论《圣经》马氏译本对洪秀全的影响——以“上帝”译名为例

ON THE INFLUENCE OF MA'S VERSION OF THE BIBLE ON HONG XIUQUAN

《圣经》马氏译本是历史上第一部完整的基督教《圣经》中文译本,它成为洪秀全获取西方基督教《圣经》知识的真正源头。中西文化的差异导致了《圣经》马氏译本的变异和洪秀全的误读,给这个回合的中西文化对话带来了再创造的可能性。《圣经》马氏译本中的“上帝”译名对洪秀全最为深远的影响,就是有助于他创造性地形成区别于基督教的“信仰中心”,走上创立新宗教之路。通过运用中国文化改造西方文化的方式更新中国文化。

Ma's version of The Bible was the first complete Chinese translation of The Bible in history, which came to be the source from which Hong Xiuquang obtained his knowledge of the Christian Bible. The differences between the Chinese culture and the Western culture led to misinterpretation of The Bible by Ma and Hong's misunderstanding in his reading. This provided the possibility of recreating a dialog between the Chinese culture and the Western culture. The Chinese translation of the word “God” in Ma's version of The Bible exerted a far-reaching influence upon HongXiuquan, which led Hong on to the path of setting up a new religion different from the Christianity. The distinctive feature of Hong Xiuquan's accepting the Western culture was to renew the Chinese culture by applying the Chinese culture to reform the Western culture.