A Clear World from the Uncertainty: The Translation of Buddhist Scriptures in the Development of Chinese Translation History and Theories

Christianity, Islam and Buddhism are known as the world's three major religions, however, Buddhism owns vaster classics, richer philosophy, more profound and extensive implication, while the world's other religions can not compared with it.Throughout the development of Chinese translation, Buddhist scripture translation is not only the starting point of Chinese translation, but also occupies half in the long history of Chinese translation.Buddhist scripture translation, which plays a pivotal role, effectively promotes Buddhism's dissemination and development in China, and it has an immeasurable impact on the history, politics, religion, philosophy, culture and other fields in China, as well as translation theory in China.Therefore Buddhist scripture translation has become an important integral part of traditional Chinese culture.