白居易（772年－846年），字乐天，号香山居士，又号醉吟先生，祖籍太原，到其曾祖父时迁居下邽，生于河南新郑。是唐代伟大的现实主义诗人，唐代三大诗人之一。白居易倡导新乐府运动。白居易的诗歌题材广泛，形式多样，语言平易通俗，有“诗魔”和“诗王”之称。
BAI Juyi(772-846), styled Blessed Glee, Mt. Balm by literary name, born in New Cheng, in present-day Henan Province. A realistic poet, one of the three most outstanding poets in the Tang dynasty, and an advocator of Yuefu Movement with Yuanzhen (a litterateur and official in the Tang dynasty) Bai’s poems comprise various themes, and his language is easy-going. Bai was praised as “Magician of Poems” and “King of Poems”.
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A Rainy Night on the BoatThe river clouds so dim drift, drift;The river winds so cold, sough, sough.The night rain falls onto the stern;The night waves beat upon the prow.There lies a guest sick on the boat;Veering left, to Bankshine we plough.
译者简介：
赵彦春 博士生导师，上海大学中国文化翻译研究中心主任，国际学术期刊Translating China主编，国际汉学与教育研究会会长、传统文化翻译与国际传播专业委员会会长、中国先秦史学会国学双语研究会执行会长、中国国学双语研究会执行会长，中国语言教育研究会副会长、其翻译作品，被誉为“有史以来最美汉英翻译”“神翻译”“神还原”。Biosketch of the Translator:ZHAO Yanchun, Professor of English at Shanghai University, Director of Center for Translation of Chinese Culture, Editor of Translating China, President of International Sinology and Education, President of Chinese Culture Translation and International Promotion, Executive President of Chinese Classics Bilinguals’ Association, Vice President of China Language Education Association, a proponent of the principle of translating poesies into poesies and classics into classics. His translations have been widely reported and acclaimed as the unprecedented Chinese-English translation, the best, the choice, the cream.
栏目策划：赵彦春 莫真宝
组稿编辑：吕文澎
本期作者：【唐】白居易
本期译者：赵彦春
中英朗诵：朱盛杰
英文书法：凌光艺
本期排版：冯 晓
