Arthur-Waley

AbriefintroductiontoArthurWaley︻上邪︼上邪！我献与君相知长命无绝衰山无陵江水为竭冬雷阵阵夏雨雪天地合乃敢与君绝◆上邪◆上邪！ShangYa!我献与君相知Iwanttobeyourfriend长命无绝衰Foreverandeverwithoutbreakordecay山无陵Whenthehillsareallflat江水为竭Andtheriversarealldry冬雷阵阵夏雨雪Whenitlightensandthundersinwinter天地合Whenitrainsandsnowsinsummer乃敢与君绝WhenHeavensandEarthmingleNottillthenwillIpartfromyou◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)◆bornAugust18,1889,inTunbridgeWells,KentEngland,asArthurDavidSchloss,thesecondsonoftheeconomistDavidFrederickSchloss.◆OfJewishheritage,hechangedhissurnametohispaternalgrandmother'smaidenname,Waley,in1914.◆HewaseducatedatRugbySchool,andenteredKing'sCollege,Cambridgein1907,wherehestudiedClassics,andwasawardedabachelor'sdegreein1910.LifeofArthurWaley◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)◆In1913:appointedAssistantKeeperofOrientalPrintsandManuscriptsattheBritishMuseum.(DuringthistimehetaughthimselfChineseandJapanese,partlytohelpcataloguethepaintingsintheMuseum'scollection.)◆Hequitin1929,ostensiblytoavoidworkingontheMuseumpaintingcatalog,butactuallyinordertodevotehimselffullytohisliteraryandculturalinterests.HecontinuedtolectureintheSchoolofOrientalandAfricanStudies,London.LifeofArthurWaley◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)•HereceivedtheCommanderoftheOrderoftheBritishEmpire(CBE)in1952,theQueen'sMedalforPoetryin1953,andin1956,theOrderoftheCompanionsofHonour(CH),foundedbyKingGeorgeVinJune1917,asarewardforoutstandingachievementsinthearts,literature,music,science,politics,industry,orreligion.•In1956,hepublishedabookonthelateChinesepoet,YwaenMei.In1957,BeryldeZoetepublishedaworkondanceinSriLanka.In1958,Waleyproducedhisfirsthistorybookthatwasnotbasedonatranslationofpoems,ananti-imperialisticaccountoftheOpiumWarentitled,“ThroughChineseEyes.”LifeofArthurWaley◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)•Afterthispublication,hereceivednofurtherrecognitionfromtheBritishgovernment.TheJapanesegovernment,however,awardedhimtheOrderofMeritoftheSecondTreasureforhisservicesinmakingJapaneseliteratureknownandappreciatedintheWesternworld.•HediedinLondononJune27,1966,andisburiedintherenownedHighgateCemetery.LifeofArthurWaley◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)☉HisworksInspiteofhisgreatinterestinAsianculture,ArthurWaleynevertraveledtoAsia.HegaveashisreasonthathedidnotwanthisconceptsandhisfantasiesaboutChinaandJapantobeinanywayalteredbythereality.Therealreasonwasprobablythathedreadedlongvoyages.◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)☉Hisworks1、ArthurWaley翻译《论语》中的名不正则言不顺,言不顺则事不成Introductionofunrighteousnessisgoing,thingsarenotgoingstatement.2.往者不可諫，來者猶可追。Whatispassedisbeyondhelp,whatistocomeisnotyetlost.3.子曰學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。Hewholearnsbutdoesnotthinkislost.Hewhothinksbutdoesnotlearnisingreatdanger.4.千里之行，始於足下。Ajourneyofathousandmilesstartsbeneathone’sfeet.2、采灯草为求棚盖，孤男独女，觅灯芯草，绿草红尖，长叶弯风，你我同舟，采草湖中，你我晨采，始获兰花，当午休息，在榆树下，你我灯草，夜幕降临，尚未一把...PluckingtheRushesAnonAboyandagirlaresenttogatherrushesforthatchingGreenrusheswithredshoots,Longleavesbendingtothewind━YouandIinthesameboatPluckingrushesattheFiveLakes.Westartedatdawnfromtheorchid-island:Werestedunderelmstillnoon.YouandIpluckingrushesHadnotpluckedahandfulwhennightcame◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966).AHundredandSeventyChinesePoems,1918•MoreTranslationsfromtheChinese(AlfredA.Knopf,NewYork,1919).•JapanesePoetry:TheUta,1919•TheNōPlaysofJapan,1921•TheTaleofGenji（源氏物语）,byLadyMurasaki,1921-1933•TheTempleandOtherPoems,1923•IntroductiontotheStudyofChinesePainting,1923•ThePillowBook(枕草子makuranosōshi)ofSeiShōnagon,1928•TheWayanditsPower:AStudyoftheTaoTeChing(道德经）anditsPlaceinChineseThought,1934◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)•TheBookofSongs(ShihChing，诗经),1937•TheAnalectsofConfucius（论语）,1938•ThreeWaysofThoughtinAncientChina,1939•TranslationsfromtheChinese,acompilation,1941•Monkey（西游记）,1942•ChinesePoems,1946•TheLifeandTimesofPoChü-I,1949•TheRealTripitakaandOtherPieces,1952•TheNineSongs（九歌）:AStudyofShamanisminAncientChina,1955•YuanMei:EighteenthCenturyChinesePoet,1956•TheOpiumWarthroughChineseEyes,1958•ThePoetryandCareerofLiPo,1959•BalladsandStoriesfromTun-Huang,1960•TheSecretHistoryoftheMongols,1963◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966).1.ArthurWaleyisconsideredoneoftheworld'sgreatestAsianscholars.HewasanambassadorfromEasttoWestduringthefirsthalfofthetwentiethcentury,transmittingthebestofChineseandJapaneseliteraturetotheEnglish-readingpublic.2.Hewasself-taughtinbothlanguagesandachievedaremarkabledegreeoffluencyanderudition.InhisprefacetoTheSecretHistoryoftheMongols,hewrotethathewasnotamasterofmanylanguages,butclaimedtoknowChineseandJapanesefairlywell,agooddealofAinu(日本阿伊努语)andMongolian（蒙古语）,andsomeHebrew（希伯来语）andSyriac（古叙利亚语）.◆ArthurDavidWaleyCH◆(19August1889–27June1966)♂References“ArthurWaley,76,Orientalist,Dead;TranslatorofChineseandJapaneseLiterature,”NewYorkTimes.June28,1966.“OrientingArthurWaley:Japonism,Orientalism,andtheCreationofJapaneseLiteraturein“AHalfofTwoLives.”Waley,Alison.(1982).London.://