I read from wuxiasociety that in the first novel https://wuxiasociety.com/heaven-swor...ond-edition/3/that "In the first edition, Zhang Cuishan named his son Zhang Nianci in reference to Mu Nianci, the wife of Yang Kang and mother of Yang Guo. He did not name his son in the second edition, choosing to let Xie Xun name the child."
I find it strange as Nianci is a girl's name. So why did ZCS chose a girl's name. Thanking in advance.