Studies On Synonyms Of The Monosyllable Words In Zhou Yi

Zhou Yi is an important book on the pre-Qin times, which is also peculiar in philosophy. Its ideology is broad and profound, its style is succinct and implicit, its language is condensed and vivid. All of these features make it unique among the pre-Qin works. Therefore, it is necessary to study"the Book of Change"when we research the synonyms on pre-Qin books. Zhou Yi is considered as an enclosed language system, we inspect all the monosyllabic synonyms as thoroughly as possible. This provides some analytic materials and references for pre-Qin Chinese synonym research and Chinese glossary history research.On the basis of Zhou Yi, referring to the annotations of prdecessors. we induce the sense items of all monosyllable words. Then, we strictly defer to the standard of "a sense is same" to construct group. Accordingly, we obtain the accurate constructing group situations of the monosyllable synonym words in Zhou Yi. The total number is 228 groups, the noun synonyms is 59 groups, the verb synonyms is 129 and the adjective synonyms is 46. On this basis, together with the predecessors'synonym research and the discrimination practice, we select part of synonyms to analyze and make the relevant discussion on the theory which is related to the synonym research.This paper is composed of six parts: 1.Introduction. The reason of choosing this topic as well as the current research situation. 2. The theoretical basis and methods for monosyllabic synonyms' research in Zhou yi. The principle and method that the paper rests on are illustrated by the identification standard, the discrimination method as well as the gender. 3. The general situation of Zhou yi. The introduction of Yi Jing and Yi Zhuan's finished time, the ideological content as well as the compilation style. 4.The identification and discrimination of monosyllabic synonyms Words in Zhou yi. Firstly, outlining the basic situation of sysnonyms in Zhou Yi. Then, using the induction, the system analytic method, the antonym analytic method, sense element analytic method to discriminate the 23 goups of monosyllabic synonyms.5. Displaying the forms of monosyllabic synonyms in Zhou yi. The 6 kinds of forms are explained by examples. 6. Some questions in pre-Qin Chinese books to which special attentions should be paid. During the writing practice, we will discuss such questions as constructing group, establishing sense items, discrimination which should pay more attentions.