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This paper aims to construct a cultural model of in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by probing into its conceptual metaphors based on a contextualized semantic analysis of in (HDIC). It is found that there are eight conceptual metaphors of , each involving experiential correlation between source and target concept. To be specific, builds up a major metonymic basis for the metaphorical mappings from the source concept of (i.e., ) to the target concepts, including and . It is worth special noting that is understood in terms of the motion of in TCM. The conceptual metaphor is Chinese culture-specific. On the whole, conceptual metaphors of form a conceptual network and further constitute a cultural model: as the substance origin of human life is believed in TCM to function by ceaseless motion, giving rise to wellness or illness. This cultural model reflects a pair of inseparable concepts in ancient Chinese philosophy, viz. substance and (its) function, with the former being primary, essential and original, while the latter, secondary, concomitant and derivational.

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Towards a cultural model of qi in TCM
Review of Cognitive Linguistics. Published under the auspices of the Spanish Cognitive Linguistics Association 19, 1 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00074.fen
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Keyword(s): conceptual metaphor; cultural model; experiential correlation; Huang Di’s Inner Classic; qi; Traditional Chinese Medicine

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