现代歌曲的哲学  /  當代歌曲哲學
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG

   Two Chinas means two different translations of THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG by Bob Dylan, two slightly different titles and two very different covers; the translation is in simplified Chinese in mainland  China, and in traditional Chinese in Taiwan.

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

    现代歌曲的哲学 - THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG, translated into simplified Chinese by Don Nan. The Chinese title means 'THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG'.

   中信出版社 (China Citic Press) 2023, hardcover with dustjacket, 416 pages. ISBN 9787521752120.

Thank you to Jürgen Wasser.

dustjacket

front cover

REPUBLIC OF CHINA (Taiwan):

    當代歌曲哲學 THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG, translated in traditional Chinese by Ma Shifang. The slightly different Chinese title means 'CONTEMPORARY SONG PHILOSOPHY'
   The book comes with 馬世芳導讀別冊, an introduction booklet by Ma Shifang, plus a set of four bookmarks featuring Dylan quotations from the book.

    黑體文化 (Black Culture) 2025, hardcover with obi, 412 pages. ISBN 9786267512630.

	with obi
introduction booklet by the translator, Ma Shifang	Four bookmarks featuring quotes from the book