Directional Meetings versus Trines (三會與三合的區別)
Compare seasonal Directional Meetings with Three-Harmony trines by membership, structure, phase logic, partial forms, and responsible reading order.
Overview
Directional Meetings group three consecutive branches of one season, whereas Three-Harmony trines link a birth, cardinal, and storage branch across seasons. Both point toward a phase, but their member tables, partial forms, topology, and classical explanations differ. A chart may contain competing candidates, so each must be detected and weighted separately.
At a glance
- Directional Meeting
- Three consecutive branches of one season
- Three-Harmony trine
- Birth, cardinal, and storage branches across seasons
- Shared feature
- Both organize toward a Five-Phase direction
- Partial logic
- Half trines have a canonical center rule; meetings remain incomplete
- Priority evidence
- Actual members, season, roots, proximity, and interference
- Boundary
- Neither group is universally superior in every chart
Use different closed member tables
Yin–Mao–Chen is a spring meeting, while Hai–Mao–Wei is a Wood trine.
List actual members before comparing force so similar phase labels do not merge different structures.
- Identify the table first.
- Do not mix group membership.
Distinguish seasonal continuity from phase cycle
Directional Meetings express a continuous seasonal sequence.
Trines connect birth, cardinal center, and storage stages, giving them a different internal topology and half-group logic.
- Name the structural model.
- Apply the correct partial rule.
Compare evidence instead of ranking slogans
A complete, seasonally supported group generally carries more evidence than a remote or incomplete candidate.
Clashes, roots, exposure, and timing may strengthen one route or leave both partially active.
- Weight observed evidence.
- Keep residual relations visible.
Avoid automatic transformation and fortune claims
Neither 三會 nor 三合 automatically converts every member or guarantees a favorable result.
Interpret the resulting phase only after assessing function, balance, timing, and real circumstances.
- Separate group from conversion.
- Separate conversion from benefit.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷二分列四方會局與生旺墓三合：兩套固定成員及內部邏輯不可混用A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《滴天髓》 (Dripping Heavenly Marrow)《滴天髓》「方局」評註：方為季節連續，局為生旺墓聚合，均須服從月令與全局氣勢A core later text on Bazi balance, seasonal strength, and relational reading.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology三會與三合比較頁逐欄對照成員、季節拓撲、中神與半合規則，不建立無證據的固定高低排名OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.