Yang Xianyi

Chinese literary translator (1915-2009) · China · On the map · Writers · Died at 94

Yang Xianyi was a Chinese literary translator, known for rendering many ancient and a few modern Chinese classics into English, including Dream of the Red Mansions.

Yang Xianyi is read about 42 times a day, in 7 languages.

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Father Yang Yuzhang

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