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The debate on the yan-yi relation was carried out by Chinese philosophers collectively,and the principles and methods in the debate still belong to a living tradition of Chinese philosophy.From Yijing(Book of Changes),Lunyu(Analects),Laozi and Zhuangzi to Wang Bi,yiwhich cannot be expressed fully by yan(language),is not onlyideaormeaningin the human mind,but is also some kind of ontological existence,which is beyond yan and emblematic symbols,and unspeakable.Thus,the debate on the yan-yi relation refers firstly to metaphysics,secondly to moral philosophy,and then to epistemology and philosophy of language.Guided by this view,this paper recalls the source of the debate on the yan-yi relation to Yijing and Lunyu,distinguishes four meanings ofyiin Chinese philosophy,and reconstructs three arguments.These arguments are theyan cannot express yi fullyargument,forget yan once you get yiargument,andyan Can express yi fullyargument.Finally,this paper exposes and comments on those principles,methods and the general tendency shown in the debate from the following five aspects:starting point,value-preference,methodology,texts(papers and books),and influences.