Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t11.4

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issues. She went to France in 1921 to study at Lyon Sino-French College, then at Lyon National Art College, and became a Catholic during her stay in France. She returned to China in 1925, taught Chinese literature at Soochow University, University of Shanghai and Wuhan University, as well as wrote books. She moved to Hong Kong in 1949 for work, and became a professor at National Taiwan Normal University in 1952, and a professor at National Cheng Kung University in 1957. Her more than a dozen writings can be divided into two groups, literary and academic. She was famous for the collection of essays *Green Skies* and the autobiographical novel *Thorny Heart*. *Kunala’s Eyes* is a three-act drama inspired by Indian stories. It was published on the monthly *Wenxue* (Issue 5, volume V) on November 1, 1935, and praised the great power of love by describing various conflicts between the young prince Kunala and his parents who are bound by traditions. Her *Wentan Huajiu* (1969) is a commentary on Chinese writers prior to and after the May Fourth Movement using wickedly sharp and obviously clear language. On the academic front she wrote *Literature during Liao, Jin and Yuan* (1933), *An Introduction of Tang Poetry* (1933), *A History of Chinese Literature* (1980), etc. From 1943 onwards, she whole heartedly turned to study Qu Yuan and from 1971 to 1980, successively published four treatises with a total of 1.6 million words, including *Qu Yuan and Nine Songs*, *Tianwen Zhengjian*, *Chusao Xingu* and *Qufu Luncong*. She was buried in Huangshan beside the tomb of her mother after passed away. In the past decade, she has become famous again in China. Anhui Literature and Arts Publishing House has published *Collected Works of Su Xuelin* (four volumes) in 1996, Wuhan University Press has published a number of her treatises, and the essay *Xishui* (*Stream Water*) was included into Chinese textbooks for middle school.