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Arthur David Waley (1889–1966) is another notable expert who succeeded Giles in the translation and study of classical Chinese poetry. Born in Britain, Waley was intelligent and passionate about language and literature.
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There were 24 poems in this book that were marked with “T’ang” specifically, but one of them was by Jing Pianpian (景翩翩) of the Ming dynasty. Besides these, there were three poems marked under the Tang poet Po Chu-I. However, there were two poems for which Waley did not provide the original author’s information, and which were translated from “Yèyǚ” (夜雨) and “Kǔrè Tí Héngjìshī Chánshì” (苦热题恒寂师禅室) by Po Chu-I. In sum, this makes 23 Tang poems in this book, only five of which are by Po Chu-I.
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It was also published in the Asiatic Review, XV, October 1919.
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Waley, A. D. (1918). A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems. New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc.
Waley, A. D. (1919). 古今诗赋/More Translations From the Chinese. New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc.
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Jiang, L. (2018). The British Sinologist and Poet Arthur Waley. In: A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56352-6_6
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