Wu Yupeng

Wu Yupeng is a Chinese translator of Japanese works, mainly engaged in translating Japanese books on social science and psychology. Publicly available information about his personal life is quite limited, and his work is best seen in the titles he has chosen to translate and in the quality of his translations. The works he has translated cover world history, inspirational personal growth, and applied psychology. His representative translations include The Rise and Fall of Civilizations by the Japanese scholar Ryōji Motomura and Swimming Against the Current by Taizō Katō, as well as a guide to writing skills. Most of these translations have been produced by Standway Books and published by China Friendship Publishing Company, introducing Chinese readers to Japanese scholarship on the evolution of civilizations and on individual psychology, and they have had some influence in popular academic and self-growth reading circles.