"three Kingdoms" Terms Of Address

The appellation words in Chinese are highly rich and colorful, and up to the present considerable researcher findings are accumulated. But due to the restrictions of historical condition, it is very short about study of the appellation words related to a specific book divided according to dynasties. The thesis tries to fill in a gap which hither to existed in this field by researching into San Guo Zhi.The main body divides into five chapters.Chapter one glances at the history and the existing condition about the appellation words in Chinese. Following the establishment of a system of appellation words, word-construction methods also developed toward completion.Chapter two makes an exhaustive analysis on the system of the appellation words in San Guo Zhi. This chapter includes universal appellation words in society, royal or imperial appellation words, civil and military officers appellation words, courtesy address and name in the book.Chapter three discusses several modes of change for words and their senses about the appellation words in San Guo Zhi.Chapter four selects two fields to discuss the interaction among these elements. On the basis of these discussions, I find some rules about the appellation words development.Chapter five is guided by systematic thinking and is premised upon the conviction that 'vocabulary forms a system'. By way of examining the generalization of Xiong Di Zi Mei, I show that the appellation words is a phenomenon of both language and culture.The thesis discusses the collation and translation in reference with the appellation words in San Guo Zhi in order to unveil the applied value.