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Renovating Methodology: The Development of Hermeneutics and Comparative Literature

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The first question we need to discuss is how is meaning generated and how are symbols understood and interpreted? In the rules of transport, a red light means you cannot proceed, an amber light means you have to wait, and a green light means you can proceed.

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    Translation taken from Ron Egan, Word Image and Deed in the Life of Su Shi.

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    Arthur Waley (trans.) Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1997), Chapter 21, p. 45.

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    Translation from ibid., p. 53.

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    Princeton University Press, 1990.

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Yue, D. (2016). Renovating Methodology: The Development of Hermeneutics and Comparative Literature. In: China and the West at the Crossroads. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1116-0_11

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