そう、こう、ああ、どう confusion


So, I am confused with the こそあど adverbs. I saw そういう in a song used like this.
博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの大切に扱ってよ。I am confused about the sentence 博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの. Does it
literally mean "the thing that is felt (physical) or thought about called
philanthropy and affection in a representation of far away from the speaker"?
What is the proper way think of the adverbial こそあど? Only the adverbial form is
confusing.




The literal translation should not be that long. This simply means:

> 博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの  
>  benevolence, philanthropy and such

そういうの means "things like this/that/these", "something like this/these",
"things along those lines", "such things", etc. You can remember this as a set
phrase.

Usually, そういうX simply translates to "X like this/that" or "such (a) X":

  * そういう人  
a person like that/this; such a person

If you want a word-by-word breakdown, そういうの literally means "things which
[one] calls in such a way":

  * そう: (adverb) in such a way
  * いう: (verb) to call
  * の: (noun) thing

それ/そう can refer to something just mentioned, just like English "it" can refer
to anything regardless of its distance. 博愛/慈愛 is not even a tangible object,
so you don't have to worry about how far it is.




The literal translation should not be that long. This simply means:

> 博愛とか慈愛とかそういうの  
>  benevolence, philanthropy and such

そういうの means "things like this/that/these", "something like this/these",
"things along those lines", "such things", etc. You can remember this as a set
phrase.

Usually, そういうX simply translates to "X like this/that" or "such (a) X":

  * そういう人  
a person like that/this; such a person

If you want a word-by-word breakdown, そういうの literally means "things which
[one] calls in such a way":

  * そう: (adverb) in such a way
  * いう: (verb) to call
  * の: (noun) thing

それ/そう can refer to something just mentioned, just like English "it" can refer
to anything regardless of its distance. 博愛/慈愛 is not even a tangible object,
so you don't have to worry about how far it is.

