关于杜诗或唐诗的英译历史源头,国内外观点驳杂且所涉理据大都囿于19世纪史料。本文以史实为据,考证出迄今已知可考的第一首英译杜诗,也应是目前可知且可考的最早英译唐诗,并对整个发现和考证过程以及支撑理据加以细致阐述。 Concerning the source of the history of English translation of Du Fu or Tang poetry, the views at home and abroad are miscellaneous and most of the arguments involved lie in the historical materials of the 19th century. Based on the historical facts, this thesis studies the first English translation of Du Fu, which is known to date, and should be the earliest known English translation of Tang poems, and elaborates the whole process of discovery and verification as well as the supporting rationale.