Statistics and Analysis of Bibliographical Data of Classical Chinese Poetry in English Translation

Based on three bibliographical guides on classical Chinese poetry in English translation (CCPET), with gaps in between filled, the present study establishes a relatively complete digitalized "Table of CCPET Bibliographical Data:Han to Qing Dynasty", statistics of which reveals that, from the very beginning down to the year of 2000, 1166 classical Chinese poets (the anonymous not included) have 14634 poems translated into totally 27976 English versions.After a comprehensive statistic analysis, the paper highlights several lists of poets, poems and translators which can be profitable objects for further studies.The paper also reveals the overall CCPET landscape, its trend and rule over successive periods in more than 100 years, and tries to predict the CCPET development in the near future.