blog posts - general | The Classical Chinese Translations and Research of William Dolby Menu Home About Contact Blog Publications Cultural Series Reading Room Articles William Dolby Classical Chinese Translations and Research Home About Contact Blog Publications Cultural Series Reading Room Articles Blog posts : "General" Biography of Li Bai by Song Qi August 14, 2020 Simiarly to the Ghost regirster, Bill translated and introduced this fanastic work during his time in Hong Kong (1960's). Click here to read 0 comments Posted in General Preface to Ghost Register by Zhong Sicheng August 14, 2020 Click Here to read Introduced and Translated by William Dolby Originally published in 'Renditions' the Chinese-English Translation Magazine of the Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Date of original publication unknown: perhaps around early 1960's when Bill wo… Read more 0 comments Posted in General New Website, new works and progress at WilliamDolby.com July 12, 2020 Dear All We sincerely hope that all are well during these unusual and difficult times. As you will notice, we have a new website. The last website was getting harder to maintain (software and updated programs making navigation nearly impossible). Lockdown and enforced isolation (without such t… Read more 4 comments Posted in General 10. Sir Old (Lao-tzu) the Chinese classic of Taoism May 18, 2019 Newly Published No.10 - Sir Old (Lao-tzu) the Chinese classic of Taoism (Published - May 2019) Read more 0 comments Posted in General Continuation of the Translation of works by William Dolby May 8, 2019 It has been at least two years since an update was made to this site, and indeed since any meaningful edit or republication was made to Bill's works. This has been unfortunate: mostly due to my working in Hong Kong (day job) and a lack of funds to continue our mission to republish my father's entire… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Kindle and Print Publications January 13, 2017 We are now well into the New Year of 2017 and heading directly towards another, the Year of the Rooster or often translated/known as the year of the Red Chicken or Red Fire Chicken. The 10th sign, the Rooster, is connected to metal and the shine of gold suggesting that riches may be born from patien… Read more 0 comments Posted in General An article, based on an interveiw of William Dolby by a Chinese Scholar December 13, 2016 This link was kindly provided to me; an article based on a past interview of Bill by a Chinese scholar. We will hope to have this translated into English soon. Please view here. Read more 0 comments Posted in General An revised 1997 version of 'A History of Chinese Drama' found November 26, 2016 Whilst trawling through what amounts to over 95,000 files (admittedly some appear to be duplicates) I came across one titled 'adapthistheatre'. Now it took me some time to realise that this was indeed an edited and refurbished edition of Bill's well known 'A History of Chinese Drama. Upon reading … Read more 0 comments Posted in General Print Publication of Lasting-life Palace-hall by Hong Sheng (1654-1704) November 12, 2016 I am pleased to say, after burnīng the midnight oil, that we have managed to publish our first print publication. This is of course 'Lasting-life Palace-hall' by Hung Sheng (1654-1704) as translated, introduced and explained by William Dolby. This wonderful play, also known as 'Palace of Eternal L… Read more 0 comments Posted in General No29: Lasting-life Palace-hall by Hung Sheng (1654-1704) November 3, 2016 At last, a mountain has been climbed. Perhaps it was only a hill but never-the-less we have finally finished editing a further volume. A translation of an immense play: No29: Lasting-life Palace-hall by Hung Sheng (1654-1704) The edit of this amazing work has taken some time to complete but despit… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Little Sister Reed and a Bibliography of Chinese Metaphors November 2, 2016 As we work through the various discs and files my wife and I are continually amazed at what we come across. The reach of Bill's work was immense - not sure where/when/how he had the time to research and write it all down. Anyway, as we have said before, if any researcher is interested in looking at… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Update on our progress, Easter 2016 March 13, 2016 Unfortunately, we have been making slow progress, far slower than we envisaged. We had chosen last year, after rapidly transforming two of Bill's dictionairies (No27 Myths and and No28 Allusions) into Ebooks, that a play would be suitable addition to the offerings. In December 2015 we opted to wo… Read more 0 comments Posted in General An anecdotal tribute from an ex-PHD Student January 25, 2016 Over the last year we have received an amazing number of tributes to Bill, his career and friendship but this one, received only recently from a PHD student at Edinburgh University, hit the ‘nail on the head’ for drawing the perfect picture. "My favourite anecdote comes from a conference I at… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Merry Christmas and potential book donations to libraries in Hong Kong and China December 22, 2015 Our immense thanks go out to Ms Wang, Liyun who has pointed us in the direction of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library and the National Library of China, both worthwhile recipients for the remaining print books that we have to donate. Liyun is a Chinese Scholar at the Chinese Academy of S… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Enormous Research into all Aspects of Classical Chinese September 13, 2015 We have recently returned to working through the various files that Bill amassed. Now we have only just begun but what is immediately notable is the a veritable mountain of research he undertook - external to his 'Chinese Culture Series'. Even by files names alone the extent is unimaginable: c… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Book Donations to Libraries and Funding Progress August 18, 2015 A slight lull has been in had in funding progress, partly due to my attention wavering towards other projects than the fact that universities are out and until the new year starts in September. However, we have now successfully shipped donations of nearly all 33 works to the SOAS, Washington Univ… Read more Posted in General Update on Book Donations and out-of-print volumes August 1, 2015 This last week has seen a sudden rush of books flying out of the door - donated and now shipped to the university libraries of Washington, Oxford, Edinburgh, Leeds, SOAS and to the RSC. I am beginning to know the courier driver on first name terms. However, with the donation of books we are s… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Progress of the Funding Campaign July 17, 2015 Today, the funding campaign to create eBooks of the 33 volumes of the Chinese Culture Series, has had a positive boost. Two very kind donors have donated to the fund and slowly but surely the mountain is being scaled. One rock at a time. Currently we have reached 360 pounds of the 20,000 Pound … Read more 0 comments Posted in General Donation of Chinese Culture Series to University Libraries July 17, 2015 In order to ensure the widest spread of Bill's works we are donating what we have available of the Chinese Culture Series to various Libraries. This is our attempt to take the books to where they belong - to the students themselves. We have currently donated many works to the SOAS, University of… Read more 0 comments Posted in General Bills Past Students and Friends July 15, 2015 Since my father passed away and my desire to have all that he created out in the open I have been in touch with many of his past students, those that he taught and later those that he became lifelong friends with. It is interesting to learn where many of his students have headed, for example Be… Read more 0 comments Posted in General 20 blog posts « Newer | Older » Blog Search Blog Archive August 2020 (2) July 2020 (1) May 2019 (2) January 2017 (1) December 2016 (1) November 2016 (4) March 2016 (1) January 2016 (1) December 2015 (1) September 2015 (1) August 2015 (2) July 2015 (4) June 2015 (4) May 2015 (1) Copyright © Williamdolby 2021