综合
This category holds works that range beyond a single branch: calendrical computation, date-selection systems, and comprehensive compendia of technique.
The date-selection literature is worth particular attention: most of the auspicious and inauspicious entries printed on a Chinese almanac can be traced back to these books, which record the written basis for traditional ritual and customary practice.
How to read this branch
More useful consulted as reference than read through. Calendrical terms that are unexplained elsewhere can usually be tracked down here.
- Bing Yao Wang Jiang Nan (兵要望江南)OriginalTranslationTang (唐) · Yi Jing (易靜)The"MilitaryEssentials:LookingSouthwardtotheSouthernRive…
- Chen Zhou Fu Zhou Da Quan (辰州符咒大全)OriginalTranslationRepublican era (民國) · anonymous (Jue Xuan Zi Xu) (佚名（覺玄子序）)TheCompleteCollectionofChenzhouTalismansandSpells:AnIntr…
- Hu Qian Jing (虎鈐經)OriginalTranslationSong (宋) · Xu Dong (許洞)HeavenlyMeritFirst
- Kai Yuan Zhan Jing (開元占經)OriginalTranslationTang (唐) · Qutan Xida (瞿曇悉達)TheKaiyuanTreatiseonAstrology(TangDynasty,compiledbyQuta…
- Ling Tai Mi Yuan (靈臺秘苑)OriginalTranslationSong (宋) · Wang Anli (王安禮)TheSecretGardenoftheNuminousTerrace(revisedbyWangAnli)
- Ma Wang Dui Han Mu Bo Shu Wu Xing Zhan (馬王堆漢墓帛書五星占)OriginalTranslationHan (漢) · anonymous (Ma Wang Dui San Hao Han Mu Bo Shu) (佚名（馬王堆三號漢墓帛書）)ChapterOne:Jupiter
- Qin Ding Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu (欽定協紀辨方書)OriginalTranslationQing (清) · Mei Juecheng and others (Feng Chi Bian) (梅轂成等（奉敕編）)BookOneof"XieJiBianFangShu"
- Shu Shu Ji Yi (數術記遺)OriginalTranslationHan (漢) · Xu Yue (Bei Zhou Zhen Luan Zhu) (徐嶽（北周甄鸞注）)Author'spreface:theHeavenlyGateandtheMetalTiger;aprophet…
- Tai Bai Yin Jing (太白陰經)OriginalTranslationTang (唐) · Li Quan (李荃)TheFirstChapter:OnHeavenWithoutYinandYang
- Tui Bei Tu (推背圖)OriginalTranslationTang (唐) · Li Chunfeng、yuantiangang (attributed) (李淳風、袁天罡（舊題）)TheBack-PushingDiagrams(LiChunfeng,YuanTiangang)
- Wu Xing Da Yi (五行大義)OriginalTranslationSui (隋) · Xiao Ji (蕭吉)TheGreatMeaningoftheFivePhases:Preface
- Wu Xing Jing Ji (五行精紀)OriginalTranslationSong (宋) · Liao Zhong (廖中)
- Yi Si Zhan (乙巳占)OriginalTranslationTang (唐) · Li Chunfeng (李淳風)TheYisiDivinationTreatise,writtenbyLiChunfengoftheTangdy…
Charting guides
- Chinese AlmanacEvery column in a Chinese almanac is derived from a specific rule rather than chosen freely. This page explains where each one comes from, and what the suitable and unsuitable lists actually meant in their original context.
- Chinese Perpetual CalendarThree calendars are in simultaneous use in Chinese contexts: the Gregorian calendar, the lunisolar calendar, and the solar-term calendar. Their years and months begin at different points, and mixing them is the root of most date conversion errors.