“冬，春，夏，秋；毁灭是第五季，万物的主宰。”
"Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the fifth, and master of all."
“告诉他们，无论我们如何对待他们，他们都是我们的一员。”
"Tell them they belong among us, no matter how we treat them."
——诺拉·凯塔·杰米辛，《第五季》
— N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season
ᠨᠥᠬᠥᠷᠯᠡᠯ，нөхөрлөл，достық，достук，友谊——一种源于社会联系、由个体主动选择的亲密形式，是一种共同体（koinōnia）生成的方式。
ᠨᠥᠬᠥᠷᠯᠡᠯ, нөхөрлөл, достық, достук, 友谊(friendship) -- a form of intimacy arising from social ties and actively chosen by individuals, a mode through which community (koinōnia) comes into being.
在共同体成型之前，边界的接触地带（contact zone）往往成为关系生成的关键空间：矛盾、张力与不确定性在此涌动。也正是在这里，友谊通过微小而具体的行动不断延展——馈赠与交换的流转，信任与摩擦的滋生，秩序与归属的犹疑......这些相互关联的线条彼此网缠（meshwork），筑起边界的屏障，也搭成稳固的巢穴，勾织出错综的友谊图谱。我们不断反刍“友谊”的含义：它是否可以被理解为一场互惠共居的实践，一种持续滋养共同体的向心力，一种让事物在晃动的世界中地久天长的魔法？
Before a koinōnia takes shape, the contact zone, where boundaries meet, often becomes the crucial space for generating relationships: contradictions, tensions, and uncertainties surge here. It is precisely in this space that friendship unfolds through small, concrete actions -- the circulation of gifts and exchanges, the emergence of trust and friction, the hesitation between order and belonging. These interwoven lines form a meshwork, building barriers at the edges while also shaping durable nests, tracing a complex cartography of friendship. We continue to reflect on the meaning of "friendship": can it be understood as a practice of reciprocal coexistence, a centripetal force that sustains koinōnia, a kind of magic that allows things to endure in an unsettled world?
《第五季：友谊档案》是一个面向中文读者的翻译计划。我们关注北方游牧世界及跨境地带的历史与社会现场，从日常生活、社会网络、信仰实践与艺术创作等层面展开，选取围绕关系生成与边界经验的原始文本、学术篇章、理论写作，尝试进入一个广阔的社会—地理空间，以此扩容一部生动的友谊档案。
The Fifth Season: Archive of Friendship is a translation project intended for Chinese-speaking readers. We focus on the histories and lived realities of the northern nomadic world and its associated cross-border regions, approaching them through everyday life, social networks, religious practices, and artistic production. By selecting original texts, academic essays, and theoretical writings concerned with the making of relationships and experiences of boundaries, we seek to enter a vast socio-geographical space and expand a living archive of friendship.
——漠娜，家欣，寅迪