西夏契约中的贱名与丑名

The Lowly and Ugly Names in the Xixia Contracts

西夏契约中出现了大量的西夏人名,这些人名承载着西夏人的文化心理、风俗习惯、宗教信仰、价值取向等信息,具有珍贵的史料价值。这些人名中有不少贱名和丑名,带有狗、驴、丑、奴、粪等字眼。西夏人对汉文化接受程度高,取贱名和丑名应该是承袭了汉地“贱名好养”的思想。

A large number of names of Xixia people appeared in the Xixia contracts,carrying informa-tion about their cultural psychology,customs,religious beliefs,and value orientations,and having precious historical value.There were many lowly and ugly names among these people with words such as dog,don-key,ugly,slave,dung,etc.Xixia had high level of acceptance of Han culture,and choosing lowly and ugly names should be based on the idea of“people with lowly names were easy to raise”in the Han culture.