The subjects of “MengZi『孟子』” have shown several kinds. Based on the meaning between subject-predicate, subjects are divided into four categories such as agentive, recipient, existential, topic subjects. Agentive subjects are agents of behaviour or action; recipient subjects are receivers of action; existential subjects are being that will be existing or perishing; topic subjects are being commented. Agentive and existential subjects can be easily identified, so we can omit explaining them. However, recipient and topic subjects need detailed classification. We can combine both recipient and topic subjects as “suggestive subjects”, because they are located at the most front part of a sentence. The subcategories of recipient and topic subjects are, respectively, nine and twelve. We have shown detailed categorization with the sentences of “MengZi『孟子』”.
Ⅱ. 『孟子』제시 주어의 유형