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1、ARECORDOFBUDDHISTICKINGDOMSARECORDOFBUDDHISTICKINGDOMSTranslatedandannotatedwithaCoreanrecensionoftheChinesetextBYJAMESLEGGE1ARECORDOFBUDDHISTICKINGDOMSPREFACESeveraltimesduringmylongresidenceinHongKongIendeavouredtoreadthroughthe"NarrativeofFa-hien;"butthoughin
2、terestedwiththegraphicdetailsofmuchofthework,itscolumnsbristledsoconstantly--nowwithhisphoneticrepresentationsofSanskritwords,andnowwithhissubstitutionforthemoftheirmeaningsinChinesecharacters,andIwas,moreover,somuchoccupiedwithmyownspeciallaboursontheConfucianC
3、lassics,thatmysuccesswasfarfromsatisfactory.WhenDr.Eitel's"HandbookfortheStudentofChineseBuddhism"appearedin1870,thedifficultyoccasionedbytheSanskritwordsandnameswasremoved,buttheotherdifficultyremained;andIwasnotabletolookintothebookagainforseveralyears.NorhadI
4、muchinducementtodosointhetwocopiesofitwhichIhadbeenabletoprocure,onpoorpaper,andprintedfromblocksbadlycutatfirst,andsowornwithuseastoyieldbooksthereverseofattractiveintheirappearancetothestudent.InthemeantimeIkeptstudyingthesubjectofBuddhismfromvarioussources;an
5、din1878begantolecture,hereinOxford,ontheTravelswithmyDavisChinesescholar,whowasatthesametimeBodenSanskritscholar.Aswewenton,IwroteoutatranslationinEnglishformyownsatisfactionofnearlyhalfthenarrative.InthebeginningoflastyearImadeFa-hienagainthesubjectoflecture,wr
6、oteoutasecondtranslation,independentoftheformer,andpushedontillIhadcompletedthewhole.Thewantofagoodandcleartexthadbeensuppliedbymyfriend,Mr.BunyiuNanjio,whosenttomefromJapanacopy,thetextofwhichisappendedtothetranslationandnotes,andofthenatureofwhichsomeaccountis
7、givenintheIntroduction,andtowardstheendofthisPreface.Thepresentworkconsistsofthreeparts:theTranslationofFa-hien'sNarrativeofhisTravels;copiousNotes;andtheChineseTextofmycopyfromJapan.ItisfortheTranslationthatIholdmyselfmoreespeciallyresponsible.Portionsofitwerew
8、rittenoutthreetimes,andthewholeofittwice.WhilepreparingmyownversionImadefrequentreferencetoprevious2ARECORDOFBUDDHISTICKINGDOMStranslations:--thoseofM.AbelRemusat,"Re
