1, when read as shèng, the original meaning is to refer to the midday sun, with the current colloquialism, is the sun at twelve o'clock in the middle of the day, the derivation of the meaning of "prosperity, exuberance," the meaning of the same time implies that the meaning of the extreme. Western Frontier Rock Carvings? Zhou Li Jun repair Buddhist monument" in the record "since Qin Chuangxing, in the turn of the week Sheng", which means "from the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Wuzhou period to reach prosperity," where the word Sheng is to take the meaning of prosperity.
2, and when used as a family name or first name, generally pronounced as chéng.