印度诗人泰戈尔是亚洲第一位诺贝尔文学奖获得者(1913年)。在中国新文化运动时期,泰戈尔及他的许多著作都被大量介绍到了中国,曾经影响了我国的几代读者。泰戈尔对中国人民始终怀着友好的感情。抗日战争爆发后,他多次发表公开信,痛斥日本帝国主义的侵略行为。而且带头慷慨解囊,发动募捐,尽最大努力支持中国人民的抗日斗争。他曾无限深情地说:“相信我的前世一定是中国人。”他还在自任校长的印度国际大学中特设中国学院,专门培养中国留学生。 Indian poet Tagore was the first Asian Nobel Prize laureate in literature (1913). During the period of the New Culture Movement in China, Tagore and many of his books were introduced to China in a large amount, affecting several generations of our readers. Tagore always has a friendly feeling toward the Chinese people. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he repeatedly issued an open letter denouncing the Japanese imperialist aggression. And take the lead generously, mobilize fund-raising, do our utmost to support the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japan. He had infinite affection and said: “I believe my past life must be Chinese.” He is also president of the Indian International University ad hoc Chinese college, specializing in training Chinese students.