Parallelism Research In Mencius

The exertion of parallelism in Mencius has its great characteristics. This articlewhich is based on different forms of expression classifies the parallelism in Menciusinto simple parallelism, complicated parallelism and special parallelism. Each kindsof parallelisms have its own functions and characteristics.This paper points out the following characteristics and functions of parallelism inMencius based on complete description. The exertion of parallelism is often used inthis paper. Parallelism used together with the other figures of speech is quite common.Parallelism is combined with a question to elaborate the author’s point of view. Themain function of parallelism is to show the mighty momentum to explore the relationbetween the debate and literariness. This paper strengthens the appealing andpersuasive of the language. Finally, this article compares the parallelism in Menciuswith the parallelism in The Analects of Confucius to highlight the characteristics inMencius.