Cultural Meanings Of "truth" In Its Extended Meaning

Cultural linguistics is a disciplines which is study the relationship between culture and language. Research of Culture linguistics is both about the language and the culture. In the course of research we can know the relationship between culture and language deeply. Language is the carrier of culture, it reflects culture and cogitation of a nation. And simultaneously culture is connotation of language. It effects the evolution of language more or less.The research of "LI" in academe is not only according to sense of a word, and also cultural and philosophical. However on achievements of research at present, elaborating "LI" according to culture linguistics is not so much. Actually no matter according to the meaning extension or the concept of culture, periodical research of "LI" is meaningful.This treatise is divided into three parts. First part is research of literal sense and cultural connotations about "LI". Writer used the theory of Pictophonetic characters’ interrelated, and the theory of cognate characters to infer the literal sense of "LI" and elaborate its cultural connotations. Second part is about the process of "LI" extending. Utilizing the ancient books, writer analysises the corpus about "LI", take the sequence of different senses. As the same time use Prototype Category Theory to analysises the order of "LI" extending, In the third part, writer study the position of "LI" in Chinese culture. This treatise expounds as a concept of culture, how does "LI" changes from pro-Qin to Song dynasty, and what is the relationship between them and dictionaries.The senses extension of "LI" reflect how history and culture changes. The developing of culture effects senses extension. This treatise exemplified the corpus in ancient books to prove the change of language and culture. And the truth they effect each other.