Chinese-English Parallel Translation of Three Hundred Poems of Tang Dynasty

Author: Xu Yuanchong
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: This book is the masterpiece of Professor Xu Yuanchong of Peking University. His mentor, Mr. Qian Zhongshu, praised his translation of Selected Poems of Li Bai as closely following the soul of Li Bai. His classmate and close friend, Mr. Yang Zhenning, remarked that his translated poems were like dancing without shackles. A British professor compared his translated poems to Shakespeare, calling them a rare gem. In his preface, the author mentions that this collection of translations was re-created using the "re-creation" method, hoping to help foreign readers "know it, appreciate it, and enjoy it," thereby introducing Chinese literature to the world.