Kumarajiva, of the fifth century A.D., one of the greatest translators of the Buddhist texts into Chinese, said that the work of translation is just like chewing food that is to be fed to others.

• 公元五世纪的鸠摩罗什，是把佛经译为汉文的最大翻译家之一，他说，翻译工作恰如嚼饭喂人。