1. Source image
The page, edition and image provider form the evidential starting point.
Wisdom Terra studies how classical medical claims are transformed as they move from an historical page into modern clinical language. A polished translation is not enough if readers cannot see what was read, corrected or inferred.
Six layers of a responsible digital edition
2. Raw OCR
Machine output is preserved as provisional and may contain clinically important errors.
3. Edited text
Character corrections and segmentation decisions are documented rather than hidden.
4. Reading
Punctuation and syntactic interpretation are made explicit.
5. Translation
A modern rendering is presented as an interpretation, not the original itself.
6. Research inference
Historical commentary, cross-text comparison and MLMN hypotheses receive separate labels.
Current project areas
JAPANESE INTERFACE
Nanjing
Digital annotation and structural work on the Classic of Difficult Issues.
View the Japanese project →IMAGE + TEXT VIEWERIgaku Keigo
A free sample comparing historical images, OCR, edited reading and modern Japanese rendering.
Open the viewer →ENGLISH ESSAYFrom Tangye to Meridians
A research proposition about the second transformation in acupuncture reasoning.
Read in English →How classical evidence enters MLMN
A classical statement is not inserted into the framework as timeless fact. The record should identify the text, edition, passage, editorial uncertainty, historical context and the specific inference being proposed. Independent passages that disagree are preserved as competing evidence.
Returning to the source does not make the source infallible. It makes our route of interpretation open to correction.
Current limitations
- Much of the interface and edited material is presently available only in Japanese.
- OCR and translations remain at different stages of review and must be labelled accordingly.
- Relationships between textual claims and clinical observations require separate historical and empirical testing.
- Copyright and image-provider conditions may limit redistribution of some materials.
Follow the project from a clear starting point.
The English starter guide links MLMN's ten layers to the way cases and source materials are read.