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����"Cherish one's own beauty�� respect other's beauty�� and when both beauties are respected and cherished�� the world will become one"�� said Fei Xiaotong�� a famous Chinese sociologist at a cerebration party in honor of his eightieth birthday about thirty years ago. In a time of growing interest in intercultural communication today�� these words sound especially wise and far-sighted. Translation�� as one of the most important means for cultural communication�� is usually done into one's mother tongue from other languages by native translators. This largely guarantees the quality of translated text�� so far as the linguistic readability is concerned. However�� this method implies a one-sidedness in correspondence�� as only the translator's "respect for other's beauty" is concerned�� regardless�� though not completely�� of how the local people look upon and cherish their own beauty. It should be compensated by translations on the other way�� that is�� works selected�� interpreted�� and translated by the local people themselves into languages other than their own. This approach may go directly against the prevalent views in modern translation theories but�� in my opinion�� is worthy of practicing. It is perhaps an even more effective way to bring about successful communication in cultures�� and the beauties ofthe world can really be shared by the world's people. It is with such understanding that the Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press is organizing a new series of books�� entitled Readings of Chin.ese Culture�� to introduce Chinese culture�� past and present�� to the world�� with works selected and translated by the Chinese scholars and translators.