Teachers, mentors, influences populate the lives and work of the members of The Wairarapa Academy. Below we offer an overview of key figures and groups in our intellectual firmament and provide online access to some of their work.
Mentors (in alphabetical order)
- David Hawkes
- The Layabouts Lodge 二流堂
- Lee Yee 李怡
- Liu Ts’un-yan 柳存仁
- Alistair Morrison
- Pan Jijiong 潘際坰
- Pierre Ryckmans (Simon Leys)
- Stephen C. Soong 宋淇
- Yeung Lai-kwan 韋妮 (楊莉君)
- Yang Hsien-yi 楊憲益 and Gladys Yang
- Yang Tsung-han 楊宗翰
- Anthony Yu 余國藩
On a personal note, apart from members of The Layabouts Lodge 二流堂, I also remember here friends in Hong Kong and Beijing who guided my fifteen-year career as a Chinese writer. They are: Yeung Lai-kwan 楊莉君; Ng Sing-fun 吳承歡; Lee Yee 李怡; Luo Fu 羅浮; Pan Jijiong 潘際迥; and, Fan Yong 范用. — GRB
Translators
- James Legge
- Herbert Giles
- Arthur Waley
- Ezra Pound
- Lin Shu 林紓
- Yen Fu 嚴復
Scholars
- Etienne Balázs
- Paul Demiéville
- Frederick W Mote
- Endymion Wilkinson
- Mark Elliott
Writers
- Lin Yutang 林語堂
- Feng Zikai 豐子愷
- Bo Yang 柏楊