OFFICE OF THE RECORDS — PATTERN FILE
PATTERN 61-36
FILING ANOMALYINNER TRUTH resolving to DARKENED LIGHT. Filed under: the same argument turned, six audiences persuaded, the file that predates the man.
INDEX ENTRY — ON FILE BEFORE EVERY INCIDENT BELOW
爭利王市，朝多君子。蘇氏六國，獲其榮寵。
Contending for advantage in the royal market, the court fills with gentlemen: Master Su of the six states obtains glory and favor.
published fragment: Jiaoshi Yilin, c. 40 BC — the entry predates all surviving copies
FILING ANOMALY: The Index entry names the subject. The published fragment (c. 40 BC) postdates him; the Index does not.
LOGGED OCCURRENCES
- c. 334 BC (traditional chronology)Six seals, one sash
Su Qin, refused at Qin, walked six capitals in sequence and left each king holding the same argument from a different side. The entry that describes him predates every surviving text that names him. Filed as ENTRY 010/64.
- 1912THE SEALS THAT ARRIVED BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT
Six provinces of the Qing Empire declared independence in one month. Each sent a telegram of allegiance to the provisional government before it had a capital or a treasury. The seals arrived in Nanjing before Sun Yat-sen's train.
- 1989THE SENTENCE THAT OPENED SIX BORDERS
At a press conference in East Berlin, Politburo spokesman Günter Schabowski read a new travel regulation. Asked when it took effect, he answered: immediately. The broadcast reached all six Warsaw Pact states. By nightfall, citizens from every eastern bloc capital were at the crossing points.
Cited by card ENTRY 010/64 · The Six Seals — The Records, Deck 1.
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