency : Published three times annually in April, August and December, including an international issue
Doi Prefix : 10.14353/sjk.
Year of Launching : 2013
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