Insights

Translation frequency, coverage, and rankings across the database

16,086 Total translation records
2,423 Poems with multiple translations
7,509 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)
30 translators
2
關睢 Guan ju
26 translators
3
靜夜思 Jing ye si
25 translators
4
將進酒 Jiang jinjiu
22 translators
4
春曉 Chunxiao
22 translators
4
歸園田居 (一) Gui yuan tian ju (1)
22 translators
7
旅夜書懷 Lü ye shu huai
20 translators
7
玉階怨 Yu jie yuan
20 translators

Most translated poets

1
李白 Li Bai · Tang
87 translators
2
杜甫 Du Fu · Tang
77 translators
3
王維 Wang Wei · Tang
73 translators
4
Shijing 詩經 Book of Songs · Pre-Han
66 translators
5
白居易 Bai Juyi · Tang
60 translators
6
蘇軾 Su Shi · Song
42 translators
7
陶淵明 Tao Yuanming · NanBei Chao
41 translators
8
孟浩然 Meng Haoran · Tang
40 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