Origins and Development of Translations of Chinese Classical Chan Poetry in the United States.

Since around the 1970s, the United States has published numerous collections of translated Chinese Chan poetry and single volumes of poems by Chan hermit poets, gradually forming a prominent feature and a sub-field of translation poetry in the introduction of Chinese classical poetry into the US. Chan poetry translation can be classified as literature translation, poetry, as well as religious text. The author intends to trace and sort out the historical context of the formation of the field of Chan poetry translation in the United States from three aspects: religion, literature, and poetry translation at the time of the occurrence of Chan poetry translation in English, and to reproduce the origin and development of Chan poetry translation in the United States. Ultimately, the formation and establishment of Chan poetry translation stems from the historical interaction and fusion of religion, literature, and translation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]