As a form of classical Chinese literature with a long history

the classical Chinese poetry has long attracted the attention of researchers and scholars at home and abroad and many of them have been translated into English. As language is influenced greatly by the thinking patterns

it is very necessary to study the thinking disparity and their influence on translation. This paper attempts to make a tentative study on the influence of the thinking disparity between Chinese and western on the Chinese poetry translation in order to improve the Chinese poetry translation. This paper consists of five parts. The first part

which serves as an introduction to the general ideas and structure

illustrates the background

methods

purposes and the significance of this study. The second part studies the background and characteristics of poetry translation. The third part discusses the thinking patterns between Chinese and western

which offers the relation of thinking and language

the classification of the thinking patterns. The fourth part is the study of the influence of the thinking patterns on Chinese poetry translation. In this part

we make some typical examples to illustrate the influence of the thinking disparity.The last part of the paper is the conclusion

which summarizes the ideas in this paper. It is hoped that this paper can sincerely appeal more researchers and scholars would participate in and contribute their efforts to the translation and study of classical Chinese poetry translation to promote culture exchange and development in the world.