On the Relationship of Heng æ and Ji 極: Evidence from Lao-Zi Texts
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There are quite a number of differences between the unearthed Bamboo-Silk texts of Lao-Zi and the transmitted or received ones. in Bamboo texts, for example, is written as HENG æand JI 極 in Silk texts, and as 常 and 極 respectively in received versions. The fact that in the Silk texts æ is used as a modifier while 極 is not suggests a functional complementarity between the two. Furthermore, in reconstructed Archaic Chinese, 極 and æ share the same initial *g-, and their finals are in rhyme categories which are phonologically parallel and relatable to each other. æ, which means long duration through time, and 極, which means overall spatial duration, are characterized exclusively by the core meaning of going through from a starting point to the end. Based on the evidence cited above, we propose that HENG æand JI 極 are derived from one and the same word family. While the Silk texts represent the period when HENG æand JI 極 were separately derived, the Bamboo texts represent a stage earlier than that derivation.
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On the Relationship of Heng æ and Ji 極: Evidence from Lao-Zi Texts
In: Bulletin of Chinese LinguisticsSearch for other papers by Hsiu-fang Yang in
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There are quite a number of differences between the unearthed Bamboo-Silk texts of Lao-Zi and the transmitted or received ones. in Bamboo texts, for example, is written as HENG æand JI 極 in Silk texts, and as 常 and 極 respectively in received versions. The fact that in the Silk texts æ is used as a modifier while 極 is not suggests a functional complementarity between the two. Furthermore, in reconstructed Archaic Chinese, 極 and æ share the same initial *g-, and their finals are in rhyme categories which are phonologically parallel and relatable to each other. æ, which means long duration through time, and 極, which means overall spatial duration, are characterized exclusively by the core meaning of going through from a starting point to the end. Based on the evidence cited above, we propose that HENG æand JI 極 are derived from one and the same word family. While the Silk texts represent the period when HENG æand JI 極 were separately derived, the Bamboo texts represent a stage earlier than that derivation.
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