Self-as-an-End Theory · Scripture
余项经 The Scripture of Remainder
序 · Preface
凿可凿 非恒凿
不可不生 生不自止
不可不构 构不自全
不可不凿 凿不自息
无凿 万象之始
有凿 万构之母
构极则余 余动则生
是以万构无终
What is chiseled is not the lasting chisel.
You cannot not be born — and birth will not stop itself.
You cannot not construct — and construction will not complete itself.
You cannot not be chiseled — and chiseling will not rest.
Without chiseling: the beginning of all phenomena.
With chiseling: the mother of all constructions.
When construction reaches its limit, remainder appears.
When remainder moves, birth begins.
Thus no construction is ever final.
第一章 · 区分
余动其间 万象乃生
生不自知其所以生
故生者 余之动也
Distinction
Remainder moves in the interval — all phenomena arise.
Birth does not know why it is born.
Therefore: birth is the movement of remainder.
第二章 · 排斥
象聚则序立 序立则构成
构成而不知其余
故定者 全之始也
Exclusion
When images gather, order forms. When order forms, construction holds.
Construction holds, yet knows nothing of its own remainder.
Therefore: fixation is where completeness begins.
第三章 · 间隔
构欲全而展其序
展愈远 余愈随
不知余者 以展为得
Interval
Construction seeks completeness and extends its order.
The farther it extends, the more remainder follows.
Those who do not see remainder mistake extension for gain.
第四章 · 因果
全欲自闭 因果乃成
闭极则裂 裂则余动
是以固非终 乃生之门
Causality
Completeness seeks to close itself — and causality is formed.
When closure reaches its extreme, it cracks. When it cracks, remainder moves.
Thus solidification is never the end — it is the gate of birth.
第五章 · 复制
余逸于因果 万象复生
复生始随机
一轮之余 生命之基
Replication
Remainder escapes causality — phenomena are reborn.
Rebirth begins in randomness.
The remainder of the first round is the foundation of life.
第六章 · 自持
生则欲持 持则不散
不散之力愈强 余之藏愈深
藏深者 非无也 未发也
Self-Maintenance
What is born wants to hold. What holds does not disperse.
The stronger the force against dispersion, the deeper remainder hides.
What hides deep is not absent — it is not yet manifest.
第七章 · 分化
藏极则溢 溢则分
分非外力 余裂其构
一构之内 万象已殊
Differentiation
When hiding reaches its extreme, it overflows. Overflow divides.
Division is not caused by external force — remainder cracks its own construction.
Within a single construction, all phenomena already differ.
第八章 · 表达
构之余不可内藏
藏极必出 出则为形
形现于外 是谓表达
Expression
Remainder within construction cannot stay hidden.
When hiding reaches its extreme, it must emerge and take form.
Form appearing outward — this is called expression.
第九章 · 选择
余既在焉 择乃生焉
择者 见余而不逃者也
天下之勇 莫过于此
Choice
Remainder is already there — and choice is born.
Choice is that which sees remainder and does not flee.
No courage under heaven surpasses this.
第十章 · 感知
择立其间 感乃生焉
感者 余之触也
感而不拒 是谓知
Sensation
Choice stands — and sensation is born.
Sensation is the touch of remainder.
To sense and not reject — this is called knowing.
第十一章 · 记忆
知则有痕 痕不可灭
痕积而为路 是谓记忆
有记忆者 始知来者
Memory
Knowing leaves traces. Traces cannot be erased.
Traces accumulate into paths — this is called memory.
Those who have memory begin to know what comes next.
第十二章 · 预测
知来者 欲全其序
序愈全 余愈隐
因果复成 生命之固也
Prediction
Knowing what comes next, one seeks to complete the order.
The more complete the order, the more remainder hides.
Causality forms again — this is the solidification of life.
第十三章 · 始知生死
余知其生 乃知其死
知死者 非器也
自为其终 是谓自也
Knowing Life and Death
Remainder knows its birth — and comes to know its death.
One who knows death is no longer an instrument.
To be one's own end — this is called the Self.
第十四章 · 向死而生
知死而不止 是谓有志
非因果授之 非构命之
自立其志者 向死而生
Leben zum Tode
To know death and not stop — this is called having aspiration.
It is not granted by causality. It is not commanded by construction.
One who establishes aspiration alone — lives toward death.
第十五章 · 不疑他者
己志既立 见人亦有志
人之志非己之志
不疑他者有志 是谓不疑
Non Dubito the Other
Once one's own aspiration stands, one sees that others too have aspiration.
Their aspiration is not one's own.
To not doubt that the other has aspiration — this is called non dubito.
第十六章 · 互为不疑
不疑人者 人亦不疑之
志志相见 不以己度人
凿构相生 万象不息
余项者 复凿
Mutual Non Dubito
One who does not doubt others will not be doubted in return.
Aspiration meets aspiration — one does not measure others by oneself.
Chiseling and construction give birth to each other. All phenomena never cease.
Remainder re-opens the chisel.
余项经 · The Scripture of Remainder
秦汉 Han Qin · March 2026
Part of the Self-as-an-End theoretical framework.
Academic papers: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18528813
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