Tirukkural translations into Chinese

The first Chinese translation of the Kural text was made by Che'ng Hsi in 1967, published by the Department of Indian Studies, University of Malaya and printed at the Hong Kong University Press.^[1] The Nattukottai Chettiars Endowment Fund, which has also provided a Malay translation, funded the first Chinese translation.^[2][3]

The second translation was made by Yu Hsi in 2014, which is a complete translation made in Mandarin.^[1][4] It was first published in Taipei, Taiwan by Poem Culture Corp. The translation was released by former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.^[5]: 40 It was reprinted in India in 2014 by the Department of Tamil Development and Culture in the Tamil Nadu state.^{[5]: 40–42} Yu Hsi's translation had earlier appeared as a Taiwan publication in 2010.^[5]: 40

In addition, Parthasarathy et al. also list D. S. Rajan as the third translator of the Kural text into Chinese. However, the translation remains unpublished and he is said to have translated only 60 couplets in all.^[5]: 42