Ontological metaphor is the most basic form of metaphor. It treats things, activities, emotions, thoughts, and so on as entities and substances. For example,"time is money" and "knowledge is power" were used to connect abstract concepts with physical objects. Ontological metaphor is based on direct perception and experience, using real and visible things to express abstract things, so that people can refer to abstract concepts, classify, group, and measure them, or further analyze and reason on this basis. Among the noumenon metaphor, there was also a container metaphor, which used abstract concepts as containers, such as "you walked into my inner world." This metaphor originated from people's direct perception of their own body as a container (wrapped in skin, divided into inside and outside).
In layman's terms, the theory of noumenon was mainly a theory that explored the nature of existence itself. It was concerned with questions such as " What is real existence " or " How do we understand the nature and existence of a thing?" For example, in China philosophy, there was the word " Tao ". Taoism said that " Tao follows nature." This was an understanding of the laws behind the existence of things." Tao " was regarded as the fundamental law of nature. In Western philosophy, like the theory of ideas of Platon, he believed that objects in the real world were imperfect projections of ideas, and that ideas were eternal existences. This was also a kind of exploration of the nature of existence. In short, the theory of noumenon was a way to explore the nature of the world and oneself from a philosophical perspective.
One characteristic is the exploration of the nature of reality. For example, in some ontological fiction novels, the boundaries between dreams and reality are blurred, making readers question what is truly real.
Fu, Bi, and Xing was a rhetorical device in ancient Chinese literature. It was mainly used to compare or compare two things to express the similarities and differences between them to achieve the purpose of vivid and profound description. Among them, Fu is a direct narrative rather than a metaphor, and it is association and imagination. To see the big picture from the small means to show the broader meaning and influence that they represent by describing small things or details. This kind of writing technique was often used to express the character's personality, quality, thoughts, etc., so that the reader could feel the character's inner world and emotional state from these details. For example, by describing a small detail, such as the crawling action of an ant, it could express the delicate feelings and emotional fluctuations of the character's heart to achieve the effect of seeing the big from the small.
Metaphorical argument is a rhetorical device that uses an analogy of one thing to strengthen an argument. In a figurative argument, the noumenon and the metaphor establish an image of a connection, which often makes it easier for people to understand and accept the argument. There are a few points to note when writing a metaphor: A metaphor should accurately grasp the characteristics of the noumenon and the metaphor to make an accurate metaphor. 2. Metaphorical sentences should use vivid language as much as possible to make the reader feel the image brought by the metaphor. Figurative sentences should conform to rhetorical rules to avoid using inappropriate metaphor to cause misunderstanding. Therefore, when writing a metaphor, one should pay attention to the accuracy, image, and propriety of the metaphor in order to better strengthen the effect of the argument.
One well - known ontological fiction novel is 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams. It plays with concepts of reality and existence in a very humorous and thought - provoking way.
The main elements usually include time travel. For example, a character going back or forward in time. Another element is the alteration of events. When the time - traveling character changes something in the past or future, it often leads to the paradox. Also, there's the existence of the character itself. Their actions in time can make their own existence or the reason for their time - traveling actions seem impossible, like in a story where a time traveler prevents their own birth.
Here is an ontological time paradox story. A man finds a strange device that allows him to send messages back in time. He sends a message to his younger self warning about a future event that would cause him great harm. His younger self heeds the warning and avoids the event. But then, the future from which the original message was sent no longer exists because the event didn't happen. So, how could the message have been sent in the first place? This is the essence of the ontological time paradox in this story.
Metaphor was a rhetorical device used to compare two unrelated things and create an escape. It was usually not directly pointed out by words like or as. It was a metaphor used to perceive and experience through the hints of other things. Metaphor was a form of metaphor. The form of metaphor was " A is B ", but it had to meet the two conditions that A and B were different in nature and had similarities. The difference between the two was mainly reflected in the following aspects: 1. Forms of expression: Metaphors don't use explicit figurative words to express themselves; metaphor uses words such as "is" and "is" as figurative words. 2. Semantics: Metaphor is to compare something to another thing that has a similar relationship with it. Metaphor focuses on using an analogy to describe. 3. [Usage: In ordinary writing, metaphor is more widely used than metaphor.] 4. Hidden meaning: There are hidden emotions behind a metaphor, so a metaphor can be seen as a symbol or an object to express one's thoughts. Metaphors are more about the relationship between the noumenon and the metaphor.
Metaphor was a kind of rhetoric. By grasping the similarities between two different things, one thing was used to describe another thing. Its structure was generally composed of noumenon, metaphor, and metaphor words. The purpose was to express the content vividly, specifically, and vividly, giving people a deep and distinct image, so that the reasoning was more thorough. The metaphor was to use figurative language to explain profound principles. The difference between the two was that metaphor focused on constructing images through similar things to make the description or expression more vivid, mainly to improve the effect of language expression, while image metaphor emphasized the use of visualization to explain profound principles, focusing on the interpretation of principles.
1. The peaks and ridges are like gathering, the waves are like raging waves, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road. Zhang Yanghao's "Hillside Sheep: Reminiscence of Tongguan" 2. There's no such thing in front of the house on the river. I'm lucky to be able to share the verdant grass and brush the waves. Du Fu's "Looking for Mianzhu from Wei Erming's Mansion" 3. The waves of the sea are shallow, but the heart of a small person is deep. Du Xunhe's "Feeling Residence" 4. Waves billow for thousands of miles, and snowflakes fly to the fishing platform. Mao Ze-dong's Seven Absolutes: Watching the Tides 5. The waves are not to be feared, and the Three Gorge is only thunder. Du Fu's "Will go to Wu and Chu, leave a farewell chapter to make Jun stay behind, concurrently shogunate Zhugong, get Liu word." 6. Pill water billows, on the yellow mountain mist. President Jiang's "Ode to the Sweet Dew and the Edict"