【Abstract】Currently， our nation adopts the “going out” strategy， in which the translation of Chinese classics plays an important part. However， for a long time， people in the translation circle dampened translation with “untranslatability”， mostly from the cultural perspective. Zhao Yanchun， however， doubts “untranslability”， holding that translation， especially translation of Chinese classics， is possible if we grasp its nature and mechanism. And this paper shares his point of view.
　　【Key words】translation of Chinese classics； principles； mechanism
　　1. Introduction
　　At present， the strategy of Chinese culture going out has gained due attention from our government. And Chinese classics is a constitutive part of Chinese culture. So spreading out our classics to the world can contribute a lot to the success of the strategy. Seen from this perspective， the proper translation of Chinese classics becomes of great essence. Concerning this issue， many translators have proposed their views. However， they rarely centre on the central issues of translatology. Thus， it is necessary a feasible theory be carried out to cope with the issues in translating Chinese classics.
　　2. The nature of translation and its mechanism
　　Many scholars have talked about the nature of translation. Generally speaking， translation is the representation of the source information in the target language. According to Gutt （1991）， this process is relevance-based. That is to say， cohering to the relevance theory（Sperber