Research On Synonymic Monosyllabic Verbs In Xun Zi

Research on synonymic monosyllabic verbs in Xun Zi is an important part of the research into the vocabulary and its lexical meaning of pre-Qin Chinese. This thesis, based on the text of Xun Zi, taking for reference the exegeses by Yang Liang in Tang Dynasty and the annotations of many scholars included in Xun Zi Ji Jie by Wang Xianqian in Qing Dynasty, analyzes the synonymic relationship of monosyllabic verbs in Xun Zi in the light of the methodology and achievements of all the predecessors for the purpose of elucidating it.This thesis is composed of six parts: 1 Introduction; 2 A summary of the previous researches; 3 A survey of Xun Zi and its author; 4 Identification of synonymic monosyllabic verbs in Xun Zi; 5 Dialectical analysis of synonymic monosyllabic verbs in Xun Zi; 6 Display forms of synonymic monosyllabic verbs in Xun Zi.