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 · Ancestral geography · Use across generations
Names and recorded roles
Jiangxia commandery; Huang Tianming (江夏郡 黄天明), with 記 (ji).
Date as written
Written formula: 世代子孙 年年十八岁用—descendants across generations; ‘used every year at eighteen years of age’. Its precise contextual meaning remains unresolved.
Dating candidates in the August edition
Undetermined.
Dating rationale
世代子孙 年年十八岁用 concerns use / transmission. It is not a copying date that can be directly converted.
Confidence in the August edition
Undetermined.
Place formula as written
Jiangxia commandery (江夏郡).
Historical geography and its limits
Code Jiangxia commandery as ancestral / lineage geography, not a copying location.
Textual features
Divination diagrams, names, categories, and interpretive verses are complete; includes a formula about use across generations.
Analysis in the August edition
The pairing of chicken-bone divination with Jiangxia commandery shows that lineage geography appears beyond Daoist / deliverance texts. It can also frame intergenerational transmission in divination books.
Evidence limits and unresolved readings
Jiangxia commandery is genealogical / lineage-hall geography. 年年十八岁用 requires contextual interpretation and cannot be treated directly as a date.
Original working transcription · Chinese source
Retained verbatim for comparison. This is the researcher’s transcription, not a verified edition of the complete manuscript.
剑鸡一本：江夏郡 黄天明记；世代子孙 年年十八岁用；内容是经典的《鸡卜经》，包含卦象、卦名、卦宫和卦辞。
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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