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: Received: 11 November 2023 / Approved: 13 November 2023 / Online: 14 November 2023 (16:39:15 CET)
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Xin, X.; Liu, X. A Philosophical Reflection on Language between “Yan and Tao” and “Language and Existence”. Preprints2023, 2023110865. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0865.v1
Xin, X.; Liu, X. A Philosophical Reflection on Language between “Yan and Tao” and “Language and Existence”. Preprints 2023, 2023110865. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0865.v1
Xin, X.; Liu, X. A Philosophical Reflection on Language between “Yan and Tao” and “Language and Existence”. Preprints2023, 2023110865. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0865.v1
APA Style
Xin, X., & Liu, X. (2023). A Philosophical Reflection on Language between “Yan and Tao” and “Language and Existence”. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0865.v1
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Xin, X. and Xiangtao Liu. 2023 "A Philosophical Reflection on Language between “Yan and Tao” and “Language and Existence”" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0865.v1
Abstract
Tao and Ming (name) or Tao and Yan (language or speech) is an inseparable pair of important concepts in traditional Chinese language philosophy. In LaoTze’s opinion, Tao could not be spoken out, and language or speech could not reach Tao’s essence. Yan and Tao are separated from each other, and they are paradoxical. All the confusion derives from Yan regardless of how delicate they are. Tao can be expressed in words, but it will never be expressed through common languages. In this article, Tao is regarded as a human being’s thoughts or intentions and is even considered to be the origin of the real world. Language can express people’s thought, although it has some limitations. There exist some contradictions between the real word and the world expressed in words. To enable people to better understand the existence of the real world from multiple perspectives at the language or linguistic level without being constrained by words, this article studies LaoTze’s linguistic philosophy reflected in his opinion on the relationship between Tao and Yan and makes a comparative analysis of modern Western language philosophers’ stand on language (or speech) and existence.
Keywords
Yan; Tao; existence; linguistic philosophy
Subject
Social Sciences, Language and Linguistics
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