Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t24.12

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successfully performed the *Abhijñānaśākuntalam* based on his translated version in 1950s and after the Cultural Revolution. Between 1973 and 1977, he translated ‘*Rāmāyaṇa*’ (1980-1984), one of the two great Indian epics. At the same time, he also wrote ‘*Primary Investigation into Rāmāyaṇa*’ (1979) that put forward incisive opinions of some important questions about ancient history of India, such as the characteristics, stages, and land possession forms of Indian feudal society apart from discussing literary contents of the epic. He also translated an Indian writer Maitreyi Devi’s English version of ‘*Tagore by Fireside*’ (1986). The Chinese translations of all these classical documents and related writings have had a great influence on China.