Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t5.5

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of Zhou Zuoren (a famous Chinese writer). He also studied spiritual courses at the Seminary of Yenching University, and graduated in 1922, receiving the Bachelor of Theology. In the same year, he went to Columbia University in New York of the United States of America to learn history of religion and comparative religion, receiving the Master of Arts in 1924. Then, in the same year, he went to University of Oxford in Britain for learning history of religion, Indian philosophy, Sanskrit and Folklore, receiving the Bachelor of Arts of University of Oxford in 1926. In October of the same year, on the way back to China, he went to Banaras Hindu University in India to learn Sanskrit and Buddhist Studies. He taught in Yenching University from 1927 to 1935, holding the post of teaching assistant, associate professor (1928) and professor (1930), and he was also the part-time teacher of Peking University, Tsinghua University and Beijing Normal University. He again went to India to learn more about Indian religion, Indian literature and Sanskrit from June 1-6, 1934. Since