The Translation and Introduction of Chinese Myth in English World

Different from Greek myth,Chinese myth is scattered among many kinds of ancient books such as The Classic of Mountains and Seas,Chuci,Huainanzi,etc.There is no Chinese classic that records mythology like the Odyssey and Iliad.After the 20th century,Chinese scholars began to collect and study myths.In the English world,missionaries began to translate and introduce Chinese myths from the middle and late 19th century,and then Chinese scholars and sinologists have been translating and introducing Chinese myths.At present,the English translation of Chinese mythology has made a lot of achievements,but there are also many misunderstandings.This paper explores the current situation of the English translation of Chinese mythology by analyzing several well-known translations.

Regard History as a Mirror and Create a New World of Peace,Development and Cooperation—In Commemoration of the 60^(th) Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World's Anti-Fascist War

The year 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the world’s anti-fascist war. China and many other countries have held all kinds of activities to commemorate this event that has most deeply impacted human history. The Second World War, the crudest war

Chinese Solution for the Construction of An Ecological Civilization and Its World Significance

For the construction of an ecological civilization, the socialist system with Chinese characteristics provides a reliable institutional guarantee, its theory of an ecological civilization offers ideological guidance, and the dominant role of governments furnishes a powerful driver. A top-level design for the construction of an ecological civilization, a holistic approach to socioeconomic development and the construction of an ecological civilization, the establishment and constant improvement of institutional mechanisms, and the deep combination of poverty alleviation and ecological governance provide both Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions for the problem of the ecological environment. Environmental protection in China certainly has a long way to go, and the Chinese solution for the construction of an ecological civilization still needs to be constantly improved in practice.

The 2005 World Conference of Chinese Geographers Held in Beijing

The 2005 World Conference of Chinese Geographers was held on August 16-17, 2005 at Peking University, Beijing, China. A total of more than 1000 Chinese geographical researchers and educators from USA, the United Kingdom, Austria, Canada, France, Ireland, Japan and China （including the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan） attended the conference. More than 700 papers were submitted and discussed during this conference with a wide range of topics spanning scientific and applied research in geography.

Chinese Academics Going to the World： A Chinese BlueprintResponding to the Problems in the Age of Neo-globalization

＂The Chinese Communists and the Chinese people are full of confidence to supply the human beings witha Chinese blueprint for the exploration of a better social system.＂ The grand transforming from the old globalizationto the new one serves as a historical field domain for the Chinese blueprint to come on the stage. The neo-Chinesemodernism surpassing the western modern and linear logic has become the essence of the Chinese blueprint aiming atthe great rejuvenation of Chinese nation. The logic of the localization of Marxism in China needs to focus profoundlyon the problems China, hold fast to the Chinese standpoint, gaze at the Chinese field of vision, create Chinese theo-ries and Chinese Discourse, and become the subjective condition of a Chinese blueprint, To compose a Chinese blue-print of ＂a better social system＂, it is necessary that the Chinese academics especially the localized Marxism in Chinashould innovate, adhering to the ＂Four Self-confidences＂, to go to the world creatively, on the base of summarizingconstantly, comprehensively and thoroughly the experience of the exploration for a Chinese Path. The presence of aChinese blueprint signifies a grand transforming of the age of neo-globalization from ＂the world coming to China＂ to＂China going to the world＂, signifies a sharp rise of ＂the community of human destiny＂ in the context of the age ofneo-globalization, signifies a historical undertaking by the localized Marxism in China of the great mission of goingto the world and taking the lead of the human development.

Chinese Licensing Trade Going to the World

In late spring this year, Ren Jianxin, President of the Supreme People’s Court in China. welcomed the convening of the 1994 international meeting of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) held in Beijing. It was sponsored by the China Licensing Executives Society and was attended by 400 lawyers and academics from over 30 countries including the USA, Britain, France, Japan, Germany and South Korea. Science and technology is

Export of Chinese Daily-used Ceramics Rank First in the World

Recently, some famous-brand ceramics produced by over 10 domestic best ceramics manufacturers were grandly promoted by China Ceramics Association, and were placed on noticeable positions of the Ceramics Exhibit Areas in Chinese Gifts Expo 2002, which was just closed before long. It was said that during the first half

From Cultural Utilization to Cultural Understanding:Two Phases of the English-Speaking World’s Reception of Traditional Chinese Plays

The article analyzes the translations,performances and the reception of traditional Chinese plays in the English-speaking world from the mid-and-late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century.We found that the reception underwent two phases featuring self-centered and multicultural respectively.In the first phase,the English-speaking world acknowledged the moral values of traditional Chinese plays but it did not accept their aesthetic values while in the second phase,aesthetic values became the focus and were received through translations,studies and performances.The two phases differed significantly.The first phase was characterized by the initial contacts and exchanges between the plays and the English culture as well as obvious cultural misunderstandings.During the second phase,moral and aesthetic values were gradually accepted.Text translations,theatrical studies and performances were flourishing while cultural misunderstandings decreased remarkably.The two stages demonstrate the general result of the Chinese culture’s historical process of“going global”.The reception of Chinese culture by other cultures often started with cultural utilization,accompanied by obvious cultural misunderstandings.With the deepening of contacts and exchanges between the two cultures,however,the host culture began to gain a better understanding of the intrinsic values of Chinese culture and therefore cultural misunderstandings decreased.Cultural misunderstandings are an inevitable historical process that the Chinese culture would experience during its“going global”.With continuing and expanded exposures,the intrinsic values of Chinese culture will continue to manifest themselves.