OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE
PATTERN 51-10
ACTIVESHOCK resolving to TREADING. Filed under: the broken alliance, the promised land withdrawn, the careful step after betrayal.
INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW
謀疑八子，更相欺紿。管叔善止，不見邪期。
Scheming and suspicion among the eight sons, each deceiving each; Guan Shu was well stopped, the crooked appointment never kept.
published fragment: Jiaoshi Yilin, c. 40 BC — the entry predates all surviving copies
LOGGED OCCURRENCES
- 11TH C. BCthe regency rumor war
the regency rumor war — Guan Shu's insinuations against the Duke of Zhou, the original bad-faith offer. Filed under the pattern's earlier run.
- 313 BCThe Six Hundred Li
Envoy Zhang Yi offered Chu six hundred li of Shang-Yu land to break with Qi. Chu broke with Qi, publicly and with insult. Filed as ENTRY 019/64.
- 1938THE GUARANTEE THAT SHRANK AT THE HANDOVER
The Munich Agreement guaranteed the Sudetenland autonomy within Czechoslovakia. The guarantee was restated at the signing ceremony in different terms: the region would be administered by Germany with consideration for local customs. The word autonomy was absent from the final text.
- 1972THE COMMUNIQUÉ THAT EACH CAPITAL READ DIFFERENTLY
The Shanghai Communiqué was signed by the leaders of two states with no diplomatic relations. A single paragraph addressed Taiwan. Each sentence served two readings: Washington read the island's status as unresolved; Beijing read it as a province. The distance was the same six hundred li Zhang Yi had once measured.
Cited by card ENTRY 019/64 · The Six Hundred Li — The Records, Deck 1.
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