ABSTRACT
… Kongzi 孔子 said, 28 “It is said in an ancient book that ‘language [yán 言] is to give adequate expression to what is compellingly present in one's mind, and literary patterning [wén 文] is to give adequate force to language’. If one does not use language, who will know what is compellingly present in one's mind? If one uses language without literary patterning [wén 文], one's message will not travel far”. 29 … .
