Why is it called Zhimo?

The origin of the name "Zhimo" should start with his "Joy of Cuisine". Shu was born with a mother's money, a little knowledge of literature and ink, thin and beautiful, with a calm temperament and excellent popularity. After marrying two wives, Xu Shenru was ecstatic to get a precious son. As soon as Zhimo was born, he was wrapped in brocade and the family celebrated his first birthday. According to Jiangnan custom, one year old is called "the joy of food". "One" means a one-year-old baby. On that day, you will use a red lacquer wooden tray with bows, arrows, pens, pens, abacus and so on. See what the baby is grasping, so as to determine the future ambition of the child, so the "tray" is also called "grasping the week" or "trying the child".

"Catch the Week" began, and joy was played. Just as Zhang Yi, dressed in patchwork and wearing a long life lock around his neck, was scratching around in a red lacquer wooden tray, a monk named Wisdom suddenly burst in, claiming that he could touch the bones to tell fortune and predict the future. Touching Zhang Yi's head once, he said, "This child is a unicorn, and he will become a great player in the future." This kind of support is exactly what Xu Shenru wants. Because although his family is rich, it is rich but not expensive. In the preface of the later poetry collection Tiger, Shima said, "I checked my space spectrum. Since Yongle, my family has never written a line for reciting. " Therefore, my father hopes that Zhimo will take the road of "learning officials"; After the abolition of the imperial examination, I hope he will study finance and inherit his father's business in the future.

The episode of "trying children" at the age of one became the basis for renaming. 1965438+On the eve of Zhimo's study in the United States in August 2008, his father Xu Shenru decided to change his son's name from "Zhang Yi" to "Zhimo". The name Zhimo is not aimed at "sticking to the rules" or "Wang Momo, a junior poet". The reason is that the wise monk touched his head while grasping Zhou, so he changed his name to Zhimo in response to the prediction that the wise monk would become a great instrument. After going abroad, I studied at Cornell University, Clark University and Columbia University in the United States. During my study at London University and Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, I used the name Xu Zhimo.