关于隋释彦琮生平的几个问题

On the Lifetime Issues About Monk Yan Cong of Sui Dynasty

隋释彦琮是中国译学理论史上占有重要地位的佛典译论家、翻译家,中国第一篇系统的翻译专论《辩正论》的作者。关于他的生平、翻译活动等情况历史上虽有记载,却语焉不详。经考证,彦琮生卒年为公元557—610年,即生活于六至七世纪之交的北朝和隋朝,其生前的大部分时间是在隋朝度过的;其出生地"赵郡柏人",就是如今的河北省邢台市隆尧县;除了学界公认的高僧身份和佛典翻译及理论成就外,在隋朝他还担任"学士"官职。

Monk Yan Cong, the major translation theorist of Sui Dynasty, occupies the im- portant place for his treatise On Right Way, which was the first in the Chinese history of transla- tion theory; he was also a Buddhist sutra translator. Yet the studies on his life, translating activities remain to be furthered. Research shows that his lifetime （557--610） was between the 6th and 7th centuries, i.e. the end of Northern Dynasties and Sui Dynasty and he spent the most of his years in Sui Dynasty. His birthplace locates in today＇s Longyao County of Xingtai City in He- bei of China. Besides being the accomplished monk of his time, sutra translator and translation theorist, he also held the official position of secretaryship （Xue Shi） in the central government of Sui Dynasty.