Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t20.9

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the style of Lisao and ancient Chinese poetry in his translations of *Bhagavad Gita* and *Meghadūta*, and exhibited a superb mastery of language. In 1984, China Social Sciences Press published his translation under the title “*Fifty Texts of the Upanishads*”, and in the “Preface” there was a detailed account of the historical origin of the Upanishads, its rich and varying thoughts, its important position in the history of Indian philosophy and religion and its impact on the world. By translating the Upanishads, he filled an important blank in China with respect to the history of ancient Indian philosophies and religions. His another important contribution is the study and translation of Sri Aurobindo Ghose, a renowned philosophy in modern India. He published *A Biographical Sketch of Sri Aurobindo Ghose* in 1954;, translated and published in Hong Kong the *Essays on the Gita* in 1957; translated the first three volumes of *The Integral Yoga* in 1959, and the fourth volume in 1987, which was published by the Commercial Press under the title “*Yujia Lun*”; translated Aurobindo’s *Heraclitus* and published it under the title “*Xuanli Cantong*”, which is easier to understand for Chinese readers. During his 28 years stay at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, he translated into modern vernacular Chinese an English handbook that contained what Aurobindo had said, and titled it “*Zhoutian Ji*”, the language of which is fluent, easy to understand, full of philosophical, and vividly reproduces the charm of Aurobindo’s verses. Back to China, he translated and published *The Life Divine* in 1984. He also collected answers and interpretations on yoga given by Mirra Richard, whom Aurobindo called “The Mother”, and compiled them into six volumes under the title “*The Mother*”. His translations of Sri Aurobindo Ghose’s works are widely circulated in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States, and attached great importance by academic circles at home and abroad, and they also play an important role in disseminating the thoughts in *The Integral Yoga*, and he had an indelible contribution to India-China cultural exchange.