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Bazi Classics, Schools, and Case Methods

Read major Bazi classics, trace commentary and school differences, and audit case methods without treating historical claims as scientific proof.

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Overview

Classical Bazi material reaches modern readers through base texts, commentaries, editions, teaching lineages, and later applications. This category keeps those layers visible, compares declared methods on verified chart data, and separates historical interpretation from modern evidence.

At a glance

Catalog
Classics, Schools, and Cases
Catalog entries
94 reference entries
Reading role
This category covers foundational books, textual transmission, commentaries, schools, method comparisons, anonymized cases, citation practice, and editorial or AI-use boundaries.
Evidence standard
A defensible claim records edition, volume or passage, base author and commentator where known, chart inputs, selected rule, school convention, exclusions, counterevidence, and editorial changes.
Interpretive boundary
Historical authority is not scientific validation. Cases are illustrative rather than representative, and classical language cannot diagnose health, decide legal or financial matters, profile people, or guarantee events.

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What the Classics, Schools, and Cases catalog covers

This category covers foundational books, textual transmission, commentaries, schools, method comparisons, anonymized cases, citation practice, and editorial or AI-use boundaries.

This hub organizes 94 indexed topics under one editorial model so definitions, derivations, interpretation order, and limits remain consistent across the catalog.

  • Begin with the definition before using an interpretive keyword.
  • Keep the named concept connected to stems, branches, season, placement, and the complete chart.

How to use the topic index

Every Classics, Schools, and Cases entry preserves its workbook name and Chinese term, then places it inside a smaller conceptual group for easier comparison.

Use neighboring entries to compare similar rules, but verify each page independently because a shared family name does not make two concepts interchangeable.

  • Search by English title, simplified term, traditional term, or a common alias.
  • Follow related concepts when a rule depends on another part of the Bazi system.

A disciplined reading sequence

Identify the text and edition, distinguish base passage from commentary, reconstruct the stated rule, name the school convention, apply it to verified chart inputs, compare alternatives, and preserve counterevidence.

Record the observed chart facts first, then state the rule being applied, and only afterward form a bounded interpretation. This separates calculation from judgment.

  • Confirm the input, lookup anchor, and chart position before interpreting.
  • Check whether season, strength, combinations, and timing support or weaken the proposed reading.

Evidence, school differences, and limits

A defensible claim records edition, volume or passage, base author and commentator where known, chart inputs, selected rule, school convention, exclusions, counterevidence, and editorial changes.

Historical authority is not scientific validation. Cases are illustrative rather than representative, and classical language cannot diagnose health, decide legal or financial matters, profile people, or guarantee events.

  • Treat named rules as evidence with a stated scope, not as automatic life-event predictions.
  • When traditions differ, identify the convention instead of blending incompatible thresholds.

Sources and editorial basis

  1. 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)
    A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
  2. 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)
    A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
  3. 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)
    A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
  4. 《子平真詮》 (True Explanations of Ziping)
    A major reference for month-command, structure, and contextual Bazi interpretation.
  5. 《窮通寶鑑》 (Qiongtong Baojian)
    A transmitted Bazi text organized by Heavenly Stem and birth month, with particular attention to seasonal climate regulation.
  6. OpenFate Editorial Methodology
    OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.

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