Tuesday, 23 May 2023

無門關 Wumenguan (Mumonkan) Title's word-for-word translation ( Chinese - English )

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Translating the title of the text and the author´s name:

title: 無門關

by author: 無門 慧開

{ 無 門 關 - (wú mén guān) - without door closed }

無門關

[without/ have no (無)] [door/gate] [to close/relationship]

Without door closed

Alt. Trans.: have no door closed

Alt. Trans.: without gates closed

Alt. Trans.: negation is a closed gate.

In reference to sects and hidden or secret knowledge, which was said to be 'kept behind closed doors': (regarding knowledge) have no [secret behind] closed doors.

In reference to a host, that was said to deny visits having the doors closed: (as a host with guests) have no door closed.

In reference to the mind, that is said to have gates: (in the mind) without gates closed.

As re-interpreted from a negative statement to a positive statement:

Have the door open // open the gate

{ 無 門 慧 開 - (wú mén huì kāi ) - without door bright open }

Name: Wumen Huikai (Mumon Ekai)

無門 慧開

[without/have no (無)] [door] [bright/intelligence] [open]

without door bright open

Alt. Trans.: Without a door, the (broom)-mind opens

Alt. Trans.: having no door, bright openness

As two statements related to each other:

have no door closed; [because] without a door, intelligence opens.


Characters:

[ 無 - wú - without ]

Translated as:

dict. 1 negative, no, not; lack, have no; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less

Pictographic representation:

Pictograph of a person (大) dancing with decorations (革) hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Original form of 舞 (dance). The current form is a phonetic loan.

[ 門 - mén - door ]

Translated as:

dict. gate, door, entrance, opening; gate; door;

CL:扇[shàn]; gateway; doorway;

CL:個|个[gè]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Pictographic representation:

Pictograph of a gate.

[ 關 - guān - to close ]

dict. to close

frontier pass; close; relation; mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve

Pictographic representation:

門 Meaning component: ( mén ) door

𢇇 Sound component: ( guān) to run threads through a web in weaving

[ 慧 - huì - bright ]

dict. bright, intelligent; intelligence; intelligent

Pictographic representation:

心 Meaning component: (xīn) heart [mind] Depicts a heart.

彗 Sound component: (huì) Pictograph of a hand holding broom.

[ 開- kāi - to open ]

dict. open; initiate, begin, start; to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice, etc.); to operate (a vehicle); carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi​'ěr​wén]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi​běn], book format

Pictographic representation:

Pictograph of two hands (廾) opening the bolt (一) on a door (門).



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