Chapter Of Zhuangzi Research Articles

The Ideorealm of Translation from the Perspective of Translation Horizon Theory: A Case Study of a Happy Excursion

Professor Chen Daliang proposed the Chinese Translation Theory with “Translation Horizon” as its core, explaining the three states of literary translations: sense, flavor and ideorealm, constructing a theoretical system for the theory of translation horizon, which has Chinese characteristics and represents an innovative development of traditional Chinese translation theories. As the first chapter of Zhuangzi, A Happy Excursion can be regarded as representative of Zhuangzi both in terms of thought and artistry; it contains rich wisdom of classical Chinese philosophy. This paper takes Translation Horizon Theory as the theoretical framework through studying Lin Yutang’s English version of A Happy Excursion so as to explore strategies conducive to promoting Chinese culture by means of literature translation, and to building Chinese characteristic translation studies system, aiming at providing reference for translation of traditional Chinese works.

A Corpus-based Comparative Study of Translation Style of Five English Versions of Xiao Yaoyou

This study utilizes a corpus-based approach to investigate the translation style of five English versions of Xiao Yaoyou, the first chapter of Zhuangzi, at three levels: lexical, syntactic, and philosophical and cultural lexis. By comparing and analyzing the corpus data, the paper examines different linguistic traits among five versions. It shows that versions translated by earlier translators tend to be more complex and more formal with a higher standardized TTR, a higher degree of mean word length and average sentence length. In contrast, recent translators have chosen rather simpler and concise vocabularies, which makes their version exhibit a higher degree of readability in rendering the original text. The analyses of philosophical and cultural terms shed light on the academic experience and cultural considerations that account for the similarities and differences between these versions.

A Study on 'The Nourishing Thought' in "Nourishing the Lord of Life" of Inner Chapters of ZhuangZi: Focused on Taoist interpretation of‘The Chef Chung’s Cow Butchery

A Study on 'The Nourishing Thought' in "Nourishing the Lord of Life" of Inner Chapters of ZhuangZi: Focused on Taoist interpretation of‘The Chef Chung’s Cow Butchery

The Lord of Life in “Nourishing the Lord of Life” on Inner Chapters of ZhuangZi

The Lord of Life in “Nourishing the Lord of Life” on Inner Chapters of ZhuangZi

장자 외ㆍ잡편에 나타난 군주 통치론

장자 외ㆍ잡편에 나타난 군주 통치론

Bimodal Mystical Experience in the “Qiwulun” Chapter of Zhuangzi

(2000). Bimodal Mystical Experience in the “Qiwulun” Chapter of Zhuangzi. Journal of Chinese Religions: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 31-50.

Zhuangzi and relativistic scepticism

Chad Hansen is one of the strongest proponents of the view that the important second chapter of Zhuangzi's Inner Chapters (The Qi Wu Lun) reveals Zhuangzi to be a relativistic sceptidst. Hansen argues that Zhuangzi is a sceptic because he is first and foremost a relativist. Hansen's argument is essentially that Zhuangzi's perspectivism, his belief that one's linguistic and conceptual perspective determines what one claims to know, makes him a thorough going relativist and sceptic. I agree that Zhuangzi is a perspectivist, but disagree with Hansen's portrayal of him as a relativistic sceptic. I first show that there is an important ambiguity in Hansen's argument. I then proceed to argue that important passages in the Qi Wu Lun (in particular the butterfly dream passage,) reveal serious problems with Hansen's interpretation of Zhuangzi's philosophical stance, I maintain that Zhuangzi is neither a sceptic nor a perspectival relativist. He is rather a perspectival realist.