The Emergence Of Word-meaning In Early China: N... Info

: Geaney describes a cultural shift 2,000 years ago where a society valuing oral and visual balance transformed into an "empire of the text". Guide to Key Sections

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: Establishes how yi (義) was viewed as an external standard, surviving even through major philosophical disputes. Part II: Yi (義) as Model normative "model" for interpreting texts.

: A central argument is that the term yi (typically meaning duty or morality) transitioned into a metalinguistic term for "meaning" because it already functioned as an external, normative "model" for interpreting texts.