《紅樓夢西游記》章节试读

《紅樓夢西游記》的笔记-第1页 - David's Preface

Preface to this bookI cannot hope to equal Mr.Soong's understanding of 曹雪芹's great novel; yet in our love and admiration for that wonderful writer I think we are equals, and in that sense I have a great fellow feeling for Mr.Soong, even when he points to my errors or rebukes me for bad decisions. I hope that I may look forwards to his wise judgments when the reaming volumes appear.
Preface to The Story of the StoneMy one abiding principle has been to translate everything—even puns. For although this is, in the sense I have already indicated, an 'unfinished' novel, it was written (and rewritten) by a great artist with his very lifeblood. I have therefore assumed that whatever I find in it is there for a purpose and must be dealt with somehow or other. I cannot pretend always to have done so successfully, but if I can convey to the reader even a fraction of the pleasure this Chinese novel has given me, I shall not have lived in vain.
16/07/16
三犬堂