Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t21: Mi Wenkai
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t21
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Mi Wenkai
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Mi Wenkai (1909-1983) was an expert Chinese translator and commentator of Indian literature. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.
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In 1923, Mi Wenkai was admitted to Jiangsu Third Normal School. He began to study Indian literature since his young days, and worked in the Chinese embassy in Myanmar and India. During the Japanese aggression, he was a researcher of the Philosophy Research Institute of Visva-Bharati University and a Professor of Hong Kong New Asia College. In 1949, he went to Taiwan to become a politician and a “diplomat.” During this period, he taught Indian literature in Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University, and later was sent to Taiwan’s ‘embassy’ in the Philippines and Thailand. After he returned to Taiwan, he taught as a Professor of Soochow University and the Indian Culture Research Institute of Taiwan Chinese Culture University. He took charge of the operation of the Overseas Group of ‘Taiwan Literature Association’.
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Mi Wenkai
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His works include ‘*A Brief Introduction on Indian Literature*’, ‘*Historical Tales of India*’ (1948), ‘*Appreciation of Indian Literature*’ (1975), ‘*Works on Indian Culture 18 Volumes*’ (1977) and ‘*Mahatma Gandhi Biography*’ (co-author) (1981). He also translated many works including ‘*All Poetry of Sarojini Naidu*’ (co-author) (1949), ‘*Collection of Poems of Rabindranath Tagore*’ (1963), ‘*Two Great Indian Epics*’ (1978) and ‘*Three Great Canons of India*’ (1980). All these works have introduced Indian literature and culture to China, and promoted the spread of Indian culture in China.
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(*Li Baolong*)