Guest guest Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF XUANZANG: TAN YUN-SHAN AND INDIA http://www.ignca.nic.in/ks_40.htm Edited by Tan Chung 1999: ISBN: 81-212-0630-8: Rs.750 SINO-INDIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY 1. Introduction by Tan Yun-shan 2. Membership. TAN CHUNG is an Indian Citizen of Chinese descent born in Malaya in 1929, having lived, first, in China for 23 years, and then, in India for 44 years till date. He stepped into the shoes of his illustrious father, Prof. TanYun-shan (1898-1983) of Shantiniketan - a pioneer of Chinese studies in India and Sino-Indian studies- and contributed to the building up of the Chinese studies programmes in Delhi University and Jawarharlal Nehru University from 1964 up till 1994 when he finally retired from JNU as Professor of Chinese. He has been a Consultant of IGNCA from 1989 onwards to help develop its East Asian Programme. He has authored many books, among which, China and the Brave New World and also Triton and Dragon (a Gyan Publication) are text books for history courses in Indian and foreign universities. His Dunhuang Art Through the Eyes of Duan Wenjie is a reference book for art courses on US and other English languge compuses. ---- ---------- Contents Messages: >From the President of India: Honourable K. R. Narayanan >From the Vice-President of India: Honourable Krishan Kant Acknowledgements Tan Chung Foreword Kapila Vatsyayan Preface Ji Xianlin Introduction Tan Chung DEDICATED TO: Gurudeva Rabindranath Tagore, PanditJi Jawahar Lal Nehru, Tai Chi-Tao, Cai Yuanpei, and all the pioneers in founding the Sino-Indian Cultural Society and opening a new leaf in India-China Cultural interface and synergy in modern time ---- ---------- A MOSAIC LIFE OF ORDINARY UNIQUENESS 1. Life Sketch of Tan Yun-shan - Tan Lee 2. TanYun-shan -- A historical Role - Tan Chung 3. Tan Yun-shan: The Man and His Mission - V.G. Nair 4. Tan Yun-shan and the Renewal of Sino-Indian Cultural Interaction - W. Pachow Photographs 5. A Cultural Envoy between China and India - Huang Xinchuan FOND MEMORIES 6. Remembring my Sister and Brother-in-law Tan Yun-shan - Chen Laisheng 7. My Acquaintance with Professor Tan Yun-shan - Yun-yuan Yang 8. Personification of Rabindranath's Visvakarma - Bhudeb Chaudhuri 9. My Tribute to Tan Yun-shan - K.P.S. Menon 10. Follow the footsteps of Savants: Promote Deeper understanding between India and China - C.V. Ranganathan 11. My Tribute to Prof. Tan Yun-shan - Kalyan Kumar Sarkar 12. Remembring Prof. Tan Yun-shan - Krishna Kinkar Sinha 13. Lonely Traveller - B. K. Roy Burman 14. My Eternal Memory of Prof. Tan Yun-shan - Karuna Kusalasaya 15. Prof. Tan Yun-shan as I knew Him - Lama Chimpa 16. The Great Scholar Prof. Tan Yun-shan - Bina Roy Burman 17. In Memory of Father - Tan Wen Dasgupta 18. Tan Yun-shan -- The Essential Man - Tan Lee 19. Fond Memory from A Son - Tan Arjun 20. Tan Yun-shan Lives in Our Hearts Forever - Wang Hongwei 21. Tan Yun-shan: A Tribute - Jin Dinghan 22. My first Lesson in Indian Studies: Reading Tan Yun-shan's Travel Account - Wang Bangwei INDIA AND CHINA 23. Tagore: pioneer in Asian Relations - Kalidas Nag 24. Tagore and Confucian China - Sampson Shen 25. On Theories of Nationalism for India and China - Prasenjit Dura 26. Colonialism and the Discourse in India and China - Manoranjan Mohanty 27. Friendship-In-Need between Chinese and Indian People in Modern Times - Lin Chengjie 28. The pioneer of (Sino-Indian) Studies and Cultural Bridge between Indian and China - H. P. Ray WRITINGS OF TAGORE, NEHRU AND TAN YUN-SHAN 29. China and India - Rabindranath Tagore 30. India and China - Jawaharlal Nehru 31. Cultural Interchange between India and China - Tan Yun-shan 32. My Devotion to Rabindranath Tagore - Tan Yun- shan 33. My First Visit to Gandhiji - Tan Yun-shan 34. Ahimsa in Sino-Indian Culture - Tan Yun-shan 35. Poet to Poet - Tagore-Noguchi correspondence on Japanese Aggression, 1938 36. An Appeal to Conscience - Tan Yun-shan SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TAN YUN-SHAN AND INDIAN LEADERS 1. C. Rajagopalachari to Tan Yun-shan (and Message), July 7, 1948 2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad to Tan Yun-shan, Janauary 4, 1957 3. Message from Dr. Rajendra Prasad 4. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Tan Yun-shan, August 26, 1948 5. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Tan Yun-shan, August 15, 1959 6. Dr. S. Radhakrishanan to Tan Yun-shan, September 19, 1946 7. Dr. S. Radhakrishanan to Tan Yun-shan, February 17, 1960 8. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri to Tan Yun-shan, July 31, 1964 9. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri to Tan Yun-shan, January 2, 1966 10. Mrs. Indira Gandhi to Tan yun-shan, February 22, 1983 SINO-INDIAN CULTURAL SOCIETY 1. Introduction by Tan Yun-shan 2. Membership. TAN CHUNG is an Indian Citizen of Chinese descent born in Malaya in 1929, having lived, first, in China for 23 years, and then, in India for 44 years till date. He stepped into the shoes of his illustrious father, Prof. TanYun-shan (1898-1983) of Shantiniketan - a pioneer of Chinese studies in India and Sino-Indian studies- and contributed to the building up of the Chinese studies programmes in Delhi University and Jawarharlal Nehru University from 1964 up till 1994 when he finally retired from JNU as Professor of Chinese. He has been a Consultant of IGNCA from 1989 onwards to help develop its East Asian Programme. He has authored many books, among which, China and the Brave New World and also Triton and Dragon (a Gyan Publication) are text books for history courses in Indian and foreign universities. His Dunhuang Art Through the Eyes of Duan Wenjie is a reference book for art courses on US and other English languge compuses. ---- ---------- [ Home | Search | Contact Us | Index ] [ List of Books | Kalatattvakosa | Kalamulasastra | Kalasamalocana ] ---- ---------- © 1999 Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced any manner without written permission of the publisher. Published in 1999 by Gyan Publishing House 5, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi - 110 002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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