“重庆”得名新考

New Textual Research on the Name of "Chongqing"

"重庆"之名,由南宋光宗于1189年升潜藩之地恭州为府时所取。但关于取名原义,自来有二说,一曰"二庆之间",但考之史籍,"二庆"得名比重庆更晚;一曰"双重喜庆",但史书记载当时并无"双喜"。因此都与历史记载不合。而光宗受禅登基,其心理压抑,偏好"重"字。考"重庆"一名,出典于《诗经》郑玄笺,其含义与光宗个人及历史背景相合,故为取义之本。

The name of ＂Chongqing＂ was entitled as Gongzhou prefecture by emperor Guangzong of South- ern Song Dynasty in 1189. The primary meaning of ＂Chongqing＂ had two aspects, one was ＂between Shao- qing and Shunqing＂ which named later than ＂Chongqing＂ ; the other was ＂double happiness＂ while with no relative historical records. However, they both didn＇ t match the historical records. Guangzong was so de- pressed after he became an emperor, so the predilection towards ＂Chong＂ coincided personal reason and his- torical background. This paper researched on the name of ＂Chongqing＂, which came from the literary quota- tion The Book of Songs, was the root of meaning.