Ancient Latin or Modern French? An Inquiry into the Source Text of Ma Xiangbo’s Translation of the Four Gospels
「竊以為不古文，亦古文矣」：馬相伯譯四福音的文本依據探究
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The translation of the four Gospels into classical Chinese by Ma Xiangbo (1840–1939), published in 1949, has received little attention in the worlds of religion and scholarship. Based on a passing comment in Ma’s introduction, it is usually assumed that he based his translation on an edition of the Latin Vulgate published by Jean-Baptiste Glaire (1798–1879); however, Glaire’s work was not an edition of the Vulgate, but rather a translation of the Latin text into French. The goal of this paper is to determine the source text used by Ma Xiangbo based on textual and paratextual evidence and thus clarify this apparent contradiction.
摘要
自馬相伯（1840–1939）的四書福音文言文譯本於 1949 年問世以來，很少得到宗教界與學術界的關注。憑著序言的一段話，若干學者認為，該譯本的文本依據的是若翰·客蘭爾（Jean-Baptiste Glaire，1798–1879）於 1904 年出版的武加大《聖經》的拉丁文版本。然而，該作品並非武加大的版本，而是他按照拉丁文翻譯的法文譯本。本文 通過分析文本與副文本的證據，確定馬相伯所使用的文本依據不是法文譯本而是拉丁文版本，從而解決這個學術難題。
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Ancient Latin or Modern French? An Inquiry into the Source Text of Ma Xiangbo’s Translation of the Four Gospels
「竊以為不古文，亦古文矣」：馬相伯譯四福音的文本依據探究
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The translation of the four Gospels into classical Chinese by Ma Xiangbo (1840–1939), published in 1949, has received little attention in the worlds of religion and scholarship. Based on a passing comment in Ma’s introduction, it is usually assumed that he based his translation on an edition of the Latin Vulgate published by Jean-Baptiste Glaire (1798–1879); however, Glaire’s work was not an edition of the Vulgate, but rather a translation of the Latin text into French. The goal of this paper is to determine the source text used by Ma Xiangbo based on textual and paratextual evidence and thus clarify this apparent contradiction.
摘要
自馬相伯（1840–1939）的四書福音文言文譯本於 1949 年問世以來，很少得到宗教界與學術界的關注。憑著序言的一段話，若干學者認為，該譯本的文本依據的是若翰·客蘭爾（Jean-Baptiste Glaire，1798–1879）於 1904 年出版的武加大《聖經》的拉丁文版本。然而，該作品並非武加大的版本，而是他按照拉丁文翻譯的法文譯本。本文 通過分析文本與副文本的證據，確定馬相伯所使用的文本依據不是法文譯本而是拉丁文版本，從而解決這個學術難題。
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