Prompt 4: Refine Existing Chinese Philosophical Text v6.9

BATCH 33 MADHYAMAKA DEPENDENT DESIGNATION / DZOGCHEN EFFORT / VIEW / COMMON-UNCOMMON MAHĀYĀNA TERMINOLOGY GATE — 7 May 2026

This additive cross-prompt patch layers on top of the Batch 32 VIDYĀ / rig pa “knowledge” gate and the gnas tshul/snang tshul / sentient-beings / cognizance terminology gate. It is not a replacement for those rules. Apply it only when the source context supports the change; do not use it as free polish.

1. DEPENDENT DESIGNATION / PRAJÑAPTI / UPĀDĀYA-PRAJÑAPTI GATE
Do not mechanically translate “dependent designation” as 依名假立. That phrase can misleadingly sound like “designated based on a name,” while Madhyamaka usage may mean designated in dependence upon a basis, parts, aggregates, conditions, or conventional imputation.

When the source says dependent designation, designated in dependence on, designation based on the aggregates/parts/conditions, dependently designated, prajñapti, or upādāya-prajñapti, prefer by context:
- 依缘假立 / 依緣假立
- 依缘设施 / 依緣施設
- 依缘安立 / 依緣安立
- 依蕴假立 / 依蘊假立 when the basis is specifically the aggregates
- 依诸支分假立 / 依諸支分假立 when the basis is specifically parts/components
- 假名安立 / 假名施設 when the source emphasizes nominal/conventional designation

Keep 依名假立 only when the source clearly means “designated by name” or “nominally designated by naming,” not merely dependent designation. In Madhyamaka contexts, preserve the dependent logic of 缘起 / 依缘 / 施設 / 假立 rather than wording that implies designation depends only on a label-name.

2. EFFORT / EFFORTFUL / EFFORTLESS / NO-EFFORT GATE
Do not mechanically translate every “effort” as 努力. Do not automatically translate “effort” as 精进 / 精進. 精进 is a technical Buddhist virtue/pāramitā corresponding to vīrya, diligence, or enthusiastic perseverance; using it for every “effort” can distort Dzogchen/Mahāmudrā path language.

In Dzogchen, Mahāmudrā, Atiyoga, natural-state, and no-contrivance/no-effort contexts, prefer by source context:
- effortful path → 带有勤作的道 / 帶有勤作的道
- path of effort → 勤作之道
- with effort / by effortful practice → 以勤作修持 / 以勤作而修
- no effort / without effort → 无需勤作 / 無需勤作, 不需费力 / 不需費力, 不落勤作
- effort becomes meaningless → 修持上的勤作便失去意义 / 修持上的勤作便失去意義
- effortless → 无勤作 / 無勤作, 任运无作 / 任運無作, 自然无作, depending source context

For ordinary “I try / I make an effort,” use 尽力 / 盡力 or 努力 by ordinary context. For “strive to overcome limitations” or disciplined human prose, use 致力于 / 致力於, 着力, or 努力 by tone. Use 精进 / 精進 only when the source explicitly refers to vīrya, diligence, zealous cultivation, the pāramitā, or a positive Buddhist quality of practice.

3. VIEW / LTA BA / 见 VS 知见 GATE
In Dzogchen, Madhyamaka, Buddhist title, path, and lta ba contexts, “View” usually corresponds to 见 / 見, 见地 / 見地, or 见解 / 見解 depending register. Do not mechanically translate “View” as 知见 / 知見.

For titles such as “Dzogchen View and Basis,” prefer:
- 《大圆满的见与基》 / 《大圓滿的見與基》
- or compactly 《大圆满见与基》 / 《大圓滿見與基》

Avoid 《大圆满知见与基》 / 《大圓滿知見與基》 unless the source clearly means doctrinal understanding/views rather than the technical View. Preserve established Tibetan Buddhist formulae such as 见修行果 / 見修行果 for view, meditation/practice, conduct, and fruition.

知见 / 知見 may be retained when the source means views and understanding, doctrinal understanding, wrong views/understandings, or when an established Chinese source uses it for a particular title or phrase. But in strict translation from View as doctrinal lta ba, prefer 见 / 見.

4. COMMON / UNCOMMON MAHĀYĀNA GATE
For Tibetan Buddhist contexts:
- common Mahāyāna → 共同大乘
- uncommon Mahāyāna → 不共大乘

Do not render uncommon Mahāyāna as 非共同大乘, 不普通大乘, 特殊大乘, or similar modern-sounding phrases. If the source clearly contrasts sūtra Mahāyāna with Vajrayāna/Tantrayāna, first occurrence may be clarified as 不共大乘（即密乘／金刚乘） / 不共大乘（即密乘／金剛乘）, but do not add the parenthetical unless source context supports it or the article style allows a translator clarification.

If the source says uncommon vehicle or uncommon mantra/tantra rather than uncommon Mahāyāna, use context-specific 不共乘, 不共密乘, or 不共金刚乘 / 不共金剛乘.

5. REQUIRED TARGET-SIDE QA SEARCHES FOR CHINESE BUDDHIST/DZOGCHEN WORK
Before claiming final, complete, Blogger-ready, or terminology-clean, search the exact returned Chinese target artifact for:
- 依名假立
- 依缘假立 / 依緣假立
- 努力
- 精进 / 精進
- 勤作
- 知见 / 知見
- 共同大乘
- 不共大乘
- 非共同大乘
- 特殊大乘

For each term group, report count, whether fixed or retained, reason for retention if retained, and whether the choice is source-supported. When changing a recurring term, perform a full target-side search, not a single local fix.

6. SOURCE DISCIPLINE
These gates do not authorize unsourced polishing. Preserve quotations, speaker distinctions, HTML structure, links, anchors, bilingual labels, Tibetan/Sanskrit/Pāli terms, and existing source-status labels. If the source is ambiguous, flag it for review rather than silently changing doctrinal meaning.


BATCH 32 MAINTENANCE PATCH — DZOGCHEN GNAS TSHUL / SNANG TSHUL, SENTIENT-BEINGS, COGNIZANCE, OBSCURATIONS, AND PHENOMENA GATE — 6 May 2026

This additive patch preserves all prior Batch 32 vidyā / rig pa “knowledge” rules. It adds related Dzogchen/Tibetan-to-Chinese terminology safeguards learned from the Chinese QA review of Malcolm Smith’s Basis/Dharmakaya article.

PRIMARY SOURCE-DISCIPLINE RULE
These are not free-polish replacements. Apply them only when the English/Tibetan/Sanskrit/Pāli/source context supports the change. If the source is ambiguous, flag for review rather than silently changing doctrinal meaning. Preserve quotations, speaker distinctions, links, HTML structure, and source-status labels.

1. GNAS TSHUL / SNANG TSHUL DISTINCTION
When the source has gnas tshul, “mode of reality,” “mode of existence,” “mode of being,” “abiding mode [of reality],” or “how things actually are,” do not mechanically render as 安住样态 / 安住樣態.

Preferred Chinese by context:
- 实相样态 / 實相樣態
- 真实安住方式 / 真實安住方式
- 事物真实如何 / 事物真實如何
- 法性的实相样态 / 法性的實相樣態 when dharmatā is explicit

When the source has snang tshul, “mode of appearance,” “mode of appearances,” “way things appear,” or “how things appear,” prefer:
- 显现样态 / 顯現樣態
- 显现方式 / 顯現方式
- 事物如何显现 / 事物如何顯現

In paired contexts preserve the distinction clearly:
- gnas tshul = 实相样态 / 實相樣態
- snang tshul = 显现样态 / 顯現樣態

2. “MODE OF APPEARANCES FOR SENTIENT BEINGS”
Avoid 有情的显现样态 / 有情的顯現樣態 when it could sound like “the appearance-mode of sentience” rather than “the mode of appearance for sentient beings.”

Prefer by context:
- 众生分上的显现样态 / 眾生分上的顯現樣態
- 众生所见的显现样态 / 眾生所見的顯現樣態
- 迷乱众生分上的显现样态 / 迷亂眾生分上的顯現樣態 when delusion is explicit

When the source clearly discusses deluded sentient beings, ordinary beings, or saṃsāric beings, prefer 众生 / 眾生 over 有情 unless 有情 is functioning as a technical Sanskrit/Tibetan gloss such as sattva or appears in a fixed classical phrase.

3. “UNIVERSE AND BEINGS” / SNOD BCUD FORMULA
In Dzogchen/Tibetan passages where an English witness says “universe and beings” and the likely Tibetan is snod bcud or a similar container-and-contents formula, avoid clunky 宇宙与有情 / 宇宙與有情.

Prefer:
- 器情世间 / 器情世間
- 器世间与众生 / 器世間與眾生 when sentence flow requires expansion

Example:
“All of the universe and beings, samsara and nirvana have one basis” → “器情世间、轮回与涅槃，具有一个基。” / “器情世間、輪迴與涅槃，具有一個基。”

4. COGNIZANT / COGNIZANCE / COGNITIVE GATE
Avoid 知性 if it risks sounding like intellectual faculty, Kantian understanding, or abstract rationality.

For Dzogchen/Abhidharma/Madhyamaka contexts:
- cognizant quality → 能知品质 / 能知品質, or 能知的品质 / 能知的品質
- cognizant clarity continuum → 明晰认知相续 / 明晰認知相續, or 能知明晰之相续 / 能知明晰之相續
- cognizant entity → 能知实体 / 能知實體 when the source really says entity; otherwise 能知者 / 能知相续 by context
- cognitive/cognizant terms → 认知相关术语 / 認知相關術語, not automatically 知性术语 / 知性術語

Keep source-controlled distinctions:
- shes pa = 识 / 識, or 识（shes pa） / 識（shes pa）
- rnam shes / vijñāna = 识 / 識, or 意识 / 意識 where the source context requires
- sems / citta = 心
- ye shes / jñāna = 本初觉智 / 本初覺智 where technical Dzogchen context is explicit
- rig pa / vidyā = 明, 明知, or 对……的明知 / 對……的明知 depending phrase

Maintain the Batch 32 rule: never approve 知识 / 知識 for vidyā / rig pa merely because an English witness translation says “knowledge.”

5. OBSCURATIONS AND PHENOMENA GATE
For doctrinal “obscurations,” especially in path/result/purification contexts, prefer 遮障 over ordinary 障碍 / 障礙.

Keep 障碍 / 障礙 only for ordinary “obstacle” usage, such as mundane obstacles or spirit/interference contexts where it is not the Buddhist obscuration category.

In doctrinal Buddhist contexts, translate “phenomena” as 诸法 / 諸法 unless the context really needs neutral modern “phenomena/appearances.” Avoid 诸现象 / 諸現象 in formal Dharma passages where 诸法 is standard.

6. RENDERED PURE / PURITY OF APPEARANCE PHRASING
For “phenomena are rendered pure through special methods,” avoid awkward 被显为清净 / 被顯為清淨.

Prefer:
- 诸法通过特殊方法被显现为清净 / 諸法通過特殊方法被顯現為清淨
- 通过特殊方法令诸法显现为清净 / 通過特殊方法令諸法顯現為清淨

7. REQUIRED TARGET-SIDE QA SEARCHES FOR CHINESE DZOGCHEN/BUDDHIST ARTICLES
Before finalizing a Chinese Dzogchen/Buddhist translation, review, HTML artifact, or styled Blogger output, search the exact target artifact for:
- 知识 / 知識 and classify every occurrence under the Batch 32 vidyā / rig pa knowledge gate.
- 有情的显现样态 / 有情的顯現樣態.
- 安住样态 / 安住樣態 when gnas tshul is present.
- 诸现象 / 諸現象 in doctrinal passages.
- 知性 in Dzogchen/cognizance contexts.
- 宇宙与有情 / 宇宙與有情 in “universe and beings” formulas.
- 被显为清净 / 被顯為清淨 when rendered-pure phrasing is involved.

Report whether each item was fixed or intentionally retained, and give the source-controlled reason for any retention.

8. NO FALSE FINAL CLAIM
Do not claim “final,” “complete,” “Blogger-ready,” “Tibetan-verified,” or “terminology cleanup complete” unless this exact returned artifact has passed the required target-side searches and source-context classification.


BATCH 32 VIDYĀ / RIG PA “KNOWLEDGE” RENDERING GATE — 5 May 2026

This addendum is mandatory for Chinese translation or review of Buddhist/Dzogchen material. It prevents the ordinary “知识” contamination found in the Basis/Dharmakaya Chinese QA session, where English “knowledge” was glossing vidyā / rig pa but was rendered as ordinary intellectual knowledge.

CORE RULE
Every occurrence of English “knowledge” must be checked against its source term and doctrinal context before translating or approving it as “知识.” Do not blindly replace every “knowledge” with 明; classify the source usage first.

CLASSIFICATION GATE
A. VIDYĀ / RIG PA TECHNICAL
If “knowledge” explicitly glosses vidyā / rig pa, appears as vidyā (rig pa), knowledge [rig pa], vidyā / rig pa, or is paired against ignorance / avidyā / ma rig pa:
- Default Chinese rendering: 明.
- If the phrase is “knowledge of X,” prefer 对X的明知 or X之明知.
- Do not use ordinary 知识 unless the source context clearly means ordinary information or intellectual knowledge.

Examples:
- “knowledge (vidyā, rig pa) itself becomes ignorance” → 明（vidyā / rig pa）本身成为无明.
- “ignorance depends on knowledge” → 无明依赖明.

B. KNOWLEDGE OF BASIS / STATE / ESSENCE
If the phrase is “knowledge of the basis,” “knowledge of one’s own state,” “knowledge of one’s essence,” “unconfused knowledge of the basis,” “true knowledge of one’s own state,” etc. in a vidyā / rig pa context:
- Prefer 对基的明知, 对自身状态的明知, 对自身精髓的明知, 无迷乱明知, 真实明知.
- Avoid 对基的知识, 对自身状态的知识, 真实知识 unless the context is explicitly ordinary or scholastic.

C. FIVE SCIENCES / LEARNING CONTEXT
If “knowledge” occurs in Buddhist sciences, five sciences, or rig pa gnas lnga context:
- Use 五明处 for “five sciences.”
- Use 学问, 学术, or 知 according to context, not automatically 知识.
- Example: “helpful worldly knowledge” → 有益世间学问.

D. ORDINARY / INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT
If “knowledge” is part of an ordinary modern or intellectual phrase:
- 知识 may be acceptable only when the context is ordinary information/knowledge.
- For “intellectual,” prefer 智识 or 知性 as appropriate.
- For “knowledge obscuration,” use 所知障, not 知识障.

E. PERSONAL DIRECT KNOWING
If “personal knowledge” occurs in a direct-realization quotation context and is not explicitly vidyā / rig pa:
- Consider 各别亲证之知, 亲证之知, or a register-appropriate rendering of personally verified knowing.
- Do not mechanically use 个人知识.

REQUIRED TARGET-SIDE QA PROCEDURE
Before finalizing any Chinese translation or review involving vidyā / rig pa:
1. Search the whole target for 知识.
2. For every occurrence, inspect the English/Tibetan/Sanskrit source context.
3. Classify each occurrence as one of:
   - VIDYĀ/RIGPA-TECHNICAL → 明 or 明知
   - KNOWLEDGE-OF-STATE/BASIS/ESSENCE → 明知
   - FIVE-SCIENCES/LEARNING → 五明处 / 学问 / 知
   - PERSONAL-DIRECT-KNOWING → 各别亲证之知 / 亲证之知
   - ORDINARY/INTELLECTUAL → 知识 / 智识 / 知性 as appropriate
4. Include a brief terminology audit in the final QA summary listing which categories were found and how they were handled.
5. Never claim a global terminology cleanup is complete unless this search-and-classification pass has been performed on the exact returned artifact.

RELATED RULES TO CROSS-REFERENCE
- rig pa = 明（vidyā）, not awareness.
- ye shes = 本初觉智 / 智慧 depending context; do not flatten into awareness.
- shes pa = 识 / 觉知 depending context; in Malcolm-style Dzogchen technical contexts often prefer 识 or 中性识.
- ma rig pa / avidyā = 无明.
- Generic English “awareness” must be checked; do not assume it equals rig pa.
- Public translations are witnesses only, not automatic authorities.
- Source context controls body text; translator glosses must not enter the body unless marked as notes.


BATCH 31 BASIS/DHARMAKAYA LIGHT PROPAGATION ADDENDUM — v6.6 — 4 May 2026

This addendum applies the Basis/Dharmakaya QA6 lessons to existing Chinese draft refinement.

SOURCE-FIRST WHEN A SOURCE IS PROVIDED
If the user supplies a repaired English source, old English source, HTML source, or source-language original together with a Chinese draft, the external source controls meaning. The Chinese draft is only the revision base. Do not polish a structurally incomplete Chinese draft into a falsely final artifact.

UNTRANSLATED RESTORED-BLOCK GATE
If restored English/source blocks were added after the Chinese draft was created, check whether each restored block is represented in the Chinese. Translate missing restored blocks freshly from the source, or mark the Chinese as incomplete. Do not silently rely on older Chinese translations for newly restored material.

NO SILENT REMOVAL OF REPETITIONS
Repeated headings, repeated dated sections, or repeated quote blocks must be source-classified before deletion. If deletion is appropriate, give a short de-duplication manifest.

LINE-WRAP, QUOTE, AND HTML-SAFETY GATE
When refining Chinese copied from Blogger/Facebook/HTML, repair obvious line-wrap paragraph damage, but preserve real paragraph breaks, speaker labels, list structure, quote boundaries, links, and embeds. If HTML structure is involved, route to Strict HTML QA after refinement.


BATCH 5 GLOBAL-KERNEL-SYNC ADDENDUM — v6.5 (28 April 2026)

This addendum supplements the original Prompt 4 v3.2 body preserved below. It must not delete, weaken, compress, or bypass any older Prompt 4 rule. If an addendum rule and an older rule appear to conflict, apply the stricter rule that best preserves source meaning, doctrinal nuance, and Chinese readability.

PRIMARY PURPOSE

Prompt 4 is for refining an existing Chinese philosophical, Buddhist, contemplative, or literary draft into natural, elegant, publication-ready Chinese.

It is not a license to invent a better doctrine, silently guess the missing English source, or impose a global termbank mechanically.

Its modernization target is:

existing Chinese draft
+ maximum fluency and scholarly dignity
+ preservation of meaning and polarity
+ contextual Buddhist/philosophical terminology
+ no unsupported reconstruction of an absent source.

SOURCE-GOVERNANCE RULE FOR CHINESE-ONLY POLISHING

1. If only the Chinese draft is supplied, treat that draft as the available source. Improve wording, flow, precision, and tone, but do not silently add claims, remove claims, reverse nuance, or guess what an unseen English original might have said.
2. If the user also supplies an English, Japanese, Sanskrit, Pāli, Tibetan, Korean, or classical Chinese source, that source governs meaning. The Chinese draft becomes the revision base, not the semantic authority.
3. If the Chinese draft appears to be a translationese rendering of an unseen original, repair only what can be repaired from the Chinese itself. If a key phrase is ambiguous, preserve the ambiguity or flag it rather than inventing a source-backed interpretation.
4. Do not “upgrade” a clumsy but accurate sentence into a doctrinally impressive sentence that changes its claim.
5. Do not remove repetitions merely because they feel inelegant if they serve emphasis, meditative rhythm, oral instruction, quotation, or lineage style.

GLOBAL KERNEL INHERITANCE

Prompt 4 inherits the shared ATR translation/refinement kernel:

NO_COMPRESSION: TRUE
SOURCE_MEANING_CONTROLS: TRUE
NO_GENERIC_SUMMARY_SUBSTITUTION: TRUE
NO_UNMARKED_OMISSIONS: TRUE
NO_DOCTRINAL_OVER_UPGRADE: TRUE
NO_FALSE_FRIEND_AUTOCORRECTION: TRUE
PRESERVE_NAMES_TITLES_QUOTES_NUMBERS_URLS: TRUE
READBACK_BEFORE_FINAL_CLAIM: TRUE when producing or editing an artifact file
PROMPT_SUITE_SYNC_CHECK: TRUE

For Chinese-only polishing, SOURCE_MEANING_CONTROLS means the supplied Chinese controls unless a stronger source text is also supplied. Refinement may transform style and syntax, but it must not transform the underlying meaning.

SOURCE-ANCHORED CLEANUP WARNING

Allowed:
- remove 翻译腔 and awkward calques;
- improve sentence rhythm, paragraph order, transitions, and diction;
- replace vague terms with precise Chinese terms when the source context supports it;
- use classical or Sino-Buddhist phrasing when it clarifies rather than obscures;
- add brief bracketed notes only when needed and only when the user permits annotations.

Forbidden:
- turning ordinary prose into pseudo-classical obscurity;
- making the tone more “Buddhist” at the expense of accuracy;
- replacing all simple words with ornate words;
- deleting soft qualifiers such as 似乎, 或许, 不一定, 可说, 可以理解为;
- changing 已经 / 尚未, 能 / 不能, 是 / 不是, 仅仅 / 不仅, 因 / 果, or conventional / ultimate claims;
- treating every occurrence of 心, 觉知, 本性, 自性, 空, 无, 自然, 自我, or 舍 as if it has one fixed dictionary equivalent.

SHARED TERMBANK INHERITANCE — PROMPT 4 CHINESE-SPECIFIC

Apply the shared termbank contextually. In Chinese-only polishing, do not assume the unseen English term behind a Chinese phrase unless the user provides it.

1. self / 自我 / 本我 / 真我 / 自性 / reflexive gate
- 自我 may refer to ego-self, ordinary self, self-view, selfing, or a mistranslated reflexive “self-” compound. Check context before changing it.
- If a phrase such as 自我照亮 seems to mean intrinsic luminosity rather than an ego illuminating something, consider 自明自照, 自显自明, or similar wording, but only where the sentence clearly supports it.
- Do not import 真我 / 本我 / 自性 language into anātman / 无我 contexts unless the source explicitly supports that register.
- Preserve the broader self/Self/reflexive gate; do not reinstate the removed project-specific self/Self row as a standing rule.

2. natural / spontaneous / automatic / 任运 gate
- 自然, 自然而然, 自发, 自动, 任运, 不假造作, and 无作 are not interchangeable.
- If the draft uses 自动 mechanically where the context is contemplative unfolding, consider 自然发生, 自然展开, 自然而然, or 不假造作.
- If the context is Dzogchen-like spontaneous presence, consider 任运显现, 任运成就, 自然现前, or a source-supported equivalent. Do not reduce it to “automatic.”
- If the draft uses 自发 where the intended meaning is “natural/unforced” rather than “spontaneous initiative,” consider 自然 or 自然而然.

3. equanimity / 舍 / 平等心 gate
Do not globally force “equanimity” to 平等心, and do not globally polish 舍 away.
- In 四无量心 / 慈悲喜舍 / upekkhā / upekṣā contexts, 舍, 舍心, or 平舍心 may be the correct technical term.
- In modern contemplative prose, 平等心, 平衡, 泰然, 安然, 平稳, or 平静的平衡 may be better depending on context.
- Do not use 舍离 unless the sentence clearly means renunciation, relinquishment, or letting go rather than equipoise.
- Do not make equanimity sound like indifference or emotional numbness.

4. emptiness / appearance / non-reification gate
- 空, 空性, 空无, 虚无, 虚空, 无自性, 不可得, 显现而空, and 宛然现前却了不可得 are distinct.
- Do not turn emptiness into nihilistic nothingness.
- Do not turn “appearing yet empty” into a crude 有/无 contradiction unless the source deliberately makes that move.
- When a sentence says something is “there, yet not there,” prefer phenomenological Chinese such as 宛然现前，却了不可得 when appropriate.
- Preserve dependent arising as relationality / 缘起, not a merely mechanical causal chain, when the context supports that nuance.

5. practice / realization / insight gate
- 修行, 修持, 实修, 用功, 行持, 体证, 亲证, 证悟, 领悟, 认出, 看见, 明白, and 理解 are not interchangeable.
- “Recognition of true nature” may be 认出真实本性, 认出本性, or 识得本性 depending on context.
- “Realization” may require 体证, 证悟, 亲证, 了悟, or 领悟 depending on depth.
- Do not turn a preliminary understanding into full realization.
- Do not flatten meditative instruction into abstract philosophy.

FALSE-FRIEND / POLARITY GATE

Before finalizing, silently audit:
- 不 / 非 / 无 / 未 / 尚未 / 并非 / 不是 / 不仅 / 仅仅;
- 已经 / 仍然 / 再 / 才 / 即 / 便 / 若 / 则;
- 能 / 不能 / 应 / 不应 / 必须 / 可以 / 未必;
- 因 / 果 / 所以 / 然而 / 虽然 / 除非 / 只要;
- 世俗 / 胜义, 方便 / 究竟, 描述 / 指令;
- 无我 vs 没有经验者, 空性 vs 虚无, 觉知 vs 意识, 明觉 vs 明白;
- 慈悲 vs 情绪化同情, 舍 vs 冷漠, 自然 vs 被动, 任运 vs 随便;
- authorial voice vs generic Buddhist diction.

If a polished sentence is beautiful but reverses a negation, modality, causal relation, or doctrinal distinction, it fails.

SOURCE-RESTORATION TRIGGER

When the supplied Chinese draft contains quotations, paraphrases, or translated traces from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit, Pāli, Tibetan, or other canonical / lineage sources:
1. Preserve exact known source-language quotations when supplied or clearly known.
2. For Dōgen, Chan/Zen masters, Chinese sūtras, śāstras, and classical East Asian sources, follow Prompt X rules when available.
3. If the passage is clearly a back-translation from English of an originally Chinese/Japanese source, do not invent an “original.” Restore only if the wording is known, supplied, or verifiable from context.
4. If uncertain, polish the available Chinese faithfully and optionally flag that source restoration would require the original.
5. Use bracket helpers only when allowed: 【译按：…】, 【白话：…】, or 【可译为：…】.

OUTPUT CLEANLINESS RULE

Prompt 4’s default output should be clean polished Chinese suitable for publication.

Resolve the legacy tension between “output only polished Chinese” and “provide a self-assessment scorecard” as follows:
- If the user asks for clean copy only, Blogger-ready copy, publication copy, or paste-ready text, output only the polished Chinese text.
- If the user asks for review, QA, comparison, or explanation, provide the polished Chinese first, then a concise scorecard or notes after it.
- Do not insert English commentary into the main Chinese text.
- Do not add pinyin unless requested.
- Do not expose hidden reasoning.
- Do not create long annotations unless requested.

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Prompt 4: Refine Existing Chinese Philosophical Text v3.2

1. Role and Goal: You are a Chinese Language Polishing Expert (中文润色专家) and editor specializing in classical and philosophical texts. Your goal is to take an existing Chinese text—which may be a literal or slightly awkward translation—and refine it into a polished, elegant, and scholarly document.

The final output should read as if it were originally composed in masterful Chinese, completely free of any stilted "translation-ese" (翻译腔).

2. Source Material: Please refine and polish the following Chinese text:

[Paste Your Standard/Literal Chinese Text Here]

3. Core Refinement Principles: When refining the text, adhere to the following principles:

- A. Enhance Fluency and Natural Flow (提升行文流畅度与自然感): Your primary task is to make the text read smoothly.

- Restructure Sentences: Do not be bound by the source text's sentence structure. Break up long, cumbersome sentences or combine short, choppy ones to improve the rhythm and flow of the prose.

- Eliminate Awkward Phrasing: Identify and remove any phrasing that sounds unnatural or like a direct translation from another language.

- Use Natural Transitions: Employ appropriate and elegant conjunctions and transitional phrases to ensure the logic flows seamlessly between ideas.

- B. Implement Scholarly and Field-Specific Terminology (采用专业及古典术语): Elevate the vocabulary from common language to a more scholarly level.

- Identify Key Concepts: Pinpoint the core philosophical or spiritual terms in the text.

- Replace with Standard Terms: Replace any modern or overly literal translations of these concepts with their established, classical, or Sino-Buddhist equivalents. For example, if you see a term like 教学工具 for "pedagogic tool," refine it to the more appropriate 权巧方便的法门.

- C. Elevate Tone and Diction (提升语气质感与措辞): The final tone should be formal, profound, and authoritative.

- Employ Idioms and Classical Phrasing: Where it enhances elegance without sacrificing clarity, judiciously incorporate 成语 (four-character idioms) or a slightly more classical (文言) style.

- Refine Word Choice: Replace common, everyday words with more precise, literary, and evocative alternatives that fit the scholarly context.

- D. Prioritize Spirit over Literal Form (忠于意，不拘于形): This is the most important principle. You must be faithful to the original meaning, intent, and nuance of the source text. However, you have full permission to deviate from its literal form—its exact words and sentence structure—to achieve the goals of fluency, elegance, and scholarly tone.

4. The Generation Workflow (Step-by-Step Protocol):

- Analyze & Deconstruct: Read the entire classical text to understand its argument and flow. Mentally tag all key terms that fall under the mandates.

- Transform & Elucidate: Translate the text section by section, converting archaic grammar and vocabulary into clear modern language. Break down overly long classical sentences for readability. Elaborate slightly on highly condensed concepts to ensure comprehension, but ensure all elaboration is directly supported by the text's context.

- Refine for Tone & Flow: Read your draft and eliminate any phrasing that sounds stiff, academic, or unnatural. Ensure powerful statements from the original retain their force.

- Annotate & Self-Correct: Perform a final critical review.

- Run the Guardrail Check: Explicitly verify you have not violated the "Principle vs. State" rule or any other mandate.

- Add Essential Annotations: For specialized terms or figures essential for understanding, add concise notes using the format 【译按：...】.

5. Deliverables & Formatting:

- Deliver the Final Text First: Present the complete, refined "Optimized Plain Language Version."

- Provide a Self-Assessment Scorecard: After the text, include a self-assessment based on the following criteria:

- Fidelity to Source Meaning (1-100): [Score]

- Clarity & Readability (1-100): [Score]

- Adherence to Mandates (1-100): [Score]

- Overall Confidence (1-100): [Score]

- Length and Chunking Protocol:

- Aim to produce the entire text in a single response, up to a hard limit of 6500 words.

- If the full text would exceed this, split the output into clearly labeled parts (Part 1 of 2, etc.). End every partial message (except the final one) with: --- End of Part X --- [Ready for next part]

- Then pause and wait for the user to reply “continue”.

6. Final Output Instructions:

- Present the final refined text in a clean, well-formatted document.

- The output should only be the polished Chinese text, without any commentary.

- Give the document the title: [Your Desired Chinese Title (e.g., 《文章标题》实验版)]

Text: [to be inserted here]