ENGLISH RECORD 47
Shao Yong's Huangji Jingshi
The work is traceable, but modern event calendars often use later computational schemes.Northern Song dynastyChinaNumerology · historical cycles
01 · WHAT IT IS
Overview
Shao Yong organized cosmic and historical change through numbers, hexagrams and vast periods in Huangji Jingshi.
02 · ORIGINAL TEXT AND EARLIEST SOURCE
What can be traced?
03 · HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The world behind the text
An original editorial reconstruction created specifically for this archive record. It visualizes the subject and is not documentary evidence or an authenticated historical image.
SALGIL original illustration · record sources below ↗05 · DOCUMENT TIMELINE
When the record changed
- Earliest reviewable baselineInternet Archive · Huangji Jingshi anchors the first layer used on this page.
- Interpretation expandsSong text · later numerology · modern date tables
- Claim meets outcomeDifferent starting points and conversions produce different modern dates, limiting predictive testing.
- SALGIL editorial reviewOriginal, interpretation and outcome are retained as separate records.
06 · EDITION AND WITNESS COMPARISON
How the evidence for Shao Yong's Huangji Jingshi changes
The date of a document and the date of an interpretation are recorded separately.| Witness or edition | Date | Editorial status | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Archive · Huangji Jingshi | 11th century | Baseline source | The work is traceable, but modern event calendars often use later computational schemes. |
| Scholarly or institutional interpretation | Later review | Context layer | Explains language, history and uncertainty without becoming the original text. |
| Viral quotation or modern event match | Recent circulation | Derivative layer | Most vulnerable to translation drift, omitted failures and hindsight; compare with Internet Archive · Huangji Jingshi. |
07 · MAJOR CLAIMS
Representative claims and their limits
Central claim
Civilizations unfold within mathematically ordered cycles.
Original-first test
The claim is checked against Internet Archive · Huangji Jingshi, not against a later summary.
Outcome test
Different starting points and conversions produce different modern dates, limiting predictive testing.
08 · WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
Comparison with events
Different starting points and conversions produce different modern dates, limiting predictive testing.09 · DISPUTES AND COUNTERARGUMENTS
Where interpretation changes
The main dispute concerns the distance between 11th century and Song text · later numerology · modern date tables. Translation, selective quotation, changed definitions and hindsight can make a broad record appear more exact than it was. Competing readings are therefore preserved rather than silently merged.10 · EVIDENCE SCORE & PROVISIONAL CONCLUSION
Source strong · calculations disputed
Shao Yong organized cosmic and historical change through numbers, hexagrams and vast periods in Huangji Jingshi. SALGIL's provisional score reflects source traceability and testability, not religious worth or cultural importance.11 · SOURCES AND REVIEW