When "An" does not pronounce "Yan" as a person's name, it refers to.

The meaning of "an":

1, off (ān)

Meaning: It refers to round huts and small temples. The original meaning of a temple is a house that is not open to the public. Especially the temples where female practitioners live.

Said by: Gong Shi, Shi Shiming: The thatched cottage is round and named Dian. This means that buddhist nun is a round hut.

2. hair (y? n)?

Meaning: An, also a kind of grass name, is called Anlv. You can build a house when you are old.

Temple, name (especially Iori Yagami)

Extended data:

The origin of the name "Shi Naian":

Shi Naian is writing a book while giving lectures. One day, in the Water Margin, he wrote a passage about Shi Xiu killing Pei Ruhai and a monk knocking on a wooden fish. Suddenly thought of Torinji's wooden mallet, a mystery. He asked Xu Qi: Why do you keep the wooden mallet in this temple like a treasure?

Xu Qi said: There lived an old monk in this buddhist nun. He is sincere in chanting and worshipping Buddha, knocking on wooden fish while chanting Buddha. Then he pointed to Muyuwa and said, Look, if you want them to know, read and study, you must concentrate. Hearing this, Shi Naian nodded again and again: When writing a book, we should also have that kind of perseverance!

Afterwards, he wrote down the word "Nai 'an" and put it on the lintel, which meant telling himself to overcome all difficulties and write the Water Margin well. Outsiders don't know what it means, so they call him "Mr. Naian". After a long time, he also thought the name was good, so he changed it to Shi Naian.

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