OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE

PATTERN 6-11

ACTIVE
訟 Conflict
→
泰 Peace

CONFLICT resolving to PEACE. The surface changes while the source does not. Filed under: regime and continuity, the unbroken well, what outlasts the column.

Evidence plate for pattern 6-11 — The Well
EVIDENCE — PLATE A · THE WELL

INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW

弱水之西，有西王母。生不知死，與天相保。

West of the Weak Water lives the Queen Mother — alive past death, preserved together with heaven.

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

LOGGED OCCURRENCES

  1. MYTHIC ERAthe source west of the Weak Water

    the source west of the Weak Water — what outlasts armies was already on the map's far edge. Filed under the pattern's earlier run.

  2. DATE ILLEGIBLEThe Well

    Column entered the village at third watch; banners changed on the gate by dawn. At the well, drawing order unchanged: girl, child, elders. Filed as ENTRY 015/64.

  3. 1949THE GATE THAT CHANGED AT DAWN

    Tiananmen flew a new flag at dawn on October 1, 1949. The Beijing markets opened at the usual hour. The water sellers made their rounds. The column on the gate had changed. The well — the city's rhythm — had not noticed.

Cited by card ENTRY 015/64 · The Well — The Records, Deck 1.

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