太乙
Tai Yi Shen Shu is the most macroscopic of the Three Rites, traditionally applied to the fortunes of a state rather than to personal affairs. It reckons from the Tai Yi accumulated years and works through sixteen palaces together with various spirits.
Relatively little of this literature survives, and what does is the most demanding in form, because so much of it turns on calendrical computation. The small number of titles here reflects what exists rather than a gap in the collection.
How to read this branch
Best approached after the layout logic of Liu Ren or Qi Men is familiar; otherwise the accumulated-year computations are hard to check for yourself.
- Tai Yi Jin Jing Shi Jing (太乙金鏡式經)OriginalTranslationTang (唐) · Wang Ximing (王希明)TheTaiyiJinjingShiJing(TangDynasty,compiledbyWangXiming)
- Tai Yi Mi Shu (太乙秘書)OriginalTranslationSong (宋) · Wang Zuo (王佐)Determinethemasterandguest,andtheoutcomeoftheseventy-two…
Charting guides
- Qi Men Dun Jia ChartQi Men Dun Jia expands a single moment in time into a grid of nine palaces, each carrying four stacked layers of information. Its casting rules are the most involved of any Chinese metaphysical system, but every step is fully determined. This page follows the casting order.
- Da Liu Ren Chart CalculatorDa Liu Ren is one of the three canonical systems, alongside Qi Men Dun Jia and Tai Yi, and the one with the largest surviving literature. It turns a moment in time into a pair of stacked plates, then draws four lessons and three transmissions from them. This page follows the casting order.