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This article explores the issue of contextualization intranslating early Chinese texts. It takes the example ofChapter 1 of the Laozi, which is analysed sentence by sentencewith the focus on possible contexts in which the sentences canbe read. Three types of contexts are distinguished in thearticle – immediate textual context, edited context, anddiscursive context. While the former two types of context(paragraph, chapter, book) are evident and naturally taken intoaccount in any translation, it is stressed in this article thatthe discursive context is often overlooked or at least notregarded properly. The article argues that discursive contextis crucial for translating early Chinese texts in general, andin particular an ambiguous text like the Laozi.

Translating Early Chinese Texts and the Problem of Contextualization: The Example of Chapter 1 of the Lǎozǐ