"China's greatest work of literature, the 18th-century novel Dream of the Red Chamber, ... is still virtually unknown …"

"The Art of War is about how to take advantage of your neighbours, how to destroy people, how to succeed at the expens…"

"[The Stone]'s an absolutely magical work. ... It's about everything, so much detail, and yet the bigger picture is so…"

"Love is one of the great mysteries of life. There is nothing more sacred, nothing more mysterious, nothing more power…"

"When reading, writing and translating, it is important to have a way of keeping track of what you have absorbed and l…"

"We must never lose sight of the deep and indestructible connections between translation/literature and life. If what …"

"As translators, we must be courageous, free and passionate about what we are doing. We must constantly strive to enri…"

"There, up on deck, standing in the very entrance to his cabin and silhouetted dimly against the snow, was the figure …"

"One of the foremost cultural intermediaries of our day."

""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"