Talk:Zhuge Liang (Lord El-Melloi II)/@comment-27.17.118.223-20170217155627/@comment-4802891-20170304120552

I never saw his name written like this before either. It's always either Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮) and Kongming (孔明) alone. However, there is just one other instance I have found the name written like this : here (written from right to left with cangjie 像 at the end, meaning "portrait")

Kongming feels more like a title in that case : it is composed of the  孔 of Confucius, and the  明 for bright light or, metaphorically, wisdom (Buddhism's vidya).

Aaah oriental naming conventions. I love those, they are always meaningful.