"The translation is singularly accurate, and the work of adaptation skillfully performed."
— Wang Chi-chen

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

Sources

Arthur Waley, Preface to Wang Chi-chen's translation of the Dream of the Red Chamber (New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929), p. xiii