ENGLISH RECORD 49
Tui Bei Tu Across Editions
Claims must identify the exact edition and image number rather than citing the title alone.Tang attribution · later witnessesChina · East AsiaIllustrated text · edition study
01 · WHAT IT IS
Overview
This record compares image order, verses and commentary across major Tui Bei Tu witnesses.
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 baselineLibrary of Congress · Tui Bei Tu anchors the first layer used on this page.
- Interpretation expandsAttributed origin · manuscript variants · Jin Shengtan commentary
- Claim meets outcomeVariant ordering and retrospective commentaries show that the familiar sequence is not a transparent Tang timetable.
- SALGIL editorial reviewOriginal, interpretation and outcome are retained as separate records.
06 · EDITION AND WITNESS COMPARISON
How the evidence for Tui Bei Tu Across Editions changes
The date of a document and the date of an interpretation are recorded separately.| Witness or edition | Date | Editorial status | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library of Congress · Tui Bei Tu | Later imperial editions | Baseline source | Claims must identify the exact edition and image number rather than citing the title alone. |
| 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 Library of Congress · Tui Bei Tu. |
07 · MAJOR CLAIMS
Representative claims and their limits
Central claim
The sixty images form a stable chronological sequence.
Original-first test
The claim is checked against Library of Congress · Tui Bei Tu, not against a later summary.
Outcome test
Variant ordering and retrospective commentaries show that the familiar sequence is not a transparent Tang timetable.
08 · WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
Comparison with events
Variant ordering and retrospective commentaries show that the familiar sequence is not a transparent Tang timetable.09 · DISPUTES AND COUNTERARGUMENTS
Where interpretation changes
The main dispute concerns the distance between Later imperial editions and Attributed origin · manuscript variants · Jin Shengtan commentary. 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
Variant source tradition
This record compares image order, verses and commentary across major Tui Bei Tu witnesses. SALGIL's provisional score reflects source traceability and testability, not religious worth or cultural importance.11 · SOURCES AND REVIEW