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which journey to the west translation should I read, Arthur Waley's or Anthony C. Yu's?

>> No.20235563

Read Waley. You can find it cheap and if you like it, you can decide whether or not you wanna invest the time in a 4 vol unabridged version.

>> No.20235629

>>20235353
in general this question is easily settled if you can decide whether you value contemporary accuracy or the influential translation more

>> No.20235642

>>20235629
in this case, the more important factor is that one is a short novel and the other a 4 volume work. And if you're buying a physical copy, the first can be found for a pittance, the latter is fairly expensive.

>> No.20235878

>>20235353
Anthony C. Yu by far, the only translation to include the verse poems that are interspersed throughout which elevate its far above the others.

>> No.20235884

>>20235353
What that monkey know

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>>20235642
Anthony C. Yu has published an abridged version, again with the verse poems throughout.

>> No.20235894

The verse poems!!!