Sage Xu’s full name was Xu Xiaoying. Xiao meant small, while Ying meant fullness. It was derived from a quote from the Primordial Daoist Ancestor’s Five Thousand Character Classic. “Great perfection seems imperfect, yet it is perfectly itself. Great fullness seems empty, yet it is fully present.”0

Xu Xiaoying’s name implied moderation and contentment, an expression of humility. Meanwhile, she had an elder brother named Xu Dacheng, whose name meant great perfection. Their names perfectly complemented each other.0

However, this was a case of refined elegance being mistaken for commonness. These were names rich in meaning, yet they somehow seemed ordinary to others.0

In contrast, names like Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu sounded profound at first. But upon closer examination, they held little inherent meaning.0

For example, Xuansu meant black and white. The contrast between them was like the heavens and the abyss, hence his courtesy name Tian...0