1. Translating poesie into poesie, and classics into classics

Chinese culture is a huge system, with many overlapping subsystems. Translating Chinese classics is in fact a translation of culture rather than words. Zhao Yanchun’s version is a wonderful transmigration, “originals” in other words, with the same artistic value.

2. Rendering the works as they are

Zhao Yanchun’s translations best represent the form-meaning tension and retain the potency of the originals, an artful reconstruction of the literariness, a hi-fi analogy of the originals in both form and content, hence de facto autonomous and autotelic literary works.

3. Proper diction and scansion

Zhao Yanchun’s version, while trying to be precise with every word, is delicate in texture, satisfying all elements of textuality. In order to achieve the best possible equivalence in semantic content, stylistic appropriateness and illocutionary force, the principles of proximity and proxy are deftly applied--as literal as is possible and as free as is necessary. Besides, the artful representation of prosody makes it a wonderful experience to chant.

4. Deluxe design and bilingual recitations

These books are fabulously designed and bound, with blank spaces for imagination, and the terseness and simplicity of the illustrations offers a chaste visual effect, very inviting to leaf through. Every verse or scripture is read clearly by native speakers, easy to follow for readers at home and abroad. You will get an audio-video bilingual version when you scan a QR code.

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