PRINCIPLE  理理

BASIC FEATURE of a DOCTRINE OR A SYSTEM of RULES.
TRUTHPROPOSITIONCONCEPTIDEATHEORYASSUMPTIONFUNDAMENTALESSENTIALGROUND RULE
Hypernym
  • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
See also
  • METAPHYSICSPHILOSOPHY which SYSTEMATICALLY INVESTIGATES the PRINCIPLES of EXISTENCE.
    Hyponym
    • COSMIC FORCE　FORCE, PRINCIPLE, OR ELEMENT which CONTROLS PERCEIVED PHENOMENA in the WORLD.
      • RULE　IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE to which one CONFORMS.
        • ETHICS　PRINCIPLES IN-RELATION-TO the JUDGMENT of BEHAVIOUR as MORE OR LESS GOOD OR MORE OR LESS BAD.
          • CULTURE　SYSTEM of MORALITY, AESTHETIC SENSIBILITIES, AND CUSTOMS in a SOCIETY....
        • VALUE　INTENSELY IMPORTANT MORAL PRINCIPLE OR ASPIRATION.
          Old Chinese Criteria
          1. Lǐ 理 refers to inherent structuring patterns of things.

          2. Zé 則 refers to a rule or pattern to be followed.

          3. Fǎ 法 (often: "model, method, procedure, law" can refer to a man-made rule pattern or rule, never a "law of nature" and rarely a pattern set by nature.

          4. Zhì 制 refers to a humanly instituted system of principles and rules.

          5. Yào 要 refers to the single underlying most important principle that governs something.

          6. Jīng 經 refers to a basic guideline that one might prefer to follow.

          Modern Chinese Criteria
          道理

          理路

          事理

          理

          諦

          所以然

          大道理

          大義

          義理

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

          Words

          理  lǐ OC: ɡ-rɯʔ MC: lɨ 61 AttributionsWD

          Lǐ 理 refers to inherent structuring patterns of things.

            Word relations
          • Ant: 事/SITUATION Shì 事 focusses on the factual sequence of events that create a shì 勢.
          • Epithet: 天下/WORLD The current term for the inhabited earth is tiān xià 天下 "All under Heaven", the Greek oikoumenē.
          • Contrast: 道/METHOD Dào 道 is a way of being, of functioning, as well as a way of doing things, and this Way may be either exoteric or esoteric.
          • Assoc: 道/PRINCIPLE
          • Assoc: 義/RECTITUDE The most general word is yì 義 "rectitude" which is often used to refer to what is proper and what is one's proper duty in general and also duties in particular.
          • Oppos: 事/THING hì 事 refers to a things as a subject matter, or as an event.
          • Oppos: 欲 / 慾/DESIRE The dominant standard word is yù 欲 (ant. fú 弗 "refused to, would not") which refers to any concrete - and typically temporary - intention or desire of any kind, irrespective how strongly motivated it is. 欲戰 "wants to fight".
          • Oppos: 道/METHOD Dào 道 is a way of being, of functioning, as well as a way of doing things, and this Way may be either exoteric or esoteric.

            Syntactic words
          • nab(.post-N)the principles of a contextually determinate matter N; the principles of thingsCH
          • nab.adVby reason, according to all principles, in the nature of things
          • nabmetaphysicalguiding pattern of things, natural principle(s)
          • nabmetaphysicalproper principle, reasonable principle
          • nabopinionprinciple (upheld by someone)
          • nabpsychologicalprincipled thought; systematic basic reflectionCH
          • nadVin accordance with principled thought; on the basis of principled reflectionCH
          • vibe in accordance with natural principles
          • vtoNcausativecause to be patterned and orderly
          道理  dào lǐ OC: ɡ-luuʔ ɡ-rɯʔ MC: dɑu lɨ 19 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalthe principles of the Way; more general: principle; rationale
          • NPabpsychmere abstract principle without psychological engagement or depth
          人倫  rén lún OC: njin ɡ-run MC: ȵin lʷin 16 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabsocialprinciples underlying human relations and moral behaviour; proper human relations; standards of proper human conduct
          倫  lún OC: ɡ-run MC: lʷin 14 AttributionsWD

            Word relations
          • Relat: 名/NAME The current general word for a name is míng 名 (ant. shí 實 "reality").

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          • nab.post-Ncosmological: governing principle
          • nab.post-V{NUM}socialfundamental human relations; moral standards of social behaviour
          • nabpluralguiding principles of behaviourCH
          • vibe properly principledCH
          經  jīng OC: keeŋ MC: keŋ 13 AttributionsWD

          Jīng 經 refers to a basic guideline that one might prefer to follow.

            Syntactic words
          • nabbasic guiding principleCH
          • nab.post-Nthe warp> underlying principles and rules
          • vibe properly principled; be in accordance with the classics
          機  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 10 AttributionsWD

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          • Synon: 要/PRINCIPLE Yào 要 refers to the single underlying most important principle that governs something.

            Syntactic words
          • nabmetaphysicalcrucial point; crucial initiative; decisive mechanism; device
          綱紀  gāng jì OC: kaaŋ kɯʔ MC: kɑŋ kɨ 6 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabnonreferential此其算之綱紀乎 "These, presumably, must be the guidelines/principles of mathematics."(九章，Liu Hui's comm: 1.9) the principles (of something), the main guidelines of society and of governance 
          • VPtoNto provide the main guidelines of society and of governance for NLZ
          道  dào OC: ɡ-luuʔ MC: dɑu 4 AttributionsWD

            Word relations
          • Assoc: 理/PRINCIPLE Lǐ 理 refers to inherent structuring patterns of things.

            Syntactic words
          • nab.post-NN=humanthe principles followed by a person, the ways of a personCH
          • nabmetaphysicalcosmic principle underlying the processes of the universe
          分  fèn MC: pjun OC: bɯnsLZ 4 AttributionsWD
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          • nabbasic principle, fundamental guidelineLZ
          守  shǒu OC: qhjuʔ MC: ɕɨu 3 AttributionsWD
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          • nabpsychwhat one holds onto as principles> self-control; principled steadfastness of moral stance
          • vt[oNab]conform with [one's principles]
          法  fǎ OC: pab MC: pi̯ɐp 3 AttributionsWD

          Fǎ 法 "law" can refer to a man-made rule pattern or rule, never a "law of nature" and rarely a pattern set by nature.

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          • nabprincipled bureaucratic and legal principles and procedures; the art of bureaucratic law-based governanceCH
          文理  wén lǐ OC: mɯn ɡ-rɯʔ MC: mi̯un lɨ 3 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabdispositiondecorous principle; civilised rationality
          皇極  huáng jí OC: ɡʷaaŋ ɡɯɡ MC: ɦɑŋ gɨk 3 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabpsychaugust correctness; ideal principles of imperial government
          極  jí OC: ɡɯɡ MC: gɨk 3 AttributionsWD
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          • nabmoralultimate moral and social principle; high principle
          本主  běn zhǔ MC: pwonX tsyuX OC: pɯɯnʔ tjoʔCH 3 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabbasic dominant principleCH
          彝倫  yí lún OC: li ɡ-run MC: ji lʷin 2 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalconstant/unvarying cosmic principles
          於理  yú lǐ OC: qa ɡ-rɯʔ MC: ʔi̯ɤ lɨ 2 AttributionsWD
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          • VPadVby reason, by the proper principles of reasoning
          理義  lǐ yì OC: ɡ-rɯʔ ŋrals MC: lɨ ŋiɛ 2 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabnonreferentialprincipled rectitude; basic principles of all kinds
          情  qíng OC: dzeŋ MC: dziɛŋ 2 AttributionsWD
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          • nabmetaphysical常情"the lasting underlying real principle": essential reality; underlying real and stable principles 
          義  yì MC: ngjeH OC: ŋralsCH 2 AttributionsWD
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          • nabmoral principlesCH
          順  shùn MC: zywinH OC: ɢjunsLZ 2 AttributionsWD
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          • nprinciple (XUN, dubious, but according to most commentaries = 理)LZ
          夷  yí MC: yij OC: liCH 2 AttributionsWD
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          • nabbalance of just principlesCH
          所  suǒ OC: sqraʔ MC: ʂi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
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          • nab[WHAT ONE AIMS FOR>] standpoint
          要  yào OC: qews MC: ʔiɛu 1 AttributionWD

          Yào 要 refers to the single underlying most important principle that governs something.

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          • vadVas a matter of principle
          軌  guǐ OC: kʷruʔ MC: ki 1 AttributionWD
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          • nprinciple; standard; maxim
          事倫  shì lún OC: dzrɯs ɡ-run MC: ɖʐɨ lʷin 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalthe principles of things
          五教  wǔ jiào OC: ŋaaʔ kruus MC: ŋuo̝ kɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalFive Principles 父義、母慈、兄友、弟恭、子孝五種倫理
          天理  tiān lǐ OC: lʰiin ɡ-rɯʔ MC: then lɨ 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalprinciples of Nature
          • VPibe in accordance with the principles of nature
          端末  duān mò OC: toon maad MC: tʷɑn mʷɑt 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalthe ins and out of something
          經理  jīng lǐ OC: keeŋ ɡ-rɯʔ MC: keŋ lɨ 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalguiding principle, main principle
          綱宗  gāng zōng OC: kaaŋ tsuuŋ MC: kɑŋ tsuo̝ŋ 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabprinciples [GUOYUCIDIAN]
          軌則  guǐ zé OC: kʷruʔ skɯɯɡ MC: ki tsək 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabguideline, priniciple
          有理  yǒu lǐ MC: hjuwX liX OC: ɢʷɯʔ ɡ-rɯʔCH 1 AttributionWD
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          • VPibe principled, have a point; be reasonable enoughCH
          事理  shì lǐ MC: dzriH liX OC: dzrɯs ɡ-rɯʔLZ 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPmetaphysicalbasic principles of thingsLZ
          渾天  hún tiān MC: hwon then OC: ɡuun lʰiinDS 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPmetaphysicalone of the ancient cosmological theoriesDS
          大義  dà yì MC: dajH ngjeH OC: daads ŋralsLZ 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabthe crucial principleLZ
          數  shù MC: srjuH OC: sqrosLZ 1 AttributionWD
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          • nabnatural order of thingsLZ
          地理  dì lǐ MC: dijH liX OC: lils ɡ-rɯʔCH 1 AttributionWD
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          • NPabbasic patterns/principles of the earthCH
          凡  fán MC: bjaem OC: blomCH 1 AttributionWD
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          • nabgeneral principle(s), overall outline; main pointsCH
          本  běn OC: pɯɯnʔ MC: puo̝n 0 AttributionsWD
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          • nab.post-V{NUM}textbasic principle
          維  wéi OC: k-lul MC: ji 0 AttributionsWD
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          • n(guiding rope>) principle; cardinal rule (GUAN)
          大倫  dà lún OC: daads ɡ-run MC: dɑi lʷin 0 AttributionsWD
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          • NPabmetaphysicalthe main principles of social ethics
          道情  dào qíng OC: ɡ-luuʔ dzeŋ MC: dɑu dziɛŋ 0 AttributionsWD
          • () p. 6373b

            道義，情理

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          • NPabmetaphysicalprinciple of the Way, true meaning of the Way (Southern Dyn., Tang)
          人理  rén lǐ MC: nyin liX OC: njin ɡ-rɯʔCH 0 AttributionsWD
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