Three-Punishment Sets and Reading Order (三刑配對與判讀順序)
Map the canonical punishment groups, disclose school conventions, and assess completeness, repetition, strength, overlap, and practical boundaries.
Overview
Three-Punishment analysis commonly distinguishes Yin–Si–Shen, Chou–Xu–Wei, Zi–Mao, and school-defined self-punishments. These are not interchangeable pair lists: some schools require a complete three-member set, while others assign partial force. The adopted rule, actual members, repetitions, positions, and concurrent relations must be published.
At a glance
- Common groups
- Yin–Si–Shen, Chou–Xu–Wei, Zi–Mao, and self-punishment sets
- School question
- Whether partial two-member contact receives punishment force
- Evidence
- Actual members, repetition, season, roots, position, and timing
- Overlap
- Clash, harmony, harm, destruction, trine, or meeting
- Output
- Complete, partial by convention, self-punishment, or absent
- Boundary
- Punishment is not proof of crime, injury, or moral fault
Declare the group table and completeness rule
List the actual branches and identify the named punishment group.
State whether the adopted school recognizes a two-member partial form or requires the complete set.
- Publish the convention.
- Do not fabricate missing members.
Assess repetition, position, and support
Repeated branches and seasonally strong members can make the relation more structurally prominent.
Pillar location and timing show where and when the contact appears without guaranteeing a concrete event.
- Count actual repetitions.
- Separate natal and timed evidence.
Keep simultaneous relations in the graph
Yin–Si–Shen also contains harmony, clash, harm, and break pairs; Chou–Xu–Wei contains clashes and storage branches.
Resolve each edge explicitly instead of letting the word punishment replace the whole chart.
- Retain every relation.
- Avoid double-counting one pair.
Reject moral and catastrophic literalization
三刑 cannot identify a criminal, abusive person, lawsuit, surgery, accident, or self-harm.
Use neutral language about friction or repeated structural pressure and require real evidence for high-stakes claims.
- No moral diagnosis.
- No medical or legal prediction.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《三命通會》卷二地支相刑：寅巳申、丑戌未、子卯與自刑分組，組成與成效須分層A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- 《淵海子平》 (Yuanhai Ziping)《淵海子平》地支刑法諸論：三刑名稱仍受旺衰、位置、全局與其他合沖關係制約A foundational Ziping reference for branch months, hidden stems, roots, and stem-branch relationships.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology三刑判讀順序頁要求公開採用流派與完整度規則，並禁止由「刑」字推定法律、醫療或道德結果OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.