CROSS-CULTURAL CLASSIC INTERPRETATION: THE TRANSLATION AND DISSEMINATION OF THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The article analyzes eight representative translations of The Analects of Confucius in Russia since 1729, in order to present the process and characteristics of development on the translation and dissemination of The Analects of Confucius in Russia at a macro level. The reason for choosing The Analects of Confucius is that Confucianism is the mainstream ideology in traditional Chinese culture. As a representative work of Confucianism, it absorbs the essence of traditional Chinese culture and undertakes the important mission of disseminating Confucianism. From the Tsarist-Russian Period to the present, the translation of The Analects of Confucius has gone through such stages: translators from missionaries to sinologists, forms from textbooks to monographs, with translation methods constantly updated, and channels of communication constantly expanding. Translations of The Analects of Confucius have built a bridge leading to Chinese culture for Russian readers, and also have contributed to the spread of Confucianism and Chinese traditional culture in Russia as well.