<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/chinese-student-wins-classics-sight-translation-contest.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>04/22/2019</pubDate><title>Chinese Student Wins Classics Sight-Translation Contest</title><description>In Manchuria, Jinrui Zhang '22 pursued an interest in Buddhism and Sanskrit, prominent subjects in that region of China. At Franklin &amp; Marshall College, Zhang embraced the classics curriculum. "I like classics because it's the study of the ancient world. Trying to connect with people of two millenniums ago is a very interesting process," he said.</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/687268791469780650-04-11-jinrui-zhang-01-dg.0.38.1200.723.full.jpg" alt="Zhang pursued an interest in Buddhism and Sanskrit, prominent subjects in his Manchurian home, but at F&amp;M, the first-year student found his passion in the Classics."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>Classics</tag><tag>Latin American Studies</tag></tags></item>