Ontological-dynamic Concepts of the I Ching Tradition and the Model of their Linguocultural Analysis

Authors

  • Vladislav V. Kruglov Moscow State Institute of International Relations, 76, pr. Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation; Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, Leninskie gory, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.208

Abstract

The accumulated historical experience and rich cultural heritage of the pre-axial Chinese civilization are concentrated and reflected in the ancient Chinese language. Therefore, linguistic methods of studying traditional Chinese philosophy and its conceptual apparatus are becoming relevant in modern Sinology. By focusing on the material of ancient Chinese philosophical works, it is possible to reconstruct the conceptual apparatus of traditional Chinese philosophy and culture in general, and some of the classics in particular. Among the sets of fundamental terms, it is worth highlighting the compendiums by Chan Wing-tsit, Joseph Needham, A. I. Kobzev, Wu Yi and A. M. Karapetyants, which formed the basis of this study. The object of the study is the ontological-dynamic concepts, and its purpose is to develop a model of their linguocultural analysis demonstrated on the example of certain terms, first of all, 人 ren, 德 de and 道 dao. The statistical analysis of conceptions of the I Ching tradition, namely “The Appended Commentaries”, helps to construct a monocentric semantic field of ontological terms with a heterogeneous core. This model of linguocultural analysis proves to be universal for many philosophical concepts.

Keywords:

China, Chinese language, linguoculturology, semantic field, compendiums of traditional Chinese philosophy and culture, ontological-dynamic concepts, Appended Commentaries

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Published

2021-07-19

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Kruglov, V. V. (2021). Ontological-dynamic Concepts of the I Ching Tradition and the Model of their Linguocultural Analysis. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 13(2), 252–266. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2021.208

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2021)

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Geocultural spaces and codes of the cultures of Asia and Africa

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