2010•Journal of Southwest Petroleum UniversityRequires access

THE CONNOTATION OF "YAN"(言) AND THE ARGUMENTATION STYLE BEFORE SPRING AND AUTUMN

QI Chun-hongb

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The upper half of the oracle character yan(言)is the figure of the tongue,and lower part of it is the figure of mouth(口).The basic meaning of yan is speech.During the Yin and Shang period,yan is a specific festival name,and the yan(言),gao(告)and she(舌),which is different festival,can be seen as the beginning of early style.The kings' decretals in Shang Shu are called yan(言).There are many argumentative discourses in Shang Shu,the main components of which are reflected in the kings' decretal-style conversation(yan)(言).Some quotes in Shang Shu are aphoristic sentence,which are concise,brief and argumentative.

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Key concepts: Style (visual arts), Connotation, Argumentative, Character (mathematics), Literature, Argumentation theory, Linguistics, Meaning (existential)