Reflections On Interpretation-Linguistic Ideas In The Analects Of Confucius

With the coming and development of globalization, people from different countries become ever more interconnected and great importance is attached to interpretation which has long been recognized as a complicated job involving sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, intercultural communication and information theory. In recent years academic research conducted in this field flourishes and large amounts of studies lay emphasis on the interdisciplinary aspect of interpretation.Lunyu,or The Analects of Confucius, is a book recording the words and behaviors of Confucius and serves as one of the pillars of traditional Chinese culture. For thousands of years, The Analects of Confucius exercises significant influence on Chinese people and society. There are lots of remarks about language and language use made by Confucius or his disciples in this book. These remarks are highly relevant even in today's world and could be applied to the process of interpretation. In the present thesis, Confucius'ideas of"rectification of names"is explored and correct understanding of speaker's meaning as well as proper language use during interpretation are discussed. In the fifth chapter, the idea of politeness in language is introduced with regard to interpretation.