OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE

PATTERN 5-25

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无妄 Innocence

WAITING resolving to INNOCENCE. Trust must be demonstrated before it can be acted on — the crowd waits for proof of faith. Filed under: proof of intent, the credible promise, reward hazarded.

Evidence plate for pattern 5-25 — Moving the Pole
EVIDENCE — PLATE A · MOVING THE POLE

INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW

載璧秉珪，請命于河。周公作誓，沖人瘳愈。

Bearing disc and scepter he petitions the River; the Duke of Zhou swears his oath, and the young king recovers.

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

LOGGED OCCURRENCES

  1. 11TH C. BCZhou Gong's sealed oath

    Zhou Gong's sealed oath — a promise vaulted, found years later, and found true. Filed under the pattern's earlier run.

  2. c. 356 BCMoving the Pole

    A pole was set at the south market gate with an absurd bounty for carrying it north. Crowd consensus: trap. Filed as ENTRY 018/64.

  3. 1979THE ZONE DRAWN AROUND A FISHING VILLAGE

    Shenzhen, a fishing village of fewer than thirty thousand, was designated a Special Economic Zone. The decree promised tax exemptions and foreign investment. A Hong Kong textile manufacturer established the first factory. The bounty was paid in full within the first fiscal year.

Cited by card ENTRY 018/64 · Moving the Pole — The Records, Deck 1.

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