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A Linguistic Inquiry into the Chinese Culture of Ox —The Leading “Ox” of Chinese Civilization

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2009, (20), pp.397-426
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2009..20.015
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : June 30, 2009

왕수진 1

1백석대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

Some five or six thousand years ago, the Chinese ancestor Shen Nung, also known as Yan emperor, regarded “ox” as a kind of totem and thus signaled the beginning of the Chinese culture of ox. The Chinese civilization under the guidance of “ox” might be called as the “Culture of Ox”, which was also a civilization engendered by farming. The ancient and contemporary “Culture of Ox”might be in a direct line of succession. Specifically, the “culture of ox” could be embodied by 1) the“culture of ox worship” which underscores the admiration of bigness; 2) the “culture of ox respect” which honors using ox as names; 3) the “culture of Internet ox” which comes into being due to extensive use of Internet; 4) the “culture of happy ox” which promotes taking pains for pleasure.

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