Fou Lei (1908-1966) is modern China's most renowned critic-translator. This biography is a revela...

The tragic conscience of modern China's most revered critic-translator is portrayed in this biogr...

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The Assassins of Confucius was published by Hermits United in 2023. This 2025 edition includes a ...

Le 8 juin 1876, George Sand mourut. Le 2 juillet, Hippolyte Taine adressa une lettre au directeur...

Elegance of personality, a peculiar notion of the Chinese literati, is encapsulated in Shishuo Xi...

For two millennia, Qu Yuan has been honoured as the first Romantic poet in East Asia. During the ...

Elegance of personality, a peculiar notion of the Chinese literati, is encapsulated in Shishuo Xi...

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