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 · Bound compilation
Names and recorded roles
Lu Daozhu (陆道珠) and Cen Shiliang (岑士亮); the available record describes copying by both persons.
Date as written
Jiayin year (甲寅), the final third of the ‘osmanthus month’ (桂月).
Dating candidates in the August edition
Provisionally 1914.
Dating rationale
Jiayin could be 1854 or 1914. Together with Lu Daozhu's entries A02 and A12, it could form a 1911–1915 sequence. Cen Shiliang also appears here, so the two hands and copying layers must be distinguished.
Confidence in the August edition
Moderate to high; the same person and handwriting must be verified.
Place formula as written
Đại Nam → an unspecified province → prefecture → zhou → district → village (大南国某省某府某州某县某村).
Historical geography and its limits
The wording is only a hierarchy template: Đại Nam → unspecified province → prefecture → zhou → district → village. A prefecture and zhou / district are not ordinarily successive levels in this sequence. The original page must establish whether this is a template, parallel units, or an omission in transcription.
Textual features
Administrative / geographical markers · Bound compilation
Analysis in the August edition
For now, this entry is best coded under: Administrative / geographical markers · Bound compilation. Further analysis should first establish the location of inscriptions, ink colour and handwriting, and textual function, then compare independent materials. A single character form, state name, or divine name cannot establish provenance or the direction of transmission.
Evidence limits and unresolved readings
Copying by two people and the present binding into a compilation are facts at different levels.
Original working transcription · Chinese source
Retained verbatim for comparison. This is the researcher’s transcription, not a verified edition of the complete manuscript.
正本安神开座起香火灯：此书有两个人抄写，现在合订为一本，陆道珠和岑士亮；岁在甲寅年桂月下旬；大南国某省某府某州某县某村
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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