Insights

Translation frequency, coverage, and rankings across the database

16,706 Total translation records
2,502 Poems with multiple translations
7,747 Poems translated only once
18 Dynasties represented

Dynasty coverage

Language distribution

Publication timeline — records per 10-year interval

Most translated poems

1
月下獨酌 （花閒一壺酒） Yuexia duzhuo (Huajian yihu jiu)
31 translators
2
靜夜思 Jingye si
28 translators
3
關睢 Guan ju
26 translators
4
將進酒 Qiang jin jiu
25 translators
5
春曉 Chunxiao
24 translators
6
玉階怨 Yu jie yuan
23 translators
7
旅夜書懷 Lüye shuhuai
22 translators
7
歸園田居 (一) Gui yuan tian ju (1)
22 translators

Most translated poets

1
李白 Li Bai · Tang
89 translators
2
杜甫 Du Fu · Tang
81 translators
3
王維 Wang Wei · Tang
76 translators
4
Shijing 詩經 Book of Songs · Pre-Han
68 translators
5
白居易 Bai Juyi · Tang
64 translators
6
蘇軾 Su Shi · Song
45 translators
7
孟浩然 Meng Haoran · Tang
43 translators
8
杜牧 Du Mu · Tang
42 translators

Most represented translators

1
Owen, Stephen
1578 records
2
Watson, Burton
724 records
3
Chaves, Jonathan
723 records
4
Birrell, Anne
629 records
5
Idema, Wilt
552 records
6
Barnstone, Tony
529 records
7
Payne, Robert
483 records
8
Giles, Herbert
477 records
9
Chou, Ping
467 records
10
Hinton, David
445 records