Wu Li
He published the first books in English or any Western language on such masters as Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣 (1002–60); Yang Wanli 楊萬里 (1127-1206); Yuan Hongdao 袁宏道 (1568-1610); the painter Wu Li 吳歷(1632-1718; as a poet); and Zhang Ji 張籍 (c.766-c.830). Eliot Weinberger, in his book "19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei", cites Chaves among the 4 best scholar-translators of Chinese poetry in English, placing him with translators Burton Watson, A.C. Graham and Arthur Waley.