§ 04Encyclopedia
Words, images, stars and texts: the vocabulary of traditional learning, one entry at a time
Five reference works, one compartment each: a glossary of Qimen, Liuren and fate-study terms; the sixty-four hexagrams in full; a quick reference to Qimen board imagery; a sky encyclopedia from the Three Enclosures to the Western constellations; and a guide to pre-Qin official learning.
§ 01Glossary
The vocabulary, one entry at a time
Working terms from Qimen, Liuren and fate studies: gates and stars, stems and branches, the five phases, solar terms and spirits, each defined and cross-linked.
EntriesEight Gates·Nine Stars·Eight Spirits·Stems·Branches·Five Phases·Solar Terms·Spirits & Killings
§ 03Qimen Imagery
What every cell of the board means
Stems, stars, gates, spirits and palaces as the base, then the stem pairings, star-gate and gate-spirit combinations, patterns, special states and focal selection.
EntriesTen Stems·Nine Stars·Eight Gates·Eight Spirits·Stem Pairings·Auspicious·Inauspicious
§ 04Starry Sky
From the Three Enclosures to the zodiac
Three hundred Chinese asterisms with the Song of the Sky Pacers, modern Chinese names of the bright stars, the eighty-eight Western constellations, and a long essay on Chinese astrology.
EntriesChinese Asterisms·Bright Stars·Constellations·Chinese Astrology
§ 05Pre-Qin Learning
Learning kept in office, and how it dispersed
Six divisions on pre-Qin official learning: institutions, the Six Classics, the masters, people, concepts and excavated texts, with a timeline and lineage chart.
EntriesInstitutions·Classics·Masters·People·Concepts·Manuscripts·Timeline
