Theoretical Reflections on the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System for Chinese Language and Script: A Scientific Perspective Based on the “Logical Certainty” (Li Bi) from the Qian-Jia School

Feng Shengli

Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning ›› 2026, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2) : 14-27.

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Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning ›› 2026, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2) : 14-27. DOI: 10.19689/j.cnki.cn10-1361/h.20260201

Theoretical Reflections on the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System for Chinese Language and Script: A Scientific Perspective Based on the “Logical Certainty” (Li Bi) from the Qian-Jia School

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This paper adopts the scientific perspective of “Logical Certainty” (Li Bi) derived from the Qian-Jia School to explore pathways to construct an autonomous knowledge system for Chinese language and script. Through a comprehensive analysis of four key relationships—namely, period-specific graphonomy and small seal script structure (the necessity of principled intentionality in the strokes of Chinese characters), metrical-tonal syllables and phonological stress (the necessity of relative prominence and F0-Unifunction Principle), prosodic grammar and relative prominence (the necessity of binary structure and bio-prosody), and register grammar and communicative distance (the necessity of Form-Function Cogenesis Principle)—this paper demonstrates the universality and explanatory power of the Logical Certainty across various linguistic and script-related dimensions. It is proposed that the Logical Certainty constitutes the intellectual core of the Qian-Jia School, serving not only as a methodological foundation for constructing a knowledge system rooted in Chinese scholarly tradition but also as a robust academic framework capable of integrating Chinese and Western perspectives and synthesizing multiple linguistic levels. This approach aims to advance Chinese linguistics from a “land of materials” to a “land of theories”, thereby facilitating the modern construction of an autonomous knowledge system.

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autonomous knowledge system / Qian-Jia Logical Certainty / metrical-tonal syllable / prosodic grammar / register grammar

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Feng Shengli. Theoretical Reflections on the Construction of an Independent Knowledge System for Chinese Language and Script: A Scientific Perspective Based on the “Logical Certainty” (Li Bi) from the Qian-Jia School[J]. Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning. 2026, 11(2): 14-27 https://doi.org/10.19689/j.cnki.cn10-1361/h.20260201

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