East Asia Student

We’ve got presentations on our dissertations this Friday, where we’ll present the research and understanding we’ve arrived at so far to faculty staff and receive some feedback.

I’m typing up some rough notes and mental ramblings for my dissertation here.

This is the fourth part of a translation of the first chapter of the 1984 novel 棋王 (‘Chess King’) by the Chinese author 阿城 (Ah Cheng).

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 宿九仙山 (Sù Jiǔ Xiān Shān), ‘Lodging on Nine Immortals Mountain’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 雨中游天竺靈感觀音院 (Yǔzhōng Yóu Tiān Zhú Línggǎn Guānyīn Yuàn), ‘Traveling in the Rain to Linggan Guanyin Temple on Tianzhu Mountain’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 李思訓畫長江絕島圖 (Lǐ Sīxun Huà Chángjiāng Jué Dǎo Tú), ‘Li Sixun Paints Cragged Islands on the Yangtze’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 臘日遊孤山訪惠勤惠思二僧 (Là Rì Yóu Gū Shān Fǎng Huì Qín Huì Sī Èr Sēng), ‘On the Winter Festival I Visited Lone Mountain and the Two Monks Hui Jin and Hui Si’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is an annotation of the poem 高陽臺 (Gāo Yángtái), ‘High Terrace’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 韓疁 (Hán Liú).

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 山中問答 (Shānzhōng Wèndá) by the Chinese Tang dynasty poet 李白 (Lǐ Bái).

This is a translation of ‘我们生活里缺少什么？'

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 歲晚喜東歸 (Suì Wǎn Xǐ Dōng Guī) by the Chinese Song dynasty poet 陸游 (Lù Yóu).

This is the third part of a translation of the first chapter of the 1984 novel 棋王 (‘Chess King’) by the Chinese author 阿城 (Ah Cheng).

If you study Chinese, Japanese or Korean and use Linux (as you should), you’ve probably encountered the issue of choosing an input method, namely: SCIM vs IBus.

After another meeting, my supervisor Dr Susan Daruvala helped me settle on a draft structure for my fourth year dissertation on 刘宾雁 (Liu Binyan) and 王蒙 (Wang Meng).

More recent versions of Windows have East Asian Languages support out of the box, but unfortunately Windows XP doesn’t have this functionality unless you install it.

I got the question below from reader Mark Lore.

I’m making a basic timeline of key events in the life of 刘宾雁 (Liu Binyan), who is one of two authors I’m looking at in my undergraduate dissertation.

Chinese alphabet?

This is the second part of a translation of the first chapter of the 1984 novel 棋王 (‘Chess King’) by the Chinese author 阿城 (Ah Cheng). [← Part 1](/china/baihua/a-cheng-qi-wang-1-1/” rel="prev “阿城 棋王 一一 translation: Chess King, by Ah Cheng, Chp 1 pt 1”) ·…

This is one of the poems I’m translating for the bilingual poetry event United Verses.

This is one of the poems I’m translating for the bilingual poetry event United Verses.

This is a translation of an excerpt from the story 生前友好 (‘A Close Friend in Life’) by the Chinese author 汪曾祺 (Wang Zengqi).

This is one of the poems I’m translating for the bilingual poetry event United Verses.

It seems very likely that the current Vice Premier Li Keqiang (李克强) will become China’s Premier in March 2013.

This is Part 6 in an annotation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is Part 5 in a translation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is the first part of a translation of the first chapter of the 1984 novel 棋王 (‘Chess King’) by the Chinese author 阿城 (Ah Cheng).

If you study Classical Chinese texts (文言文), you’ll know that dates can be a little bit tricky.

There are lot of cool things in Chinese vocabulary, from forwards-backwards words to the physical shape of characters being used to express meaning.

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 鳴皋歌送岑徵君 (‘A Song of Mt Ming’gao to See Off Cen Zheng’) by the Chinese poet 李白 (Li Bai).

If you’re learning to read (and write) both simplified and traditional Chinese characters (简体字 / 繁体字), you’ve probably come across a few character simplifications that don’t seem to make a lot of sense.

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 廬山謠寄盧侍御虛舟 (‘A Ballad of Mt.

This is a translation of the preface to the text 野百合花 (‘Wild Lillies’), written by the Chinese writer 王實味 (‘Wang Shiwei’) in 1942 in Yan’an.

This is Part 4 in a translation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is a translation / annotation of the poem 桃花源詩 (‘The Peach Blossom Spring’) by the Six Dynasties poet 陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming).

This is a translation of the short story 卖蚯蚓的人 (‘The Worm Seller’) by the Chinese author 汪曾祺 (Wang Zengqi).

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks doing research for a dissertation topic on Chinese science-fiction.

This is a translation / annotation of the prose explanation of the story 桃花源 (‘The Peach Blossom Spring’) by the Six Dynasties poet 陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming).

This is a translation of the third part of the article 建設的文明革命論 (‘Discussion of Creating a Revolution in Literature’) by the Chinese writer 胡适 (Hú Shì) .

This is Part 3 in a translation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is a translation of the second part of the article 建設的文明革命論 (‘Discussion of Creating a Revolution in Literature’) by the Chinese writer 胡适 (Hú Shì) .

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 將進酒 (‘Bring in the Wine’) by the Chinese poet 李白 (Li Bai).

After studying Chinese for three years, I still feel like my Chinese handwriting leaves a lot to be desired.

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 荊門浮舟望蜀江 (‘Floating on a Boat at Jingmen, Gazing at the Yangzi’) by the Chinese poet 李白 (Li Bai).

After deciding to write my undergraduate dissertation on something to do with Chinese science fiction, I’ve found that there isn’t a great deal of straightforward information on this topic in English.

This is a translation / annotation of the poem 當塗趙炎少府粉圖山水歌 by the Tang dynasty poet 李白.

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 烏夜啼 (‘Crows Cry at Night’) by the Chinese poet 李白 (Li Bai).

This is Part 2 in a translation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is a translation and annotation of the poem 春思 (‘Spring Thoughts’) by the Chinese poet 李白 (Li Bai).

I’m in my fourth and final year of Chinese Studies at Cambridge now, which involves writing a ~12k word dissertation on a freely chosen topic.