Introduction: The Harmony of the Cosmos, Human Body, and Language

Abstract

Readers of Aesthetic Linguistics will find that the content in the first three sections of this chapter are familiar. Why, then, do I repeat them? This is because I raised a question in that book but remained to offer the answer—there is a sort of seemingly mysterious harmony between language structure and the cosmos. This book is the answer as such. On this account, to tell the original progress is the readers’ demand (or else there would not be the possibility for the present discussions to come into force), it is also my responsibility and, all the more, it accords with the academic norms (since in the academic history, one’s thought forever comes down in one continuous line). This apart, I could not introduce the new conclusion of the present book without giving the aforementioned facts first. Just as was said by Hu Shi, “Insofar as one writes books and sets up one’s own philosophy, there is always a system with which his thought and theories accord, and there cannot be great conflicts in it” (Hu Shi, Outline of the history of Chinese philosophy. Shanghai Classics Publishing House, Shanghai, 2000, p. 15). To readers remaining to read Aesthetic Linguistics, whereas, this chapter might be fairly interesting.