| On the thesis, the author discussed Buddhism sutras' translation and its effect on Chinese academic thoughts. This topic came from my study and the inspiration debated from Eugene A. Nida. Nida is a famous the Bible' s translator and theorist of translation, who is proficient in the Bible' s translation. His translating experience promoted his study in translatology. Buddhism is one of the greatest worldwide religions and it should have great value to study. And the spreading of Buddhism needed Buddhism sutras' translation. Although there were a lot of studies on Buddhism had been done, this kind of study was not enough, especially in the studying Buddhism sutras' translation from the standpoint of translatology. And the study in this field is not completely and systematically.Chapter OneIn this chapter, the author talks about the origin of Buddhism sutras, including the problem of the creator of Buddhism, the collection of Buddhism sutras and the origin of these two Chinese terms : "#","#Chapter TwoIt is on the spreading of Buddhism, including the characteristics ofthe spreading of Buddhism, the languages which were used in the course of Buddhist sutras' translation, the spreading routes in Asia and why Buddhism could be spread in China and flourished.Chapter ThreeIn this chapter, the author discusses the translation of Buddhism, and the activities of the translators in various dynasties, (from east Han Dynasty to Tang and Song Dynasties).Chapter FourThe author has made an explanation on the two-ways choices between different culture, in which the introduction of Buddhism and its sutras are discussed.Chapter FiveTo discuss the effect of Buddhism on Chinese academic and philosophical fields and make a comparison between Buddhism and Buddhism sutras' translation and Chinese Nomination and Debating school's theories. In this part, the author also discusses the relationship between Buddhism thoughts and Chinese Nomination and Debating school's thoughts, such as Hui Yuan' s and Gongsun Long's theory and so on.Chapter SixIt is about the spreading of Buddhism and its sutras. It consists of the relationship between Buddhism and Chinese metaphysical thought in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The author also talks about the effect of Buddhism on Liu Xie' s famous stylistics book: Wenxidiaolong and the inter-effect between Chinese philosophy of Laozicius and Zhuangzicius with the prajnaology of Buddhism.Chapter SevenTo summarize the effect of Buddhism sutras on Chinese philosophy in Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially on the relationship between Hetuvidhy a and Chinese classical logic. It consists of Xuan Zang' s contributions and translated versions about Hetuvidhya.Chapter EightIn this chapter, the author elaborates the relation between Chinese literary thoughts and Buddhism sutras' translation, including the firstproblem on the semantics of Buddhism and some new literary concepts. This problem consists of three sub-problems:(1) the problem on the reality;(2)the problem on the nature of citta;(3) the problem on physique and spirit.The second problem is on the relationship of language and meaning in Buddhism and its effect on the same problem in Chinese.The third problem is on the theory of situations and states, including the choices of situations, the creation of situations and the dependence of situations.The fourth problem is about the Dhyana poems.Appendix IIt is on the names of Buddhism sutras and its Chinese translation.Appendix IISome Buddhism terms and concepts used in this thesis. |
