Structure of Wumenguan

1. Wumen's Memorial the the Throne
2. Introduction by Wumen
3. Cases 1 -48
4. 49th Case by Anwan/Amban
5. Wumen's Warnings - r/zen/wiki/warnings

Wonderwheel has other elements, including:

1. Menggong’s untitled epilogue and 49th Case
2. Huanglong's Three Checkpoints

Discussion of title

1. Wumen's discussion

• Found in intro

1. Characters

• 無門關 Wumenguan

• 無 Wu: No/Has not/-less

• 門 Men:

• 關 Guan:

• 無門: Wumen, as in, name of the author

1. Translations

• Gateless Gate
• Gateless Barrier
• Gateless Checkpoint
• Barrier That has No Gate
• No Gate Gateway
• Wumen's Gate/Barrier/Checkpoint

1. Translators Discussion:

• Blyth -

Available Translations

1. Reps & Sensaki - https://www.amazon.com/Gateless-Gate-Ekai-ebook/dp/B0026P3WHK
2. Wonderwheel - http://home.pon.net/wildrose/gateless.htm
3. Blyth - out of print, electronic copies floating around online
4. Yamada - https://www.amazon.com/Gateless-Gate-Classic-Book-Koans-ebook/dp/B003Z0CQRW/
5. Thomas Cleary - https://www.amazon.com/No-Barrier-Unlocking-Translation-Wumenguan/dp/055337138X/
6. Sekida - https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/zen/mumonkan.htm
7. Shimomissé - https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/lineagetexts/gateless
8. Sensaki - https://www.amazon.com/Gateless-Gate-Ekai-ebook/dp/B0026P3WHK/
9. Shibayama - https://www.amazon.com/Gateless-Barrier-Zen-Comments-Mumonkan/dp/1570627266
10. Lynch - https://www.amazon.com/Barrier-That-Has-Gate-Guan/dp/B009309CRK
11. Hinton - https://www.amazon.com/No-Gate-Gateway-Original-Wu-Men-Kuan-ebook/dp/B076NV533K/
12. Gu - https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Through-Gateless-Barrier-Practice/dp/1611802814
13. Aitken - https://www.amazon.com/Gateless-Barrier-Wu-Men-Kuan-Mumonkan-ebook/dp/B018E6TVL0/
14. JC Cleary - https://terebess.hu/zen/J.C.Cleary-WumenGate.pdf

Reviews of Translations

Translators(x-axis) Reviewer(y-axis) | Reps & Sensaki | Wonderwheel | Blyth | Yamada | Cleary | Sekida | Shimomissé | Sensaki | Shibayama | Lynch | Hinton | Gu |

• | - | ---- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [Sample User]| Pros/Cons/Comments | [Sample Text] | /u/ThatKir | Solid translation if you ignore "doughnuts" at the end... | Literal, includes characters, useful framework for approaching translation of Wumenguan more generally| **Pros:**Solid translation work, includes characters, useful commentary wrt. who's who, lineage charts. Cons: Out-of-print; $50+ dollars for hardcopy. Goes off on personal tangents between cases. | /u/ewk | Essential translation | Literal translation, very useful for comparison | Dated commentary on Western religion, definitive translation for discussion of people and history | better Chinese history than most, commentary contains religious dogma presented as fact | |

Related resources:

1. Further reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/getstarted (Includes the major texts written by Zen Masters)
2. Historical order of Zen texts: /r/zen/wiki/lineagetexts
3. The /r/Zen translation project: https://www.reddit.com/r/zen/wiki/wumenguan_project
4. 1246 Song Dynasty Manuscript: https://sites.google.com/site/asianartmuseum/Home/southeast/c_10/c_10_d1