Selected Poems and Prose of Su Tungpo

This volume gathers selections from the work of Su Tungpo, the celebrated Song dynasty poet, scholar, and humanist. These literary translations are from Lin Yutang, one of China most famous translators and scholars. Lin was one of the first translators of Su Tungpo works into English, and his now-classic translations are both elegant and direct. Lin intent in translating Chinese works into English was to help Chinese students of the English language, but readers of all backgrounds and languages will enjoy these selections from the wealth of China literary tradition. Books feature traditional Chinese characters on the left-hand page and English translation on the right.Lin, Yutang is the author of 'Selected Poems and Prose of Su Tungpo', published 1991 under ISBN 9789570908619 and ISBN 9570908610.