Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t25.10

v2.c15.s2.t25.10

In 1960s, he also taught “the history of Sanskrit literature” apart from teaching Sanskrit and his lecture notes have been incorporated in the liberal art teaching material plan and were published under the name of ‘*History of Sanskrit Literature*’ in 1964. This book mainly discusses Indian literary works and theoretical works of literature and art from the Vedic Age to the 12th century and represents a foundation work of Chinese studies on Sanskrit literature. He wrote a large number of research papers related to Indian literature, including epic studies, comparative literature studies and ‘*Rigveda*’ studies that are included in ‘*The Analects of Indian Culture*’ (1983) and ‘*The Analects of Comparative Culture*’ (1984), respectively. During the post Cultural Revolution period, he wrote a series of articles related to Buddhist study and the general topic is “On the Origin of Buddhism”, pointing out that China should strengthen studies on the original works of Buddhist scriptures in Sanskrit and only by pursuing the original works could the understanding of Chinese Buddhist scriptures be strengthened. He made a demonstrated analysis by taking the translated scripture style of Kumarajiva and the Chinese translation of another two Buddhist sutras ‘*Lankavatara Sutra*’ and ‘*Heart Sutra*’ as examples. He also translated the ‘*Trisvabhāvanirdésha*’ from Sanskrit in 1984. All these translations and relevant research works have introduced Indian ancient languages and documents to China, which has exerted greater influence.