Education
In 1952, Ye went to Beijing from Hong Kong, he graduated from Peking University, majoring in Japanese at the Department of East Language and Literature.
叶渭渠, 葉渭渠
In 1952, Ye went to Beijing from Hong Kong, he graduated from Peking University, majoring in Japanese at the Department of East Language and Literature.
Ye was a visiting professor at Waseda University, Gakushuin University and Ritsumeikan University. He was among the first few in China who translated the works of Yasunari Kawabata"s into Chinese language. Ye was a Chinese Vietnamese born on Cholon, French Indo-China in August 6, 1929, with his ancestral home in Dongguan, Guangdong.
After graduation, he was appointed an editor to the People"s Literature Publishing House and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In 1976, Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying toppled the Gang of Four, the couple were rehabilitated by Deng Xiaoping, at the same time, they started to study Japanese literature. Ye died of heart disease at Chuiyangliu Hospital, in Beijing, on December 11, 2010.