ONLY THEN    方然後

THEREUPON AND NOT BEFORE that.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Rán hòu 然後 and ér hòu 而後 typically focus on the logical or causal need of A happening (before B can happen), i.e. the new element tends to be A, and A is considered as a GENERAL logical or causal precondition for B. 2. Fāng 方 means "not before then, only then", and the focus is simply on the concrete temporal sequence of events in which A precedes B. 3. Nǎi 乃 is specifically "then and only then" and focusses on the concrete event B happening happening at last (after A).
Modern Chinese Criteria
方 然後 那才 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • THEREUPON　At the MOMENT WHEN something OTHER has HAPPENED.NB: THEN is taken as a logical conditional relation, whereas THEREUPON is temporal. The distinction needs much more attention. (anc: 5/0, child: 1)
  • MOMENT　POINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

    CONDITIONALS

    • Words (13 items)

    然後  rán hòu OC: njen ɡoos MC: ȵiɛn ɦu 68 Attributions

    Rán hòu 然後 and ér hòu 而後 typically focus on the logical or causal need of A happening (before B can happen), i.e. the new element tends to be A, and A is considered as a GENERAL logical or causal precondition for B.

      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2general conditionalonly then; only after the preceding condition is fulfilled
    • PPadS1.postS2logiconly under these logical conditions
    • PPadS1.postS2temporalonly after that time
    而後  ér hòu OC: njɯ ɡooʔ MC: ȵɨ ɦu 62 Attributions

    Rán hòu 然後 and ér hòu 而後 typically focus on the logical or causal need of A happening (before B can happen), i.e. the new element tends to be A, and A is considered as a GENERAL logical or causal precondition for B.

      Syntactic words
    • PPadV.postSlogicthen and only then, only under these logical conditions
    • PPadV.postStemporalonly then; after
    • PPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}V only after the time N has passed
    • PPpostS1.adS2logiconly then; only after the logical condition S1DS
    • PPpostV1.adV2V2 only after having V1ed, to V1 and only after that V2CH
    方  fāng OC: paŋ MC: pi̯ɐŋ 24 Attributions

    Fāng 方 means "not before then, only then", and the focus is simply on the concrete temporal sequence of events in which A precedes B.

      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2only then; after S2 only then S1, emphasising the need for S2 to happen before S1
    • padVonly then (cf. modern 才)DS
    • padV.postN{SUBJ}:post-Sthen, at that point
    乃  nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi
    迺  nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi 16 Attributions

    Nǎi 乃 is specifically "then and only then" and focusses on the concrete event B happening happening at last (after A).

      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2then and only then
    • padV.post-Nonly at the time N
    • padV.postN{SUBJ}:post-Sonly when S, then V
    而后  ér hòu MC: nyi huwX OC: njɯ ɡooʔ 14 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.post-S2=而後　only thenCH
    始  shǐ OC: lʰɯʔ MC: ɕɨ 10 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt+V[0].post-Sbegin to V after S> only then, then for the first time
    方始  fāng shǐ OC: paŋ lʰɯʔ MC: pi̯ɐŋ ɕɨ 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+V.post-S(if S) only then V
    而乃  ér nǎi OC: njɯ nɯɯʔ MC: ȵɨ nəi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2only at that stage
    爾乃  ěr nǎi OC: mljelʔ nɯɯʔ MC: ȵiɛ nəi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2only after that
    • PPadV.postSonly then, only after that
    僅  jǐn OC: ɡrɯns MC: gin 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2only then?
    爾乃方  ěr nǎi fāng OC: mljelʔ nɯɯʔ paŋ MC: ȵiɛ nəi pi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadV.postSonly then, only after that
    經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.adShaving passed through the time N, S happened > only after the time N, then S
      Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.post-S2=而後　only thenCH