西方人对干支纪年的转译——以《英华历书》为核心的探讨

The Westerners' translation toward Chinese Sixty Cycle——the discussion around the Anglo Chinese Kalendar

西方人对干支纪年的转译是其翻译中国时间体系的一个组成部分,经历了耶稣会士、马礼逊到马儒翰的漫长过程。但是只有在马儒翰时期,这种翻译活动才具有了普遍的文化意义。本文以《英华历书》为中心,探讨干支纪年翻译模式的确立、其年代学依据以及干支纪年文化内涵的转变。

Westerners' translation activitity toward Chinese Sixty Cycle is a part of their translation towards Chinese time system,which got through a long period,including Jesuits,Robert Morrison and John Robert Morrison. But only in John Robert Morrison's period,the translation activity got an universal cultural meaning.This article concentrate on The Anglo-Chinese Calendar,discuss the establishment of the translation pattern of Chinese Sixty Cycle,its chronology gist and its transformation of cultural content.