The Enlightenment of Xu Yuanchong’s Three Beauties Principle on the English Translation of Song Ci —— Taking Ci of Li Yu as an Example

Abstract

Among these excellent representatives of Chinese culture, Song Ci can never be ignored. It’s just because it’s so wonderful that it’s very difficult to translate it into English. When many translators and readers get stuck, Professor Xu Yuanchong’s three beauties principle answers the doubts of everyone as if it were initiation. Through the introduction of Song Ci and Professor Xu Yuanchong’s three beauties principle, this paper analyzes the translated Song Ci under the three beauties principle, in order to let more people to realize the advantages of this principle and to spread the excellent culture of our country.