I went to grad school with one of Waley's descendants. (She was getting a PhD in Chinese history, and we had study carrels in the same part of the Asia collection.)
I admire Waley, too, and thought of him often when I was working away for hours on end. But these days, I wouldn't read his translations--I've read too many of the originals.
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Date: 2008-10-12 02:07 pm (UTC)I admire Waley, too, and thought of him often when I was working away for hours on end. But these days, I wouldn't read his translations--I've read too many of the originals.