Gu Lao

Gu Lao is a Chinese literary translator about whom little public information is available; neither dates of birth and death nor educational background are clearly recorded. Judging from the existing catalogue, the focus of the work is the Chinese translation of classic foreign short stories, with ten titles listed and commonly classified under classic works, world classics and foreign literature. The translations cover several European and American writers: O. Henry's The Last Leaf, Chekhov's A Practical Joke and The Betrothed and About Love, Hemingway's Cat in the Rain and A Day's Wait, and Ring Lardner's Haircut, among others. The selections lean toward the short story, touching on humor and satire, women's growth and everyday emotion, and serve Chinese readers' access to world classics. The related e-books are mostly distributed by platforms under China Literature.