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Better late than never: Understanding Chinese philosophy and “translating it” into the Western academy. International dimensions of organizational behavior, 5th edn. The article concludes with a consideration of significant social semiotic interactions that influence the translator’s interpretation and reader’s acceptance of Confucian philosophy so as to facilitate intercultural understanding.įunding: This paper is funded by National Social Science Foundation Program: An Innovative Study on the International Communication Mechanism of the Chinese Classics based on the English Translation of the Analects (No. The article focuses on the interpretation of Confucian philosophy as a reflection of cultural assumptions, values and prohibitions, and the manipulation of the social semiotic resources in the process of understanding, translation, and acceptance of Confucian philosophy in the Analects through a discussion of its original text, different versions and the reasons behind the social semiotic activities. This article attempts to explore how the meaning of Confucian philosophy in the Analects is interpreted and accepted by Western readers through complex social semiotic interactions. Therefore, the study of Confucian philosophy in the Analects cannot be separated from the descriptive study of the effects of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, contexts, language use, and the effects of language use on society. Confucian philosophy as a philosophy of creativity and otherness is closely related with the social and cultural values in society. As the representative of Chinese classical works, the Analects represents a source of difficulty in both understanding and interpretation of Confucian philosophy.
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