Translation as creation:

A terminological issue in Kum?raj?va’s version of the Vajracchedik? 
Praj??p?ramit?

Stefano Zacchetti

The Jingang banruoboluomi jing 金剛般若波羅蜜經 T 235, translated by 
Kum?raj?va at the beginning of the 5th century CE, is the earliest and 
most influential of the six Chinese versions of the Vajracchedik? 
Praj??p?ramit?. No doubt it can be regarded as the Chinese Vajracchedik? 
par excellence: almost all of the numerous Chinese commentaries devoted to
this scripture (which constitute a rich source for exploring the reception
of this text in China) are based on Kum?raj?va’s version. This paper 
focuses on the use of the term xiang 相 in this translation and in some 
related commentaries, showing how Kum?raj?va’s creative translation 
technique exerted a profound influence on the Chinese understanding of 
this Mah?y?na scripture.

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我把研討會這篇論文掃瞄成PDF如附。

我英文沒那麼好，不能解讀細節。

左冠明在會上說：鳩摩羅什有時將「sa?j??」譯為「相」，應有其用意，而不是錯譯
。