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
Holy Mother · Flower Grandmother · Children · Breaking open hell · Zhuang writing
Names and recorded roles
Recorded copying attribution: 祖道廛文宣手抄. The name / role segmentation remains as written; 手抄 means copied by hand.
Date as written
No year or month recorded.
Dating candidates in the August edition
Undetermined.
Dating rationale
No internal date is found in the available record.
Confidence in the August edition
Undetermined.
Place formula as written
Not found in the available record.
Historical geography and its limits
The available record contains no place names suitable for reconstructing an administrative hierarchy. Provenance is not inferred from the style of the contents.
Textual features
Organized around the Holy Mother, Flower Grandmother, children, and breaking open hell; mixes Zhuang writing and ritual symbols.
Analysis in the August edition
This is strong material for the conference's emotionality theme. The Holy Mother, Flower Grandmother, children, and breaking open hell organize loss, care, transformation of the dead, and intergenerational relationships into ritual action. Conclusions should concern relational practices rather than private psychological states.
Evidence limits and unresolved readings
The ritual relationships of loss and care can be analysed, but scripture alone cannot recover an individual's private grief.
Original working transcription · Chinese source
Retained verbatim for comparison. This is the researcher’s transcription, not a verified edition of the complete manuscript.
送圣母小儿用：祖道廛文宣手抄，无年月；典型的混合壮文和壮人写书的常见符号的道教书籍；以圣母、花婆、小儿和破地狱内容相关
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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