Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t42.8

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Besides teaching, he is also engaged in Indology. As one of the first people to research Hindi literature in China, his major research field is Indian literature, especially Hindi literature. His major research subjects include - famous Hindi writers such as Surdas, Tulasidas and Premchand, the Two Great Epics of India, Hindu mythology, the comparative study of Chinese and Indian literatures and Rabindranath Tagore. Through many of years of cultivation, his research has been very fruitful - he has published eight monographs including the Indian Hindi Literature History (1987), Critical Biography of Premchand (1999), Research on the Two Great Epics of India (2001) and Comparative Study of Chinese and Indian literatures (2005); 28 translation pieces represented by Research on the Modern Indian Literature (Hindi Literature) (1980), Collections of Premchand’s Short Stories—Newly-married (1982), All-well Tree (1983), The Woman Mowing (1985), Premchand on Literature (cotranslated, 1987) and Selected Stories of Premchand (1996); 18 compilation works such as Indian Folks Tales (1984), Selected Works of the Oriental Literature (1986), Selected Ancient Poetries of India (1987) and Selected Oriental Short Stories (1988); and 65 theses.