Due to the difference in the subjective understanding of people on manner adverbial of prepositional object,there are different opinions which often make people confused.

But this alone can not distinguish the object of manner from other types of objects.

A prepositional phrase is one linguistic element composed with one prepostion and other phrases.

In the Pre-Qin(秦) period,the prepositional phrase(PP) was usually used together with the verb,auxiliary verbs,or other classes of words in multinomial adverbials.

It s a language habit of the ancients to omit prepositional object.

Modern Chinese Dictionary (revised version) indicates that “prep+o” compounds are common grammatical units in modern Chinese.

The period from Pre-Qin(秦) to Western-Han(汉) dynasty is the initial epoch of the development of the manner adverbial in Chinese,and the manner adverbial that is constituted by prepositional phrase can be put in preposition or postposition of the verb.

This paper attempts to make a systematical study on the Chinese manner adverbial.