OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE
PATTERN 2-27
ACTIVERECEPTIVE resolving to NOURISHMENT. Filed under: the wrong direction, the finest carriage, the road that does not arrive.
INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW
自衛反魯，時不我與。冰炭異室，仁道隔塞。
Returning from Wei to Lu, the times were not with him; ice and coal in separate rooms, the way of goodness blocked.
published fragment: Jiaoshi Yilin, c. 40 BC — the entry predates all surviving copies
LOGGED OCCURRENCES
- 484 BCConfucius' long detour
Confucius' long detour — the finest carriage of the age, on roads that ran the wrong way. Filed under the pattern's earlier run.
- c. 354 BCNorth by Going South
Traveler bound for Chu (south) was intercepted driving hard north. Cited assets: better horses, more funds, superior driver. Filed as ENTRY 014/64.
- 1962THE MISSILES THAT WENT WEST TO POINT EAST
The Soviet Union transported nuclear missiles across the Atlantic to Cuba, aimed at the United States. The US Navy placed a quarantine around the island. Resolution came by going around the map: a trade of missiles in Cuba for missiles in Turkey.
- 2019THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT WENT AROUND THE WORLD
The United States and China imposed tariffs on each other's goods. A supply chain that had run directly between Shanghai and Los Angeles was rerouted through Ho Chi Minh City and Mexico City. The goods arrived at the same docks. The journey had doubled in length.
Cited by card ENTRY 014/64 · North by Going South — The Records, Deck 1.
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