摘要
随着寒山诗在东方和西方文学地位的上升,寒山诗的翻译和传播受到普遍关注。但现有研究均将寒山诗进入英语世界的时间确定为1954年。本文发掘、钩沉相关史料,将寒山诗在英语世界的翻译和传播往前推进到1930年代。1933年美国汉学家哈特在《白话文学史》的影响下首译寒山诗。同样在1930年代,日本学者冈田哲藏英译出版了6首寒山诗,由此揭开了寒山诗在英语世界传播的序幕。这两个新译本的发现将有利于重新审视寒山诗在英语世界的传播、接受与影响。
This paper discusses the first English translation of Tang monk poet Han Shah. The existing research claims that it is in 1954 that Han Shan＇s poems were translated for the first time into English by Arthur Waley. The fact is that the first English translation of Han Shah＇s poems appeared as early as in 1933. Dr. John Hart translated Han Shan＇s ＂The House of Chung＂ under the influence of Chinese scholar Dr. Hu Shi＇s History of Vernacu- lar Literature and with the help of the Chinese diplomat Mr. Pi-Chi Sun. Thus it is the Chinese elements that helped to bring Han Shan to the English world. Meanwhile Japanese scholar Tetsuso Okada translated 6 poems of Hart Shan to the English world in 1937, one year earlier than D. T. Suzuki＇s introduction of Han Shan in Zen and Its Influence on Jap- anese Culture, which was regarded as an important source of influence on the translations later in the 1950s. These early translations can help to cast new light on reception of Han Shan＇s poetry in the English world.
出处
《中国比较文学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2012年第2期41-50,共10页
Comparative Literature in China
基金
中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金资助
关键词
寒山
翻译
哈特
冈田哲藏
Han Shan
translation
John Hart
Tetsuso Okada
