YUANHAI ZIPING / COLLECTION 1
Collection One: chart relations and reading methods
Begin with the edition, day stem and month, then examine relations, patterns, timing and auxiliary markers before reproducing a fictional chart.
Ten original readings begin with the edition, the day stem and the monthly framework, then examine conditional relations, patterns, timing and auxiliary stars. A reproducible fictional chart brings the method together. The working witness is the 1634 five-juan edition, with the ancient text, older commentary and our explanations distinguished. This is a study of cultural and textual reasoning, not scientific validation of prediction or a complete transcription of the book.
- READING 01
How to read Yuanhai Ziping: an edition, a map, and a method
Identify the text and commentary you are reading, then follow a practical route through Yuanhai Ziping without turning its formulas into isolated predictions.
- READING 02
Reading from the day stem: how to organize the whole chart
Build a relational chart map from the day stem, separate visible and hidden stems, and avoid mistaking Ten God names for fixed personality traits.
- READING 03
Why the month is the framework: season, hidden stems, and strength
Read the month command as seasonal context, distinguish hidden stems from visible emergence, and make strength judgments without simply counting elements.
- READING 04
Generation, control and transformation: when a relation matters
Read generation, control, restraint and combination as conditional relations, with worked comparisons that show why an arrow alone cannot decide a Yuanhai reading.
- READING 05
Direct Officer and Seven Killings: how much restraint is enough
Compare the book's overlapping Officer and Killings terminology, then test insufficient, suitable and excessive restraint without turning historical labels into moral judgments.
- READING 06
Wealth, Resource and Output: one change affects several relations
Follow the book's concrete Resource–Output example, then compare how adding Wealth can restrain Resource, receive Output and support Officer at the same time.
- READING 07
When a Pattern Is Established
Test a Yuanhai Ziping pattern against its own required conditions, supporting relations, and counterexamples before accepting a label
- READING 08
Natal Chart Decade and Year
Keep the natal configuration, ten year cycle, and annual pillar distinct while reading the conditional timing language of Yuanhai Ziping
- READING 09
Auxiliary Stars in the Whole Chart
Read an image checked auxiliary star rule, record its reference and target, and keep a lookup result separate from a claim about someone’s life
- READING 10
A complete fictional reading: from checked input to conditional conclusions
Follow one reproducible fictional chart through calculation, relational inventory, season, competing readings, decade and annual layers, with a clear record of what remains undecided.