Public editorial note · original not published here · Chinese
1 Seven negative answers
It places refusal and an instruction to continue on the same page, giving the comparison a precise starting point.
Published editorial account of pages 12, 21–22, 24 and 27–28
Read: The 28-page text: seven negative answers
Documented details
The published editorial account records B asking the questions on page 28, A answering “I would not” seven times, and C ending with “Start again.” Saving, loading and starting again already occur earlier in the script.
Public editorial note · original not published here · Chinese
2 Seven affirmative answers
It shows what one character changes and what the final line retains.
Published editorial account of the questions, answers and final line on page 28
Read: The 28-page text: seven affirmative answers
Documented details
A second 28-page text gives seven answers of “I would,” followed by the same final line from C. The extractable text of the first 27 pages matches; on the final page, the extracted text differs only through 不 in the seven answers.
Participant recollection · Chinese
3 The cloth and the exit
It brings ending into bodily action, stage space and a participant’s memory.
Passages on the white cloth, the backstage exit and a question at the exit
Read: Jiarui’s post-performance recollection ↗
Documented details
Jiarui recalls an agreed ending: cover the group with the cloth, move backstage and leave it on the stage. He also describes a question at the exit. Read this passage as one participant’s recollection.
Public editorial note · original not published here · Chinese
4 Lifting and covering
It offers a different kind of evidence from recollection while preserving the gaps between samples.
Account of limited sampling at approximately 1:36:00–1:42:19 in a candidate recording
Read: Limited visual review of the white-cloth action
Documented details
The public visual-review summary reports the cloth being lifted in a sample at about 1 hour 37 minutes in a candidate recording, with later located frames showing it covering bodies. Subsequent samples turn towards an equipment table, a bar and bookshelves.
Look closely
- What does 不 change? Why does “Start again” follow both sets of answers?
- What is offered by the written instruction, and what by the recollection of covering, leaving and an unscripted question?
- Which actions can isolated visual samples establish, and which intervals must remain open?
The order of the two written variants and the answers used in performance remain unresolved. The scripts and candidate recording are not published here. Source cards point to public editorial notes or a participant’s recollection, not facsimile script pages, continuous footage or a checked transcript.
If the answer has changed, what still calls for starting again?
Project materials and attributed sources (Chinese)
Human Surrender (Chinese)
Jiarui’s post-performance recollection ↗ (Chinese)
A participant’s recollection, not a standalone biography
Public working credits for The Last Rehearsal ↗ (Chinese)
Huang Meng, Sun Jiarui and Xu Shuai are performers; Yun Jianhui is recorder; music and production are separately credited