Title: Al-'Uṣfūrīyah

Author: Ghazi Algosaibi (Saudi Arabian)

Translator: Xie Chuanguang

Publisher: Sino-Culture Press

Edition: First Edition, June 2018

Format: 16 - mo, Soft - bound Hardcover

Printed Sheets: 12.25

Word Count: 130,000 words

ISBN: 9787507548990

Price: 38.00 CNY

This book will take you into the dream world of Al-'Uṣfūrīyah and enable you to deeply understand the unique wisdom and humor of the Arab people. The story is about the extraordinary experiences of a "professor" who studied comparative sociology at Stanford University. This professor, a real playboy who has loved numerous beauties, spares no effort in using sarcasm and ridicule. He maneuvers skillfully in the chaotic world, criticizes the current social ills, expresses his views, and appeals for peace, which is truly thought - provoking.

Ghazi Algosaibi is a renowned Saudi Arabian writer. He is hailed as a talented Arab romantic writer with a strong political flavor. His works are full of the Arab national sentiment of caring about the country and its people, as well as antipathy towards Western values.

Xie Chuanguang was born in 1941. After graduating from the Department of Oriental Languages at Peking University in 1965, he has been working in the diplomatic system. He has been stationed in embassies in Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, etc., and has visited many countries. Currently, he is the chief editor of the Energy Diplomacy Research Center of the China Foundation for International Studies, a standing council member of the Chinese Association for the Study of World Nationalities, a council member of the China Middle East Society, a council member of the Chinese Prose Society, a council member of the Chinese Foreign Literature Association, and a council member of the Arab Literature Association. He has successively edited or participated in editing books such as The Dictionary of World Nationalities, The Complete Collection of China - Japan Relations, and The Grand Chinese Dictionary. He has written and translated 25 books, including Islam and Culture, My Experience in Iraq, I Boarded the British Royal Yacht, Succeeding Abroad, Wish You a Better Life, Wish You a Happier Life, and One Thousand and One Nights, as well as articles with a total of over 4 million words.

One Hundred and One Poems / 001

Postscript / 223

Appendix: Selected Translations of "Rubaiyat" in Chinese / 225