占卜
This category holds the divination literature that does not sit comfortably inside Liu Yao, Liu Ren or another dedicated system: miscellaneous methods, records of results, and general surveys of technique.
Their value usually lies less in systematic completeness than in preserving practices and examples from outside the main traditions, which makes them useful for corroboration.
How to read this branch
Best browsed once one main system is familiar, as a way of comparing how different methods treat the same kind of question.
- Ce Zi Mi Die (測字秘牒)OriginalTranslationQing (清) · Cheng Sheng (程省)VolumeOne·TenMethodsofDivinationbyCharacters
- Ling Qi Jing (靈棋經)OriginalTranslationHan (漢) · Dongfang Shuo (attributed) (東方朔（舊題）)TheClassicofNuminousChessPiecesText
- Mi Ben Zhu Ge Shen Shu (秘本諸葛神數)OriginalTranslationThree Kingdoms · Shu (attributed) (三國·蜀（舊題）) · Zhuge Liang (attributed) (諸葛亮（舊題）)
- Qin Xing Yi Jian (禽星易見)OriginalTranslationMing (明) · Chi Benli (池本理)FourTreasuriesCompleteCatalogueSummary
- Shen Ji Miao Suan Yi Zhang Jing (Liu Du Shen Shu) (神機妙算一掌經（六度神數）)OriginalTranslationTang (attributed) (唐（舊題）) · Zhang Sui (Yi Xing Chan Shi ， Jiu Ti) (張遂（一行禪師，舊題）)SixDegreesofDivineCalculation
- Wen Wang Jin Qian Ke (文王金錢課)OriginalTranslationZhou (attributed) (周（舊題）) · Ji Chang (Jiu Ti Zhou Wen Wang) (姬昌（舊題周文王）)
- Yan Qin Tong Zuan (演禽通纂)OriginalTranslation(attributed, anonymous) (（舊題，佚名）) · anonymous (佚名)YanQinTongZuanVolumeOne
- Zhou Gong Jie Meng (周公解夢)OriginalTranslation(attributed to the Duke of Zhou) (（舊題周公）) · anonymous (attributed to the Duke of Zhou) (佚名（舊題周公）)
Charting guides
- Liu Yao Divination ChartLiu Yao casts a hexagram about one specific matter and reads its structure. Unlike BaZi or Zi Wei, which describe a person, Liu Yao describes how a situation stands at a particular moment. This page walks through the full process from casting to attribution.
- Da Yan Yarrow Stalk DivinationThe yarrow stalk method is the casting procedure the Book of Changes describes for itself, set out in the Great Treatise. It is far more involved than tossing coins, but every step is written down in the text, and it distinguishes old from young lines. This page follows the eighteen changes in 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.