{"id":3113,"date":"2015-05-06T09:30:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T01:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3113"},"modified":"2015-04-28T10:10:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T02:10:46","slug":"yao-huis-gravedigger-translated-by-eleanor-goodman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3113","title":{"rendered":"Yao Hui’s “Gravedigger” translated by Eleanor Goodman"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Eleanor Goodman’s translation of “Gravedigger” by Yao Hui \u59da\u8f89 is online at . Here’s how it begins:<\/div>\n
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The gravedigger turns up a howling white bone from deep in the loess \u2013<\/p>\n

he is panting\u00a0\u00a0 carefully chewing a mouthful of earth<\/p>\n

it tastes sour \u2013 \u201cWhy is it howling?<\/p>\n

Bone raised by wolves! What are you howling?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Click the image for the full text.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eleanor Goodman’s translation of “Gravedigger” by Yao Hui \u59da\u8f89 is online at . Here’s how it begins: The gravedigger turns up a howling white bone from deep in the loess \u2013 he is panting\u00a0\u00a0 carefully chewing a mouthful of earth … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[388,1577],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-Od","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3206,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3206","url_meta":{"origin":3113,"position":0},"title":"Lost Wax: Translation Through the Void","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"TinFish Press announces the publication of Lost Wax: Translation Through the Void, by Jonathan Stalling. 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