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Hou Yongxin is a full-time Chinese translator of Japanese literature. A graduate of the Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Fu Jen Catholic University, she has long worked as a professional translator and enjoys seeing different worlds through translation. Her translations focus mainly on modern Japanese literature, including Izumi Kyoka's The Hour of the Demon and Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's The Elegant Villainess, and she has contributed to several volumes in the "Japanese Heterodox Literary Classics" series published by Beijing Times Chinese Press. Seven of her works are listed here; besides foreign literature, they touch on art and essays, such as Mo Zi: The Calligraphy Way of Kitaoji Rosanjin, a Japanese All-round Artist, as well as Love Oh, Love, The Loneliness Experiment, The Happy Couple, and Holiday Hobbies. Her translations span fiction, essays, and art writing, striving to match the tone of the originals and helping Chinese readers approach the diversity of Japanese literature and art.