景教의 ‘예수’名에 관한 考察

Abstract

Nestorianism was a sect of Christianity that entered the Tang Dynasty around the 7th century AD. The religion introduced by Syrian missionaries was very prosperous through active missionary activities under the protection of the imperial family of the Tang Dynasty at that time, and conveyed the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Chinese people about 200 years before being suppressed and exterminated by religion in the middle of the 9th century. In order to convey the basic teachings of Christianity and the whereabouts and words of Jesus, it is necessary to translate the scriptures into Chinese. Starting from the “Xuting mishisuojing”, a total of seven classics have been published. In various literature, many names corresponding to “God”, “Jesus”, and “Messiah” can be found. “God” is translated using Buddhist and Taoist terminology, and the syllables of the words corresponding to “Messiah” are similar to those of the original words. There is not much objection, but many scholars believe that the translation of “Xuqing” in some literature, such as the earliest published “Xuting mishisuojing”, is a controversial interpretation of “Jesus”. In this regard, this article provides a brief introduction to Nestorianism, citing the views of scholars who advocate for phonology on the phonological range of “Jesus” and the doctrines of scholars who advocate for semantic range. After criticism, through phonetic examination of these phonological ranges, it is concluded that “Xuting” is not the phonological range of “Jesus”. And from the perspective of syntactic, the literature title of “Xuting mishisuojing” was analyzed in the most reasonable way, revealing that this literature is a title with the meaning of “The scriptures of explaining and listening to the Messiah”.