Shi and Ying Lines in Liu Yao
Shi and Ying are paired positions set by a hexagram’s Eight-Palace generation: a structural self–other axis, not access to anyone’s private mind.
Overview
Shi marks the structural self position and Ying the paired response position in the declared Eight-Palace system. The Shi position follows generation—pure 6, first 1, second 2, third 3, fourth 4, fifth 5, Wandering 4, Returning 3—and Ying sits three positions away around the six-line cycle.
At a glance
- Reader question
- Liu Yao Shi Ying
- Evidence model
- Fixed chart facts → attributed tradition → conditional interpretation
- Product boundary
- OpenFate /liuyao owns interactive casting and chart generation
- Review posture
- Source-backed reference · interpretation remains conditional
Direct answer
Shi marks the structural self position and Ying the paired response position in the declared Eight-Palace system. The Shi position follows generation—pure 6, first 1, second 2, third 3, fourth 4, fifth 5, Wandering 4, Returning 3—and Ying sits three positions away around the six-line cycle.
Definitions and prerequisites
First identify the original hexagram’s palace and generation. Do not assign Shi/Ying from the changed hexagram or from whichever line seems emotionally relevant.
Method or reference rule
Look up the Shi position from the generation table, calculate the paired Ying position, then record each line’s branch, element, movement and relation. Describe their structural interaction before any person-specific interpretation.
Worked example
乾為天 is the pure member of Qian Palace, so Shi is line six and Ying is line three. Their 戌 Earth and 辰 Earth share an element in the fixed chart, but that fact alone does not describe a relationship outcome.
Closest failure case
Labeling Shi as the querent and Ying as a partner in every question can be wrong when the question role calls for a Six-Relative focus. “Shi controls Ying” is an element direction, not proof of dominance or coercion.
Sources, interpretation and limits
Shi–Ying provides an interpretive axis after correct chart construction. It cannot reveal private thoughts, consent, guilt or intent, and no single relation overrides the question, Yongshen, month/day and moving evidence.
Historical and academic records support the named chart taxonomy. Exact table output here follows the versioned OpenFate product contract and is not presented as universal school agreement.
Verification checklist
Save the question, cast time, timezone, face convention, six line values, source edition and product version whenever they can change the result.
- Reproduce the six stored line values before interpretation.
- Name the method, edition and product settings used.
- Cite the decisive chart facts instead of one dramatic label.
- Use observable records and qualified advice for high-stakes decisions.
Sources and editorial basis
- Chinese Text Project: 京氏易傳京氏易傳 work record and visible organization; exact rule claims require a separately named volume, passage and edition. Page claim scope: 說明世應位置與相對關係，不固定把世等同任何具體人物。Digitized historical work associated with Eight-Palace, Shi–Ying, Najia and kinship vocabulary. Exact doctrinal claims still require a named volume, passage and edition.
- A Study on the Construction and Application of Jing Fang YiThesis record T14175802, abstract and contents headings for Eight Palaces, Shi/Ying, Najia/Nazhi and Six Relations; taxonomy only. Page claim scope: 說明世應位置與相對關係，不固定把世等同任何具體人物。Academic thesis record connecting Jing Fang Yi with later Six-Line studies; the accessible contents list Eight Palaces, Shi–Ying, Najia/Nazhi and Six Relations. The record supports taxonomy, not unseen page-level arguments.
- OpenFate Liu Yao deterministic chart contractOpenFate app/modules/liuyao/logic/data.ts and engine.ts: SHI_BY_GENERATION, derived Ying position and neutral relation labels.Product evidence for seeded six-line casting and the current deterministic chart fields and policies. It supports current behavior only, not historical priority or predictive truth.