Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li Taiwan shi fan da xue guo wen yan jiu suo. / Cover title. Mimeo. copy.

Thesis (M.A.)--Fu ren da hsuëh, 1985. / Reproduced from typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis(M.A.)-- Guo li Taiwan shi fan da xue guo wen yan jiu suo / Cover title. Mimeo. copy.

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li zheng zhi da xue. / Reproduced from typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173).

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 230-235). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li zheng zhi da xue. / Reproduced from typescript. Bibliography: p. 167-173.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 450-509).

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li zheng zhi da xue, 1972. / On double leaves. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 56).

This is an attempt at construing descriptions of cognitive activities found in the Neiye, an early Chinese text (fourth century BCE) preserved in the Guanzi compilation. Through the notions of metaphor and cognitive model, and by means of hermeneutic principles developed by George Lakoff and other theorists, I scrutinize the text, trying to unravel the peculiar understanding of the cognitive functioning of the body upon which it is predicated. I focus on four words: xin (heart), shen (spirit), qi (breath), and qing (emotions). As a result of this enquiry, the physicality of cognitive activities in the Neiye stands out clearly. The importance of the body in cognitive activities should appear as clearly in translations if we want to get closer to the Chinese understanding of their own writings instead of reading them through categories which only make sense in our own constructed reality, our Lebenswelt.

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