Abstract: Italy is an important country for translating and circulating Mo Yan's works overseas. It has translated and published 10 Mo Yan novels. The translation of Mo Yan's works in Italy is systematic, continuous, organized and planned. Official institutions, large publishers and well-known Sinologists are the main promoters of translation. The development of Mo Yan's novels in the field of Italian literary production is governed by the rules of power field, and its symbolic capital dynamic development process has distinct characteristics. The paratext and peritext information of the Italian version of Mo Yan's novel reflects the catering of the field of Italian literature to the field of power. The cover design mostly adopts photographic images that are in line with Western expectations of Orientalism. The Italian authoritative evaluation system's comments on Mo Yan reflect the penetration of power in the field of literature. The actors are influenced by the position structure and habits in the field, and are more enthusiastic about discussing the political factors outside the literature. The spread of Mo Yan in Italy is a process of reaching consensus on the interests of multiple parties in the cultural field. Critics, translators, publishers, awarding organizations, Mo Yan himself and other capital occupants interact with each other in a complicated way, and they together promote the production, flow, accumulation and appreciation of Mo Yan's symbolic capital in the field of Italian literature.

Key words: Mo Yan and Italy, Symbolic capital, Power, Paratext