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4月 3, 2021
10 YEARS – NPC十岁了！
10 years ago, Yi Sha 伊沙 began to present one poem each day on Chinese social media. This has become a representative collection of new poetry in the new century, aptly named NPC, New Poetry Canon 新世纪诗典.
Eight years ago I began to look for NPC poems each day, translating more and more into German and English. In 2014 my own poetry appeared on NPC for the first time. After two books of Yi Sha’s poetry, I have now published, along with Juliane Adler, the first book of a 4-volume-series of NPC poetry in Chinese and German. Here are the contents:
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板
NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典
Band 1: A–J. Gedichte
Chinesisch/Deutsch
Übersetzt von Martin Winter
Herausgegeben von Juliane Adler und Martin Winter
ISBN 978-3-903267-00-8
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标签：3A, A Ti, A Wen, A Wu, A Yu, AAA, Ai Hao, Ai Mi, An Qi, anthologies, anthology, Ao Yuntao, Bai Diu, Bai Li, Bei Dao, Bei Lang, Benben S.K., book, Cai Xiyin, Caiwong Namjack, Caomu Xin, Cha Wenjin, Chang Yuchun, Chao Hui, Che Qianzi, Chen Moshi, Chen Yanqiang, Chen Yulun, Chen Yunfeng, Cheng Bei, Cheng Tao, Chun Sue, Cong Rong, 独禽, 白立, 秦非, 程涛, 笨笨 s.k., 第广龙, 簡天平, 纪彦峰, Da Duo, Da You, Dai Guanglei, Dechen Pakme, Denis Mair, Di Guanglong, Dong Yue, Du Qin, Du Sishang, Du Zhongmin, Duo Er, Eryue Lan, Ezher, 耿占坤, 胡赞辉, 胡泊, 金山, 艾米, 艾蒿, 艾孜哈尔, 草木心, 蒋彩云, 蔡喜印, 蔣雪峰, 蔣濤, 阿煜, 阿吾, 阿嚏, 阿文, 陈玉伦, 陈衍强, 陈默实, 陈云峰, 虎子, 韩敬源, 韩永恒, 韩东, 高歌, 鬼石, 谷驹休, 鴻鴻, 鸿鸿, 黄礼孩, 黄翔, 黄开兵, 黄海, 黄海兮, 车前子, 龚志坚, Fa Xing, Fei Qin, Feng Xuan, Gang Jumu, Gao Ge, Geng Zhankun, German, Gong Zhijian, Guangtou, Gui Shi, Hai An, Hai Jing, Hai Qing, Han Dong, Han Jingyuan, Han Yongheng, Hong Junzhi, Hou Ma, Houhou Jing, Hu Bo, Hu Zi, Huang Hai, Huang Kaibing, Huang Lihai, Huang Xiang, Hung Hung, Huzi, Ji Yanfeng, Jian Tianping, Jiang Caiyun, Jiang Erman, Jiang Rui, Jiang Tao, Jiang Xinhe, Jiang Xuefeng, Jianghu Hai, Jin Shan, Jun Er, language, languages, literature, media, people, poetry, poets, social media, time, translation, yi sha, 光头, 公子琴, 冈居木, 冯谖, 北岛, 北浪, 发星, 君儿, 大友, 大朵, 姜馨贺, 姜二嫚, 安琪, 常遇春, 德乾恒美, 成倍, 才旺南杰, 摆丢, 敖云涛, 春树, 朝晖, 朵儿, 杜思尚, 杜中民, 查文瑾, 梅丹理, 江睿, 江湖海, 洪君植, 海菁, 海青, 海岸, 三个A, 东岳, 二月蓝, 从容, 代光磊, 侯马
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4月 3, 2021
Yi Sha
WINTER
On my way to the vegetable supermarket
in our compound
I see a small girl
on a big rock at the artificial lake
right above the ice going to
jump!
I am shouting:
„Don’t jump! Danger!“
But in this time
she has jumped already,
lightly,
safely
landing on the thick surface.
She turns around to me,
makes a ballet move
and becomes a small white swan.
Translated by MW, 4/3/2021
Yi Sha
WINTER
Ich geh zum Gemüsesupermarkt
in der Wohnhausanlage,
seh auf dem Weg ein kleines Mädchen
auf einem Felsen am künstlichen See,
sie will auf das Eis hinunter
springen!
Ich schrei:
„Achtung! Nicht springen!“
aber in der Zeit
ist sie schon gesprungen,
ganz leicht
und sicher
auf dem festen Eis gelandet.
Sie dreht sich zu mir um
in einer Bewegung aus dem Ballett
und wird ein kleiner weißer Schwan.
Übersetzt von MW am 3. April 2021
Yi Sha, orig. name Wu Wenjian. Well-known poet, writer, critic, translator, editor. Born in 1966 in Chengdu, lives in Xi’an. Graduated from Beijing Normal University in 1989. Has written over 20,000 poems, published, translated and edited 122 books. Received the Henry Luce prize for contemporary Chinese poetry and many other awards. Invited to poetry festivals in China, Sweden, England, Netherlands, South Korea etc., incl. the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Qinghai Lake international poetry festival, the 50th Struga poetry festival in Macedonia and many more. Vermont Studio Center fellow 2014. He has recited at the University of Vienna, at Arizona University etc. 《新诗典》小档案：伊沙，原名吴文健，男，当代著名诗人、作家、批评家、翻译家、编选家。 1966年生于四川成都。1989年毕业于北京师范大学中文系。写诗逾两万首，出版著、译、编122部作品。获美国亨利•鲁斯基金会中文诗歌奖金、韩国“亚洲诗人奖”以及中国国内数十项诗歌奖项。应邀出席瑞典第16届奈舍国际诗歌节、荷兰第38届鹿特丹国际诗歌节、英国第20届奥尔德堡国际诗歌节、马其顿第50届斯特鲁加国际诗歌节、中国第二、三、四、五届青海湖国际诗歌节、第二届澳门文学节、美国佛蒙特创作中心驻站作家、奥地利梅朵艺术中心驻站作家、美国亚利桑那大学为其举办的朗诵会、奥地利两校一刊为其举办的朗诵会与研讨会、2021年世界诗歌日线上国际诗歌节等国际交流活动。
标签：animals, art, artificial, child, children, compound, daily life, danger, girl, ice, jump, lake, life, move, movement, NPC, people, poetry, reality, rock, rocks, season, supermarket, supermarkets, winter, yi sha, 新世纪詩典, 伊沙
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3月 25, 2021
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板
NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典
Band 1: A–J
NPC stands for New Poetry Canon, or New Century Poetry Canon 新世纪诗典, presented by Yi Sha 伊沙 in Chinese social media each day since spring 2011. NPC outside of poetry is National People’s Congress, China’s parliament that convenes in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for two weeks each March. Yi Sha’s NPC poem of the day on Sina Weibo 新浪微博, Tencent WeChat 微信 and other platforms gets clicked, forwarded, commented 10,000 times or more, each day. Each year a book comes out, about every week there are events in Xi’an, Beijing and many, many places all over China and beyond. All produced independently from among the people 民间, not by any state organizations. This book contains poems by 81 poets listed below. This is the first volume (A-J) in a series of four books. Compiled and edited by Juliane Adler and Martin Winter, translated by Martin Winter.
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NPC steht für New Poetry Canon, eigentlich New Century Poetry Canon, 新世纪诗典. Abgekürzt als NPC. NPC steht sonst für National People’s Congress, also der Nationale Volkskongress, Chinas Parlament, das allerdings nur einmal im Jahr im März zwei Wochen lang zusammentritt. Seit 2011 wird von Yi Sha 伊沙 im NPC-新世纪诗典 jeden Tag ein Gedicht vorgestellt, in mehreren chinesischen sozialen Medien zugleich. Oft wird ein einziges Gedicht schon in den ersten zwei Tagen zehntausende Male angeklickt, kommentiert und weitergeleitet. Ein nationaler Poesiekongress und eine umfangreiche Studie der heutigen Gesellschaft. Band 1 präsentiert 81 Autorinnen und Autoren. Wird fortgesetzt.
Cover/Umschlag etc: Neue Arche von Kuang Biao 邝飚 und 3 Grafiken von: An Qi 安琪
Autorinnen und Autoren:
A Ti 阿嚏, A Wen 阿文, A Wu 阿吾, A Yu 阿煜, AAA (3A) 三个A, Ai Hao 艾蒿, Ai Mi 艾米, An Qi 安琪, Ao Yuntao 敖运涛, Bai Diu 摆丢, Bai Li 白立, Bei Dao 北岛, Bei Lang 北浪, Benben S. K. 笨笨. S. K, Cai Xiyin 蔡喜印, Caiwong Namjack 才旺南杰, Caomu Xin 草木心, Cha Wenjin 查文瑾, Chang Yuchun 常遇春, Chao Hui 朝晖, Che Qianzi 车前子, Chen Moshi 陈默实, Chen Yanqiang 陈衍强, Chen Yulun 陈玉伦, Chen Yunfeng 陈云峰, Cheng Bei 成倍, Cheng Tao 程涛, Chun Sue 春树, Cong Rong 从容, Da Duo 大朵, Da You 大友, Dai Guanglei 代光磊, Dechen Pakme 德乾恒美, Denis Mair 梅丹理, Di Guanglong 第广龙, Dong Yue 东岳, Du Qin 独禽, Du Sishang 杜思尚, Du Zhongmin 杜中民, Duo Er 朵儿, Eryue Lan 二月蓝, Ezher 艾孜哈尔, Fa Xing 发星, Fei Qin 秦菲, Feng Xuan 冯谖, Gang Jumu 冈居木, Gao Ge 高歌, Geng Zhankun 耿占坤, Gong Zhijian 龚志坚, Gongzi Qin 公子琹, Gu Juxiu 谷驹休, Guangtou 光头, Gui Shi 鬼石, Hai An 海岸, Hai Jing 海菁, Hai Qing 海青, Han Dong 韩东, Han Jingyuan 韩敬源, Han Yongheng 韩永恒, Hong Junzhi 洪君植, Hou Ma 侯马，Houhou Jing 后后井, Hu Bo 胡泊, Hu Zanhui 胡赞辉, Huang Hai 黄海, Huang Kaibing 黄开兵, Huang Lihai 黃禮孩, Huang Xiang 黄翔, Hung Hung 鴻鴻, Huzi 虎子, Ji Yanfeng 纪彦峰, Jian Tianping 簡天平, Jiang Caiyun 蒋彩云, Jiang Erman 姜二嫚, Jiang Rui 江睿, Jiang Tao 蔣濤, Jiang Xinhe 姜馨贺, Jiang Xuefeng 蔣雪峰, Jianghu Hai 江湖海, Jin Shan 金山, Jun Er 君儿
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板 NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典 Band 1: A–J
Die chinesischen Gedichte sind hauptsächlich erschienen in:
NPC 新世纪诗典 1-6，伊沙 编选 著，磨铁图书 (Xiron), Zhejiang People‘s Publishing 浙江人民出版社, Bände 1-6, herausgegeben von Yi Sha. Hangzhou 2012-2018
NPC 新世纪诗典 7，伊沙 编选 著，磨铁图书 (Xiron), China Youth Publishing 中国青年出版社, Band 7, herausgegeben von Yi Sha. Beijing 2018
NPC 新世纪诗典 8，伊沙 编选 著，磨铁图书 (Xiron), China Friendship Publishing 中国友谊出版公司, Band 8, herausgegeben von Yi Sha. Beijing 2020
Die restlichen Texte stammen aus Internetquellen (Soziale Medien: Sina Weibo, Tencent Weixin etc.) mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Autorinnen und Autoren. Die Texte aus 2019 und 2020-2021 werden in den Büchern NPC 9 und 10 erscheinen.
BRETT VOLLER NÄGEL 布满钉子的木板 NPC-Anthologie 新世纪诗典 Band 1: A–J
标签：3A, A Ti, A Wen, A Wu, A Yu, AAA, Ai Hao, Ai Mi, all, An Qi, animals, Ao Yuntao, Bai Diu, Bai Li, Bei Dao, Bei Lang, Benben S.K., board, bodies, body, book, books, Cai Xiyin, Caiwong Namjack, Caomu Xin, Cha Wenjin, Chang Yuchun, Chao Hui, characters, Che Qianzi, Chen Moshi, Chen Yanqiang, Chen Yulun, Chen Yunfeng, Cheng Bei, Cheng Tao, children, Chun Sue, Cong Rong, contact, continent, cracks, culture, customs, 独禽, 白立, 秦菲, 程涛, 笨笨 s.k., 第广龙, 簡天平, 纪彦峰, Da Duo, Da You, Dai Guanglei, day, Dechen Pakme, Denis Mair, Di Guanglong, discussions, Dong Yue, Du Qin, Du Sishang, Du Zhongmin, Duo Er, Eryue Lan, everything, expression, eyes, Ezher, 耿占坤, 胡赞辉, 胡泊, 金山, 艾米, 艾蒿, 艾孜哈尔, 草木心, 蒋彩云, 蔡喜印, 蔣雪峰, 蔣彩雲, 蔣濤, 阿煜, 阿吾, 阿嚏, 阿文, 陈玉伦, 陈衍强, 陈默实, 陈云峰, 虎子, 高歌, 鴻鴻, 黃禮孩, 黄翔, 黄开兵, 黄海, 黄海兮, 车前子, 龚志坚, Fa Xing, fabrik.transit, face, faces, Fei Qin, Feng Xuan, figures, food, Gang Jumu, Gao Ge, Geng Zhankun, Gong Zhijian, hearts, history, Hong Junzhi, Hou Ma, Houhou Jing, Hu Bo, Hu Zanhui, Huang Hai, Huang Haixi, Huang Kaibing, Huang Lihai, Huang Xiang, Hung Hung, Huzi, island, islands, Ji Yanfeng, Jian Tianping, Jiang Caiyun, Jiang Erman, Jiang Rui, Jiang Tao, Jiang Xinhe, Jiang Xuefeng, Jianghu Hai, Jin Shan, Juliane Adler, Jun Er, language, languages, life, literature, Martin Winter, mask, masks, Mediterranean, memory, men, minds, mountains, mouth, nail, names, night, NPC, pages, paper, people, performance, plain language, poetry, politics, province, religion, ritual, rivers, society, spirit, taiwan, Taiwanese, territory, Tibetan, tongue, translation, Uighurs, voice, volume, women, wood, words, writing, year, yi sha, youth, 冈居木, 冯谖, 北岛, 北浪, 发星, 后后井, 君儿, 大友, 大朵, 姜馨贺, 姜二嫚, 安琪, 常遇春, 德乾恒美, 成倍, 才旺南杰, 摆丢, 敖运涛, 新世纪詩典, 春树, 朝晖, 朵儿, 杜思尚, 杜中民, 查文瑾, 梅丹理, 江睿, 江湖海, 洪君植, 三个A, 东岳, 二月蓝, 从容, 代光磊, 伊沙, 侯马
发表在 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000, 2000s, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2010s, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 20th century, 21st century, Antique times, April 2011, April 2012, April 2013, April 2014, April 2015, April 2016, April 2017, April 2018, April 2019, April 2020, August 2011, August 2012, August 2013, August 2014, August 2015, August 2016, AUGUST 2017, August 2018, August 2019, August 2020, December 2011, December 2012, December 2013, December 2014, December 2015, December 2016, December 2017, December 2018, December 2019, December 2020, Februar 2017, February 2012, February 2013, February 2014, February 2015, February 2016, February 2018, February 2019, February 2020, February 2021, January 2012, January 2013, January 2014, January 2015, January 2016, January 2017, January 2018, January 2019, January 2020, January 2021, July 2011, July 2012, July 2014, July 2015, July 2016, JULY 2017, July 2018, July 2019, July 2020, June, June 2011, June 2012, June 2013, June 2014, June 2015, June 2016, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019, June 2020, Literadio, March 2011, March 2012, March 2013, March 2014, March 2015, March 2016, March 2017, March 2018, March 2019, March 2020, March 2021, May 2011, May 2012, May 2013, May 2014, MAY 2015, May 2016, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019, May 2020, Middle Ages, November 2011, November 2012, November 2013, November 2014, November 2015, November 2016, November 2017, November 2018, November 2019, NOVEMBER 2020, NPC, October 2011, October 2012, October 2013, October 2014, October 2015, October 2016, October 2017, October 2018, October 2019, OCTOBER 2020, poetry, PR, September 2011, September 2012, September 2013, September 2014, September 2015, September 2016, September 2017, September 2018, September 2019, September 2020, Translations, Uncategorized, 安琪, 新世纪诗典, 江湖海, 三个A, 伊沙, 侯馬 | Leave a Comment »
3月 11, 2013
wee
little wee gets up to play
we are more than what we are
sometimes we may call it god
wee may call as soon as twelve
sometimes we may call it light
wee may call as soon as two
wee may always call at night
little wee wakes up to cry
we are less than what we are
wee may sleep as soon as noon
sometimes we may call it god
wee may call as late as eight
sometimes we can see the light
wee can call us any time
sometimes we can feel the night
sometimes wee can be alright
October 2007
Second Anniversary of the 2011 Japan Earthquake
hold it
(quakes, tsunamis, nuclear threats …)
the days of the blossoms
the yellow the white
the shoots and the air
and the birds and the bees
the flies and the beetles
the earth and the trembling
the cars that come floating
the buildings come tumbling
the life that sprouts
MW March 2011
innehalten
(fuer japan, yunnan, burma …)
die tage die blueten
die spitzen die gruenen
die weissen die gelben
die bienen die fliegen
die wogen die steigen
die wagen die treiben
die erde die bebt und
das leben das keimt
MW Maerz 2011
标签：anniversary, birthday, catastrophies, kids, poetry, spring
发表在 2005, 2006, 2007, March 2008, March 2009, March 2010, March 2011, March 2012, March 2013, Welcome! | Leave a Comment »
10月 3, 2012
Marokkanergasse, Vienna
the sun is streaming
against the mosaic.
the fountain’s broken,
turned off.
the people are busy, most of them.
it’s 9 am.
shopping, smoking.
high heels. maybe productive.
in jackets and scarves.
it’s chilly compared with a few days ago.
for a moment, the sun.
the warm morning sun.
MW August 2012
From August 28. 周二，8月28日。 The sun was on the door at eight or nine. In the afternoon it’s around the corner. The door to the street is over 100 years old, like the house. Military officer’s quarters, originally. Our apartment is downstairs, ground floor. Still expensive, inner city. The picture is from May. The pictures below are from Beijing. Click on them and get to a song of healthy food.
标签：beijing, building, life, military, Morocco, people, police, Vienna, walls, water
发表在 April 2011, April 2012, August 2012, March 2011, March 2012, May 2012, September 2012, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
3月 30, 2011
innehalten
(fuer japan, yunnan, burma …)
die tage die blueten
die spitzen die gruenen
die weissen die gelben
die bienen die fliegen
die wogen die steigen
die wagen die treiben
die erde die bebt und
das leben das keimt
MW Maerz 2011
http://tokyowriter.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/quakebook/、http://en.wordpress.com/tag/quakebook/、
hold it
(quakes, tsunamis, nuclear threats …)
the days of the blossoms
the yellow the white
the shoots and the air
and the birds and the bees
the flies and the beetles
the earth and the trembling
the cars that come floating
the buildings come tumbling
the life that sprouts
MW March 2011
标签：Burma, earthquake, Japan, life, quakebook, spring, tsunami, Yunnan
发表在 March 2011, Uncategorized, Welcome! | 2 Comments »
3月 23, 2011
The world-wide reading on March 20 was a big success. In Leipzig, as far as I heard. In Vienna, it was interesting. Instructive. Great experts. Reporters Without Borders. Amnesty International. Writers in Prison, with Helmuth Niederle from the Austrian PEN. Professors from the East Asia departments of Vienna and Bratislava. Poetry. Protesters in China, in prison. Women, peasants, workers. In spirit. In between. Over 90 cities in 33 countries on six continents. At least. Gerhard Ruiss and Bei Ling read in Leipzig. At the book fair.
Herta Müller’s speech on March 20 in Berlin was published in the FAZ on March 26. Very good speech. She has read the biography. Maybe a little too fast. The labour camp didn’t come immediately after the first prison term. He wrote the confession in prison at the end of 1990 and went free in January 1991. Everything else is correct. The episode with his father, who wanted him to give in. And the labour camp. She does take a side, very emphatically. The last sentence is the most important one. “More and more supporters of Charter 08 are disappearing in jail.” Liu Xianbin was sentenced to 10 years a few days ago. Altogether he has been sentenced for more than 25 years since 1989. His most serious crime seems to have been one of the founders of an opposition party at the end of the 1990s. Liu Xianbin’s wife Chen Mingxian chronicles her life in the last 20 years in this account: http://08charterbbs.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post_23.html
There is also a good piece in the NY Times by Geng He, wife of the human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/opinion/28geng.html
Teng Biao has disappeared, Ran Yunfei has been detained for a while, and now Liu Xianbin has been sentenced to 10 years, to name but a few. The situation is very clear. No progress, just the opposite.
MuseumsQuartier Wien, Raum D / quartier21 - Photo by Pernille Koldbech Fich
There will be a reading with Bei Ling, poet and publisher, in Vienna at the same location on April 12.
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3月 12, 2011
标签：austria, beijing, china, chinese translation, life, literature, money, poetry, translation, Translations, Vienna, work
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3月 12, 2011
Vienna, March 20, 2011
标签：Charta 08, Charter 08, china, Chinese poetry, Jasmine Tee, literature, Liu Xiaobo, poetry, political prisoners, politics, prison, prisoners of conscience
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3月 2, 2011
One of the best texts I have read in a long time is Murong Xuecun‘s recent speech in front of the Foreign Correspondent’s Club in Hongkong. It was a speech he had wanted to give at the occasion of receiving the People’s Literature magazine’s “special action award”. But they didn’t let him speak at the ceremony. Time magazine has the full text, they say (acc.2011-03-02). Please read this text. If you like it, maybe you’ll agree that literature is a very good indicator of the state (of a nation), exactly because you can’t really know what it states. This is true for art in general, or a capacity for innovative culture. You can’t really know what it states, or maybe you’re sure you know, but you can’t really say, or what you can say is only one aspect. You can analyze the structure. You can try to translate it, and still keep the spirit. I haven’t read the original text, haven’t had time to look for it. Is there an original text in Chinese? Did he write it in English? He probably gave the speech in English, because it was at the foreign correspondent’s club. If the text in Time magazine is a translation, I’m pretty sure it is translated well. Yes, maybe there is something universal about it. Maybe Chinese writers have said similar things through the centuries. And millenia. But not only Chinese writers. And I am pretty sure, on the other hand, that this text is a very powerful indicator for the present state (of things). It’s both. Perfect example for Yomi Braester’s Witness Against History. Art has something else, something that goes far beyond History. Or also keeps record more faithfully.
标签：china, literature, politics, speech
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2月 28, 2011
In 2004/2005 or so in Beijing, my wife and I became friends with some parents of other kids at the local kindergarten. One mother had studied art in Japan and introduced me to blogging. Since early 2008 I have a website at Yahoo Japan. (I had spent a few weeks in Japan in early 1993, on a boat trip from Shanghai.) There is a blog I maintain at Langmates (translation and localization), another one for poems only (almost) and a harmonized teaser, among others. My translations of poems and various signs and banners in China can also be found on websites set up by Sam Brier (2004) and by Charles Laughlin (Ma Lan’s poetry). MCLC (Modern Chinese Literature and Culture), edited by Kirk Denton, has not only spawned an extensive treasure trove of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture sources, but also an Email-list server which has maintained professional and other exchange services for the international Chinese Studies community and beyond, including some very lively discussions. Recently, list members have introduced their blogs, such as Anne Henochowicz, Andrew Field, Jeanne Boden and Charles Laughlin. The initiative was started by Paul Manfredi.
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中国大好き 