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 ## Project Overview
 
-EMRG is a self-evolving AI agent architecture experiment. Python implementation, based on a micro-kernel design.
+EMRG is a self-evolving AI agent architecture experiment. Python implementation, based on a micro-kernel design. The name reads as "emerge" — intelligence that emerges from use — expanding to Evolving Micro-kernel, Rant-driven Growth.
 
 ## Architecture
 
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 > *人人都是产品经理——你的每一条吐槽，都是下一版的需求单。*
 > *人人都是硅基生命的宿主——你运行的，是一个与你共生进化的数字生命。*
 
+**EMRG**（读作 *emerge*，涌现）——智能涌现：能力在规模与使用中涌现。字母展开：**E**volving **M**icro-kernel, **R**ant-driven **G**rowth（演化的微内核，吐槽驱动的成长）。
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 ## ✨ 为什么你会爱上它
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 > *Everyone is a product manager — every rant is a ticket for the next release.*
 > *Everyone is a host of silicon life — what you run is a digital organism that evolves with you.*
 
+**EMRG** — pronounced *"emerge"*: intelligence that *emerges* — from scale, and from use. The name expands to **E**volving **M**icro-kernel, **R**ant-driven **G**rowth.
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 ## ✨ Why you'll love it