 In the Chinese lists of emotions, however, one can see some unusual categories: “persuasion and reason” (說故) in the Xunzi (22.5) and profit (material interest) (利) in the Nei yei. They do not look like categories of emotions. In addition, it is unclear whether these lists of emotions refer to the designated emotions or the whole spectrum of emotions. For example, Eifring (2019: 190) suggests that xi nu (喜怒 joy and anger), a pair of antonyms, should be understood broadly as the whole spectrum emotions, not simply as the two specific emotions (joy and anger). He states that xi nu 