OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE
PATTERN 44-44
DORMANTCOMING TO MEET, held. Filed under: pride met with avoidance, the bare-backed apology, the gatekeeper who steps aside.
INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW
河伯大呼，津不可渡。往復爾故，乃无大悔。
The River Earl roars: this ford cannot be crossed. Return by your former way, and there is no great remorse.
published fragment: Jiaoshi Yilin, c. 40 BC — the entry predates all surviving copies
LOGGED OCCURRENCES
- UNDATEDthe refused ford
the refused ford — turning back is on file as an escape, not a defeat. Filed under the pattern's earlier run.
- c. 279 BCThe Brambles
General Lian Po, having ranked himself above chancellor Lin Xiangru and said so publicly, learned the chancellor's avoidances were strategic: two tigers, one state. Subject stripped to the waist, bound brambles across his back, and knelt at the chancellor's gate. Filed as ENTRY 013/64.
- 1950THE BRIEF THAT SAID DO NOT CROSS
The 38th parallel was the demarcation of a ceasefire. The North Korean army crossed it. The UN coalition crossed it in the opposite direction and reached the Yalu. The Chinese Volunteer Army crossed from the north. The original line was restored. The armistice was signed at the parallel the brief had described.
Cited by card ENTRY 013/64 · The Brambles — The Records, Deck 1.
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