Native name 王以铸 Occupation Translator, scholar Name Wang Yizhu | Nationality Chinese Ethnicity Han Chinese Resting place Beijing | |
Wang Yizhu (simplified Chinese: 王以铸; traditional Chinese: 王以鑄; pinyin: Wāng Yǐzhù; born 1925) is a Chinese translator and scholar. Wang masters Chinese, classical Greek, Latin, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Hebrew. In the Chinese academic society, he was accounted as the only scholar who has the ability to talk with Qian Zhongshu in different languages.
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Biography
Wang was born in a wealthy family in Tianjin in 1925. During his childhood, Wang lived in Tianjin concession, he learned English and French by himself.
Wang was a graduate student in English language at the Peking University, he stayed at home learned Japanese, German and Italian by himself about seven years.
During the Chinese Civil War, Wang taught at Tianjin Nankai School.
After the founding of the Communist State, Wang worked in the People's Literature Publishing House.
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Wang was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to work in Xianning.
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Personal life
Wang married translator Cui Miaoying (崔妙音), she was a graduate student in English language at the Furen Catholic University, she masters English, French and German.