A name from a poem
維嶽
Pinyin wéi yuèSimplified 维岳usually a boy’s name
Lofty as the Peak the Odes exalt.
What’s wished for
下則為河嶽 — 文天祥. 詩経崧高維嶽；非崇岳.
Where it comes from
下则为河岳
xià zé wéi hé yuè
“Below, it becomes the rivers and mountains;”
— Wen Tianxiang, “Song of Righteousness” (正气歌)
About the two characters
- 維
- to hold; particle in Odes
- 嶽
- high mountain, peak
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