Background
He was born as Xuanying in 1884 in Yokohama, Japan. His father was a Cantonese merchant, and his mother was his father"s Japanese maid.
苏曼殊, 蘇曼殊
He was born as Xuanying in 1884 in Yokohama, Japan. His father was a Cantonese merchant, and his mother was his father"s Japanese maid.
He went back to Guangdong, China when he was five while his mother stayed in Japan. He was involved in revolutionary activity against the Qing Dynasty writing articles and papers. He mastered many languages — English, French, Japanese and Sanskrit.
His most notable work is Duanhonglingyan Ji ("The Lone Swan").
He also wrote many translations, mostly poetry such as by George Byron, but also a highly criticised translation of Les Miserables.