The cases

This audit reads Blyth's eight Zen books against the dictionary. Of 171 passages weighed, 123 come out faithful; 41 carry a grounded divergence and 7 stay unresolved. The lead finding is not a mistranslation but a non-translation, and across the oeuvre it is the spine. Each card below is one built case, tagged with the book it comes from: the term, its attested reading, and Blyth's rendering. The books are kept on separate bases; the full book-by-book breakdown is on the method page, and the documented faithful controls are on the fairness page.

41/171passages with a grounded divergence · 45 terms · 123 faithful · 7 unresolved · across 8 books

無 “the word ‘no’” → Blyth: “Mu,” then “all is Mu.” 無 Mu Mumonkan major Family A 喝 “an encounter shout” → Blyth: “Kwatz!”, untranslated, everywhere. 喝 Kwatz! History of Zen III major Family A 悟 “awakening” → Blyth: “satori,” the word left untranslated. 悟 satori History of Zen II major Family A 庭前柏樹子 “the cypress tree in the courtyard” → Blyth: “The oak tree.” 庭前柏樹子 The oak tree Mumonkan major Family D 放汝三頓棒 “spare you three rounds of blows” → Blyth: “A beating is what you want!” 放汝三頓棒 A beating is what you want! Mumonkan major Family C 露地白牛 “the white ox in the open ground” → Blyth: “the white cow of the dewy ground.” 露地白牛 the white cow of the dewy ground History of Zen III major Family D 大雄峰 “Great Hero Peak” → Blyth: “Daiyu Peak,” the Buddha-epithet erased. 大雄峰 Daiyu Peak Zen in English Lit (1942) major Family A 本來面目 “original face” → Blyth: “the Original Self.” 本來面目 the Original Self Mumonkan major Family B 法身 “teaching-body” → Blyth: “the Dharmakaya,” plus an imported Trikaya. 法身 the Dharmakaya History of Zen II major Family A 主人公 “the master of the house” → Blyth: “True Self.” 主人公 True Self Mumonkan major Family B 煩惱即菩提 “afflictions are awakening” → Blyth: “illusion is salvation.” 煩惱即菩提 illusion is salvation History of Zen I major Family B 涅槃妙心 “the wondrous mind of nirvana” → Blyth: “the Secret Essence of Nirvana.” 涅槃妙心 the Secret Essence of Nirvana Mumonkan major Family B 諦聽 “listen carefully” → Blyth: “Hear the Truth!” 諦聽 Hear the Truth! Mumonkan major Family B 摩訶衍 “great vehicle” → Blyth: “Makaen.” 摩訶衍 Makaen Mumonkan major Family A

14 flagship case pages are built here. The five families of alteration, with every divergent term of the ledger, are on the families page; the mild findings are in the appendix. Adding a new case is adding one content file: the count, the family rosters, and the fairness page recompute on their own.