Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t20.20

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Tagore’s influence on modern Chinese poets and writers was not limited to the two above. Zheng Zhenduo, Liu Bannong, Xu Zhimo and Lin Huiyin, have also translated Tagore’s works, or have served as interpreters at the time when Tagore visited China, and later all of them became famous writers or poets. On July 6, 1923, in an article titled *Tagore’s China visit*, Xu Zhimo mentioned that, in Chinese poetry community, “Among the first 10 works of poetry at least eight or nine were directly or indirectly influenced by Tagore.” Since then, appreciation of Tagore’s literary works had reached a new height in China. To the extent that the Chinese scholars, young and old, have built up a substantial body of original research and translation work on Tagore through the 20^th century CE and especially in the last few decades.