Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t51.2

v2.c15.s2.t51.2

He studied under the tutelage of linguistic scholars like Zhao Yuanren, Luo Changpei and Li Fanggui in his early years. In 1939, he went to India and studied Sanskrit in Visva-Bharati University. Afterwards, he followed Professor Vidhushekhara Bhattacharya Shastri to the research institute of the University of Calcutta and assisted him to collate Yogacara-Bhumi-Sastra. He was active in the overseas Chinese community in Indian and lived in the same room called “India Hut” with Jin Kemu when he was in Calcutta. He introduced Jin Kemu to the Calcutta’s Chinese newspaper ‘*India Daily*’ to work as an editor and encouraged him to engage in Indian language and ancient document studies. He also provided Jin Kemu with books and materials and introduced his Indian friends to teach him Hindi. In 1941, he wrote to the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) in hope that the Academia Sinica could send scholars to India for visit study. Later, he studied under the instruction of Professor Vasudev Gokhale and obtained the Doctor of Philosophy Degree of the University of Bombay.