Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s4.t5.13

v2.c13.s4.t5.13

**Study of translation:** *The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions* attracted the attention of the western academic circles in the middle of the 19th century. It was first translated by a French scholar M.S. Julien as *The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions*, and was published in Paris from 1857 to 1858 CE. Then two English volumes translated on the basis of the French translation appeared. One was by Samuel Beal, a British scholar, and was published in London in 1884 CE. The second was a two volume English translation by Thomas Watters published from 1904 to 1905 in London. These are more authoritative translations in the west. French, British, German and Russian scholars of Oriental Studies have, however, continued to study various aspects of the *Great Tang Records on the Western*