... the same in the two different cultures? By answering these questions, this essay is going to unveil the mystery of "hysteria". The Definitions and Origins In the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "hysteria" has two definitions. Pathologically, hysteria stands for "a functional disturbance of the nervous system, characterized by such disorders as anæsthesia, hyperæsthesia, convulsions, etc., ... the second definition in English. Apparently, the first definition which is the pathological one was lost during its transformation into Chinese. A possible explanation to this is that before...

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... has shed a little light on the earliest cultures in China but has not solved this perplexing riddle. In this lecture, we will first begin our quest for the mythical origins of China. 1. Mythical Origins a. Pan Ku He is said to come from an extremely large egg called the Great Monad. When the egg broke, the upper half of the shell became the ... 1. non-inflectional (no conjugations or declensions to indicate tense, mood, number, gender, and the like); 2. monosyllabic morpheme; 3. no form change in part of speech, especially in Classical Chinese; 4. use of word order and auxiliary words t...

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