As one of the carriers of Confucian culture,and from ancient times to the present,Lunyu or The Analects or The Analects of Confucius,has been well received by readers at home and abroad,and there are more and more Eng...As one of the carriers of Confucian culture,and from ancient times to the present,Lunyu or The Analects or The Analects of Confucius,has been well received by readers at home and abroad,and there are more and more English translations of Lunyu.This article will select some of the vocabulary translations with ancient Chinese characteristics in Lunyu as the object,employ the method of a comparative analysis to explore the cultural connotation behind the text and the dissemination of the translation,and discuss the translator’s translation strategies.Judging from the research on The Analects by scholars from home and abroad and the opening and development of overseas Confucius Institutes,Lunyu has exerted an enlightenment effect in different times.展开更多
The scatter-hoarding behavior of granivorous rodents plays an important role in seed dispersal and seedling regeneration of trees,as well as the evolution of several well-known mutualisms between trees and roden...The scatter-hoarding behavior of granivorous rodents plays an important role in seed dispersal and seedling regeneration of trees,as well as the evolution of several well-known mutualisms between trees and rodents in forest ecosystems.Because it is difficult to identify seed hoarders and pilferers under field conditions by traditional methods,the full costs incurred and benefits accrued by scatter-hoarding have not been fully evaluated in most systems.By using infrared radiation camera tracking and seed tagging,we investigated the benefits and losses of scatter-hoarded seeds(Camellia oleifera)for 3 sympatric rodent species(Apodemus draco,Niviventer confucianus and Leopoldamys edwardsi)in a subtropical forest of Southwest China during 2013 to 2015.We established the relationships between the rodents and the seeds at the individual level.For each rodent species,we calculated the cache recovery rate of cache owners,as well as conspecific and interspecific pilferage rates.We found that all 3 sympatric rodent species had a cache recovery advantage with rates that far exceeded average pilferage rates over a 30-day tracking period.The smallest species(A.draco)showed the highest rate of scatter-hoarding and the highest recovery advantage compared with the other 2 larger species(N.confucianus and L.edwardsi).Our results suggest that scatter-hoarding benefits cache owners in food competition,supporting the pilferage avoidance hypothesis.Therefore,scatter-hoarding behavior should be favored by natural selection,and plays a significant role in species coexistence of rodent community and in the formation of mutualism between seeds and rodents in forest ecosystems.展开更多
基金The article is part of the achievements of“A Study of the English Translation of‘The Analects of Confucius’and the Dissemination of Confucian Culture(《论语》的英译与儒家文化对外传播研究),a USST project in 2022.”Its serial number is XJ2022231.
文摘As one of the carriers of Confucian culture,and from ancient times to the present,Lunyu or The Analects or The Analects of Confucius,has been well received by readers at home and abroad,and there are more and more English translations of Lunyu.This article will select some of the vocabulary translations with ancient Chinese characteristics in Lunyu as the object,employ the method of a comparative analysis to explore the cultural connotation behind the text and the dissemination of the translation,and discuss the translator’s translation strategies.Judging from the research on The Analects by scholars from home and abroad and the opening and development of overseas Confucius Institutes,Lunyu has exerted an enlightenment effect in different times.
基金supported by the key project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB11050300,KSZD-EW-TZ-008)the key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31330013).
文摘The scatter-hoarding behavior of granivorous rodents plays an important role in seed dispersal and seedling regeneration of trees,as well as the evolution of several well-known mutualisms between trees and rodents in forest ecosystems.Because it is difficult to identify seed hoarders and pilferers under field conditions by traditional methods,the full costs incurred and benefits accrued by scatter-hoarding have not been fully evaluated in most systems.By using infrared radiation camera tracking and seed tagging,we investigated the benefits and losses of scatter-hoarded seeds(Camellia oleifera)for 3 sympatric rodent species(Apodemus draco,Niviventer confucianus and Leopoldamys edwardsi)in a subtropical forest of Southwest China during 2013 to 2015.We established the relationships between the rodents and the seeds at the individual level.For each rodent species,we calculated the cache recovery rate of cache owners,as well as conspecific and interspecific pilferage rates.We found that all 3 sympatric rodent species had a cache recovery advantage with rates that far exceeded average pilferage rates over a 30-day tracking period.The smallest species(A.draco)showed the highest rate of scatter-hoarding and the highest recovery advantage compared with the other 2 larger species(N.confucianus and L.edwardsi).Our results suggest that scatter-hoarding benefits cache owners in food competition,supporting the pilferage avoidance hypothesis.Therefore,scatter-hoarding behavior should be favored by natural selection,and plays a significant role in species coexistence of rodent community and in the formation of mutualism between seeds and rodents in forest ecosystems.
