Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t30.4

v2.c15.s2.t30.4

1938, Sun Yat-sen University relocated to Yunnan, but he stayed back in Hong Kong due to his illness and took part in the compilation of ‘*Zhongshan Dictionary*’ and ‘*Quan Qing Ci Chao*’. In 1943, he went to Guangxi and became a Professor of Wuxi Academy of the Traditional Chinese Culture. After the victory of the war against Japan, he took up the post of a Professor of Guangdong University of Arts and Sciences, and later returned to Shantou to chair the general compilation of ‘*Gazetteers of Chaozhou*’. In 1952, he began to study Dunhuang caves. From 1952 to 1968, he taught at the Department of Chinese, University of Hong Kong, during which he went to India for researches with Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune in 1963, learned Sanskrit from V. V. Paranjpe and his father, and studied Brahmanism classic, the ‘*Vedas*’. During his stay in India, he got acquainted with Indian researcher Xu Fancheng. After he returned from India, he became the first Chair Professor of the Department of Chinese, University of Singapore (present day National University of Singapore), during which he was also invited to be a visiting professor to Yale University and a research professor of the Institute of History and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. From 1973 to 1978, he was a Professor and Director of the Department of Chinese, University of Hong Kong. After retirement, he went to Paris, France to teach as a guest Professor of Ecole pratique des hautes études for a year. Later, he was appointed as an Honorary Professor of the Department of Chinese, University of Hong Kong and Honorary Professor of the Department of Art and the Institute of Chinese Culture. In 1982, he was awarded with an Honorary Doctorate Degree by the University of Hong Kong. In 1983, he attended the First Symposium of China Dunhuang Turpan Society in China, and was invited to be an advisor of the society. In 1990, he became an Honorary Advisor of Hong Kong Heritage Museum.