How to Cite Original Bazi Classics
Create verifiable Bazi citations with work, author, edition, chapter, page or folio, passage status, translation, and access details.
Overview
A useful citation lets readers locate the exact textual witness behind a Bazi claim. Record the work, attributed author or compiler, edition or database witness, juan or chapter, page or folio, passage title where available, access date for mutable digital sources, and a stable link or repository identifier. Mark whether the text is a quotation, paraphrase, translation, commentator’s note, or modern synthesis. Quote only the amount needed and explain the rule’s conditions. A classic source documents a tradition; it does not turn a metaphysical claim into modern scientific, medical, legal, or financial evidence.
At a glance
- Minimum identity
- Work, author or compiler, edition or witness, juan or chapter
- Locator
- Page, folio, passage, stable URL or repository identifier
- Passage status
- Quotation, paraphrase, translation, commentary, or modern synthesis
- Context
- Rule conditions, exceptions, surrounding argument, school or commentator
- Digital source
- Access date and stable archive where practical
- Evidence boundary
- Traditional source is not modern scientific or professional evidence
Identify the textual witness, not only the book title
Give the title, attributed author or compiler, edition, publisher or database witness, date where known, and juan or chapter.
If authorship or dating is disputed, state the attribution and uncertainty rather than presenting a modern edition as the original object.
- Name the exact witness.
- Disclose attribution uncertainty.
Provide a reproducible locator
Add page or folio, chapter or passage heading, stable link or identifier, and an access date for mutable digital resources.
Search-result snippets and unattributed quote images are discovery aids, not final citations. Verify the passage in the source witness.
- Use stable locators.
- Verify discovered quotations.
Separate quotation, translation, and interpretation
Keep the original wording, an accountable translation, and the article’s explanation in visibly distinct layers.
Quote only what is needed, preserve qualifying language, and do not splice distant phrases into a rule the source never states.
- Label every textual layer.
- Retain conditions and exceptions.
Describe what the citation can and cannot support
A classical passage can support attribution, terminology, or a historical rule within a tradition.
It does not by itself validate scientific efficacy, diagnose a condition, establish legal facts, or justify financial decisions.
- Match claims to source scope.
- Do not borrow modern authority.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》各版本作為示範引用對象，用於要求作品、版本、卷章、頁葉與可核對原文的完整書目定位A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷帙及多版本材料作為古籍定位範例，用於區分原文、標點、翻譯、轉述與後世註解A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology古籍引用頁規定逐項核對底本與定位，無法找到原文時降低主張或停止發布，並限制引用只能證明文本記載OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.