Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t25.9

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poems. After that, he launched and organised the translation of one of the two great Indian epics - ‘*Mahābhārata*’. He led the translation of ‘*Selected Annotations on Mahabharata*’ that was published in 1987. In 1993, the China Social Sciences Press published the ‘*Adi Parva*’ of the epic, and he wrote the preface and translated first four chapters of the ‘*Adi Parva*’ that provided references for future translation and laid a foundation for the publishing of all the six volumes of ‘*Mahabharata*’ in 2005. Apart from the ancient Indian literature, he also translated related theories of literature and art. His translation work ‘*Selected Works of Ancient Indian Aesthetics*’ was published in 1980, including five translation works that were selected from theoretical works namely ‘*Natyasastra*, *Kavya Darpan*, *Dhvani Aloka*, *Kavya Prakash*’ and ‘*Sahitya Darpan*’. These works and the forewords he wrote enabled the Chinese academic community to get an initial understanding of the theories of ancient Indian art and literature.