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Qimen Faqiao is a complete work in eight volumes, serving as a comprehensive classic that systematically expounds the operational rules, pattern judgments, and divination applications of Qimen Dunjia. The structure of the entire work progresses from general principles to specific discussions, from theory to practical application, and from patterns to divination examples, advancing layer by layer to form a complete academic system of Qimen.
Volume 1 opens with the 《Introductory Remarks》, clarifying the work's organizational principles and reading guidelines. The core content is the 《Annotated "Yanbo Diaosou Fu" (Ode of the Old Angler by the Misty Waves)》, with added annotations by Meng Xi of Changbai Tangyin Mountain Lodge. This Fu (Ode) is the programmatic verse of Qimen Dunjia, summarizing the general principles of Qimen calculation in verse form, while Meng Xi's annotations elaborate on the profound meanings sentence by sentence, laying the theoretical foundation for the subsequent volumes. 🌊
Volume 2 focuses on the fundamental rules of Qimen Dunjia, covering the following key topics:
Volume 2 concludes with 《On the General Revelation of Heavenly Mechanism》, serving as the theoretical summary of the volume, integrating the aforementioned rules under the transformations of the Heavenly Mechanism. 🔥
Volume 3 is the compilation of judgments and verifications for Qimen patterns, focused on "Ke Ying" (Responses). It lists the auspicious and inauspicious responses of the Eight Doors, Nine Stars, Three Wonders, Six Instruments, and Eight Generals under different conditions, categorized by type:
Volume 3 constitutes the practical handbook of "Pattern-Response" in Qimen divination, enabling the practitioner to find corresponding responses to reach judgments based on the board patterns. ⛰️
Volume 4 is the largest application volume, starting from the principles of divination and expanding into a system covering a wide array of life affairs:
Volume 4, with its three-level structure of "Principles - Categories - Entries," comprehensively covers all aspects of ancient social life through Qimen divination, truly serving as an encyclopedia of Qimen divination. 🌱
Volume 5 visually presents the procedures and rules of Qimen board arrangement through diagrams:
Ju (arrangement) in Yin and Yang DunsThis volume transforms the theoretical rules of Volume 2 into operable diagrams for board arrangement, making it easy for learners to follow as a direct guide. 🌬️
The first half of Volume 6 consists of specialized annotations on Qimen patterns, divided into Annotations on Auspicious Patterns and Annotations on Inauspicious Patterns:
Auspicious Patterns include: Heavenly Escape, Earthly Escape, Human Escape, Spirit Escape, Ghost Escape, Wind Escape, Cloud Escape, Dragon Escape, Tiger Escape, True Deception, Heavy Deception, Resting Deception, Heavenly Borrowing, Earthly Borrowing, Physical/Object Borrowing, Ghost Borrowing, Human Borrowing, Azure Dragon Turns its Head, Flying Bird Drops into the Cave, Three Wonders Obtain their Envoy, Jade Maiden Guards the Gate, Heavenly Assistant, Three Wonders Ascend the Hall, Wonders Roaming to the Prosperity Positions, Harmonious Grace, Mutual Assistance, Harmony of Wonders and Instruments, Great Intercourse/Union, Heavenly Fortune's Prosperous Energy, Harmony of Door-Palace Meaning.
Inauspicious Patterns include: Azure Dragon Flees, White Tiger Waves its Claws in Rage, Serpent Leaps/Stdumps Writhing, Scarlet Bird Dives into the River, Vanquishing Qi Enters the Brightness (White into Ying/Light from Dark), Brightness Enters the Vanquishing Qi (Ying into Bai/Dark from Light), Flying Palace Pattern, Prostrating Palace Pattern, Prostrating Stem Pattern, Flying Stem Pattern, Great Extended Pattern, Small Extended Pattern, Hour/Day/Month/Year Extended Patterns, Punishment Patterns, Revolt/Breaking Patterns, Heavenly Net, Prostrating Yin, Reversing Yin, The Six Instruments Reprimand Form (a kind of cyclical punishment), Five Non-Encounters, Death/Tomb of the Hour Stem, Strange Dark Void (Tombs of the Three Wonders), Tomb/Imprisonment of Stars and Doors, Oppression/ Embargo of Doors and Palaces.
Additionally, methods for calculating special directions such as Heavenly Three Gate, Earth’s Four Households, Earth's Private Door, Heavenly Horse Direction, Heavenly Chariot Direction, Heavenly Weather General, Earthly Weather General, Sun Passing through the Zodiac Signs & Palaces, Ting Bail and Bai Jia directions, etc., are also established here.
The second half of Volume 6 is a collection of diagrams, including:
This volume integrates abstract patterns with concrete diagrams, enabling scholars not only to understand the principles but also to interpret the charts. 🔥
Volume 7 follows the order of Yang Dun Ju Cycle across Nine Ju in its orientation rankings, listing the auspicious and inauspicious patterns of the 60 Jiazi times within the Three Cycles and Four Seasons systematically:
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Qimen Faqiao is a complete work in eight volumes, serving as a comprehensive classic that systematically expounds the operational rules, pattern judgments, and divination applications of Qimen Dunjia. The structure of the entire work progresses from general principles to specific discussions, from theory to practical application, and from patterns to divination examples, advancing layer by layer to form a complete academic system of Qimen.
Volume 1 opens with the 《Introductory Remarks》, clarifying the compendium's structural conventions and reading guidelines. The core content is the 《Annotated "Yanbo Diaosou Fu" (Ode of the Old Angler by the Misty Waves)》, with added annotations by Meng Xi of Changbai Tangyin Mountain Lodge. This Fu (Ode) is well-established as the programmatic verse of Qimen Dunjia, using verse form to encapsulate the general principles of Qimen calculation, while Meng Xi's annotations elucidate its profound meanings sentence by sentence, establishing a rigorous theoretical foundation for the subsequent volumes. 🌊
Volume 2 centrally discusses the cardinal rules of Qimen Dunjia, encompassing the following key topics:
Establishing the Three Yuan System: Applying the Six Jia over the Three Yuan, establishing conformity between solar terms celestial determinants and Ju (game structure numeral dispositions). Determines unequivocal determined doctrinal mapping precedent anchor procedural seasonal sets distinct structural parameters retained rigorously across methodological units explained thoroughly establishing coherent canonical standings fully adhered relevant comprehensive precepts contextual umbrella premise.
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Methodological Significance of Imagery-Numerology Thinking. Qimen Dunjia models the real world through a symbolic system comprising the Nine Palaces, Eight Gates, Nine Stars, Eight Spirits, and the Three Wonders and Six Instruments. This methodology of "deriving meaning from imagery and inferring change through numbers" suggests that complex realities can be structurally modeled through a finite symbolic system. At the methodological level, this is comparable to mathematical modeling in modern science—although the symbolic systems differ, and the verification standards vary.
| Concept | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Qimen Dunjia | One of the highest-level divination systems in ancient China, collectively known with Taiyi and Liuren as the "Three Styles," using a unified spatiotemporal model to deduce fortune and misfortune in human affairs |
| Three Cycles | Taking the sixty Jiazi as one cycle, three cycles total 180 years; Qimen uses the Three Cycles to establish the correspondence between solar terms and the number of boards |
| Eighteen Yin-Yang Boards | Nine Yang Dun boards and nine Yin Dun boards, combining into eighteen boards, corresponding to the twenty-four solar terms |
| Direct Fu and Direct Envoy | The Direct Fu is the star-spirit on duty, and the Direct Envoy is the gate on duty, serving as the core rulers of the Qimen chart |
| Nine Stars and Eight Gates | The Nine Stars include Tianpeng, Tianrui, Tianchong, Tianfu, Tianqin, Tianxin, Tianzhu, Tianren, and Tianying; the Eight Gates include Xiu (Rest), Sheng (Life), Shang (Injury), Du (Obstacle), Jing (Scenery), Si (Death), Jing (Startling), and Kai (Open) |
| Three Wonders and Six Instruments | The Three Wonders are Yi, Bing, and Ding; the Six Instruments are Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, serving as the core symbols for Qimen judgment |
| Transcendence and Intercalation | A special method in Qimen chart construction for handling the discrepancy between solar terms and the Jiazi cycle |