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    Eighteen Barrels (十八斗): Chinese and English poetry by Sha Yan
    Eighteen Barrels (十八斗): Chinese and English poetry by Sha Yan
    Eighteen Barrels (十八斗): Chinese and English poetry by Sha Yan
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    Eighteen Barrels (十八斗): Chinese and English poetry by Sha Yan

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    Eighteen Barrels (十八斗) is a Chinese and English translated eBook of an Chinese Canadian poet Sha Yan(沙雁) as his best work in Chinese traditional poetry. In the eBook, there are 18 Chinese traditional poems and 18 Chinese traditional couplets, in both Chinese and English. Sha Yan (沙雁) expresses his simple yet meaningful Chinese and its English translation in these exclusive 18 best poems and 18 couplets. By publishing this eBook, Sha Yan (沙雁) has entitled him one of the most famous poets in the world with his 7 books and eBooks. This eBook is his eighth publication, and it is the first time he published his translation in English from simplified Chinese.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateApr 15, 2021
    ISBN9781716419935
    Eighteen Barrels (十八斗): Chinese and English poetry by Sha Yan

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