Xiaorong Cheng

Profile

I received my BA in English (2010) and my first MA in English Literature and Language (2014) at Huaqiao University (Quanzhou, Fujian, China). I then earned my second MA degree in Comparative Literatures and Cultures with Distinction at the University of Bristol (2020). I am now doing my PhD project at the University of Leeds, which focuses on the 21st-century English-language translations of the Shijing, the extant earliest collection of poems in China. 

Research interests

  • classical Chinese poetry translation
  • poetry and literary translation
  • translation studies
  • comparative literature
  • comparative poetics

Qualifications

  • MA Comparative Literatures and Cultures, University of Bristol
  • BA English Literature and Language, Huaqiao University