ninjas or samuris?

[Drunken Monkey]

i mean that the chinese used was unchanged since the translation however many hundreds of years ago.

[47MartialMan]

How do you know this?

 

When was the translation done?

 

Is the copy exactly as the orignal?

 

What is the date of the original?

[Drunken Monkey]

my 'copy' is a photograph of the original

 

and

 

it is supposed to be one of the ones hand written by the emporer qian long.

 

now admittedly, that's not too long ago

 

but as i keep saying,

 

the characters used hadn't changed much since the unification of states+languages in 221 BC which took the writings of confucius as it's focus.

 

i.e you were 'copying' confucius.

 

in fact, the education system in hk still bares the 'scars' of that same teaching method.

[47MartialMan]

cool,

 

But you have to admit certain writings now take on a whole new meaning.

 

Also, certain writings omitted or have, certain liguisotcs as those used now.

 

Getting back to the text, what is its basis/subject?

 

Did'nt you say it had Buddhist origin?

[Drunken Monkey]

not really.

 

the form of the translation is of the old poetic format (which is the thing taht hasn't changed since confucius)

 

and actually follows the original text quite close in meaning.

 

but

 

from i gather, it isn't a direct translation of meaning

 

rather it is translated into an understandable form.

 

as for the original buddhist text.

 

i only know of it with the cantonese name.

[47MartialMan]

"from i gather, it isn't a direct translation of meaning

 

rather it is translated into an understandable form"

 

I am a little confused, (per I want to make sur that I am reading this correct) could you explain a little further?

 

Thanks

[Drunken Monkey]

.....in relation to grammatical forms

 

and differences in language.

 

as i mentioned elsewhere,

 

the grammatical form of chinese, especially the poetic form, was based on confucius' 'style'.

 

the scriptures, being chants, were translated then 'reformatted' to fit with the chinese poetic structure to retain it's 'flow'.

[47MartialMan]

So this particular text, the Gum Gong Ging, is un-changed and everything in it is completely understood?

 

Where can I find a copy of this text?

[dtstiachi]

Depends, do you want to have honor or no honor?

[Patrick]

Since the user being asked a question is no longer active here, I am going to go ahead and close this thread.

Thanks.