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浅议史耐德英译寒山诗经典化 　　Abstract：The translator，Gary Snyder took Han Shan’s poems into another brilliant and splendid literature world where the “marginal poets” and “marginal poems” in Chinese literature stepped into the halls of the “center” and “canonization” of Western literature. 　　Key Words：Han Shan；Han Shan’s poems；Gary Snyder 　　In China， whether in ancient times or in contemporary era， Han Shan is not regarded as an important poet. His poems were not accepted by the conventional Chinese literature because of his vernacular language. Yet， in America Han Shan is widely accepted and esteemed highly and the translation of his poems is deemed as a cannon in American literature， especially Gary Snyders version of Han Shan’s poems. The overseas “Han Shan fever” has made an impact on the literary circle in China. The different fortunes of Han Shan’s poems at home and abroad serve for a good evidence for James Hulbert’s statement， “we live and read and write in a world shaped by literary canon. The cannon itself is constantly undergoing redefinition and， indeed， exists in multiple versions at any one time.” （Hulbert，1965） In this thesis， the canonization of Snyder’s translation will be made to explain the reasons for of Han Shan’s poems. 　　Firstly， owing to Snyder’s personal impact. In the 1950s and1960s， many American poets became interested in foreign cultures， especially Chinese culture. Gary Snyder is one of them and a typically successful one who has absorbed the essence of traditional Chinese culture and integrated it with western culture. Indulged in Chinese culture since he was young， Snyder has been greatly influenced by Zen Buddhism， Taoism and Confucianism as he once called himself as “a Confucianist， Buddhist， Taoist socialist （Zhao，1982）. ” His idea of great nature serves as a good example. Another reason lies in his personal life experience. When he was in the Childhood， Snyder lived in a place surrounded by Cascades Mountain. Later on， when he came back f