Qimen vs Taiyi and Daliuren: Distinguishing the Three Arts
Qimen, Taiyi, and Daliuren are traditionally grouped as the Three Arts, but each has its own board objects, calculations, vocabulary, and historical uses.
Overview
Qimen, Taiyi, and Daliuren are traditionally grouped as the Three Arts, but each has its own board objects, calculations, vocabulary, and historical uses. Group membership does not make their charts interchangeable. This Wiki documents only the declared Qimen hour-chart method. A Taiyi or Daliuren comparison should begin with separately sourced definitions and exact implementations, never guessed analogies from similar names.
At a glance
- Page role
- System-boundary comparison
- Terms covered
- three arts · three cosmic boards
- Verification focus
- This Wiki documents only the declared Qimen hour-chart method. A Taiyi or Daliuren comparison should begin with separately sourced definitions and exact implementations, never guessed analogies from similar names.
- Stop rule
- This page does not teach or rank Taiyi or Daliuren. Claims about either remain out of scope until supported by dedicated primary or academic sources and reviewed implementations.
Direct answer and scope
Qimen, Taiyi, and Daliuren are traditionally grouped as the Three Arts, but each has its own board objects, calculations, vocabulary, and historical uses. Group membership does not make their charts interchangeable.
- Names and related terms: three arts
- Names and related terms: three cosmic boards
How the rule is formed or checked
This Wiki documents only the declared Qimen hour-chart method. A Taiyi or Daliuren comparison should begin with separately sourced definitions and exact implementations, never guessed analogies from similar names.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
Choose by a documented practitioner method and the user’s question, inputs, and desired output. If the alternative system is not implemented or sourced, say so instead of simulating it with Qimen fields.
- Name the visible chart fact before assigning symbolic meaning.
- Compare the asker and matter anchors with every layer in their palaces.
- Record at least one supporting condition and one counter-signal.
- End with a reversible action and an observable review point.
Worked contrast
Calling every time-based Chinese divination chart “Qimen” hides method differences. A valid comparison begins by listing each system’s actual calculated objects, not by matching poetic interpretations.
Common mistake and limit
This page does not teach or rank Taiyi or Daliuren. Claims about either remain out of scope until supported by dedicated primary or academic sources and reviewed implementations.
Sources and editorial basis
- 猪野毅「奇門遁甲の基礎的研究」Abstract and pp. 161–185: history and vocabulary; nine palaces; Three Wonders and Six Instruments; Eight Gates, Nine Stars, and deities; 排宮 and 飛宮 method distinction.A 2010 Hokkaido University research article used for historical vocabulary, the basic board structure, and the documented distinction between rotating-palace and flying-palace approaches. It does not test predictive accuracy.
- NCC-T06 奇門遁甲專業版操作手冊NCC-T06 manual setting and board-field sections: configurable plate, center, bureau, deity, and day-boundary axes; used as evidence of modern method variation only.A modern professional-software manual used to document that plate, center, bureau, deity, and day-boundary settings vary. It is evidence of configurable practice, not an independent historical authority or accuracy study.
- OpenFate Qimen hour-chart methodOpenFate docs/QIMEN_SYSTEM.md, “Professional calculation contract,” “Interpretation and evidence contract,” and “Rule-source map,” source-reviewed 2026-09-12.Product-specific reference for OpenFate’s fixed-offset civil-time, hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu implementation and its deterministic chart fields. A source review on 2026-09-12 does not prove live deployment, other schools, or predictive validity.