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Bazi Glossary

Find concise, cross-referenced definitions for essential Bazi terms, including chart structure, timing, climate, strength, combinations, and classical reading concepts.

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Overview

The glossary defines how key terms are used across the OpenFate Wiki and connects each definition to deeper concept pages. It clarifies vocabulary without declaring one school’s disputed interpretation universally correct.

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Bazi Glossary
Catalog entries
20 reference entries
Reading role
This reference covers foundational chart parts, strength and climate terms, structural language, timing vocabulary, stem-branch mechanisms, and commonly cited classical concepts.
Evidence standard
A reliable definition states what the term refers to, how it is derived or recognized, which neighboring concepts must be distinguished, and where deeper evidence can be found.
Interpretive boundary
Glossary entries standardize navigation and working definitions; they do not erase legitimate school differences or substitute a short definition for complete chart analysis.

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What the Bazi Glossary catalog covers

This reference covers foundational chart parts, strength and climate terms, structural language, timing vocabulary, stem-branch mechanisms, and commonly cited classical concepts.

This hub organizes 20 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 Bazi Glossary 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

Use each entry to identify the term’s calculation or descriptive role, then follow its cross-references before applying it to a chart. Similar labels may belong to different analytical layers.

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 reliable definition states what the term refers to, how it is derived or recognized, which neighboring concepts must be distinguished, and where deeper evidence can be found.

Glossary entries standardize navigation and working definitions; they do not erase legitimate school differences or substitute a short definition for complete chart analysis.

  • 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. Hong Kong Observatory: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
    An official modern reference for the canonical stem and branch orders, the sexagenary cycle, and calendrical use.
  2. 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)
    A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
  3. 《子平真詮》 (True Explanations of Ziping)
    A major reference for month-command, structure, and contextual Bazi interpretation.
  4. 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)
    A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
  5. OpenFate Editorial Methodology
    OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.

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