Xu Zhimo was an early 20th-century Chinese poet who sought to promote a modern Chinese poetry that broke with convention and followed Western forms, especially the style of the Romantic and Symbolist poets, with whose work he fell in love while studying at King’s College, Cambridge in 1922. Verses from his most famous poem, ‘Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again’, are inscribed on a monument to him behind King’s Chapel. In light of his immense and ongoing popularity in China, Xu Zhimo can be counted as one of Cambridge’s most influential alumni.

(It's not immediately obvious who the translator is ...perhaps Nicole Chiang, the editor? Or Lai-Sze Ng, who wrote the introduction? Or someone at Oleander? Anyway the new publication is timely, and coincides with 'The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China' exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum.)