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Xu Yuanchong Quotes

1921–2021 China

Xu Yuanchong (born April 18, 1921 – June 17, 2021) is a Chinese translator, best known for translating Chinese ancient poems into English and French. Xu took foreign language studies at Tsinghua University after he studied abroad.

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Also known as: Yuanchong Xu

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By riverside are cooing
A pair of turtledoves;
A good young man is wooing
A maiden fair he loves.

Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry (1994)

The best way to regain poetry is to recreate it.

To face the powder, not powder the face.

The sun beyond the mountains glows;
The Yellow River seawards flows.
You can enjoy a grander sight
By climbing to a greater height.

Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry (1994)

A verse translation should be faithful to the original, less in form than in sense. Or in other words, a poetic translation should be as beautiful as the original in sense, in sound and, if possible, in form.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Xu Yuanchong (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.