The Four States of Stasis

Your task is to turn the governing line condition into one of four practical questions: restore, release, activate, or stop.

The title names a UAYA teaching map, not a traditional four-state taxonomy. It groups several observable conditions so that the learner knows what to record next.

Four questions for the timing record

Teaching question	Conditions it orients	What the learner records
What must be restored?	Void, Month Breaker, or a documented transformation delay	Affected branch, calendar basis, and attributed rule
What must be released or stabilized?	Bound, clashed, or incomplete-frame context	Binder, opposing branch, or missing frame branch
What can be activated or tracked?	Selected static, moving, or Dark Moving line	Observable condition and any sourced candidate rule
Must the calculation stop?	Missing, contradictory, or unsourced input	no window or insufficient with a reason

A selected static line routes to the static value/clash comparison whether its separate strength assessment is strong or weak. Strength remains visible as a secondary field; it is not an extra gate supplied by that timing rule. Insufficient is not a mysterious state; it records that a required input or derivation is missing, contradictory, or unsourced.

Preserve stacked conditions

Suppose an invented line is both moving and void.

subject: line 2 / Wu branch
observed conditions: Wu is void; the line is moving
governing condition: void
next operation: compare only sourced void candidates
secondary observation: movement retained, not used to erase void

Movement remains visible, but it does not erase the void condition. This ordering is a UAYA record convention designed to prevent one vivid feature from replacing a more basic calendar fact.

Preserve the underlying records and apply only a rule whose public source or declared UAYA convention matches the exact condition. A hidden line, San He frame, or Bian Yao state is context, not automatic permission to manufacture a date.

A compact state card

Complete this before opening a rule lesson:

Subject type and position:
Governing line condition:
Secondary observations:
Observed movement/static condition from line data:
Branch needed by the rule:
State-specific data (binder / clash / missing frame / delayed branch):
Attributed rule or UAYA convention:
Stop reason, if any:

Trap: turning a label into an outcome

Bound says the chart record contains a combination relation and names its binder. Moving says the selected line is moving. Neither label says what will happen in the world. Effect interpretation belongs to the earlier judgment acts; timing compares only conditional windows for the selected subject.

Source note

The four-question map and the convention of retaining secondary observations are UAYA teaching tools. They are not attributed to a classical text. Individual timing operations in the following lessons are cited or explicitly withheld where no public source has been established.

Next step

Apply the first restoration comparison in detail: record candidates for a void line.