A Study of the Wilhelm/Baynes’s Translation of The I Ching From the Perspective of Translation Aesthetic

The I Ching, the first of the scriptures, is the cultural source of Taoism and Confucianism. The translation of The I Ching can promote Chinese culture and make it last for a long time. In this paper, from the aesthetics of Liu Miqing’s translation, the translation of The I Ching by Wilhelm and Baynes is analysed through formal system of the sound, word, and discourse level and the non-formal system of “emotion” and “ambition”, and “image” and “symbol”.

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