This paper experimentally tested the two competing theories on the
distribution and referential properties of reflexives - the pure structural
theory (e.g., Pica, 1987; Cole et al., 1990) and the logophoricity theory
(e.g.,Sells, 1987;Charnavel & Sportiche, 2016) - via investigating the
binding conditions of Chinese reflexive *ziji* and *taziji* using
acceptability judgment tasks. The results about *ziji* support the
logophoricity theory against the pure structural theory. Furthermore, our
results reveal that *taziji*, though usually considered as a local anaphor
(e.g., Cole, Hermon & Huang, 2006), can in fact similarly be exempt from
binding under logophoric conditions.