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A68 · AUGUST 2026 WORKING ENTRY

司本看鸡卦

Manual for reading chicken divination

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 · Modern copy · Ritual continuity

Names and recorded roles

Wang Baofeng (王保豐).

Date as written

Copied in the fourth month of AD 1989, jisi year (公元一九八九年己巳岁四月抄).

Dating candidates in the August edition

1989.

Dating rationale

AD 1989 and jisi agree. This volume witnesses modern continuation; it is outside the late-Qing core.

Confidence in the August edition

High.

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

Divination verses precede diagrams, divination names, categories, and interpretive verses; relatively complete preservation.

Analysis in the August edition

The 1989 copy is an important counterexample / control. It shows that an old ritual type is not a static survival, but can continue to be copied in modern times. It cannot represent the late Qing, but can test active continuity.

Evidence limits and unresolved readings

1989 is not late-Qing evidence. It is a modern comparison for continued copying and use of ritual texts.

Original working transcription · Chinese source

Retained verbatim for comparison. This is the researcher’s transcription, not a verified edition of the complete manuscript.

司本看鸡卦:王保豐;公元一九八九年己巳岁四月抄;内容是经典的《鸡卜经》,前有鸡卦句,是鸡卦仪式使用的句子;后有卦象、卦名、卦宫和卦辞;本书保存较为完整的鸡卦仪式所需的仪式

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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