Chapter 47 Travel to Europe and America 1926-1927

Before Hu Shi went abroad, he tried to write the first draft of "The History of Zen Buddhism in China". He wrote about the monk Shenhui and found that Shenhui played a very important role in the history of Zen Buddhism; but later people who studied the history of Zen Buddhism often ignored him and buried him.Hu Shi was determined to fight the injustice for the Shenhui.Therefore, he vigorously searched for historical materials in China, but the results were far from satisfactory. The only Shenhui works he could see were only 659 characters! Hu Shi made up his mind to take advantage of this European trip to Paris and London to read the Dunhuang scrolls. From the scriptures transcribed in the Tang Dynasty, some historical materials about the monk Shenhui can be found...