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
Chicken-bone divination · Political-geographical formula · Red-ink endnote
Names and recorded roles
The copying-completion formula names ‘儒民X…文明愧’. X may be a surname such as 邹, 邓, or 鄭 with the right-side 阝 component. Keep the uncertain surname and role wording unresolved.
Date as written
Copied in the fifth month of gengyin year (庚寅).
Dating candidates in the August edition
Provisionally 1890; a conditional judgment.
Dating rationale
Gengyin candidates include 1830 and 1890. If the red endnote in the second book, ‘大法国越南；大清国越南’, belongs to the copying layer, the overlap of a French colonial context with reference to the Qing makes 1890 the most suitable candidate. If the red writing was added later, the underlying manuscript remains undated.
Confidence in the August edition
Moderate; ink colour and different hands must be checked.
Place formula as written
Red writing on the second book's final page: 總縣大法国越南；大清国越南. It juxtaposes ‘Great France / Vietnam’ and ‘Great Qing / Vietnam’; the initial 總縣 remains as written.
Historical geography and its limits
The final red formula 總縣大法国越南；大清国越南 is political-geographical, not a complete administrative address. First establish whether it shares ink and handwriting with the main text; then discuss its chronological implications.
Textual features
Two chicken-bone divination books, containing diagrams, divination names, categories, and interpretive verses. The second book also has a red-ink layer on its final page.
Analysis in the August edition
The two divination books could extend study of groups formed through custody / function. If the red political formula belongs to the same layer, it also supplies an independent dating window. These issues must first be distinguished materially.
Evidence limits and unresolved readings
The historical account of chicken-bone divination is research background. Whether the red writing and main text belong to the same layer must first be checked.
Original working transcription · Chinese source
Retained verbatim for comparison. This is the researcher’s transcription, not a verified edition of the complete manuscript.
鸡卦第一本、第二本：儒民X（可能是邹、邓、鄭有右挂耳旁的姓）文明愧笔抄完，庚寅年五月抄；内容是经典的《鸡卜经》（或《鸡卜辞》），包含卦象、卦名、卦宫和卦辞。壮族鸡卦（壮语称“师多再”）是壮族流传数千年的古老传统占卜术，也叫“鸡卜”。人们通过宰杀鸡只并观察、解读鸡骨（主要是鸡腿骨、胸骨或头骨）的纹路、孔洞与形状，来预测吉凶祸福、寻找失物、问卜疾病或决定农事（卦辞与这些息息相关）；第二本的最后一页有红字写的：總縣大法国越南；大清国越南；吉星高照；宝殿巍峨，直三清法界
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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