Mount Eternal South

Mount Eternal Southby Wang Weitranslated by Xu YuanchongThe highest peak scrapes the sky blue; it extends from hills to the sea.When I look back, clouds shut the view; when I come near, no mist I see.Peaks vary in north and south side; vales differ in sunshine or shade.Seeking a lodge where to abide...

Early Spring in Laurel Palace

Early Spring in Laurel Palaceby Shangguan Yitranslated by Xu YuanchongThe royal cab leaves palace hallFor poolside garden'mid sweet songs.The trees are loud with orioles' call;On vernal shore grass grow in throngs.The breeze can write with morning dew;Neath blue sky flowers bloom like snow.B...

The Blue Stream

The Blue Streamby Wang Weitranslated by Xu YuanchongI follow the Blue Rill, to the Stream of Yellow Blooms.It winds from hill to hill, till far away it looms.It roars amid pebbles white, and calms down under pines green.Weeds float on ripples light, reeds mirrored like a screen.Mind's carefree,...

On the Height

On the Heightby Du Futranslated by Xu YuanchongThe wind so swift, the sky so wide, ape wail and cry;Water so clear and beach so white, birds wheel and fly;The boundless forest shed its leaves shower by shower;The endless river rolls its waves hour after hour.A thousand miles from home, I'm griev...

Writing his own reality

Peng Jianbin.[Photo provided to China Daily]When Peng Jianbin was a grade-two student at a boarding high school in Guiyang county, Central China's Hunan province, 24 years ago, as a top student excelling in the sciences, he was looking for a way to entertain himself. Finding that few peopl...

Age of creativity knows no boundaries for writer amid growing fan base

Yang Benfen's new book Douzi Zhima Cha, a work of nonfiction about the destiny of several people she met. CHINA DAILYAt the tender age of 83, Yang Benfen has recently published her fourth book, Douzi Zhima Cha (Bean Sesame Tea), a work of nonfiction about the destiny of people she has met in lif...

Writer delivers cold, hard fiction

Jack Liao (second left), vice-president of Blancpain China, and Liu Ruilin (right), founder of Imaginist, present prizes to the short-listed authors at the award ceremony, as Leung Man-tao, chief consultant of Imaginist, speaks at the event. The authors are (from left to right) Fei Ying (third left)...

Tres Tristes Tigres translated to Chinese

The Chinese editionTres Tristes Tigres(Three Trapped Tigers), translated by Fan Ye. [Photo provided to China Daily]The Chinese edition of Cuban author Guillermo Cabrera Infante's 1967 novelTres Tristes Tigres(Three Trapped Tigers) came out earlier this month.The boo...