Jiayou's Fun

仚: In ancient times, it was the same as "immortal". When a person is on a mountain, it is extended to mean being lifted high.

When people are on the mountain, they have the feeling of stepping on the green mountains and being above them. This is the purpose of choosing this word.

And why does the protagonist have the surname Lu?

Because 'Lu Sheng' is quite famous, he was the alchemist who deceived Qin Shihuang. This is a fairy tale, so I feel more comfortable to have a surname related to the immortals and alchemists in history.

Why not use ‘Lu Xian’?

Because the word "immortal" is so common, as a large clan with hundreds of thousands of people, there must be someone among Lu Qian's ancestors who used "immortal" as their name. I thought it might be a bit of a shame to give him the same name as my elders because of the taboo of the venerable person.

To give an inappropriate analogy, in the later period of the Ming Dynasty, the names of the clans became more obscure and weird than the last. In the end, they had to make up characters out of thin air. This is generally the reason.

Later, I will write that the protagonist’s father is called Lu Min (chan)

Min: sunlight. Mostly used for names of people. This is an explanation from an online search. Indeed, this word is often used in people’s names.

The protagonist’s uncle is called Lu Yi.

旲 has two pronunciations: [tái]: sunlight. [yīng]: big. Using the pronunciation of ‘tai’ as a name means ‘sunlight’. This corresponds to the name of the protagonist's father. Both brothers are prefixed with "日", and both have the connotation of "sunlight".

Including Lu Yu, the Duke of Lai of this generation, also has the prefix "日", which is very symmetrical.

Well, why did Tian Enhou use "旲" to mean "sunlight"?

What is that shiny thing, like a sun?

You can guess first, and I will solve the puzzle later when I write it!