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Abstract

Abstract

This paper studies the orientational metaphor of (, ‘middle’) and its cultural values behind this metaphor in Chinese Traditional Classic . It is found that there are three metaphorical meanings for the orientational metaphor of (, ‘middle’), including “an emotion of calm.”; “a moderate degree” and “an ethical standard”. The ethical standard of is the judge criteria for the Chinese traditional role schemas (, ‘a person of noble character’) and (,‘a person of petty character’). In addition, the cultural values of Chinese society revealed by the ethical standard of (, ‘middle’) are concluded systematically from the levels of individual, family and state.

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Keywords: orientational metaphor ; ‘middle’) ; zhōng (中 ; culture values ; role schema
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