Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t14.4

v2.c15.s2.t14.4

He did many researches in Chinese, foreign traffic history and Dunhuang studies, and made great contributions to the studies in the Western Regions and the history of India-China cultural exchanges. His major works include *Concise History of Chinese Communication with Foreign Countries* (1934), *History of Communication between Chinese and the West* (1934), *Dunhuang* (1951) and *Chang’an of Tang Dynasty and the Civilization of the Western Regions* (1956). He also translated many works such as *Modern History of India* (1929), *Historical Science* (1930), *Gandhi Autobiography* (1934), *History of the Huns* (1934) and *Stein’s Serindia* (1936). *Chang’an of Tang Dynasty and the Civilization of the Western Regions* is an academic dissertation, that includes 23 essays involving the cultural communication between China and the West, Dunhuang studies, Buddhist grottoes statues, among other areas. It also examined all kinds of figures from the Western Regions in Chang’an, such as messengers, merchants and Hu Jis (Hu Ji was a waitress in taverns from the Northern barbarian tribes in ancient China), and revealed the influence of the culture of Western Regions on Chang’an between 713 and 741. The book is regarded as an important material for studying the culture exchanges between China and the West in the Tang Dynasty. The essays about Dunhuang studies contained in the book have had unique and in-depth discussions of the history, geography, art and archaeology of Dunhuang, through the studying method of integrating traditional documents, Dunhuang Document and on-the-spot investigations. He used to participate in sorting out *The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions*. In 1981, Zhonghua Book Company