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The book's title should be Ch'an Root.
The content is mainly about etimology of key words on Ch'an tradition, and how (according to the author) the lost of translation of the words from original Chinese. Arguably the lost of teachings when adapted from China to Japan. But author gives explicit samples on English Zen literatures.
For English adaptation of Ch'an/Zen literatures, the author gives some lost in translation cases on Appendix section. The arguments on the books are using the appendix as the reference. So readers could read back and forth between the book's chapters and the appendix.
I read this book for Lunar New Year of 2021.
The content is mainly about etimology of key words on Ch'an tradition, and how (according to the author) the lost of translation of the words from original Chinese. Arguably the lost of teachings when adapted from China to Japan. But author gives explicit samples on English Zen literatures.
For English adaptation of Ch'an/Zen literatures, the author gives some lost in translation cases on Appendix section. The arguments on the books are using the appendix as the reference. So readers could read back and forth between the book's chapters and the appendix.
I read this book for Lunar New Year of 2021.
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