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{{Translation sidebar}}As of 2015, the [[Chinese language]] had two translations available of the [[Tirukkural]].

==History of translations==
The first Chinese translation of the Kural text was made by Che'ng Hsi in 1967, published by the Department of Indian Studies, [[University of Malaya]] and printed at the [[Hong Kong University]] Press.<ref name="Polilan2019">{{cite book |editor1= Polilan|editor2=K. Gunathogai|editor3=Lena Kumar|editor4=Tagadur Sampath|editor5=Mutthamizh|editor6=G. Picchai Vallinayagam|editor7=D. Anbunidhi|editor8=K. V. Neduncheraladhan|title=Tiruvalluvar 2050 |url= |year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|access-date= |language=Tamil|isbn= |page=685}}</ref> The Nattukottai Chettiars Endowment Fund, which has also provided a Malay translation, funded the first Chinese translation.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Nayagam
| first =X. S. Thani
| title = ''The Tirukkural. A Chinese translation by Ch'eng Hsi''. Preface.
| publisher = Department of Indian Studies. University of Malaya. (Printed at the Hong Kong University Press)
| date = 1967
| pages = vii
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last = Sanjeevi
| first = N.
| title = ''Bibliography on Tirukkural''. ''In'' First All India Tirukkural Seminar Papers
| publisher = University of Madras
| date = 1973
| location = Chennai
| pages = 138
}}</ref>

The second translation was made by [[Yu Hsi]] in 2014, which is a complete translation made in [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref name="Polilan2019"/><ref name="Hindu_ChineseTirukkuralReady">{{cite news
| last = Rajaram
| first = R.
| title = Chinese translation of Tirukkural, Bharathi's poems ready
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| date = 19 June 2014
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/chinese-translation-of-tirukkural-bharathis-poems-ready/article6127419.ece
| access-date = 19 August 2016}}</ref> It was first published in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] by Poem Culture Corp. The translation was released by former [[President of India]] [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]].<ref name="ValaiTamilPub"/>{{Rp|p=40}} It was reprinted in India in 2014 by the Department of Tamil Development and Culture in the [[Tamil Nadu]] state.<ref name="ValaiTamilPub">{{cite book|last1=Parthasarathy|first1=Sa.|last2=Ashraf|first2=N.V.K.|last3=Rajendiran|first3=C.|last4=Thangavelu|first4=Elangovan|last5=Duraisamy|first5=Senthilselvan|last6=Selvan|first6=Ajey Kumar|title=Thirukkural Translations in World Languages|year=2023|publisher=ValaiTamil Publications|location= Chennai}}</ref>{{Rp|pp=40–42}} Yu Hsi's translation had earlier appeared as a Taiwan publication in 2010.<ref name="ValaiTamilPub"/>{{Rp|p=40}}

In addition, Parthasarathy et al. also list D. S. Rajan as the third translator of the Kural text into Chinese. However, the translation remains unpublished and he is said to have translated only 60 couplets in all.<ref name="ValaiTamilPub"/>{{Rp|p=42}}

==Translations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align:center; width:25%;" rowspan="2"|Translation
!colspan="3"|''Kural'', Chapter 26 (禁食肉)
|-
!Chapter Title
!''Kural'' 254 (Couplet 26:4)
!''Kural'' 258 (Couplet 26:8)
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Che'ng Hsi, 1967''|| 禁食肉 || 如果你问："什么是仁慈？什么是冷酷？"<br>那是不杀和杀，因此，食肉永远不可能圣洁。||
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|''Yu Hsi, 2014''|| 素食主義 || 慈悲是不殺生，洗心革面；<br>殺生為食則是無益的罪惡。|| 智者不以肉類為食，<br>因為它不過是腐屍。
|}

==Similarities with Confucian thoughts==
The Kural text (called ''Tirukkural'', meaning "Sacred Verses") and the [[Confucian thought|Confucian sayings]] recorded in the [[Analects|classic Analects of Chinese]] (called ''Lun Yu'', meaning "Sacred Sayings") resemble each other in many ways.<ref name="KVB_Peroli">{{cite book
| last = Balasubramanian
| first = K. V.
| title = Thirukkural Peroli
| publisher = New Century Book House
| edition = 1
| date = 2016
| location = Chennai
| pages = 106–111
| language = ta
| isbn = 978-81-2343-061-4
}}</ref> Both [[Valluvar]] and [[Confucius]] focused on the behaviors and moral conducts of a common person.<ref name="KVB_Peroli"/> Similar to Valluvar, Confucius advocated [[legal justice]] embracing human principles, [[courtesy]], and [[filial piety]], besides the virtues of [[wiktionary:benevolence|benevolence]], [[righteousness]], [[loyalty]] and [[trustworthiness]] as foundations of life.<ref name="KVB_Peroli"/> Incidentally, Valluvar differed from Confucius in two respects. Firstly, unlike Confucius, Valluvar was also a poet. Secondly, Confucius did not deal with the subject of [[conjugal love]], for which Valluvar devoted an entire division in his work.<ref name="GeoCities_Chinese">{{cite web
| url = http://www.geocities.ws/nvkashraf/kur-trans/Chin-Int.htm
| title = Tiruvalluvar and Tirukkural: 提鲁克鲁经, 印度教手稿
| last = Ashraf
| first = N. V. K.
| orig-year = October 2005| date = March 2007
| website = GeoCities
| access-date = 16 April 2017
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last = Anonymous
| title = Confucius: A Biography (Trans. Lun Yu, in English)
| publisher = Confucius Publishing Co. Ltd.
| date = 1999
| pages = vii
}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tirukkural translations]]

== References ==
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