"journey To The West" Comparative Sentence Patterns

The paper, based on XiYouJi written by Wu Cheng-en in Ming Dynasty, makes thorough investigation and overall description to the comparative sentence forms appearing in the book, analyses deeply each sentence form's characteristic, semantic relation etc. By comparing sentence forms of with those of HongLouMeng and ErNUYingXiongZhuan , We try to straighten sequential clue of comparative sentences in modern Chinese of early stage.Thereby conclusions are made as follows: first, All comparative sentence forms in XiYouJi are consistent with "comparison in the same degree, in the different degree, in the best level" said by MaShiWenTong There are some new forms appeared in every types, but some classical sentence forms are still remained in the book, second: As the main comparative sentence forms in modern Chinese, " (X) YW" has maturated on the whole, but still hasn't fall into a pattern. It embodies the characteristic of the transitional period. Third: The "W character sentence which expresses comparison has appeared in the book, but it is different from the same sentence of modern Chinese. Forth: Although comparison and metaphor has some coincides, they are some different from each other. Fifth: "XW Y" can express metaphor and the comparison in the same degree or in different degree. Then how to distinguish them, it is decided by the marked word and exact context.The thesis is made up of five parts:First: the introduction.Second: the "X" character comparative sentence of XiYouJi.Third: other comparative sentences of XiYouJi.Fourth: the discussion of some correlative problems.Fifth: conclusions.