Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t12.7

v2.c15.s2.t12.7

Wen Yiduo had full sympathy for the masses of the Indian people subjected to colonial oppression and supported the Indian independence movement. He held the view that, “Though India was then under colonial oppression and repression, ultimately one day this land will be the land of the Indian people, and it would not be the world of the British people.” Further, in his own research work on comparative aspects of India-China culture, he was of the opinion that Chinese culture has been greatly influenced by the Indian culture and civilisation. When he was pursuing his studies in the United States of America as a student, he had penned an essay, *Indian poetess-Sarojini Naidu*, in which he highly praised Naidu’s spirit of nationalism. Further in 1923, he had also written another article titled *An Assessment of Rabindranath Tagore* focussing on the artistic and poetic talent of the Indian poet.