ng ▁b ā " ▁( one ▁that ▁referred ▁to ▁any ▁very ▁un vir tu ous ▁individual ) ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁man ▁with ▁the ▁family ▁name ▁W á ng ▁ 王 ▁who ▁picked ▁up ▁the ▁nick name ▁ <0xE8> <0xB3> <0x8A> 王 八 ▁z é i ▁W á ng ▁b ā ▁(" the ▁th ieving ▁Wang ▁E ight ") ▁but ▁for ▁being ▁a ▁d ast ard , ▁not ▁for ▁being ▁a ▁bast ard . ▁The ▁dictionary ▁doesn ' t ▁say , ▁but ▁he ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁e ighth ▁Wang ▁among ▁his ▁sib lings . ▁Anyway , ▁he ▁became ▁" cro ok ▁Wang ▁eight " ▁and ▁the ▁term ▁stuck ▁and ▁spread ▁just ▁as ▁" M aver ick " ▁did ▁in ▁English . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁pun ▁here ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁earlier ▁expression ▁ <0xE5> <0xBF> <0x98> 八 ▁w á ng ▁b ā ▁used ▁to ▁describe ▁( 1 ) ▁any ▁person ▁who ▁forget s / dis reg ards ▁the ▁eight ▁virt ues , ▁( 2 ) ▁an ▁un - vir tu ous ▁woman , ▁i . e ., ▁one ▁who ▁sle eps ▁around . ▁The ▁first ▁meaning ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁d ast ard ly ▁Wang , ▁but ▁the ▁family ▁name ▁got ▁" st uck " ▁to ▁the ▁second , ▁sexual , ▁term . ▁ ▁Il leg it im acy ▁Many ▁ins ult s ▁imply ▁that ▁the ▁inter loc utor ' s ▁mother ▁or ▁even ▁grand m other ▁was ▁prom is cu ous . ▁The ▁t urt le ▁is ▁em blem atic ▁of ▁the ▁pen is