Edition & evidence
This is the corrected August working catalogue, not a final physical bibliography. Later September re-readings are presented separately in the GSS research dossier. Dating candidates, locations, interpretations, and unresolved readings are preserved as distinct evidence layers.
The English commentary accompanies the preserved Chinese record. Quoted historical wording and unidentified characters are retained; candidate readings remain provisional.
Working tags
Administrative / geographical markers · Rare character forms
Names and recorded roles
He Mingde (何明德), recorded with the formula 號記 (hao ji).
Date as written
Bingchen year (丙辰), final month of winter; copying finished at noon. The wording 廿二月（日） is retained without resolving whether it denotes a month or day.
Dating candidates in the August edition
1856 is provisionally the stronger candidate; 1916 remains an alternative.
Dating rationale
Only the cyclical year bingchen is given. If the address ‘Đại Nam—Tuyên Quang province—Tương An / Tương Yên prefecture—Để Định district’ was written at the time of copying, rather than copied from an older formula, its hierarchy more closely resembles Tuyên Quang's administrative divisions before 1884. This favours 1856 over 1916. If the address preserves an older formula or was added later, 1916 cannot be excluded.
Confidence in the August edition
Moderate; depends on whether the address and main text belong to the same layer.
Place formula as written
Written formula: 大南国宣光省襄安府底定县东光乡息（大概错字）有永社上原村; 大(左右结构:丰月)粤西大镇安府西门外. It names Đại Nam, Tuyên Quang and several smaller units, then a separate Guangxi / Zhen'an location outside the west gate. The questionable 息 and the unrecognized character described as 丰 beside 月 remain unresolved.
Historical geography and its limits
Two spatial frameworks appear. The Vietnamese sequence is provisionally: Đại Nam → Tuyên Quang province → Tương An / Tương Yên prefecture (襄安/相安, to verify) → Để Định district → Dongguang township (东光乡) → ‘息（大概是总字）有永社’ → Shangyuan village (上原村). Punctuation and the hierarchy below district level require the original page. The Guangxi sequence can only be rendered conservatively as: [state name / first character unresolved] → western Guangxi / Guangxi → Zhen'an prefecture → outside the west gate. No unrecorded units are supplied.
Textual features
Administrative / geographical markers · Rare character forms
Analysis in the August edition
This entry demonstrates how one inscription can contain several evidence layers. The cyclical date, older Vietnamese administrative formula, Guangxi's Zhen'an prefecture, and rare character form must be coded separately. Their juxtaposition supports a textual world spanning regions, but cannot by itself reconstruct a Guangxi–Tuyên Quang migration route.
Evidence limits and unresolved readings
Retain 息（大概错字）, the note about an unidentified character, and the date wording 廿二月（日）; do not silently emend them.
Original working transcription · Chinese source
Retained verbatim for comparison. This is the researcher’s transcription, not a verified edition of the complete manuscript.
正一书麽荤收魂通用玄科：何明德号记；书中写大南国宣光省襄安府底定县东光乡息（大概是总字）有永社上原村；丙辰季冬廿二月（日）午刻抄完，有一特殊异体字：⿱亚田 U+2DECD(Ext F)，文中用于留（该字替代留，最早出现于《洒洒篇》卷一《瑪瑙簪傳》：「一日，生復過飲，飲酐，（）宿館中。」）存子孙一句；请到大(该字左右结构:丰月)粤西大镇安府西门外
Source: 壮族古籍喃字与越南关联资料整理 · 77条研究版 · 纠正版 · 20260820 · 20 August 2026 · Boge Xiao.
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