Chen Xi-ying, the first advocator of "three similarities" (similarity of form, of meaning and of ... more Chen Xi-ying, the first advocator of "three similarities" (similarity of form, of meaning and of spirit), holds an agnostic view about similarity of spirit, which almost results in his denial of it, and leads to his focus's fall down to similarity of meaning. Yet the three-level equal division has been widely accepted by the follow-up translators. This paper first interprets similarity of meaning through the perspective of Social Semiotics, then, from Peirce's Semiotics, proves that Chen's three-level similarity, compared with the two-level division (similarity of form and of spirit), is closer to the nature of translation.
Chen Xi-ying, the first advocator of "three similarities" (similarity of form, of meaning and of ... more Chen Xi-ying, the first advocator of "three similarities" (similarity of form, of meaning and of spirit), holds an agnostic view about similarity of spirit, which almost results in his denial of it, and leads to his focus's fall down to similarity of meaning. Yet the three-level equal division has been widely accepted by the follow-up translators. This paper first interprets similarity of meaning through the perspective of Social Semiotics, then, from Peirce's Semiotics, proves that Chen's three-level similarity, compared with the two-level division (similarity of form and of spirit), is closer to the nature of translation.
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