I looked again the Weinberger's 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei. I think he is a little unfair with Witter Bynner and some of the other earlier translators, maybe too indulgent with O. Paz, who is also a co-writer of the book. He is right that Snyder's version is great; he is a bit too indulgent with Rexroth. He is harsh with Bill McNaughton, who translated several books with Lenore Mayhew, my aunt. Maybe his version could have done with some more Mayhew influence, since this particular translation is signed by Bill alone.
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