I will try to take a look at this issue using
Gorny when I get a
bit of time.
Gorny does drive me nuts. I think the fundamental problem is that he didn't create
his own divisions - he drew from older
Japanese books.
His variety names are usually just direct translations of the
Japanese typology if I understand correctly.
In some cases
his image gives a
good clear clue. In other cases though it is hard to see what is going on and the names don't always
help. At times what appears to be a visible difference might not actually be the difference that matters between two
types. When I took my first
crack at using
Gorny I went only by the images. Like I said, drives me nuts.
Then when you add in the effect of wear.... For example the Xiang and Fu in your 2nd and 3rd examples - is one meant to have thicker strokes than the other - or is that just due to wear??
Did you get the Matthew Dick book on the Tang QYZBs? While it has a huge number of sub-types, at least
his divisions are usually based on more specific criteria - he provides examples of the character differences. I would like to see the same technique
applied to N Song cash one day.
I have been reading everything I can find on KYTBs and merging it into notes. It raises many of these same questions.
I might put something up on
numiswiki soon so other can comment, correct, develop, etc.
SC