言 · Zhao Mengfu
言 (yán) is speech itself. The Shuowen Jiezi (《说文解字》 卷三 言部) distinguishes two acts: ‘直言曰言，論難曰語’ — plain statement is yán; disputation is yǔ. Kangxi (页1146) adds 《释名》: ‘言，宣也，宣彼此之意’ — to make meaning public. The classics treat it as a moral in $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart