On the morning of October 17, the 15th Symposium on Translation of Chinese Classics, hosted by the Committee for English Translation of Chinese Classics of the China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese (CACSEC), was held at Guangxi Minzu University. Wei Xuefang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee of Guangxi Minzu University; Luo Xuanmin, Director of the Expert Committee of CACSEC; Yang Wendi, Vice President of CACSEC; and Li Zhengshuan, Director of the Committee for English Translation of Chinese Classics, attended the symposium. Also attending were Zhou Lingshun, Zhang Xu, and other experts and scholars, as well as Duncan Poupard, a sinologist from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and more than 170 representatives.
This symposium closely aligned with the strategic needs of building China’s international communication capacity and featured a keynote session and eight parallel sub-forums. During the keynote session, more than 10 scholars delivered keynote speeches, sharing their research findings on topics such as the practice and theoretical research of translating Chinese classics and the international communication of Chinese classics. The sub-forums addressed topics including theories of translating Chinese classics, the translation of ethnic classics into foreign languages, the China-ASEAN dissemination of Chinese classics, and other areas. Participating experts conducted in-depth discussions on the translation of Chinese classics from the perspectives of theoretical construction, communication strategies, and case analysis, contributing to mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
Scene of the symposium
Group photo
