Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t49.4

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He was associated in the compilation of '*Commentary on Great Tang Records on the Western Regions*' (1985). His translation of the Sanskrit work '*Manu Smrti*' (1986) systematically showcases the traditional ethical norm of Hinduism and represents an important basis for studying Indian history, society and religion. He was thus awarded given the Han Suyin-Vincent Ratnaswamy Sino-Indian Friendship Award. He deciphered and copied out the Sanskrit transcripts of '*Lotus Sutra*' and the transcripts of other Buddhism Canons stored in many places like the library of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities, Lvshun Museum and China Tibetology Research Centre. One of the results of his work was '*The Sanskrit Transcripts of the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra Stored in the Library of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities: Latin Alphabet Transcription*' (1988), which was published by the China Social Sciences Press. This book has expanded the field of research in Sanskrit and has been valued by both Chinese and foreign Sanskrit academic community. His works of translated Sanskrit texts such as the '*Vikram and Betaal Stories*' was included in the '*Select Stories from Kathasaritsagar*' (2001). He published many academic dissertations, such as '*Fragments of Sanskrit Lotus Sutra preserved in the Lvshun Museum Collection*', *On Transformation of suffixing –am to –o and –u in the Transcripts of Lotus Sutra in Kashgar*', etc.