Mao Zedong’s Poetry Translated by Eugene Eoyang in Sunflower Splendor: A Textual and Cultural Interpretation

Translating Mao Zedong’s poetry into English has been a significant cause since the founding of New China and aroused great academic attention in other countries. In 1975, Eugene Eoyang, Chinese American scholar, translated eight poems published them later remarkable anthology Sunflower Splendor, which made considerable contribution to promotion canonization Mao’s as well traditional world. Eoyang is scholar translator who knows about both cultures, identity, cultural concepts, translation strategies, aspects that he demonstrated his are reference value compared with versions home abroad. By analyzing textual features specific cases translation, translator’s valuable first-hand experience, along profound literary attainments reflected process, can be learned guide future foreign cultures.