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Gems of Chinese Literature

Herbert Giles
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“It must however always be borne in mind that translators are but traitors at the best, and that translations may be moonlight and water while the originals are sunlight and wine.”

Herbert Giles Gems of Chinese Literature

Gems of Chinese Literature, Preface to the first edition (dated 16 October 1883)

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