19 15, ezra pound, a famous American poet, translated a collection of China's classical poems, named Huaxia Collection. After the publication of this collection of poems, it caused great repercussions in the English-speaking world. The main reason why Huaxia Collection caused such a sensation is that it not only contains the aesthetic features of China's classical poetry, but also incorporates Pound's personal modernist poetry creation idea.
Hua's main achievement is Pound's "modernization" of China's classical poetry, and his purpose is to provide an inspiring "new free poetry" for his times. It was in this process that Pound deepened his understanding of China's ancient poems.
Pound was the initiator and main advocate of Imagist Poetry Movement in Britain and America in the early 20th century. Therefore, in the creation and translation of Huaxia Collection, Pound paid special attention to highlighting the images of the original text, even at the expense of "misreading" to derive more novel images.
A Brief Introduction of Pound and Qian Zhongshu
Ezra. Pound, a famous American poet, was born in Harry, Idaho and grew up in Pennsylvania. He studied at Hamilton College and University of Pennsylvania, majoring in romance and enjoying classical literature series. He was familiar with the poems of English poets Rossidi and Swinburne, admired Browning very much, and began to understand the importance of Whitman. Later, Whitman's poems had a comprehensive and lasting impact on his literary creation.
Qian Zhongshu, formerly known as Yang Xian, is a wise man. Later renamed Zhongshu, the word is silent, and the number is Huaiju. China is a famous writer and literary researcher in modern times. I have thoroughly studied China's history, philosophy and literary classics. At the same time, I have never stopped reading and studying western literature, philosophy and psychology, and have written many prestigious academic works.