Forthcoming

Collection of Supreme Marvels: A Tang Poetry Anthology (Jixuan ji)

A forthcoming translation of the Jixuan ji for the Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature.

2026 · Nicholas Morrow Williams
Jade-Carving Chisel and Luminous Ocean

Jade-Carving Chisel and Luminous Ocean: Selected Essays by Jao Tsung-i on Literature and Related Topics

Selected essays by Jao Tsung-i on literature and related topics, edited and translated in part.

2024 · Nicholas Morrow Williams

Translating the Esoteric: On the Chinese Translation and Commentary of the Mahāvairocana Sūtra, with Special Reference to the Reinterpretation of Kalpa

I look at the Chinese translation and commentary of the Mahāvairocana Sūtra, with special reference to the reinterpretation of kalpa. This is a case study in the powerful reverberations that a new interpretation of a text can create, even the interpretation of a single word.

2024 · Nicholas Morrow Williams
Elegies of Chu

Elegies of Chu: An Anthology of Early Chinese Poetry

A translation of the Elegies of Chu for Oxford World’s Classics.

2022 · Nicholas Morrow Williams
The Residue of Dreams

The Residue of Dreams: Selected Poems of Jao Tsung-i

Translations of selected poems by Jao Tsung-i, with scholarly introduction and annotation.

2016 · Nicholas Morrow Williams