I. Different definitions
Duality is a metaphor. Are two sentences used in pairs, with the same number of words, the same structure and part of speech, and related meanings.
Duality refers to a special form of expression and means used in poetry creation and couplet writing. It requires poetry conjunctions to be based on duality, and words with the same structural position in the upper and lower sentences must be consistent in parts of speech.
Second, the characteristics are different.
The basic feature of duality is "opposition" and the basic feature of duality is "symmetry".
Third, the use of different styles.
Duality and duality are so different, mainly used in different styles. Because different styles have different requirements for their own expression, they also have different requirements for expression forms.
As the antithesis of rhetorical methods, it is often widely used in various styles, especially in ancient Chinese prose and poems. It promotes the language, and the two even sentences complement each other and set off each other, making the language beautiful in form and expressive. Contradiction is a unique creative technique in metrical poetry. The metrical poems, which rose in Sui and Tang Dynasties, strictly require that couplets and necklaces in metrical poems must be opposed.
Fourth, the rules of use are different.
The general rules of duality are noun to noun, verb to verb, adjective to adjective, adverb to adverb. Take "Resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect our country and defend our country" as an example: resistance, aid, protection and defense are all relative verbs, and the United States, South Korea, home and country are relative nouns. In fact, noun pairs can be subdivided into several categories, and similar nouns are relatively neat dual, referred to as "work pairs".
The requirement of antithesis is that the meaning of words must belong to the same category, such as mountains and rivers to mountains and rivers, vegetation to vegetation and so on. Parts of speech must be basically the same, such as noun to noun, verb to verb, etc. Leveling must be relative, that is, leveling or leveling; The structure must be symmetrical, that is, simple words to simple words and compound words to compound words; In addition, we should avoid antonyms of the same word.
Similarities between duality and duality:
Duality and duality are two very similar language forms.
By contrast, the similarity between the two is that there is a word "right", which means that the two sentences should be relative, the overall structure should be the same, and the meaning should be related (that is, there is a certain connection). Its aesthetic function is to make the phonology of language more harmonious, enhance the sense of rhythm and beauty of music, and improve the expression effect.
Because of their similarity, it is difficult to distinguish them, and even some reference books have vague explanations of these two concepts. This explanation of "duality" with "antithesis" and "antithesis" with "antithesis" leads to the confusion of concepts, and as a result, people mistakenly think that "duality" and "antithesis" are the same thing and two titles of the same concept.