• CHINESE LITERATURE
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• v.95
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• pp.49-71
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• 2018

This paper was aimed to investigate the exchanges, understandings and communication between Western and Chinese civilizations with a focus on language and logic. To obtain that purpose, this paper will unfold in the following order : First, it will start with demonstrating the translation process of Minglitan which was based on multifaceted exchanges between both sides, as well as taking a glance at some of their later joint translations. This will give light to the works' limits of failing to fully clarify their differences. Second, we will consider the problem of language in Aristotle's logics and Plato's theory--which formed the basis of Minglitan. Lastly, we will compare the two theorists' ideas to that of China's mingshi名實, ultimately leading to Chinese traditional questions about name, so called ming名, and what common points and differences the two had.