A Descriptive Study of the English Translation History of Chunqiu Fanlu
Dong Zhongshu,master of Confucianism in the Western Han Dynasty,explained Confucianism from the perspective of ying-yang school,making it the orthodox in Chinese social thought and the essence of Dong's thoughts can be found in Chunqiu Fanlu.This book is mainly translated by sinologists and the translators'academic exploration increasingly weight more than personal interests.In addition,translations of the book by experts in Dong's thoughts tend to be more academic.As a case of the translation of ancient Chinese classics,the English translation history of Chunqiu Fanlu also provides some references for current cross-cultural communication of Chinese classics in terms of translators,target readers and translation strategies.