The 155-pattern catalog: historical collection and current review
Historical collection
This 2026-05-26 post announced a catalog of155 numbered methods. That is a historical collection size, not a measurement of their effectiveness. Its aggregate plugin-source claims did not provide per-pattern immutable evidence.
What changed in the review
The current edition assesses each method’s task, mechanism, contrasting examples, observable result and boundaries. Duplicate identities merge, incorrect or weak content is withdrawn, and useful methods without located sources retain a Source unconfirmed label.
Current source instances link to fixed revisions; they do not establish earliest invention. The current catalog count comes from active metadata rather than this historical title.
Read the current reference
Each surviving method has an independent English/Chinese page and a concrete use case. Old numbers and entry points remain resolvable through merge or withdrawal records.