A Study Of Antonyms In Liezi

Abundence of antonyms is one of Liezi's language characteristics. This article attempts to confirm all of them by some standards. On the basis of which, it defines and analyses these antonyms from many legal angles, and concluds the features. By proposing her own opinions, we can get a glimpse of ancient Chinese, also hope to provide some materials for study of antonym in these areas.This article consists of five parts.The first part is introduction of Liezi the man and Liezi. This chapter expounds the value of corpus in Liezi and what's the study for.The second part gives a brief account of the antonyms in Liezi. It defins all of them according to three confirm principles and standards. It statistics the words from sheet as well as lexical meaning aspects to draw some conclusions.The third part analyses the antonyms in Liezi, making an inquiry into two aspects: Firstly, it analyses the phonological and associate relation of monosyllabic words. Secondly, it discusses the syntagmatic and cooperative relation of dissyllabic and polysyllabic words to explore the features of Liezi.The fourth part distinguishes the positional relations of antonyms in Liezi. The two forms: "Interlocking" and "Linking "is particularly defined each other.The fifth part expounds the features of antonyms in Liezi. Investigating some grammatical problems, it concludes four grammatical characteristics. Then it takes the existing problems into introspection to put forward her own opinions.