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The Research of Mineral Name of Ancient Chinese

Author: JiYu
Tutor: LiHaiXia
School: Southwestern University
Course: Chinese Philology
Keywords: Ancient Chinese minerals Named research Etymology
CLC: H131
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract


Minerals prior to human existence , in the selection of materials , manufacturing tools , and the process of economic development , continue to recognize them . Initially , the mineral is only used to make stone tools , then gradually used in alchemy , metallurgy , admiration , making porcelain , medical , and people's lives are inseparable . More than two thousand years ago , China had already appeared on mineral classics Since then, the detailed description of the mineral rich . Therefore , the ancient Chinese minerals as a named object , you can explore a part of the word coinage rationale to explore the state of knowledge of the natural world of the ancients . In this paper, cognates Textual combination with mineral kind research 30 mineral name . Through research combined with the previous release name of some minerals , the source of the mineral name in English , the following conclusions : 1 , named by the ancient Chinese minerals characteristics : 1) physical properties named in the dominant ; 2 ) visual naming play an important role ; 3 ) rarely or not the crystal structure , composition named minerals ; 4 ) reflects the ancient Chinese philosophy . 2 , in the Western understanding of the mineral there are the following differences : 1) English , minerals alias less more accurate description of the minerals ; 2 ) more practical understanding of the minerals in the ancient Chinese ; 3) Ancient Chinese understanding of the mineral is no substantive progress .

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CLC: > Language, writing > Chinese > Semantics,vocabulary, word meaning ( exegesis ) > Ancient vocabulary
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