PRIVATE  私私

SECRET IN-RELATION-TO ALL OFFICIALS AND PERRSONAL.
PERSONALOWNINDIVIDUALSPECIALEXCLUSIVEPRIVATELY OWNED
Antonym
  • PUBLICOUTSIDE the HOME, AND what CAN be KNOWN by OR SHOWN to MANY.
    Hypernym
    • SECRETVOLUNTARILY:deliberately CONCEALED FROM OTHERS OR from PERSONS OUTSIDE a certain GROUP.
      • CONCEALCAUSE TO BECOME OBSCURE:invisible.
        • OBSCUREDARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of.
          • DARKCOLOUR LACKING BRIGHTNESS....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The dominant current word for privacy is sī 私 (ant. gōng 公 "public"), and the word designates everything that falls outside the responsibility of public administration. Contrast SELFISH, which is a common related category of thought in ancient China, and the differentiation between the two is by no means always clear.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    私人 is a current adjective referring to privacy.

    隱私

    陰私

    陰事

    私事

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 6.1131

      OEFFENTLICH/PRIVAT

    • New Dictiornary of the History of Ideas, 6 vols. ( HOROWITZ 2005) p.

    Words

    私  sī OC: sil MC: si 115 AttributionsWD

    The dominant current word for privacy is sī 私 (ant. gōng 公 "public"), and the word designates everything that falls outside the responsibility of public administration. Contrast SELFISH.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 公/PUBLIC There is only one dominant word for what pertains to the community or nation at large, gōng 公 (ant. sī 私 "private").
    • Ant: 公/EQUAL
    • Object: 匿/CONCEAL Nì 匿 (ant. zhāng 章/彰 "make a display of") refers to the physical removal of things so as to make them inaccessible to others.
    • Epithet: 利/PROFIT Lì 利 (1. ant. yì 義 "considerations of rectitude"(!!); 2. ant. hài 害 "damage and loss suffered") refers to material profit.
    • Epithet: 劍/SWORD Jiàn 劍refers to the weapon with two edges which can be worn on a belt. Sword became common in China relatively late; although short bronze swords were widely used in northeastern China from Shang till early Chunqiu period, there are only few pieces known from the graves of the Western Zhou and Chunqiu aristocracy. In the middle and late Chunqiu period bronze swords came to be wider used particularly in the southern states of Wu, Yue, and Chu; the earliest textual evidence I have found for the word also dates from this period (MOZI and inscriptions on the swords of Wu and Yue). In Warring States times sword became usual weapon. Iron swords for the first time appeared in the late Chunqiu period and by the early Han completely replaced bronze pieces. Note that in Han times both aristocrats and officials worn swords like symbols of their status.
    • Epithet: 財/PROPERTY The current very general term for moveable property and particularly things for daily use is cái 財.
    • Epithet: 門/FAMILY Mén 門 refers to the any complete respectable household including servants and dogs.
    • Epithet: 黨/FACTION The current general word for a faction is dǎng 黨.
    • Oppos: 主/RULER The current general word for a person in charge of others are zhǔ 主 (ant. pú 僕 "servant").
    • Oppos: 國/STATE The dominant word is guó 國, and the word naturally focusses on the capital which defines the identity of the state, but from Warring States times the word does refer to the whole of the territory, as the term guó xiāo 國削 "the state was truncated" shows.
    • Oppos: 主/RULER The current general word for a person in charge of others are zhǔ 主 (ant. pú 僕 "servant").
    • Oppos: 法/LAW The current general word for a law, a legal system or any legal provision of any kind is fǎ 法.

      Syntactic words
    • nabthat which is private, private affairs; private actions; what is non-official; private benefits; private interests
    • nabpsychprivate bias, personal bias (in the conduct of official duties)
    • v[adN]private possession
    • v[adN]private matters not intended for a wider publicCH
    • vadNprivate and secluded 私處; unauthorised
    • vadNmoralnon-official; not motivated by public obligations, not involved in any official and public function, not concerning public tasks
    • vadNnon-restrictivepersonal; unmotivated by public general concerns; non-official
    • vadNpersonalpersonal (preference, room), private, non-official
    • vadVprivately; unofficially, in a non-official way; for one's own personal purposes; in a way not defined by one's public obligations; in an unlicenced way,unofficially, personally, in an unauthorised way; 
    • vadVprivately, for one's private useCH
    • vtoNHF 9.2.19: treat (generosity) as a private affair; make one's private business
    • vtoNcausativetake personal/private control of; make into one's private property
    獨  dú MC: duwk OC: dooɡCH 11 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVprivately; personally; in one's private capacityCH
    自用  zì yòng OC: sblids k-loŋs MC: dzi ji̯oŋ 3 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPiwilful, stubborn
    入  rù OC: njub MC: ȵip 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vadVin privateCH
    • viactcultivate a private non-official life; be not (currently) in official employment
    自  zì OC: sblids MC: dzi 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • npro.adVby oneself; to oneself 自思維 "think to oneself"
    私自  sī zì OC: sil sblids MC: si dzi 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPadVprivately; all within oneself

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