Modern Fiction Translation Series: First Collection

Author: Zhou Zuoren, Lu Xun, Zhou Jianren (translators)
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Modern Fiction Translation Series (Volume I) was published in May 1922 by the Shanghai Commercial Press, translated by Zhou Zuoren. Among them, Lu Xun translated nine pieces, Zhou Zuoren translated eighteen, and Zhou Jianren translated three. Prior to this, Zhou Zuoren had already published a short story collection titled Dian Di (Points and Droplets). The Modern Fiction Translation Series followed it, both demonstrating the achievement of introducing "literature of minor nations" in vernacular Chinese. The title "Volume I" seemed to suggest a larger plan, much like the original Foreign Tales Series ("Continue, accumulate little by little, and you can roughly introduce the works of famous writers from various countries"). However, before the sequel could be translated, the brothers parted ways, and the plan was thus abandoned. The Modern Fiction Translation Series: Volume I was published in May 1922 by the Shanghai Commercial Press, translated by Zhou Zuoren. Among them, Lu Xun translated nine pieces, Zhou Zuoren translated eighteen, and Zhou Jianren translated three.