Korea Journal of Buddhist Studies 불교학연구 ISSN:1598-0642(Print)

Modern Buddhist journals, especially the magazine Bulgyo (Buddhism) published between 1920s and 1930s contains various translationscovering overseas Buddhist research, scientific knowledge, poetry, novels, etc., more than the those of scriptures. These journals also present the various discourses by Buddhist intellectuals on the method of translation. This circumstance requires a reflective review on the fact that previous researchers have passively explored the modern Buddhist leading intellectuals’ view of translation. Therefore, in Chapter 2, this study reviews recent research on the modern Buddhist translations and raises the need for research on translation discourses through Bulgyo. In Chapter 3, this study explores in detail the translation discourses appearing in Bulgyo between 1920s and 1930s and extracted their characteristics. As a result, it was confirmed that such intellectuals representing the Buddhist world as Park Han‐yeong, Kwon Sang‐ro, Han Yong‐un, Baek Seong‐uk and Kim Beop‐rin, etc. developed a translation theory aimed at formal diversity and that the discussions were developed in the direction of affirming the value of culture and literary translation. The publication of Joseongeul Hwaeom‐gyeong (Avatamsaka Stutra in Korean 1927, 1928) by Baek Yong‐seong is followed by active discussions related to the translation work. Bulgyo and other magazines (彙報) and journals (宗報) contain articles on Joseongeul Hwaeom‐gyeong. Various articles, commentaries, and advertisements of Buddhism were triggered by the publication of Joseongeul Hwaeom‐gyeong, with the development of logic in depth.