What’s the best translation of Journey to the West?
If you are one of those people who say abridged classics are *always* worse than full-length versions, this extremely lengthy Chinese classic will test your conviction!
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What’s the best translation of The Dream of the Red Chamber?
If you don’t want to read all 120 chapters, there’s a 60-chapter abridgement. And a kids’ version that’s only 64 pages (including the illustrations)!
Review of The Art of War by Sun Tzu (translated by Lionel Giles)
I’d bet far more people have heard of this influential Chinese classic than have read it.
Review of The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (translated by Ken Liu)
It’s as if Kafka decided to write a book with Carl Sagan, M.C. Escher, and the author of Flatland, and set it in China.
