Back in July on Language Log, Victor Mair posted on Sun Yat-sen, saying among other things: Like most Chinese with any pretensions to cultural dignity, Sun Yat-sen has many names (the renowned 20th-century author Lu Xun had over a hundred).  His real (genealogical) name was Sūn Démíng 孫德明 (Sun Virtue-Bright).  Sun Yat-sen, the name by … Continue reading Pseudonyms