Insights

Translation frequency, coverage, and rankings across the database

16,418 Total translation records
2,504 Poems with multiple translations
7,543 Poems translated only once
16 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)
29 translators
2
關睢 Guan ju
26 translators
3
靜夜思 Jing ye si
24 translators
4
春曉 Chunxiao
22 translators
5
將進酒 Jiang jinjiu
21 translators
5
歸園田居 (一) Gui yuan tian ju (1)
21 translators
7
玉階怨 Yu jie yuan
20 translators
8
江雪 Jiang xue
19 translators

Most translated poets

1
李白 Li Bai · Tang
86 translators
2
杜甫 Du Fu · Tang
76 translators
3
王維 Wang Wei · Tang
72 translators
4
Shijing 詩經 Book of Songs · Pre-Han
67 translators
5
白居易 Bai Juyi · Tang
61 translators
6
蘇軾 Su Shi · Song
42 translators
7
陶淵明 Tao Yuanming · NanBei Chao
41 translators
8
杜牧 Du Mu · Tang
39 translators

Most represented translators

1
Owen, Stephen
1602 records
2
Watson, Burton
726 records
3
Chaves, Jonathan
723 records
4
Birrell, Anne
653 records
5
Giles, Herbert
569 records
6
Idema, Wilt
552 records
7
Barnstone, Tony
529 records
8
Payne, Robert
489 records
9
Chou, Ping
469 records
10
Hinton, David
446 records