Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.102

v2.c10.102

Among modern writers, Lu Xun is loved and respected and has had a long-term and wide influence on India, like Tagore’s influence on China. Foreign Language Press once published English versions of *Selected Works of Lu Xun* (four volumes) and *Selected short Stories of Lu Xun*, and translated some of Lu Xun’s works into Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, which were popularised in India. On November 9, 1981, the Indian Colloquium Commemorating the 100ᵗʰ Anniversary of Lu Xun’s Birth was convened in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, which lasted for three days, and presented 40 essays, from which we can find that there are many scholars studying Lu Xun. Overseas students dispatched by India to China learned Lu Xun’s works, and some