..续本文上一页 a less complete kind may be considered secondary infringements.
从伦理立场来看，这项戒律的主要目的是保障婚姻关系，使其不受外来的干扰，并增进婚姻中的信任与忠诚。而从心灵立场来看，这项戒律有助于抑止庞大的性欲，以便能更进一步走向禁欲，完成僧侣们所恪守的独身( brahmacariya)。对于在家众来说，这项戒律则意味着：不与不正当的伴侣发生性关系。对于不邪淫戒，最主要违犯是完全的性结合，其他较不完全而有相关性的行为，则被认为是较为次级的违犯。
The main question raised by the precept concerns who is to count as an illicit partner. The Buddha”s statement defines the illicit partner from the perspective of the man, but later treatises elaborate the matter for both sexes.33
这项戒律所牵涉的主要问题是：谁算是「不正当的伴侣」？佛陀的教法是从男性的角度界定「不正当的伴侣」的意义；而后来的注释书则进一步发展这些论述，让它们的适用范围同时扩及男性与女性。
For a man, three kinds of women are considered illicit partners:
从男性的角度来说，有三种女性是不正当的伴侣：
(1) A woman who is married to another man. This includes, besides a woman already married to a man, a woman who is not his legal wife but is generally recognized as his consort, who lives with him or is kept by him or is in some way acknowledged as his partner. All these women are illicit partners for men other than their own husbands. This class would also include a woman engaged to another man. But a widow or porced woman is not out of bounds, provided she is not excluded for other reasons.
(1)已与另一位男性结婚的女性。除了已婚女性之外，这一项的范畴还包括虽然还没有正式婚姻关系，但已被大家公认是另一位男性的配偶的女性，她可能与他一起居住、受他照顾，或是以某种方式被承认是他的伴侣。这些女性对男性来说，是除了她们自己丈夫外的非法伴侣。这一项的范畴还包括已经订婚的女性。然而，寡妇和离婚的女性并不被认为是不正当的伴侣，除非有其他的因素出现。
(2) A woman still under protection. This is a girl or woman who is under the protection of her mother, father, relatives, or others rightfully entitled to be her guardians. This provision rules out elopements or secret marriages contrary to the wishes of the protecting party.
(2)仍受其他人保护的女性。这里指的是仍在父母、亲戚、或其他合法监护人的保护之下的女孩或妇女。由于这项规定，私奔或是违反保护人的意愿而私订终身，都是不可以的。
(3) A woman prohibited by convention. This includes close female relatives forbidden as partners by social tradition, nuns and other women under a vow of celibacy, and those prohibited as partners by the law of the land.
(3)习俗上所不容做为伴侣的女性。这包括了：社会传统所禁止成为伴侣的女性近亲、比库尼，或其他守独身戒的女性，以及当地法律所禁止成为伴侣的女性。从女性角度来看，有两种男性应被视为不正当的伴侣：
From the standpoint of a woman, two kinds of men are considered illicit partners:
(1) For a married woman any man other than her husband is out of bounds. Thus a married woman violates the precept if she breaks her vow of fidelity to her husband. But a widow or porcee is free to remarry.
(1)对于已婚的女性来说，除了丈夫以外的男性，都是此戒所约束的对象。因此，如果她违反了对于丈夫的忠诚誓言，她就犯了戒。但是寡妇或离婚的女性，是可以自由再嫁的。
(2) For any woman any man forbidden by convention, such as close relatives and those under a vow of celibacy, is an illicit partner.
Besides these, any case of forced, violent, or coercive sexual union constitutes a transgression. But in such a case the violation falls only on the offender, not on the one compelled to submit.
(2)对于所有的女性来说，习俗上所不容做为伴侣的男性 —例如：近亲或守独身戒的男性，都是不正当的伴侣。除此之外，所有因为胁迫、暴力或是强制的性结合，都是犯了不邪淫戒。但在这种案例中，犯戒的只是侵犯者，受到强迫而屈就的人并没有犯戒。
The positive virtue corresponding to the abstinence is, for laypeople, marital fidelity. Husband and wife should each be faithful and devoted to the other, content with the relationship, and should not risk a breakup to the union by seeking outside partners. The principle does not, however, confine sexual relations to the marital union. It is flexible enough to allow for variations depending on social convention. The essential purpose, as was said, is to prevent sexual relations which are hurtful to others. When mature independent people, though unmarried, enter into a sexual relationship through free consent, so long as no other person is intentionally harmed, no breach of the training factor is involved.
对在家众来说，与不邪淫相对应的正面德行是婚姻上的忠诚。夫妻之间应对彼此忠诚、相互奉献，对于彼此的关系感到满足，不去寻找其他伴侣而破坏彼此的婚姻关系。然而，这条戒律并不禁止婚姻中的性关系，随着社会风俗的不同，它也容许做出弹性的调整。因为正如我们所说过的，这项戒律的主要目的，是防止会让他人受到伤害的性关系。当两个虽然没有结婚、但成熟而独立的人，出于自由而同意发生性关系，也没有其他人被有意地伤害，那幺此一道支便未被违反。
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