A Comparative Analysis of James Legge and Ku Hungmings English Versions in Xue Er from the Perspec孙艳【Abstract】AsoneofthemostrepresentativeworksofChina，LunYhasbeenplayingaveryimportantpartbothathomeandabroad.JamesLeggeandKuHung-mingsEnglishversionsbotharepopularamongforeignreadersandmadegreatcontributionstothetransmissionofChineseculture.ThisthesisusesacomparativestudyonKusandLeggesversionsof“Ziand“君子inXueErwhichisthefirstchapterofLunY，fromtheperspectiveofculturalfiltertosimplyanalyzethecharacteristicofthetwoEnglishversions.Throughtheanalysis，thisstudyfindsthatculturalfilteroccursduetotheculturaldifferencesandthetranslatorsconsiderationofculturalelementsbothwithinandbeyondthetext.【Keywords】ComparativeAnalysis；CulturalFilter；EnglishVersions；XueEr1.IntroductionLunYissaidtobewrittenbyConfuciussdisciples，ismainlyaboutthewordsandactsofthecentralChinesethinkerandphilosopherConfuciusandhisdisciples.BystudyingthetwoEnglishversionstranslatedbyJamesLeggeandKuHung-mingfromtheperspectiveofculturalfilter，wefoundoutthatKuHung-mingsversionstressesthemoraldemandsofChineseConfucianism.Hetendstousemoreliberaltranslation.趙倩慧，p22-p23.JamesLeggestranslationisoneofthemostclassicaloneamongmanyforeigntranslation.Inhistranslation，wecanfindmoreliteraltranslationandmoresamenessinthinkingpatternsandsyntacticstructures.Hiswordingisverysimplifiedandconcise.However，theyallfiltersomeChineseancientculturalwords.2.CulturalFilterBystudyingtranslationtogetherwithtextandcontext，Houseinterpretsculturalfilterfromasociologicalperspective.InhisbookTranslationQualityAssessment：Pastandpresentp68，heexplainsculturalfilterisameansofcapturingsocio-culturaldifferencesinexpectationnormsandstylisticconventionsbetweenthesourceandtargetlinguistic-culturalcommunities.Theconceptwasusedtoemphasizetheneedforempiricalbasesforanymanipulationsontheoriginalundertakenbythetranslator.3.ComparisonAnalysisoftheTwoVersionsfromthePerspectiveofCulturalFilter3.1.1Thetranslationof“ZiFromthewholeXueEr，wecanfind“ZiwhichespeciallyreferstoConfuciusisusedfortentimes.KuHung-mingtranslatesthemas“Confucius，whileLeggetranslatestheminto“TheMaster.OnthetranslationofthetwoEnglishversions，Kusversionisliteraltranslationwhichisspecificandconveysthemeaningofthesourcetextcomparativelyaccurate.WhileLeggestranslationonthiswordisfreetranslation，thereferenceisrelativelybroad.“子hasthespecificChinesemeaningespeciallyreferringtoConfuciuswhoisaChineseteacher，politician，andphilosopheroftheSpringandAutumnperiodofChinesehistory.LeggesversionfiltersthespecificChinesemeaning.3.1.2Thetranslationof“君子InthewholeXueEr，“君子appearsfourtimes.Kutranslatesitas“Awiseandgoodmanand“awiseman.WhileLeggetranslatesitinto“amanofcompletevirtue，“thesuperiormanand“thescholar.Whatkindofpeoplecanbecalled“君子atConfuciusstime？Itisexplainedinthedictionary?古漢语常用字字典?，p225：“1.对统治者和贵族男子的尊称；2.指有道德或学问修养的人；3.对对方的尊称；4.妻子称丈夫；5.称自己的父亲。Accordingtothesetranslations，thestrategyofLeggesversionisdomesticationwhichentailstranslatinginatransparent，fluent，invisiblestyleinordertominimizetheforeignnessoftheTT.AnditiseasyfortheEnglishreaderstounderstandandaccept.Asiswell-known，“君子inChineseancienttimealsohasitsspecificmeaning.KuandLeggeallfiltertheChinesemeaninganddontconveytheChinesespecialmeaningspecifically.4.ConclusionInconclusion，CulturalFilterisreceiversconsciousorunconsciouschoice，transformation，disguise，etc，ofthecommunicatedinformationbecauseoftheirdifferentculturaltradition，historicalbackground，aesthetichabits，etc，whichchangestheoriginalinformationincontentandform.Generallyspeaking，thelargertheculturalgapbetweentwocultures，themoreoriginalculturewillbefiltered.References：【1】JulianeHouse2020.TranslationQualityAssessment：Pastandpresent，Routledge.