(Translation) 伎利檀
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| Translator(s) | Participants of 2018 Hanmun Summer Workshop (Intermediate Training Group) | |
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Original Script
Translation
Student Translation : Jelena Gledić
West of India, there is Yulopa. Yulopa means the Far West[1] in the local language. This country has a practice called Kiridan, which means to serve heaven in the local language. This practice is not Confucianism, it is not Buddhism, and it is not Daoism. It is separately established on a different base. In general, they govern their minds and handle matters without disobeying heaven, and the various countries’ different images depicting God are respected and served. Lao Zi, Buddhism, and our teaching[2] are expelled as enemies. Regarding what is mostly conveyed in our practice, the core is greatly different. As for Buddhism, they deeply oppose the concept of transmigration and consider there is a heaven and a hell. Their customs do not value marriage and they choose one who has never been close to women’s charms in his life and make him their leader, called the emperor of edification. Conveying God, they spread their teaching and edify the world. There is no hereditary succession, they choose the wise and ordain them. They have no personal families, only the public is their responsibility. Also, they have no sons, only the people are their children. Their books are like those of the Hui people[3], the left is the beginning and the rule is to write horizontally. Their scholars lay emphasis on friendly relations. They are knowledgeable about celestial patterns. “Ŏu yadam”
- Discussion Questions:
+ I was not sure about transcribing the Chinese characters into Korean (Yulopa)
+ In the text we have 天尊 and 天主 which can both be seen as God or spirit or the main holy entity of the doctrine, so I am not too happy using the same word in English to translate them (and I don't know if it is even correct), and I also want to avoid overly lengthy footnotes (although they might be necessary for this kind of text); also, if there was no concept of God before Christianity in Korea, is it appropriate to translate it using that word?
+ I intentionally translated 我 as plural (Our) because I assumed the author is describing this strange practice to his own people
