What is Arthur Waley?
'''Arthur David Waley''' (19 August 1889 – 27 June 1966) was a famous English [[Oriental Studies|Orientalist]] and [[Sinology|Sinologist]]. ==Life== Waley was born in Tunbridge Wells, [[Kent]] [[England]], as '''Arthur David Schloss'''. He changed his [[surname]] to the maiden name of his grandmother, Waley, in 1914, because he was a [[Jew]]. He was appointed Assistant Keeper of Oriental Prints and Manuscripts at the [[British Museum]] in 1913. During this time he taught himself [[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]]. In 1929, he left to concentrate himself fully to his literary and cultural interests. ==Selected works== * ''A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems'', 1918 * ''More Translations from the Chinese'' (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1919). * ''Japanese Poetry: The [[Waka (poetry)|Uta]]'', 1919 * ''[[Noh|The Nō]] Plays of Japan'', 1921 * ''[[The Tale of Genji]]'', by [[Murasaki Shikibu|Lady Murasaki]], 1921-1933 * ''The Temple and Other Poems'', 1923 * ''Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting'', 1923 * ''The Pillow Book of [[Sei Shōnagon]]'', 1928 * ''The Way and its Power: A Study of the [[Tao Te Ching]] and its Place in Chinese Thought'', 1934 * ''The Book of Songs'' (''[[Shih Ching]]''), 1937 * ''The [[Analects]] of [[Confucius]]'', 1938 * ''Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China'', 1939 * ''Translations from the Chinese'', a compilation, 1941 * ''[[Monkey (book)|Monkey]]'', 1942 * ''Chinese Poems'', 1946 * ''The Life and Times of [[Bai Juyi|Po Chü-I]]'', 1949 * ''The Real [[Tripitaka]] and Other Pieces'', 1952 * ''The Nine Songs: A Study of [[Shamanism]] in Ancient China'', 1955 * ''[[Yuan Mei]]: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet'', 1956 * ''The [[Opium War]] through Chinese Eyes'', 1958 * ''The Poetry and Career of [[Li Po]]'', 1959 * ''Ballads and Stories from [[Tun-Huang]]'', 1960 * ''The Secret History of the [[Mongols]]'', 1963 ==References== * Alison Waley, '''A Half of Two Lives''' (London, 1982) * [[Ivan Morris|Ivan I. Morris]], '''Madly Singing in the Mountains: An