OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE

PATTERN 1-34

ACTIVE
乾 The Creative
→
大壯 Great Power

CREATIVE resolving to GREAT POWER. Authority borrowed through appearance — the proxy walks ahead, and the world reads the proxy as the source. Filed under: assumed presence, reflected force, the fox before the tiger.

Evidence plate for pattern 1-34 — The Fox Borrows the Tiger
EVIDENCE — PLATE A · THE FOX BORROWS THE TIGER

INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW

隙大墻壞，蠹眾木折。狼虎為政，天降罪罰。高弒望夷，胡亥以斃。

The crack widens and the wall falls; worms in numbers snap the beam. Wolves and tigers hold the government, and heaven sends down the penalty.

published fragment: Jiaoshi Yilin, c. 40 BC — the entry predates all surviving copies

LOGGED OCCURRENCES

  1. 207 BCZhao Gao

    Zhao Gao — the official who governed through a borrowed emperor (Qin, 207 BC). Filed under the pattern's later run.

  2. REIGN OF KING XUAN OF CHU (369-340 BC)The Fox Borrows the Tiger

    Subject, a fox, was observed walking one pace ahead of a tiger through the hunting grounds. All beasts fled. Filed as ENTRY 001/64.

  3. 1913THE COMMANDER WHO ORDERED WITHOUT AUTHORITY

    A Beiyang Army regiment commander signed mobilization orders in President Yuan Shikai's name during his absence from the capital. The city deployed against the Second Revolution. The commander had no authorization. The signature was a fox walking ahead of a tiger.

  4. 1976THE VOICE THAT BORROWED A DEAD CHAIRMAN

    Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, and Yao Wenyuan issued directives in Chairman Mao's name for a month after his death. The party apparatus printed and broadcast them. Hua Guofeng ordered a radio silence. The broadcasts stopped. Jiang Qing was escorted from the studio.

Cited by card ENTRY 001/64 · The Fox Borrows the Tiger — The Records, Deck 1.

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