Pattern-Based Chinese Literary Theory

Through three published studies, I've discovered that Chinese literature follows structural patterns rather than semantic logic—like musical templates where you swap instruments but keep the rhythm.

Word Level

via Cilin Dictionary - Classical Chinese Lexicon

"Position creates meaning"

Character placement determines word semantic categories

Modifier	Head
Subject	Predicate
Verb	Object

● Dominant semantic discrimination

● Supporting elements

Phrase Level

via Gu Cheng - Contemporary Avant-garde Poet

"Sound shapes structure"

Phonemic patterns guide poetic expression

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	y	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Open	a

● Developing period (Formative phase)

● Mature period (Stable phase)

Text Level

via Shijing - 3,000-year-old Poetry Classics

"Templates transcend time"

Binary correspondence patterns connect ancient and modern literature

Incentive Process Example*

Initiative Lines (起句)	Response Lines (應句)
萋兮斐兮	彼譖人者
成是貝錦	亦已大甚
−+−+ ++−−	+−+− −−++

● + (Rhythmic pattern) ● − (Thematic element)

*Shijing, no. 200, "Xiangbo" (巷伯)

🔬 Research Challenge

While these individual findings are validated, integrating them into a unified AI framework remains unexplored territory.

Current AI Limitation

Statistical learning: "What comes next?"
Surface pattern memorization without cultural understanding

Proposed Innovation

Structural learning: "How Chinese thinks?"
Multi-level pattern integration for authentic generation

📚 Research Publications

Liao, S.-Y. (2023). "Construction of Cilin Lexical Database: Exploring Metaphor and Metonymy in Classical Chinese Vocabulary". 14th International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities 2023 Proceedings. Tainan: National Cheng Kung University (NCKU).

Liao, S.-Y. (2021). "顧城詩的語法形式和音位符號系統之探勘 A Discovery of Sentence Patterns and Phonemic Symbolism in GU Cheng's Poems". In: T.-W. Chan (dir.), 臺北大學中文學報 Journal of Chinese Language and Literature of National Taipei University (ISSN: 1993-1638), vol. 29, pp.113-158. Taipei: National Taipei University.

Liao, S.-Y. (2019). "詩經的量化研究：發掘興體詩的隱藏節奏 A Quantitative Research of the Book of Odes (Shījīng 詩經): the Discovery of the Underlying Rhythm in the Incentive Process (xīng 興)". In: J. Hsiang et al. (dir.), 數位典藏與數位人文 Journal of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities (ISSN: 2616-5732), vol. 4, pp.49-70. Taipei: Taiwanese Association for Digital Humanity & Ainosco Press. DOI: 10.6853/DADH.201910_(4).0003.