译文的质朴和文饰——释道安的佛经汉译及其思想流变

释道安的佛经翻译思想经历了一个由模糊到清晰、由随感而发到自觉规范的发展过程。入长安之前,他在佛经译文的质朴和文饰的问题上,观点并不十分明确,甚至有相互矛盾之虞;入长安之后主持佛经翻译时期,出于规范和指导翻译活动的考虑,他的态度变得明确起来,即主张译文质朴全译,反对译文删略文饰,同时又具有十分有限的灵活性。

On the Developmental Traces of Shi Dao'an's Thought for Sutra Translation

Shi Dao＇an＇s thought for sutra translation experienced a developmental process from ambiguity to increasingly clarity. Namely, before he entered Chang＇an,the capital, Shi Dao＇an＇s attitude that the Chinese translation of Sutra should be ornamented or unornamented was not quite clear but ambiguous. After he entered Chang＇ an, however, in order to regulate and guide the sutra translation, his attitude became increasingly clear,namely, he advocated that the Chinese version should be unornamented and unabridged, and he obviously opposed the deletion and ornamentedness in Chinese translation, with the exception of quite limited flexibility.