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“Sun and moon are like a juggler’s balls…”

I loveeee that people in the 9th century were using juggler similes

Yes I only skimmed the 30 page introduction that mainly focused on the grueling details and nuance of translating Chinese poetry. To quote the author himself “How much of this information can a reader be expected to tolerate? Equally important, how much of it will really do him any good?”.

I know that translation isn’t perfect - just show me the poems dude 😭

Love how the introduction is just 40 pages of Graham dunking on his Sinologist/ translator contemporaries lol