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Automatic Mining and Comparative Analysis of Animal and Plant Metaphors in Chinese and Western Classical Texts

Authors
Siwen Wang1, *, Yuxuan Liu1, Bo Chen2, Xiaobing Zhao2
1School of Chinese Ethnic Minority Languages and Literatures, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
2School of Information Engineering, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 23301837@muc.edu.cn
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Siwen Wang
Available Online 28 May 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-689-0_9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
animal metaphor; plant metaphor; automatic metaphor mining
Abstract

This paper proposes a large language model (LLM)–based automatic mining framework for identifying and analyzing animal and plant metaphors in Chinese and Western classical texts. Treating metaphor identification as a structured information extraction task, we design a multi-stage pipeline integrating prompt-guided entity extraction, contextual metaphor classification, semantic labeling, and human-in-the-loop verification. Using Chu Ci and Aesop’s Fables as case studies, we construct a validated metaphor dataset containing 2,172 instances. Experimental analysis shows that the proposed framework achieves high coverage while substantially reducing manual annotation effort. The results demonstrate the feasibility of applying LLM-driven computational methods to cross-cultural metaphor research in digital humanities.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2026 2nd International Conference on Data Mining and Project Management (DMPM 2026)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
28 May 2026
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978-94-6239-689-0
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2352-5428
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10.2991/978-94-6239-689-0_9How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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