Sources
Chart layout, the ten gods, the traditional markers, structural pattern taking and almanac notes all follow fixed rules from published classical texts. This page lists them and says what we take from each.
| Work | What we use it for | In our library |
|---|---|---|
| San Ming Tong Hui (Comprehensive Compendium of the Three Destinies) Ming dynasty, Wan Minying | The classification and derivation tables of the traditional spirit markers we list as notes only, plus ten-god and structural doctrine. | catalogued locally: 9 sections, 235090 characters |
| Xieji Bianfangshu (Imperially Commissioned Compendium of Calendrical Selection) Qing dynasty, imperially compiled | The source of our almanac day rules and of the official doctrine on how auspicious and inauspicious markers are weighed against each other. | catalogued locally: 36 sections, 411479 characters |
| Di Tian Sui Chan Wei (Dripping Heaven Marrow, annotated) attributed to Jing Tu; annotated by Ren Tieqiao (Qing) | The doctrine of the sixty-three chapters on structure and relations; our case library reproduces 228 of its chart examples. | catalogued locally: 58 sections, 88488 characters |
| Yuanhai Ziping Song dynasty, transmitted by Xu Dasheng; expanded by Yang Cong (Ming) | Foundational rules for the ten gods, the six relations and chart layout. | catalogued locally: 73 sections, 61195 characters |
| Shenfeng Tongkao Ming dynasty, Zhang Nan | The source of our "catalogued but not judged" entries: this book sets plain doctrine against sayings it rejects, which is how we classify disputed names. | catalogued locally: 176 sections, 155827 characters |
| Yuxia Ji (Jade Box Record) popular almanac tradition | Folk-level almanac notes, kept separate from the imperially commissioned calendar doctrine. | catalogued locally: 217 sections, 58479 characters |
| 五行大义 隋·萧吉 | 五行体性、生克、方位、时令的源头表述，是「强弱·制化」一层的理论依据 | catalogued locally: 5 sections, 80065 characters |
| 李虚中命书 唐·李虚中（旧题） | 三命术源头：以年柱为主、纳音五行的早期论命体系，早于子平四柱 | catalogued locally: 3 sections, 9718 characters |
| 玉照定真经 旧题晋·郭璞（四库提要考为宋人作） | 早期四柱论命经典：格局与刑冲的原始表述（维基文库现存文本较短，属节本） | catalogued locally: 1 sections, 3090 characters |
| 三命指迷赋 旧题宋·岳珂注 | 命理赋体文献：格局取用与神煞的赋文表述 | catalogued locally: 1 sections, 6692 characters |
| 珞琭子赋注 旧题周·珞琭子，宋·王廷光等注 | 命理「赋祖」《三命消息赋》的注本，四柱理论的早期经典 | catalogued locally: 2 sections, 28888 characters |
| 御定星历考原 清·李光地等奉敕撰 | 择日学经典，与《协纪辨方书》互为表里：神煞起例与黄道黑道的早期官修口径 | catalogued locally: 5 sections, 43044 characters |
| Ziping Zhenquan Qing dynasty, Shen Xiaozhan | The order of precedence in taking a structural pattern (support, bridging, climate adjustment). | referenced only (full text not in our library) |
| Qiongtong Baojian attributed to Lanjiang Wang, expanded in the Ming-Qing period | The climate-adjustment doctrine: which element each stem needs in each month. | referenced only (full text not in our library) |
All of these are public classical texts. We follow the fixed rules and derivations they set out; we do not make predictions about what will happen.
Sources are for rule checking. We apply each text's fixed rules and derivations, and we publish the derivation of every marker. The traditional markers never affect a score.
Only two systems. This project covers BaZi and Zi Wei Dou Shu. Other divination systems are out of scope and do not appear here.