唐诗300首 late 300 Tang poems to vie with English and American poets.I have summed up my transla- tion theories into the following words:"art of beautifulization and creation of the best as in rivalry."By "beautifulization"I mean a translated verse should be as beautiful as the origi- nal in sense,in sound and in form;by "ization"I include equalization (equivalence),general- ization and particularization;by "ion"I imply comprehension (understanding),appreciation (enjoyment)and admiration (delight);by "creation"I understand the translator should be creative as the author of the original metamorphosed,writing and creating in the target language;by"the best"I mean an art of competition to see which version can better express the original idea,and make the reader understand and enjoy the poetry and delight in it. There are a billion people who use the English language and more than a billion who use the Chinese,so these two languages are the most frequently used ones in the world, and the reciprocal translation between them is very important intercultural communication. As no people other than the Chinese have ever published a Chinese version of English or American masterpiece,so we have good reason to believe that our art of translation excels that of other nations in practice as well as in theory. In 1988 dozens of Nobel Prize winners declared in Paris if mankind wish to perpetuate their existence,they must resort to Confucian wisdom.What is the wisdom of Confucius? Politically,it lies in the reign of"rite and music;"morally,it lies in the motto:"Do not do to others what you would not have others do to you:"literarily,it lies in the love of life,of nature,of peace,as shown in the Tang poems.The love of peace shows the Confucian idea of "rite"or order,and the love of nature shows that of "music"or beauty.If the people of the 21st century should leam wisdom from Confucius and put it into practice,if they love peace and nature as the Tang poets did,then Confucian wisdom might benefit global civilization and people might live a more peaceful,more prosperous and happier life in the coming years. O 八