Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s3.t7.29

v2.c10.s3.t7.29

In March 1963, the People's Literature Publishing House published *The Ramayana & The Mahabharata* translated by Sun Yong from an English version of Ramesh Dutt. Sun Yong tried to reproduce "sloka", with 16 Chinese characters each line and two lines each stanza. His translation of *Ramayana* has about 4,000 lines and 2,000 "slokas". In September of the same year, Feng Jinxin and Qi Guangxiu translated *Ramayana's Stories* and published it through China Youth Publishing House, and it consists of more than 3,00,000 words. The original version was adapted by Shudha Mazumdar from Krittibas' Bengali edition of *Ramayana*. The Chinese version has a long introduction by Jin Kemu, "*Ramayana: A Great Indian Epic*".