Monsoon Belt (Issue 9)

This issue of Monsoon Belt features a special section on "Translation," divided into three parts. The first section features follow-up contributions to the publication of the selected translations of the Taiwanese-Malaysian novel "Night Walk," including personal reflections from the editor, interviews with the editor and the author, and observations and responses from scholars and readers. The second section features translators' backgrounds and personal reflections on the translation movement in Malaysia, their experiences, and the current state of translation in other literary circles. The third section focuses on translations, featuring Malaysian Chinese writers translating works by renowned overseas authors and Taiwanese editors translating poetry by Malaysian Indian writers.

This issue also includes a special feature, a 3,000-word excerpt from tens of thousands of words of fax correspondence compiled and excerpted by Bei Ling, editor-in-chief of the literary and humanities magazine "Tendency," on Meng Lang. This feature provides readers with a glimpse into "Tendency" and the character of a scholar who upholds freedom of expression and writing. Other content includes novels, essays, poems, prefaces and postscripts, reviews, a special section on emerging talent, and a special edition of entries from the 2018 Second Quarter Yue Chuang Essay (Poetry) Competition.

Special Topic: Translation
6 Zhuang Huaxing’s Belated Taiwan-Ma Literature Translation
9 Zhang Jinzhong's Taiwanese/Chinese-Malay Novels in Malay: On "Night Walk: Selected Translations of Taiwanese and Malaysian Novels"
11 Chen Yingxuan travels with us from all over the world
A brief review of the "Cross-Domain Night Walk" lecture and a discussion of the "Night Walk" book launch (Malaysia)
13 Zhan Minxu translates cultural values, not just history
——On "Night Walk: Selected Translations of Taiwanese and Malaysian Novels"
15 It doesn’t matter whether Zhang Jinzhong speaks Malay or not – Interview with Huang Jinshu
17 Zhang Jinzhong is like a borrowed language, language is an encounter - Interview with He Shufang
21 Wu Xiaobao: The May 31st Literary Movement: Translation, Mandarin, and Unity
27 Zeng Rongsheng's Poems and Never Let the Fire Go Out
31 Thoughts on Zeng Rongsheng's Poetry Translation
34 Li Xuanchun, a Novice Translator's Confessions
36 Song Zijiang's Retrospection and Hope: A Brief Discussion on Chinese-English Bilingual Writing in Hong Kong
40 Shaqin's "anti-poetry" is not against poetry, but against whitewashing
46 Xia Shaohua My Life is a Poem: Why Words are a Profound Power
49 Zhang Yufen's Mother
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Feature
61 Bei Ling and the Poet Warrior Meng Lang Fighting Cancer
——Excerpt from the "Editor's Newsletter of the Literary and Humanities Magazine "Tendency""

novel
70 Dunhuang Listening to the Rain: Eight Extreme Chapters
73 Huang Jinshu's Melancholy Song of Malaya
80 A fish

prose
91 Two Non-Ma Essays
95 The Pig's Foot Girl Meets and Separates

poetry
97 Liu Di, a Passerby in the Inn - 23 Years of Hotline Counseling
98 Traveling with floating objects
99 Spring Scenery of Wulongchuan

2018 Second Season Yue Chuang Essay (Poetry) Competition
100 [First Prize] Chen Chuanxing returns to himself
102 [Second Prize] The Flowerless Fire Thieves - They finally made it into history textbooks, with their own catalogue
104 [Third Prize] Lee Chin Seng (Guoguo) Suicide Movement

Preface and postscript
107 Chen Die Life, are you full?
——Preface to Xu Tongyuan's collection of food essays, "Tongue Picking New Mountain"
112 Li Zongshun I see the sharp eyes

Comment
114 Ye Fuyan Our Chinese Class: Let’s talk about the special topic “How Literature Can Educate” in “Monsoon Belt”
117 Lai Zhikang’s loneliness is just right — Reading Wei Da’s “Momentary Beauty”
119 Lin Shimin: Loneliness is the background music of human beings - Reading Xing Yiwang's "Background Music"

New Star Zone
121 Zheng Tianjinghai's Speech