（一）
Recently,it is universally acknowledged that due attention has to be paid totheimportanceofname． To begin with,a large numberofpeople assert that one’snamecan exert profound influence onthesuccessofa person or institution． In addition,some even maintain thatthemental health and physical fitnessofa person will be influenced or even determined by his or hername．
Onthecontrary,it istheviewofa great many people that one’snameisoflittle significance． I can thinkofno better illustration thanthefollowing ones． “Qiu”,which means “hill”,isthenameofConfucius,thegreatest thinker,philosopher and educator throughtout history． Likewise,another case in point is Lao Zi,thefounderofphilosophical and religious Taoism,whosenameis “er”,which means “theear”． These examples effectively clarify that one’s future is only
determined by his striving spirit,talent or intelligence rather than
some mysterious and superstitious factors such as certain names or lucky
numbers．
As for me,significance should be attached to intelligence,persistence and diligence insteadofone’sname． Given alltheabove arguments,it is high time that we put an end to this undesirable phenomenon．
（二）
There is no denyingthefact that it is a controversial topic whether names are important or not． Some holdthepositive view． They claim that agoodname,or anamethat can be easily remembered,can bring one a lot more opportunities than others． Some Chinese may also believe that anamedesigned according tothetraditional theoryoffive elements can bringgoodluck．
Others,however,holdtheopposite view． They argue that anameis nothing but a code to distinguish one from another． A person “good”namemay not be as successful asthenameindicates． Inthesame way,a person who has a common or casually givennamecan also achieve tremendous success．
Personally,I believe that both sides have something right,so we should not go to extremes． Ontheone hand,we have to admit that a well designednamecan help a person to some extent． Ontheother hand,we should not exaggeratetheeffectofanameon a person’s fate． Anyway,a person’s success mainly depends on his hard work and desirable personalities．
