The first release of "Xuanzang and "The Story of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" tells a true "Journey to the West"

　　China News Service, Beijing, July 6th (Reporter Ying Ni) "Xuanzang and "The Story of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" written by Professor Wang Bangwei, Dean of the School of Oriental Studies of Peking University, was first published at the recent "Education Aid Youth" new book conference Available.

The book takes the people, events, things, and history in the book "The History of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" as the starting point, and introduces and sorts out the related historical exchanges between China and India, between China and other Central Asian countries, and the folklore. The interaction of legends, literature and culture, etc.

　　In their speeches, Shi Peijun, President of Qinghai Normal University, Kang Zhen, Vice President of Beijing Normal University, and Chen Yueguang, President of the Chinese Culture Academy, introduced the implementation process and major impact of the "Education Aid to Youth" project in their speeches.

Since the beginning of this year, 10 professors from Beijing Normal University and top universities in China and Europe, including France and Italy, have used the series of cross-cultural Chinese studies published in China to jointly teach 51 hours at Qinghai Normal University. , Folklore, Ethnology, Literary Theory, Ancient Literature, Modern Literature, Comparative Literature and World Literature and other adjacent disciplines, a total of more than 2,000 academic postgraduates and postgraduate tutors attended the lectures, which had a strong response.

　　In the seminar of "The History of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" and multicultural exchanges at the press conference, "Xuanzang and the History of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" was first released as one of the achievements of "educational aid to youth".

　　This book is an evaluation and commentary of the stories recorded in Xuanzang's "Da Tang Western Regions".

In "The Great Tang Western Regions", Xuanzang told many magical stories.

Most of these stories are related to Buddhism, but not limited to Buddhism. All of these stories reflect the characteristics of Indian religion and culture.

The book takes the people, events, things, history, etc. in the book "The History of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" as the starting point, and then expands and develops, introducing and sorting out the relations between China and India, China and other Central Asian countries. The historical exchanges, folklore, the mutual influence of literature and culture, etc.

Photo courtesy of the Complete Works of Wang Demai, China Encyclopedia Publishing House

　　Professor Wang Bangwei, Dean of the School of Oriental Studies at Peking University, focused on his experience in making "The Book of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty" 40 years ago with his mentor Mr. Ji Xianlin.

He inherited the teachings of Mr. Ji Xianlin and studied the Chinese heritage of Orientalism and Indian Studies, including Xuanzang and The History of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty.

Xuanzang traveled westward and passed through some of the most important countries and regions on the ancient Silk Road. "The History of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" is the most detailed record of the ancient Silk Road. Xuanzang can also be said to be the cultural construction of the Belt and Road. one of the forerunners.

　　Professor Chen Ming, director of Peking University's Oriental Literature Research Center, said that in recent years, the domestic academic circles have revived the work of new annotations for "The Story of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty".

In the new era, Wang Bangwei's "Xuanzang and "The History of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty" came into being, opening a new pattern for the study of "The History of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty".

Associate Professor Zhuo Zejia, director of the Tibetan Language and Literature Department of Qinghai Normal University's National Teachers College, said that "Xuanzang and "The History of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" written by Professor Wang Bangwei has a profound content, but it is easy to understand and suitable for Tibetan teachers and students to read. The History of the Western Regions has also been translated and studied in the Tibetan academic circles in Qinghai. It is a historical classic for building the consciousness of the Chinese nation's community. It is necessary to use this classic to do a good job in Tibetan language teaching and research.

　　According to Liu Zuochen, general manager of China Encyclopedia Publishing House, since 2016, the publishing house has cooperated with the Beijing Normal University Intercultural Research Institute to continuously publish more than 30 books in the “Intercultural Research” series, a major project of the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education. kind.

The Chinese translation of "Wang Demai's Complete Works", a major project of the 14th Five-Year Plan undertaken by the country, is also in progress, and a series of works "Introduction to Interculturalism" will also be published to publish the results of intercultural Orientalism and the history of Sino-Indian cultural exchanges.

　　He said that according to the arrangement of teaching support in the west of the key universities of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Normal University has supported Qinghai Province and Qinghai Normal University to establish a major cooperation project of "cross-cultural Silk Road research", and successively completed a number of teaching and scientific research achievements.

China Encyclopedia Publishing House is responsible for publishing the achievements of cross-cultural oriental studies and the history of Sino-Indian cultural exchanges, and has successively completed the publication and distribution of scientific research achievements such as Professor Wang Bangwei's "Xuanzang and "The History of the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty".

In the postgraduate general course of "Cross-cultural Chinese Studies Methodology" offered by Qinghai Normal University in the spring semester of this year, Professor Wang Bangwei was invited to teach relevant courses to teachers and students of Qinghai Normal University and was well received.

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