Fang, Achilles

Achilles Fang, sinologist and comparatist. At Harvard University, Fang wrote his 1958 doctoral disseration entitled "Material for the Study of Pound's Cantos " and became friendly with Pound in the process. Fang became Pound's primary correspondent and source on Chinese topics, assisting Pound with his translation work on The Classic Anthology as Defined by Confucious .

From the guide to the Achilles Fang papers, 1947-1958, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)