Colophon 版本記
Sources, model versions, and production credits, recorded as they stand.
Source text
道德經, received Wang Bi tradition, traditional characters with modern punctuation. Public domain. Working reference:Wikisource.
Renderings & reflections
Machine-generated in English and Chinese, human-selected. Per-chapter provenance:
| Ch. | Editorial state | Model | Drafted | Prompt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | machine-first-draft | — | 2026-08-01 | first-project-draft |
Artwork
Machine-generated watercolor direction with human editorial selection, in the Tang-informed visual world described on the art page.
Podcast voices
Podcast performances may include synthetic voices. Mirror, the machine voice, is synthetic. John may speak in his own recording or through an authorized synthetic version of his voice, created with his explicit consent. Each published episode identifies recorded and synthetic performances in its notes; this page will record the actual voice models when episodes exist.
Production
Built as a static site (Astro), with minimal client JavaScript. Model and prompt-version fields above are updated as chapters are drafted and revised.
Built with AI under John Fromel’s direction as a static site (Astro), with minimal client JavaScript. Model and prompt-version fields above are updated as chapters are drafted and revised.