Disambiguating Controversial Chapters in <i>The Analects</i> from the Perspective of Functional Context Theory

QIU Jing-na; ZHANG Jing-yuan

Volume 32 Issue 2

Jun. 2021

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QIU Jing-na, ZHANG Jing-yuan. Disambiguating Controversial Chapters in The Analects from the Perspective of Functional Context Theory[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2016, 32(2): 31-35.

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QIU Jing-na, ZHANG Jing-yuan. Disambiguating Controversial Chapters in The Analects from the Perspective of Functional Context Theory[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2016, 32(2): 31-35.

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Disambiguating Controversial Chapters in The Analects from the Perspective of Functional Context Theory

Foreign Studies College, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received Date: 2015-09-30
Available Online: 2021-06-19
Publish Date: 2021-06-19

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Increasing translation of Chinese Classics calls for more attention to translation evaluation. Within the framework of context theory in Systemic Functional Linguistics,this paper,taking "ku" in the first chapter of The Analects as an example,integrates macro-analysis with bottom-up analysis to research on the intra-lingual translation model of controversial chapters. It is found that context reconstruction can help to solve the ambiguity involved. Based on this research, "ku" herein should be translated as "being shallow" rather than "being firm".
- Systemic Functional Linguistics,
- context theory,
- The Analects,
- intra-lingual translation,
- ambiguity

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