圣经在中国的翻译和传播

传说基督教在东汉就已传入我国,但有据可考的则在唐代。随着基督教的传入,圣经的汉译也开始了,但明清以前的汉译圣经几乎都已失传。明清以降,来华传教士激增,圣经之汉译亦甚于从前,有各种“深文理”、“浅文理”和“官话”汉译圣经,也有许多方言和少数民族语言的圣经译本,从而使圣经得以在我国传播。

The Translation and Dissemination of the Bible in China

Christianity is said to come into China as early as Han Dynasty. Actu ally it is during Tang Dynasty that Christianity was introduced. With the introd uction of Christianity, the translation of the Bible into Chinese began, but alm ost all the Chinese versions of the Bible had lost before Ming and Qing Dynastie s. After that, more priests came, and more Chinese versions of the Bible came in to existence: classical and half-classical Chinese versions, Chinese version in the vernacular, and versions of dialects and those of minority nationalities lan guages. Thus, the Bible has disseminated in China.