The Genesis of Original Chinese Military Terms

Abstract

It is known that the study of terms remains one of the most relevant areas of modern linguistic research conducted by Chinese and Uzbek scholars. This article examines the formation and development of terms, particularly those related to military art. The emergence and development of military thought in China were studied based on valuable information provided in "The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China," written by Ralph D. Sawyer, a renowned American orientalist and military historian. The original Chinese military terms were lexically and genetically analyzed in the texts taken from the Wenyan version of Sun-zi's "Art of War," included in this collection. The original and modern military terms have been compared, and the syllable structure and semantic differences between them have been analyzed. I.D. Klenin's "Chinese-Russian military and technical dictionary" has been widely used during the study.