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Anthony C. Yu


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January 01, 1938

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From Wikipedia: Dr. Yu is a literature and religion scholar. He is currently the Carl Darling Buck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago.

Best known for his four-volume translation of The Journey to the West, he coedited (with Mary Gerhart) Morphologies of Faith: Essays in Religion and Culture in Honor of Nathan A. Scott, Jr. He has also published Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in “Dream of the Red Chamber.” His latest book is State and Religion in China: Historical and Textual Perspectives.

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Rereading the Stone: Desire...
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“Treasure a handful of dirt from your home,      But love not ten thousand taels of foreign gold.”
― Anthony C. Yu, The Journey to the West, Volume 1
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“Do good a thousand days,     But the good is still insufficient;     Do evil for one day,     And that evil is already excessive.”
― Anthony C. Yu, The Journey to the West, Revised Edition, Volume 2
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“in my opinion those who strive for fame will lose their lives on account of fame; those who live in quest of fortune will perish because of riches; those who have titles sleep embracing a tiger; and those who receive official favors walk with snakes in their sleeves.”
― Anthony C. Yu, The Journey to the West, Volume 1
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