Why Thoreau and Walden Resonate With Chinese Youth

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“When I finally finished the translation, I learned that mine was not the second Chinese Walden .”
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Frase de exemploWhen I finally finished the translation, I learned that mine was not the second Chinese Walden .
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“Chinese youth are not simply quoting Thoreau as cultural window-dressing.”
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Frase de exemploChinese youth are not simply quoting Thoreau as cultural window-dressing.
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“So here is my question: Why do the writings of a nineteenth-century American hermit resonate so powerfully with twenty-first-century Chinese readers, particularly young adults?”
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Frase de exemploSo here is my question: Why do the writings of a nineteenth-century American hermit resonate so powerfully with twenty-first-century Chinese readers, particularly young adults?
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“For millions of Chinese readers, Walden is no longer simply a nineteenth-century American book about going to the woods.”
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Frase de exemploFor millions of Chinese readers, Walden is no longer simply a nineteenth-century American book about going to the woods.
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“He read the Bhagavad Gita by the shore of a Massachusetts pond.”
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Frase de exemploHe read the Bhagavad Gita by the shore of a Massachusetts pond.
lying7x no texto
“The pushback has a name too: tang ping —lying flat.”
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Frase de exemploThe pushback has a name too: tang ping —lying flat.
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“Walden is not popular in China because Chinese readers misunderstand Thoreau.”
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Frase de exemploWalden is not popular in China because Chinese readers misunderstand Thoreau.
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“When I finally finished the translation, I learned that mine was not the second Chinese Walden .”
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Frase de exemploWhen I finally finished the translation, I learned that mine was not the second Chinese Walden .
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“But I think it reveals something important about how Thoreau is being read in China today, and why certain books survive their own centuries.”
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Frase de exemploBut I think it reveals something important about how Thoreau is being read in China today, and why certain books survive their own centuries.
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“Her translation of Megan Marshall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life , is forthcoming from People’s Literature Publishing House.”
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Frase de exemploHer translation of Megan Marshall’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life , is forthcoming from People’s Literature Publishing House.
woods5x no texto
“While the rest of life accelerated, I built a small tent in the woods of language and spent my evenings with Thoreau.”
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Frase de exemploWhile the rest of life accelerated, I built a small tent in the woods of language and spent my evenings with Thoreau.
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“For millions of Chinese readers, Walden is no longer simply a nineteenth-century American book about going to the woods.”
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Frase de exemploFor millions of Chinese readers, Walden is no longer simply a nineteenth-century American book about going to the woods.
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“Thoreau warned us that most men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
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Frase de exemploThoreau warned us that most men lead lives of quiet desperation.
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“Thoreau’s deliberate living is used precisely to separate slowing down from giving up .”
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Frase de exemploThoreau’s deliberate living is used precisely to separate slowing down from giving up .
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“Thoreau’s deliberate living is used precisely to separate slowing down from giving up .”
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Frase de exemploThoreau’s deliberate living is used precisely to separate slowing down from giving up .
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“This is not laziness.”
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Frase de exemploThis is not laziness.
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“Chinese youth are not simply quoting Thoreau as cultural window-dressing.”
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Frase de exemploChinese youth are not simply quoting Thoreau as cultural window-dressing.
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“They are using Thoreau to justify minimalism—fewer luxury goods, less pressure to compete for a higher salary, a simpler life that costs less of what Thoreau would call life itself.”
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Frase de exemploThey are using Thoreau to justify minimalism—fewer luxury goods, less pressure to compete for a higher salary, a simpler life that costs less of what Thoreau would call life itself.
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“Thoreau said, ‘I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.'” These readers are not moving to the woods.”
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Frase de exemploThoreau said, ‘I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.'” These readers are not moving to the woods.
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“They narrate their videos with Thoreau’s words.”
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Frase de exemploThey narrate their videos with Thoreau’s words.