Research Article

Culture under Complex Perspective: A Classification for Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements Based on NLP and Complex Networks

Table 3

Word-segmentation results of typical data source with the THULAC tool.

NumberSectionWord-segmentation examples

1Philosophy writing (Zi)Lizhe^ti^ye^renqing^you^aiyue^wuxing^you^xingmie^gu^li^xiangyin^zhi^li^shizhong^zhi^ai^hunyin^zhi^yi^zhaopin^zhi^biao^zunbei^shangxia^you^ti
“Propriety is the decency. Human emotions have sorrow and joy; the five elements have rise and fall. Therefore, it sets up feast customs, funeral customs, marriage customs, and an imperial appointment system. Everything is in hierarchical order, from top to bottom”

2Heavenhetuditongji^yue^yuzhe^tiandi^zhi^shi^ye
dunjiakaishantu^yue^huoshan^nanyue^youyun^shi^yuhu
In Hetuditongji, it says the rain nourishes everything in the world. In Dunjiakaishantu, it documents there exist silk words named Yunshi and Yuhu.

3Earthhuayangguozhi^yue^jianwei^nan’an^xiannan^you^emeishan^qu^xian^bashili^ditu^yun^you^xianyao^hanwu^qiu^bu^neng^de
In Huayangguozhi, there is a Mount Emei in the southern area, 40 kilometers from the county. The map says there exists an elixir. Emperor Wu of Han pursued it while not was able to get it.

4Criminal lawduiyue^chen^shao^ye^song^shi^yun^putian^zhi^xia^mofei^wangtu
shuaitu^zhi^bin^mofei^wangchen^jin^jun^tianzi^ze^wo^tianzi^chen^ye
Answered “I have been familiar with the “Book of Songs” since childhood, and there is a poem in the book saying: “the whole world, is it the king’s soil; all people on the Earth, are the king’s ministers”. Now that the king of Zhou is the ruler of the world, then I am a minister of the emperor”

5OfficialsShiji^yue^Fansui^shuo^Qinzhaowang^yue^Wuzixu^Tuozai^er^chu^zhaoguan^ye^xing^er^zhaofu^zhiyu^Lingshui^wuyi^huqikou^xixing^pufu^Bai^jishou^routan^gufu^chuixiao^qi^yu^wushi^zu^wuguo^helu^wei^bo^shichen^de^jin^mou^ru^zixu^jiazhi^yi^youqiu^zhongshen^bu^fu^jian^shi^chen^zhi^shuo^xing^ye
The Record of the Grand Historian says “Wu Zixu persuaded Qin Shi Huang and said “Wu Zixu hid in a bag and got out of Zhaoguan. He drove at night and was concealed during the day. When he arrived at Lingshui, he had nothing to eat. He sat and walked, crawled, and begged in Wu City. Finally, he rejuvenated the country of Wu, and Wu Wang Lu became the overlord. If the courtier’s strategy of advancing and offering can be like Wu Zixu’s, it is to confine me and never see the king for life, as long as the courtier’s proposal is implemented.’”