When it expresses, there's always something in between. . . They believe that meaning is illusory and ideological, and should not have power over language. The only meaning for language is its 'meaninglessness,' its resistance to human conceptualization and social, cultural value. . . . . The translation of this anthology is a passionate, persistent search for a perfect partner to the original. It wasn't an easy job.
China is a vast country with a dense population and a long history of enthusiasm for poetry.
There are different voices everywhere. The representativeness is inevitably confined by my knowledge, personal interest, and the availability of the materials and information. As for the translatability, it is one thing to read poems and decide whether they are translatable or not, and another thing when the real translation begins. Poets like Yu Jian , Liang Xiaoming and Mo Mo are highly translatable. But translating Liu Manliu 's works was a hard battle.