ResearchproposalResearchTitleOntheTranslator'sSubjectivityfromtheReproductionofArtisticConceptioninStrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudiobyGilesBriefBackgroundIntroductiontotheResearchAsweallknowthatournationalliteraturehasgonethroughalong,glorioushistoryandourpreviousstudiesmadebyscholarsbothathomeandabroadachievedquiteagoodreputationintheworld.Asaleadingfield,Chineseancientpoetryisundoubtedlyanextremelybrightpearlinthewholeworld'sliterarypalacehall,whichhasreacheditstoppointduringtheTangDynasty.Butthenovelcametoitssummithundredsofyearslater.Theworldwide-knownFourClassics:ADreamofRedMansions,PilgrimagetotheWest,HeroesoftheMarshesandRomanceofThreeKingdomsarefamousfortheirunapproachableliteraryvalueandlonglastinginfluence.Besidesthefourclassics,thereexistsanothermasterpiecewhichhasgainedalmostequalattentiontothepreviousfourones-StrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudio(Giles),whichisknowntoeveryhouseholdasLiaoZhai.ItistheabsolutepeakofthedevelopmentofChineseclassicalshortstory.TheauthorPuSongling,whoisknowntotheChinesepeopleas"Sir.LiaoZhai",appliestovariouskindsofwritingskillsandcombinesothers'meritstocreatesanextraordinary,fantasticmasterpiece.Itissosplendidthatsinceitscomingoutithascaughtgreatattention,bothathomeandabroad.AccordingtoLinHuangtian(1997),LiaoZhaiZhiYi,sinceitscomingtotheworld,ithasbeentranslatedmorethan20kindsofdifferentlanguagesafteritwastranslatedintoJapanesein1784."ItownsthemosttranslationsofdifferentlanguagesamongChineseclassicalnovels."(MaRuifang)Ofcourse,themostinfluentialonesaretheEnglishversionsandmorethan50versionshasbeenpublishedsofar.Butthereisstillnocompletetranslatedversion.AstoEnglishtranslation,therearethreemostinfluentialversionsuptonow:Thos.DelaRueinLondonpublishedtwovolumesofStrangeStoriesfromAChineseStudiotranslatedbythefamoussinologistHerbertAllenGiles.ItistheearliestEnglishtranslationcontaining164storiestakenfronLiaoZhaiZhiYi,anditisthemostwell-knownoneintheEnglish-speakingworld.Anotherone,whichconsistsof17stories,istranslatedbyournativefa