Essays on the Phenomenology of Chinese Language

Author: Qi Gong
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Publish Date: 1994-06-01
Features: This book collects 8 essays by the author on Chinese language research, including "Grammatical Problems of Ancient Poetry and Parallel Prose," "Some Phenomena, Difficulties, and Hypotheses in Classical Chinese," and "Draft on the Prosody of Literary Works." The author insists on studying Chinese based on actual Chinese phenomena, venturing into areas less explored by past researchers, refusing to adhere to established views, and frequently presenting new insights. While the focus of the exploration is on ancient Chinese, the issues raised and the principles involved are also closely related to the study of modern Chinese. The book was awarded the 11th China Book Award. The author is well-versed in classical Chinese poetry and prose and has long been engaged in teaching. Over the decades, he has deeply reflected on the characters, words, sentences, and sentence groups of Chinese. Especially in the study of grammatical problems of poetry and parallel prose, which have rarely been used as analytical materials, the author's research is deeply dedicated and inspiring to many. Metaphor and allusion are important factors for the flexibility and variation of Chinese. Therefore, the author has written a dedicated essay on them. Although the writing of the eight-legged essay and the singing of the "disciples' book" no longer exist today, they cannot be ignored in the historical influence on the study of Chinese literature. As for prosody, whether in ancient Chinese literature or in today's spoken language, it is indispensable. To study Chinese, one must understand prosody. Through meticulous observation and detailed analysis, the author explores the tones, rhyme schemes, and parallelism of classical poetry and prose, revealing the characteristics of their sentence structures and paragraph structures. The author insists on studying Chinese based on actual Chinese phenomena, venturing into areas less explored by past researchers, refusing to adhere to established views, and frequently presenting new insights. While the focus of the exploration is on ancient Chinese, the issues raised and the principles involved are also closely related to the study of modern Chinese.