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Roger T. Ames

安乐哲

Roger T. Ames appears in the extended index for work in religion and philosophy.

Name analysis

Four axes, kept separate.

01

Origin / agency

bestowed

Bestowed by A classmate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

02

Formation

hybrid

A classmate combined a sound echo with the Analects phrase about delighting in learning.

03

Usage status

self used · academic conventional

Origin documented.

04

Script context

chinese language label

Mandarin: Ān Lèzhé

The name biography

What the record can say.

Ames explained the name and its Analects allusion in an interview.

Literal gloss is not historical intent

安 suggests ease; 乐哲 joins delight with philosophy.

Person, materials, and method

Scholarship in context.

Roger T. Ames's profile centers on comparative Confucian philosophy and the idea of relational personhood.

His Chinese name was bestowed by a classmate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Ames explained in an interview that it combines a sound echo with an Analects allusion to delight in learning.

Research areas: religion. The claim ledger below separates sourced facts from editorial interpretation.

Claim / source ledger

Evidence is part of the page.

  1. ID
    roger-t-ames-identity
    Confidence
    high
    Claim
    Roger T. Ames is represented in the reviewed source as a scholar working in religion and philosophy.
  2. ID
    roger-t-ames-name-usage
    Confidence
    high
    Claim
    安乐哲 is the Chinese-language form documented by the cited name-specific source.
  3. ID
    roger-t-ames-name-origin
    Confidence
    high
    Claim
    Ames explained the name and its Analects allusion in an interview.