林承节先生的《中印人民友好关系史:1851—1949》于1993年底出版,实际上见到书是在1994年晚秋,当时我正在撰写《中国与南亚文化交流志》,承蒙惠赐,高兴万分,以为是雪中之炭、久旱之雨。故得书后即通读一遍,其若干章节又拜读再三。不敢贸贸然妄加评论,仅将部分心得略书于次。 先生此书,凡30万言,24章,纵述近代百年间中印关系史上的大人大事,以时序为纲,以人事为领,博涉政治、经济、思想、社会、宗教、文学、艺术,乃至学术等众多领域,其资料之翔实、分析之透彻,均见妙手斫轮之功、入木三分之力。 Mr. Lin Chengjie’s “Sino-Indian People’s Friendly Relations History: 1851-1949” was published at the end of 1993. In fact, he saw that the book was published in the late autumn of 1994. At that time, I was writing a book titled “Cultural Exchanges between China and South Asia.” Thanks to the gift, I am delighted. , That is the charcoal in the snow, a long drought. So after reading the book that read it again, several chapters read again and again. Do not trade rash comments, only some experience in the book. This book, 300,000 words, 24 chapters, summarizes the major events in the history of Sino-Indian relations in modern China in centuries. Taking the sequence as the key link and the personnel as the guide, the book covers politics, economy, thought, society, religion, literature and art , As well as academic and many other fields, the informative, thorough analysis, see the power of the skilled hand wheel, into the wood third.