在現代世界，大都會人煙稠密，人際關係複雜，「侵權法」（Law of Torts）遂成社會發展之必然產物。誠如諾貝爾經濟學獎得主朗奴高斯（Ronald H. Coase）所言，世上衆人皆有其自身之權益，侵權法正好回應社會「以合理成本解決爭議」之需求，最終達致減少侵權事故之目標。中國內地、香港及台灣三個華人地區，基於歷史原因採用不同之法律制度。香港回歸中國後，按照《基本法》繼續採用英國普通法。內地與台
The Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order and Buddha’s Light International Association founded by Venerable Master Hsing Yun, two of the world’s largest Buddhist organizations, are dedicated to the spread of Humanistic Buddhism, a 21st century form of Buddhism aimed at bettering this world and human life by following the Buddha’s teachings. Throughout the past 50 years, tremendous progress has been made in the circles of Chinese-speaking communities, while steady efforts are made in rendering this vast amount of Buddhist corpus into English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and some twenty other languages.As said, “To learn a new language is take on a new culture, a new world.” Further difficulties arise when it comes to learning Buddhism in a new language, still a world that awaits the light of wisdom and experience to be shed. Any aspiring translator daring to take on this daunting task of translating Buddhist texts into their own language would no doubt appreciate as much help as they can obtain
