Beauty Titbits in Translating Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties into English

Among a great deal of ancient Chinese literature,poetry of Tang and Song dynasties is certainly one of the most beautiful ones.But it isn't easy to translate them into English with faithfulness and beauty.With the typical translation of several poems for illustration,the article explains the principle of three-beauty(image beauty,musical beauty and form beauty) in translation argued with Chinese description and English comparison.If translators follow the three-beauty rule and have a deep consideration,careful choice,concise modification and wonderful recreation,they can get popular and long-lasting works.