Slanted, crooked characters, line by line, recording a special ledger. Income: Year 11 of Tianxian, guided □□…
Slanted, crooked characters, line by line, recording a special ledger.
Income:
Year 11 of Tianxian, guided □□ to the ferry, received □□ ten coins.
Year 2 of Tianfu, guided a traveling merchant to □□ station, received one pack of dry rations, three flatbreads.
Year 3 of Tianfu, borrowed fire for light, received thanks money five coins.
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Year 3 of Kaiyun, fished two shirts and one pair of shoes from the river. Sold for three coins.
Expenditure:
Year 11 of Tianxian, borrowed one □ fish from Brother Wang, recorded as debt. Already repaid.
Year 2 of Tianfu, heavy rain, received one □ coat from Aunt Li, recorded as debt. Already repaid.
Year 3 of Tianfur, ill, Sister Qing drew three buckets of water for me, recorded as debt. Already repaid.
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Year 3 of Kaiyun, Uncle Li gave half a dou of rice, recorded as debt. Not yet repaid.
Some unrelated records:
Uncle Li taught Luhua the characters 'Lu' and 'Hua'.
Also taught the characters 'Wei' and 'Gui'.
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The ink shades on the paper vary, clearly recorded over many years. Now this ledger can never be balanced.