Approaching the Beauty of Form: Random Notes on the Practice of Translating Ancient Chinese Poetry into English

Author: Cao Shunfa
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Features: This book is primarily based on the "New Compendium of a Thousand Poems" (Chinese-English Parallel Text) published by Zhonghua Book Company in 2000. It provides a "brief analysis" for each of the first 146 well-known classical poems translated by the renowned domestic translation master, Xu Yuanchong, and conducts a comparative "retranslation" based on the author's personal understanding of "formal beauty." The aim is to let more people appreciate Chinese classical poetry and participate in its translation and discussion, while also hoping that foreign friends can understand China, a land of poetry, through the translations. Additionally, the book offers some thoughts and attempts on "formal beauty" in other linguistic forms for reference by readers.