Luo Niansheng

Luo Niansheng (罗念生, Λούο Νιάν Σενγκ, * July 12, 1904, † 10 April 1990) was a Chinese Hellenist and translator. He was the first Chinese who lived in modern times in Greece and the translated numerous works of Greek antiquity into Chinese.

Life and achievements

Luo was born in Weiyuan county in Sichuan province. After studying at Tsinghua University, he went in 1929 to undertake postgraduate studies in the United States. From 1933 to 1934 he was in Greece at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, where he dealt with the ancient drama. In 1934 he returned to China and taught at Peking University and Tsinghua University. From 1952 on, he worked at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as a researcher and translator. Luo died 1990. His last wish was to be buried in Greece was. A transfer was not possible for bureaucratic reasons.

Luo drew not only on modern editions of the classics, but also set out to search for undiscovered and untranslated fragments. In 1957, he developed a system for translation from ancient Greek. He was commissioned by the Prime Minister Zhou Enlai, to write the first Greek - Chinese dictionary. For the completion he needed, supported by a staff, five years.

The work of Luo remained largely unnoticed outside the professional world. From 1986 he devoted some Greek newspapers articles, beamed the WDR 1988 a documentary about him, after which The Christian Science Monitor on December 18, 1988, also published an article about his work.

Works

  • Theory of ancient Greek drama
  • About Ancient Greek drama
  • Methodology of translation from ancient Greek
  • Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek -Chinese
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