East Asia Student

I’ve finally got round to uploading the final PDF copy of my undergraduate dissertation and making it available online.

This is a translation / annotation of a section from the Classic of Poetry (詩經): 女曰雞鳴 (Nǚ Yuē Jī Míng) - “The Wife Says the Rooster Crows”.

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 遊子吟 (Yóuzǐ Yín), ‘Song of the Wanderer’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 孟郊 (Mèng Jiāo).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 夜雨寄北 (Yè Yǔ Jì Běi), ‘Sent North in Night Rain’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李商隱 (Lǐ Shāngyǐn).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 畫船載酒西湖好 (Huà Chuán Zài Jiǔ Xīhú Hǎo), ‘A Painted Boat Carrying Wine, West Lake is Good’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 歐陽脩 (Oūyáng Xiū).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 平生為愛西湖好 (Píngshēng Wèi Ai Xīhú Hǎo), ‘All One’s Life One has Loved It, West Lake is Good’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 歐陽脩 (Oūyáng Xiū).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 贈別 其二 (Zèng Bié), ‘Parting, II’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 杜牧 (Dù Mù).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 來是空言去絕踪 (Lái Shì Kōngyán Qù Jué Zōng), ‘Promises to Come Were Empty Words; Gone Without Trace’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李商隱 (Lǐ Shāngyǐn).

Hanzi and kanji are the Chinese and Japanese pronunciations of the term 漢字 that is used in both languages.

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 秋曉行南谷經荒村 (Qiūxiǎo Xíng Nán Gǔjīng Huāngcūn), ‘On an Autumn Morning, Travelling on a Southern Valley Path to a Deserted Village’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 柳宗元 (Liǔ Zōngyuán).

The ‘word-character error’ is my term for a common mistake that people learning Chinese make: getting the characters in a word confused when they’re seen in isolation.

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 冬至日獨遊吉祥寺 (Dōngzhìrì Dúyóu Jíxiáng Sì), ‘On the Winter Solstice, Travelling Alone to the Temple of Fortune’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

Bradley Cooper’s character says something in Chinese at the end of Limitless (2011), but what is it?

I now have my final exam results for my undergraduate degree!

I saw the above image and thought it was pretty cool for a number of reasons.

A grim but interesting topic!

More fun with Chinese homophones.

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 戲子由 (Xì Zǐyóu), ‘Teasing Zi You’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 古興 (Gǔxìng), ‘Ancient Inspiration’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 常建 (Cháng Jiàn).

The syllable ‘wa’ in hiragana is written わ.

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 岳池農家 (Yuèchí Nóngjiā), ‘The Peasant Houses of Yuechi’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 陸遊 (Lù Yóu).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 陌上花 三 (Mòshàng Huā), ‘Flowers on the Paddy Field Path I’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 陌上花 一 (Mòshàng Huā), ‘Flowers on the Paddy Field Path I’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 贈狄崇班季子 (Zèng Dí Chóngbān Jìzǐ), ‘Presented as a Gift to Di Chongban’s Youngest Son’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

The syllable ‘tsu’ in hiragana is written つ.

More often than not, you end up needing to reduce word count in your academic writing.

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 月夜與客飲酒杏花下 (Yuèyè Yǔ Kè Yǐnjiǔ Xìnghuā Xià), ‘Presented as a Gift to Di Chongban’s Youngest Son’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 張子野年八十五尚聞買妾述古令作詩 (Zhāng Zǐyě Nián Bāshíwǔ Shàng Wén Mǎi Qiè Shùgǔ Lìngzuò Shī), ‘Still One Hears that Zhang Ziye at Eighty-Five Years Old Has Bought a Concubine; A Poem Requested by Shugu’, by the

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 陌上花 二 (Mòshàng Huā), ‘Flowers on the Paddy Field Path II’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 六月二十七日望湖樓醉書（其二） (Liùyuè Èrshíqīrì Wànghú Lóu Zuì Shū), ‘Drunken Writings from 27th of the 6th at Wanghu Tower II’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 六月二十七日望湖樓醉書（其一） (Liùyuè Èrshíqīrì Wànghú Lóu Zuì Shū), ‘Drunken Writings from 27th of the 6th at Wanghu Tower I’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 蘇軾 (Sū Shì).

This is a very rough translation and annotation of the poem 題破山寺後禪院 (Tí Pòshān Sì Hòu Chányuàn), ‘Writing of the Meditation Hall of Po Mountain Temple’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 常建 (Cháng Jiàn).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 過野人家有感 (Guò Yěrén Jiā Yǒu Gǎn), ‘Feelings When Passing Countryside Homes’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 陸遊 (Lù Yóu).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 過瓜洲鎮 (Guò Guāzhōu Zhèn), ‘Passing Through Guazhou Town’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 楊萬里 (Yáng Wànlǐ).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 舟過揚子橋遠望 (Zhōu Guò Yángzǐ Qiáo Yuǎnwàng), ‘Looking Afar from a Boat Passing a Bridge on the Yangzi’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 楊萬里 (Yáng Wànlǐ).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 山南行 (Shānnán Xíng), ‘Ballad of South of the Mountains’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 陸遊 (Lù Yóu).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 過揚子江 (其二) (Guò Yángzǐjiāng), ‘Crossing the Yangzi River’ (2nd poem), by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 楊萬里 (Yáng Wànlǐ).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 小泊新豐市 (Xiǎobó Xīnfēngshì), ‘Ballad of South of the Mountains’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 楊萬里 (Yáng Wànlǐ).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 夢覺 (Mèng Jué), ‘Waking from a Dream’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 梅堯臣 (Méi Yáochén).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 來夢 (Lái Mèng), ‘A Dream Comes’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 梅堯臣 (Méi Yáochén).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 不知夢 (Bù Zhī Mèng), ‘I Do Not Know If I Am Dreaming’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 梅堯臣 (Méi Yáochén).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 贈從弟冽 (Zèng Cóngdì Liè), ‘Offered as a Present to My Nephew Lie’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李白 (Lǐ Bái).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 西嶽雲台歌送丹丘子 (Xīyuè Yúntái Gē Sòng Dān Qiūzǐ), ‘A Song of Parting for Dan Qiuzi on Mt Hua’s Cloudy Peak’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李白 (Lǐ Bái).

This is Part 16 in an annotation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 聞官軍收河南河北 (Wén Guānjūn Shōu Hénán Héběi), ‘Hearing the Military Has Taken Henan and Hebei’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 杜甫 (Dù Fǔ).

This is Part 15 in an annotation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

I’ve put together this quick list of Chinese economic terms from various sources online.

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 夢遊天姥吟留別 (Mèngyóu Tiānmǔ Yín Liúbié), ‘A Departing Song of Travelling to Tianmu in a Dream’, by the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet 李白 (Lǐ Bái).

This is Part 14 in an annotation of an extract from 吳城日記 (‘Diary of Inner City Suzhou’).

This is a very rough annotation / translation of the poem 皂角林 (Zàojiǎo Lín), ‘Honey Locust Forest’, by the Song Dynasty Chinese poet 楊萬里 (Yáng Wànlǐ).