Bøger af Yu Longyu

Examines two millennia of literary dialogue between China and India, from the beginning of Buddhist sutra translation and its influence on various facets of Chinese literature, to the modern and contemporary Indian studies in China - and vice versa.

Reconstructs the academic, professional and personal journey of the doyen of Indology, Buddhism and Orientalism in China. It is not easy to weave a tapestry of the life and works of a person as versatile as Ji Xianlin, but the authors have done a remarkable job in mirroring his journey through the Qing, Republican and the People's Republic.