A Nameology Reading of 释永信: Name Structure and Real-World Case Observations

I. Case Background: Why Analyze the Name 释永信?

Public reports indicate that on May 29, 2026, the Intermediate People’s Court of Xinxiang, Henan Province, publicly delivered its first-instance judgment. The defendant, Liu Yingcheng (formerly known by the Buddhist name Shi Yongxin), was convicted of embezzlement by a person in a position of authority, misappropriation of funds, bribery involving a non-state employee, and offering bribes. Under a combined sentence for multiple offenses, he was sentenced to 24 years’ fixed-term imprisonment and fined 3.5 million yuan.

The court found that, by taking advantage of his positions as abbot of the Shaolin Temple, chairman of the Shaolin Charity and Welfare Foundation, and other roles, Liu Yingcheng, acting alone or together with others, illegally appropriated more than 131 million yuan in organizational property between 2003 and 2025. Between 2012 and 2022, he also misappropriated more than 151 million yuan in organizational funds for personal use, leaving them unpaid for more than three months; there were also circumstances involving the illegal receipt of property and the offering of bribes. The court held that the offenses continued over a long period, involved particularly enormous sums, were especially serious in nature, and had an adverse social impact, warranting severe punishment under the law. After the judgment was announced, Liu Yingcheng stated in court that he accepted the judgment and would not appeal.

From the perspective of a nameology case study, the name “释永信” presents a pronounced contrast with reality: on the one hand, it was long associated with a religious identity, public image, and institutional managerial authority; on the other, the outcome reflected in the public judgment involved financial appropriation, misappropriation of funds, the giving and receiving of bribes, and a collapse in reputation. It is precisely this gap between identity, renown, and outcome that makes it suitable as a case for nameology observation.

It should be noted that nameology can serve only as a traditional metaphysical framework for observation; it cannot replace judgments of fact, law, morality, or real-world causation. The facts of the case should be based on information publicly released by judicial authorities, and this article does not use nameology to explain or substitute for legal responsibility.

Nameology analysis focuses on the tendencies reflected in a name's stroke counts, Five Grids, Three Talents, and numerical combinations. It cannot replace factual, legal, moral, or real-world causal analysis.

Accordingly, this article uses the three-character name “释永信” as an example, preserving the original nameology case content while organizing it into a structure better suited to web reading.

II. Basic Information

Name: 释永信

释: shì, 20 strokes 永: yǒng, 5 strokes 信: xìn, 9 strokes

Five Grids:

Heaven Grid: 21 (Wood) Personality Grid: 25 (Earth) Earth Grid: 14 (Fire) Total Grid: 34 (Fire) Outer Grid: 10 (Water)

III. Meanings of the Five Grids

• The Heaven Grid, also known as the Ancestral Fortune, is inherited from one's forebears; its numerological influence on a person is limited.

• The Personality Grid, also known as the Primary Fortune, is the central point of a name and influences a person's lifelong fortune.

• The Earth Grid, also known as the Early Fortune, is numerologically associated with a person's fortune before middle age (thirty-six).

• The Total Grid, also known as the Later Fortune, is numerologically associated with a person's fortune after middle age (thirty-six).

• The Outer Grid, also known as the Spiritual Fortune, governs the spiritual force of fortune, social ability, and wisdom.

IV. Original Assessment Analysis

1. Personal Character

• (Five-Grid Combination) Personality Grid number: Personality Grid 25, Values outward appearances and likes to groom and embellish oneself, not wishing to lose face before others. Tends toward ostentation, preferring splendor even at the expense of practicality. Does much, but lacks efficiency.

• (81 Numerological Principles) Gentle Numbers: Personality Grid 25 is a Gentle Number; Has a relatively gentle disposition and generally treats others with appropriate consideration.

• (Eighty-One Numerology) Artistic Talent Number: Earth Grid 14 is an Artistic Talent Number; Endowed with talent in the arts, technical skills, or aesthetics.

• (81 Numerological Principles) Number 25: Personality Grid 25, Primarily indicates outstanding talent, but if constrained by other key grids, it may also bring emotional entanglements.

2. Interpersonal Relationships

• (Five-Grid Combination) Outer Grid Number: Outer Grid 10; Looks down on others and adopts a dismissive attitude, easily offending people. Therefore, regardless of background, one is not well liked. There are few friends, and those encountered tend to be flattering sycophants.

• (Five-Grid Combination) Social Fortune: Personality Grid 25 and Outer Grid 10; Composed, but lacking eloquence and likely to offend others. Speech may be somewhat abrupt; inclined to seek attention and easily arouse dislike. Should be especially cautious in words and conduct. Prone to skin ailments and accidental injuries.

• (Five-Grid Combination) Social Fortune: Personality Grid Earth and Outer Grid Water; Stubborn in character, narrow-minded and easily self-satisfied; unable to accommodate differing views or seek common ground while reserving differences. Has a poor attitude and is self-centered, seeing only oneself and no one else; likes to show off, feels jealous of others' achievements, and is lonely at heart. It is also difficult to receive help from benefactors when encountering difficulties.

• (Five-Grid Relationships) The Heaven Grid controls the Personality Grid: parental discipline may be relatively strict, and you may also easily feel considerable pressure from elders or superiors.

• (Five-Grid Relationships) The Heaven Grid controls the Personality Grid: differences of opinion with parents may arise easily, and you may also tend to resolve matters independently. Note: Personality Grid 25 is a 吉 number.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) Earthly Grid generates Personality Grid: May receive help from a spouse and relatives or friends, and may also be more respected by subordinates.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) Personality Grid restrains Outer Grid: May be better able to manage external affairs and more readily receive assistance from subordinates.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) Personality Grid restrains Outer Grid: May prefer to hold the upper hand in dealings with others; relationships with peers may not be ideal, and one may easily appear isolated.

• (81-Number Numerology) Solitary Number: The Earth Grid 14, Total Grid 34, and Outer Grid 10 are solitary numbers; May have a proud and solitary disposition, with relatively thin affinity with others.

3. Overall Assessment

• (Five Grids Combination) Total Grid Number: Total Grid 34, Life is filled with disasters and hardship, and career success is difficult. There may be much illness and suffering in childhood; hardship is hard to avoid. They have many ideals but no opportunity to put them into practice. Longevity may be limited, financial fortune is also very poor, business ventures may fail, property investments may prove not worth their value, and traffic accidents are more likely. In later life, ties with close relatives deteriorate, and the family may be ruined and scattered.

• (Three Talents Configuration) WoodEarthFire: Heaven Grid Wood, Personality Grid Earth, Earth Grid Fire. It lacks prospects for success and may bring feelings of dissatisfaction and discontent. Respiratory and digestive illnesses may be difficult to avoid; however, where the numerological pattern is favorable, it may indicate progress and accomplishment. (Partly 吉)

• (Three Talents Configuration) WoodEarthFire: Heaven Grid Wood, Personality Grid Earth, Earth Grid Fire, The Foundation Fortune is auspicious and limited achievements can be attained. However, because the Success Fortune is suppressed, further expansion becomes difficult after success. Cultivating benevolence, virtue, and magnanimity can help one escape disasters and attain peace.

• (Chinese Character Meaning) Character 永: A fate that may be detrimental to the father; encounters benefactors and gains wealth away from home, toils and travels in middle age, prospers in later years; an honorable character.

• (Chinese Character Meaning) Character 信: Talented and capable, refined and intelligent. With an auspicious combination, success and prosperity are possible; with an inauspicious combination, there may be risk of imprisonment.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relationships) Overall Grid: provides relatively weak support for success and reputation, so accomplishing things or gaining renown often requires greater effort.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relationships) Overall Grid and Personality Grid: one tends to place greater emphasis on spiritual cultivation and is less inclined to pursue material pleasures single-mindedly. Note: Overall Grid 34 is a 凶 number, and Personality Grid 25 is a 吉 number.

4. Career Information

• (Five-Grid Combination) Success Fortune: With the Personality Grid Earth and the Heaven Grid Wood, although there may be dissatisfaction and a sense of unfairness, one’s inherent virtue and capacity may prevent major harm. Gastrointestinal and abdominal ailments may be more likely. (凶)

• (Five-Grid Configuration) Success Fortune: Personality Grid Earth and Heaven Grid Wood: Outwardly glamorous, yet inwardly burdened by considerable pressure. Career success is difficult, and one's chosen direction in life lacks clarity and changes at times. Prone to indecision and lacking perseverance; must strive independently, with relatively little support.

• (Five-Grid Configuration) Foundation Fortune: Personality Grid Earth and Earth Grid Fire indicate stability, the ability to avoid misfortune, and the potential for unexpected progress. (吉)

• (Five-Grid Configuration) Foundation: Personality Grid Earth and Earth Grid Fire; The foundation is solid, yet one often encounters storms. One can remain standing through hardship, retreating two steps and advancing three; support from interpersonal relationships is most important.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) The Heaven Grid restrains the Personality Grid: you may find it difficult to gain promotion from superiors at work.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) The Heaven Grid restrains the Personality Grid: the path to success may involve more setbacks; even if success comes temporarily, there may be repeated ups and downs.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) The Earth Grid generates the Personality Grid: early-life prospects tend to be smoother, and success often comes earlier.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relations) The Personality Grid overcomes the Outer Grid: In relationships with peers, one may be more inclined to gain the upper hand, be less well-liked, and appear isolated.

• (81 Numerology) Artistic Talent Number: Earth Grid 14 is an Artistic Talent Number; Endowed with talent in the arts, technical skills, or aesthetics.

• (Eighty-One Numerology) Number 14: Earth Grid 14, Long-term business partnerships are not advisable; independent development is more suitable.

• (Eighty-One Numerology) Number 34: Total Grid 34, Long-term business partnerships are not advisable; independent development is more suitable.

5. Wealth Information

• (Eighty-One Numerology) Family-Fortune-Loss Numbers: Earth Number 14 and Outer Number 10 are family-fortune-loss numbers; Concerns about depleting family assets or losing financial control.

• (81 Numerology) 10 Number: Outer Grid 10. May carry a tendency toward speculation or gambling; in financial management, guard against rashness and wishful thinking.

6. Marriage Information

• (Five-Grid Combination) Earth Grid number: Earth Grid 14, Men's romantic relationships and marriages are both unstable. Setbacks may easily arise before marriage, and crises may also occur after marriage.

• (Five-Grid Elemental Relationships) The Earth Grid generates the Personality Grid: one’s spouse may be better able to help, and the family may provide substantial support.

• (81 Numerology) Late-Marriage Numbers: Total Grid 34 and Outer Grid 10 are late-marriage numbers; May indicate later marriage or delayed marital prospects.

• (81 Numerology) Romantic Number: Earth Grid 14 is a Romantic Number. A more complicated affinity with the opposite sex, with a tendency to become involved in romantic or sexual controversy.

• (81 Numerology) Solitary Numbers: Heaven Number 21, Total Number 34, and Outer Number 10 are solitary numbers; A relatively weak marriage affinity, with a tendency toward remaining single.

• (81 Numerology) 10 Number: Outer Grid 10; Marriage may be more prone to difficulties, often also affecting physical and mental well-being and family fortune.

• (81 Numerology) 25 Number: Personality Grid 25; If this is the Personality Grid, one may be more prone to becoming entangled in male-female relationships; guard against complications from excessive romantic attachments.

• (81 Numerology) 14 Number: Earth Grid 14; May show a tendency toward early marriage, with emotional commitments also forming relatively early.

• (81 Numerology) 34 Number: Overall Grid 34; May show a tendency toward early marriage, with emotional commitments also forming relatively early.

7. Children Information

• (Five Grids Generation and Restraint) Earth Grid generates Personality Grid: children tend to be considerate toward their parents and may be willing to support the family after growing up.

8. Injury and Health

• (Five Grids Combination) Heaven Wood, Personality Earth: Heaven Grid Wood, Personality Grid Earth. In middle age, the body type is often Moderate.

• (81 Numerology) Delicate Number: the Earth Grid 14 forms a Delicate Number; Constitution may be relatively weak, with insufficient resistance.

• (81 Numerology) Bloodshed Number: the Total Grid 34 is a bloodshed number; A tendency toward bleeding, surgery, or injury-related misfortune.

• (81 Numerology) Numbers Associated with Sword Injury: Earth Grid 14 and Outer Grid 10 are numbers associated with sword injury; May be prone to misfortunes involving weapons, sharp metal objects, or external injuries.

• (Eighty-One Numerology) Disaster Numbers: Total Grid 34 and Outer Grid 10 are disaster numbers; May be prone to misfortune, frightening dangers, or major setbacks.

• (81 Numerology) Short-Lifespan Numbers: Total Grid 34 and Outer Grid 10 are classified as short-lifespan numbers; A reduced lifespan, with a tendency toward risks associated with a short life.

• (81 Numerology) Number 34: Total Grid 34; May indicate a relatively weak constitution and health-related harm; guard against misfortune and possible effects on longevity.

• (81 Numerology) Number 10: Outer Grid 10; May indicate greater susceptibility to physical and mental health issues; during periods of weak fortune, guard against difficulties affecting the family as well.

V. Case Summary

The name “释永信” most visibly symbolizes the talent and interpersonal foundation displayed during his middle years. In nameology, Personality 25 is regarded as a “gentle number,” suggesting outstanding talent and a measured manner toward others; moreover, the Earth of the Personality Grid and the Fire of the Earth Grid form a configuration considered favorable for foundational fortune, implying a certain degree of support and resilience in facing difficulties during early development. Although Earth Grid 14 is classified as an “artistic ability number,” it also indicates aesthetic sensitivity or technical talent in a particular field. This nameological image of gentleness, talent, and a stable foundation corresponds, in the symbolic language of traditional numerological arts, to an outward symbol of reputation and ability, reflected in his long-term role as a leader of an important social institution and his exceptionally high public visibility and public image.

However, the name also projects strong themes of imbalance and risk in later fortune and financial matters. Numerologically, both Outer Grid 10 and Earth Grid 14 are classified as “wealth-losing numbers”; Outer Grid 10 in particular carries financial-management risks associated with speculative recklessness and a gambler’s mentality;while the Total Number 34, as a “disaster number,” not only provides relatively weak support for success and reputation in middle and later life, but also suggests susceptibility to misfortune and major setbacks. More strikingly, the character explanation for “信” explicitly states that, “when paired with inauspicious elements, it may bring imprisonment.” This interplay of inadequate support for later-life reputation, breached financial safeguards, and the potential for imprisonment forms, in the context of nameology, a symbolic picture of a transition from early stability to later turmoil.

When considered alongside the publicly known events of his first-instance sentence of twenty-four years and case-related sums amounting to several hundred million yuan, this name structure cannot explain the events themselves, but it provides a symbolic language for observing the contrast in his life. In the context of this case, the “family-ruining numbers” and “speculative wishfulness” associated with his Outer Number 10 and Ground Number 14 form a subtle yet close symbolic resonance with the reality that multiple financial crimes, including occupational embezzlement and misappropriation of funds, ultimately led to the collapse of his reputation. The Total Number 34’s “relatively weak support for reputation” and the indication of “imprisonment” in the character “信” create a powerful symbolic tension with the enormous disparity between his identity and reality—from a renowned monk of his generation to a prisoner. This is not a matter of factual causation, but rather a symbolic projection made by traditional numerological arts, viewed retrospectively through this name, regarding gains and losses in fame and fortune and the person’s ultimate destination.

It must be made clear that the nameology analysis above belongs solely to an interpretive and symbolic framework of traditional numerological observation. It cannot serve as legal evidence, a factual prediction, a definitive judgment of a person, a moral verdict, or an explanation of real-world causation. A person’s real-life experiences, legal consequences, and moral trajectory depend entirely on that person’s actual conduct, the adjudication of national law, and the norms of social institutions; they have no necessary connection whatsoever to the numerical patterns of a name. The purpose of this case summary is to retrospectively explore the cultural interpretation of symbolic patterns. It cannot replace news reporting, judicial evidence, legal rulings, or readers’ independent rational judgment.

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Sources

• 最高人民法院：被告人刘应成职务侵占、挪用资金、非国家工作人员受贿、行贿案一审宣判
• 央视网：涉案金额过亿，释永信一审被判有期徒刑 24 年
• 香港 01：少林寺原住持释永信一审获刑 24 年，涉案近 3 亿处罚金 350 万