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“An early Chinese version of Longfellow's "Psalm of life"” (Publication, 1948)

Year

1948

Text

Ch'ien, C.S. [Qian, Zhongshu]. An early Chinese version of Longfellow's "Psalm of life". In : Philobiblon ; vol. 2, no 2 (1948).
Longfellow as translator : http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/exhibits/longfellow/translator/63.html. (2013). (Lon14)

Type

Publication

Contributors (1)

Qian, Zhongshu  (Wuxi, Jiangsu 1910-1998 Beijing) : Schriftsteller

Mentioned People (1)

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth  (Portland, Maine 1807-1882 Cambridge, Mass.) : Schriftsteller, Dichter, Dramatiker, Übersetzer

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Chronology Entries (1)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1864-1865 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Chang yu shi. Dong Xun yi. Kalligraphie von Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. A psalm of life.
1864 : Robert Ferguson visited Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
"The table is strewn with books and presentation copies in various languages, - ay, even in Chinese. But the ways of the Chinese are not as our ways ; and this presentation copy was in the shape of a fan, on which a poet of the Flowery Land had written a translation of the Psalm of Life ; and if the translation were only as good as the writing, assuredly the work was will done."
1865, October : Longfellow received a fan decorated with a Chinese translation his "The Psalm of Life" by the calligrapher Dong Xun.
1865 : Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Journal ; Nov. 30th, 1865.
"I gave a dinner to Mr. and Mrs. Burlingame, in honor of the Chinese Fan sent to me by a mandarin, with the Psalm of life written upon it in Chinese."
Longfellow held a celebratory dinner to which he invited Mrs. and Mrs. Burlingame, John Gorham Palfrey, Richard Henry Dana, Charles Sumner.
Qian Zhongshu : The translation remained for many years to come a lonely example of Chinese recognition of modern Western literature. The Psalm is a hardy perennial in the text-books for the English courses in Chinese middle schools.

Cited by (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2000- Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich Organisation / AOI
  • Cited by: Huppertz, Josefine ; Köster, Hermann. Kleine China-Beiträge. (St. Augustin : Selbstverlag, 1979). [Hermann Köster zum 75. Geburtstag].

    [Enthält : Ostasieneise von Wilhelm Schmidt 1935 von Josefine Huppertz ; Konfuzianismus von Xunzi von Hermann Köster]. (Huppe1, Published)