A Study on the Aesthetic of Li Bai's Poetry Translation from the Perspective of Xu Yuanchong's Three Beauties Principle

Abstract

Chinese classical poetry has a concise language and profound artistic conception, and holds an important position in the history of
Chinese literature. Poetry translation is the use of another language to recreate the beautiful artistic conception in the original work, allowing
readers of the translated text to experience the same emotional and beautiful enjoyment as readers of the original work. Therefore, using aesthetic theory to explore poetry translation is of great significance to better understand translation studies.
　　This paper takes the Three Beauties Principle of Xu Yuanchong's poetry translation as the analytical framework and conducts a study
of English translations of Li Bai's poetry. Chinese classical poetry combines the beauty of meaning, sound, and form into one. Therefore, the
author explores poetry translation from an aesthetic perspective and systematically analyzes the aesthetic reproduction of the translated text,
which proves that the Three Beauties Principle has practical value to the translation practice of ancient Chinese poetry into English and Xu
Yuanchong's significant contribution to poetry translation.