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=== Assistant: Yes — the original Chinese text for Zhaozhou Congshen 趙州從諗, 778-897 is available under the title 趙州和尚語錄 also given as 趙… ===
Yes — the original Chinese text for Zhaozhou Congshen (趙州從諗, 778-897) is available under the title 趙州和尚語錄 (also given as 趙州真際禪師語錄, 趙州從諗禪師語錄, etc.). m.fodizi.tw<ref>{{cite web|title=m.fodizi.tw|url=https://m.fodizi.tw/f05/78798.html|publisher=m.fodizi.tw|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref>

Here are some pointers to find it and understand its provenance:

===== - It is one volume (or two subdivided volumes) compiling his sayings (問答、示眾、偈頌) as collected by his disciples and later editors. m.fodizi.tw<ref>{{cite web|title=m.fodizi.tw|url=https://m.fodizi.tw/f05/78798.html|publisher=m.fodizi.tw|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref> =====
* For example, the Buddhist electronic text repository CBETA lists it as “JB137 趙州和尚語錄” and gives access to the scroll/text. cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw<ref>{{cite web|title=cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw|url=https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/J24nB137_002|publisher=cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref>
* It was compiled by his disciple 文遠 (Wen Yuan) and later standardized in the Song era by 棲賢澄諟. ykbi.edu.tw<ref>{{cite web|title=ykbi.edu.tw|url=https://www.ykbi.edu.tw/modules/journal/data_36/journal_36_3.pdf|publisher=ykbi.edu.tw|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref>

===== You noted the English translation by James Green, The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu. That translation appears to derive from this Chinese text. For example, the famous koan “Dog has Buddha-nature or not?” appears in the Chinese as: =====

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===== - Visit the CBETA page for “JB137 趙州和尚語錄” which provides the text online. cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw<ref>{{cite web|title=cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw|url=https://cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/J24nB137_002|publisher=cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref> =====
* Look for a print edition under the title 《趙州真際禪師語錄》 or 《趙州從諗禪師語錄》 — many modern editions exist (in Traditional Chinese). Eslite<ref>{{cite web|title=Eslite|url=https://www.eslite.com/product/10072302132682912526007?srsltid=AfmBOorIFTxdjVM6nDBrpZeFPPa3Ckf50kYPZ8gc4fzfURbMWBBaUnUs|publisher=eslite.com|access-date=2025-11-11}}</ref>
* If you have access to Chinese Buddhism or Zen/Chan studies libraries, you may also find the fuller edition with commentary and variants.

If you like, I can [1] locate a reliable PDF or scanned version of the Chinese text and [2] check which edition/versus variant text James Green used (e.g., which manuscript/print edition) so you can follow his translation footnotes. Would you like me to pull those up now?