The history and evolution of Chinese names

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Are you interested in the history of Chinese names? Do you teach or support Chinese students and want to know more about the tradition and culture behind their names? Are your classmates from China and you want to understand where their names come from?

Join in for this fascinating talk given by Yichao Shi and hosted by the Manchester Confucius Institute and the Alliance Manchester Business School.

The talk will cover:

History of family names

Traditions and characteristic of names

Current situation of family names

Culture behind given names

Yichao Shi is an experienced professional educator with a PHD from Nanjing University in Chinese Classical Literature. Dr Shi has now retired as a professor at her Chinese University and is living and teaching in Manchester.