Liu Yao, Wen Wang Gua, Najia and Six-Line Divination
Distinguish Liu Yao, Wen Wang Gua, Najia, Huozhulin, Japanese Dan-eki and Korean Yuk-hyo without treating every label as identical.
Overview
Liu Yao, Wen Wang Gua, Najia and Huozhulin overlap in modern discussion but name different scopes: six-line practice, a divination lineage, a stem-and-branch assignment technique, or a textual and methodological family. Japanese 断易／五行易 and Korean 육효／납갑 add local naming histories rather than simple translations.
At a glance
- Reader question
- Liu Yao Wen Wang Gua Najia
- 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
Liu Yao, Wen Wang Gua, Najia and Huozhulin overlap in modern discussion but name different scopes: six-line practice, a divination lineage, a stem-and-branch assignment technique, or a textual and methodological family. Japanese 断易／五行易 and Korean 육효／납갑 add local naming histories rather than simple translations.
Definitions and prerequisites
To resolve a label, record its language, title page or curriculum, date, edition and the actual operations it describes. The same book catalogue can place several terms together without proving that practitioners everywhere use them as exact synonyms.
Method or reference rule
Compare names by function: Does the source describe casting, Eight-Palace placement, Najia assignment, Five-Element relations, line interpretation, or the whole system? Keep the broad system label and the narrower calculation label in separate fields.
Worked example
A Japanese library record titled 五行易 and a modern course labeled 断易 may both teach related six-line methods. Cite each source’s own word, then describe the shared operations instead of silently replacing both with Liu Yao.
Closest failure case
Assuming that “Wen Wang Gua” means every current software default is a category error. The label cannot decide coin-face values, day boundary, changed-line relations or how a disputed school rule is implemented.
Sources, interpretation and limits
Terminology evidence establishes that a name is used in a particular record. It does not establish historical priority, an unbroken lineage, universal equivalence or predictive effectiveness.
Chinese, Japanese and Korean records show overlapping local labels. A shared catalogue entry is terminology evidence, not proof that every lineage uses the words identically.
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: 說明不同語境的名稱交集與差異，不假設所有傳統完全同義。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: 說明不同語境的名稱交集與差異，不假設所有傳統完全同義。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.
- National Diet Library: 五行易活断National Diet Library record R100000039-I917715, 1926 edition title and contents metadata for 五行易活断. Page claim scope: 說明不同語境的名稱交集與差異，不假設所有傳統完全同義。Japanese national-library record for a 1926 work titled Gogyo-eki Katsudan. It supports historical Japanese 五行易 terminology and bibliography, not universal modern rules.
- CiNii Books: 増刪卜易 — 五行易・断易・六爻占卜CiNii Books record BC04139408, title and responsibility fields linking 五行易, 断易 and 六爻占卜 to this edition. Page claim scope: 說明不同語境的名稱交集與差異，不假設所有傳統完全同義。Japanese academic-library record linking 五行易, 断易 and 六爻占卜 in one edition title. It supports terminology and edition identity, not perfect synonymy across every lineage.
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture: 괘 (卦)Entry 괘 (卦), sections describing 팔괘 and 64괘; Korean terminology context only. Page claim scope: 說明不同語境的名稱交集與差異，不假設所有傳統完全同義。National scholarly encyclopedia entry supporting Korean reference terminology for trigrams and the 64 hexagrams, not the full later Yuk-hyo/Najia method.