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I wrote up my personal philosophy on translating ancient texts, as informed by being raised in a religious environment that had a very unhealthy relationship to its texts. xn--hmr.net/classicalchinese/t…

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Like many ex-fundamentalists, my path out was through better understanding the very text that I had supposedly been reading all my life. I was warned that “the Devil knows the Bible better than you do.” The Devil, it turns out, can engage in basic critical analysis, and so has a richer appreciation of ancient literature than those who uncritically worship its surface form seen from a strange angle.

My Translation Philosophy - Classical Chinese for Curious Nerds

A free online textbook of Classical Chinese for beginners, written in a modern style.
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