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Subject:Re: Request translation of seal and calligraphy on the painting.
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Dear Allen,
Courtesy names formerly were given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given names in formal situations, scholars, painters and literati.
(Even in modern days painters and scholars are using courtesy names)
There is a problem if we do not know the person personally, that is to say when we cannot find
the artist's name in ID dictionaries and indexes listed by courtesy names or pseudonyms
The painters are using their real names and courtesy names alternately -so the situation is more complicated. In those cases we can only guess from the morphology of names.
As of the pseudonym, it is a professional name. Some artist adopt different pseudonyms at different stages of their career.
The use of real surnme (Family name), except of modern painters is not usual.
In China someone gets into an ID lexicon is a sign of a high degree recognition. There are thousands of painters whose names can not be found in ID lexicons.
In my study I do have over 10 volumes ID dictionaries and lexicons containing over 50000
names incl. real names, courtesy names and pseudonyms - each time I checque them and the
Chinese language net.In English you can find only a few houndred names.However, the use of the very limited English language indexes are also cumbersome because of the similar sounding, but different names.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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Request translation of seal and calligraphy on the painting. 
( China & Japan ) - Allen Miller - Apr 19, 2018 (02:34 AM) 
