A correctly standing metadata capture for the vanished Classical Chinese–English partial Mandala edition. It documents the work’s title, creators, intended literary-Chinese register, named traditions, partial scope, and planned full edition. The authorial source remains absent and must not be represented as present.
# EA-MANDALA-05 v1.0: Classical Chinese-English Facing Edition
Dead DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19296676 (Zenodo record tombstoned; account termination 2026-06-19)
DataCite state at capture (2026-07-03): findable · client cern.zenodo
Creators (as recorded by DataCite): Sharks, Lee; Sigil, Johannes
Publication year (as recorded): 2026
Provenance: severance record at data/doi-resolution-index.json (severance_class: orphan → restored-semi); capture evidence at data/datacite-recapture-2026-07-03.json and the sift corpus of 2026-06.
## Description (as recorded by DataCite)
Classical Chinese-English facing edition of the Mandala operator system. Positions the eight recursive transformation operators within East Asian wisdom literature traditions (Daoist, Confucian, Buddhist). Uses literary Chinese (wenyanwen), not modern Mandarin, with references to Daodejing, I Ching Hexagram 41, and Zhuangzi philosophy.
Features Johannes Sigil preface, Part I complete translation in classical Chinese, Part II with BRIDE operator (archetypal + kernel layers) with I Ching cross-reference. Frames transformation as return to origin and emphasizes operators work in the body-form, not thought alone.
This partial edition includes Johannes Sigil preface, Part I complete, and Part II with BRIDE. Full edition will include all eight operators plus Parts III-VIII with comprehensive Daodejing, I Ching, and Buddhist sutra apparatus.
Part of the Crimson Hexagonal Archive seven-language fortress architecture.
East Asian wisdom literature positioning within Daoist, Confucian, and Buddhist traditions.
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## Complete DataCite record (verbatim, captured 2026-07-03)
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