本书是“国外翻译研究丛书”之《中国翻译话语英译选集(上)》，主要对中国古老的翻译实践及翻译论述的发展脉络作了系统的梳理，并按照时间顺序详尽地展示出一幅宏大的中国传统翻译话语画卷。该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

《中国翻译话语英译选集(上册)：从最早期到佛典翻译》系统梳理了中国古老的翻译实践及翻译论述的发展脉络，遵循独特的选、译、评、注原则，按照时间顺序详尽地展示出一幅宏大的中国传统翻译话语画卷。本书的出版对于国际学术界了解中国传统翻译话语具有重要的意义，是中国的翻译论述、翻译研究走向世界征途中的重要一步，对国内的翻译研究，尤其对挖掘中国的传统译论、并对其进行新的解读，是一个颇大的推动。

Advisers

Acknowledgements

Map: Lands of the Silk Road: Eastern Aspect at the Beginning of the 21 st Century

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

Conversion Table: Pinyin to Wade-Giles

About the Editor

About the Translators

Introduction

PART ONE: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25--220 CE)

OVERVIEW

1

Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)

ThE CONSTANT WAY (TAo)

From Chapter 1, Tao-te-ching 道德经

2

Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)

TRUSTWORTHY WORDS ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL

From Chapter 81, Tao-te-ching 道德经

3

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

CLEVER WORDS CAN HARDLY BE PART OF TRUE VIRTUE

From Verse 3, Book 1, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)

4

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

LEARN TO DEVELOP MORAL QUALITIES

From Verse 6, Book 1, Lunyu 论语 (The Analects)

5

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

A LEARNED MAN

From Verse 7, Book 1, Lunyu 论语 (The Analects)

6

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

SUBSTANCE AND ATTENTION TO FORM AND BEAUTY

From Verse 18, Book 6, Lunyu 论语 (The Analects)

7

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

THE ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL

From Verse 7, Book 12, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)

8

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

SINCERITY IS ALL-IMPORTANT

From Verse 18, Book 15, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)

9

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

GET YOUR MEANING ACROSS

From Verse 41, Book 15, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)

10

Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

HE WHO IS SINCERE WILL BE TRUSTED

From Verse 6, Book 17, Lunyu 论语 (TheAnalects)

11

(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

How MUCH USE CAN THERE BE IN A MINOR ART?

From "Xiaobian"小辨 (Minor Arts), Chapter 74, Da Dai liji 大戴礼记 (Elder Dai's Book of Rites)

12

(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND MEANING

From "Xici zhuan shang" 系辞传上 (Appended Statements, Part 1, Chapter 12), Zhouyi 周易 (Zhou Changes)

13

(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)

ThE MAN OF TRUE VIRTUE

From "Wenyanzhuan qianjiusan" 文言传·乾九三 (Sayings on Patterning [with reference to] the Third Line of Hexagram 1, Qian or Heaven), Zhouyi 周易 (Zhou Changes)

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Biographies of Persons Mentioned in the Text

Works Cited

References

Title Index

Name Index

General Index