Metaphor Analysis Based on Image Schema-Take the Poem Jie Fu Yin and its English Translation as an Example

摘要

There are many implied metaphors in the poetry of Tang dynasty. In this paper, the poem Reply of a Chaste Wife and its English version are analyzed through the image schema theory to explore the explanatory power of image schema to the po⁃ems of Tang dynasty.At the same time, a new perspective to the appreciation of the metaphors in the poems of Tang dynasty is provided.