Three Wonders and Six Instruments in Qimen
The Three Wonders are Yi, Bing, and Ding. The Six Instruments are Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, each also serving as the visible representative for one Jia…
Overview
The Three Wonders are Yi, Bing, and Ding. The Six Instruments are Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, each also serving as the visible representative for one Jia Xun head in the hidden-Jia convention. OpenFate’s earth-plate sequence is Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Ding, Bing, Yi. The bureau gives the starting palace and Yin or Yang Dun gives the direction, so sequence, start, and direction must all be retained.
At a glance
- Page role
- Foundation concept
- Terms covered
- Three Nobles · Three Wonders · Six Instruments
- Verification focus
- OpenFate’s earth-plate sequence is Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Ding, Bing, Yi. The bureau gives the starting palace and Yin or Yang Dun gives the direction, so sequence, start, and direction must all be retained.
- Stop rule
- Do not assign a fixed personality or guaranteed fortune to one stem. Verify its layer, palace, role, paired stem, and question before interpretation.
Direct answer and scope
The Three Wonders are Yi, Bing, and Ding. The Six Instruments are Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui, each also serving as the visible representative for one Jia Xun head in the hidden-Jia convention.
- Names and related terms: Three Nobles
- Names and related terms: Three Wonders
- Names and related terms: Six Instruments
How the rule is formed or checked
OpenFate’s earth-plate sequence is Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Ding, Bing, Yi. The bureau gives the starting palace and Yin or Yang Dun gives the direction, so sequence, start, and direction must all be retained.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
Treat each stem as a placed chart fact before applying a stem-pair pattern or topic anchor. The same visible stem can play a different role when it represents hidden Jia for a specific pillar.
- 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
Wu can be an ordinary earth-plate or heaven-plate stem, the instrument hiding Jia Zi, or a finance-topic capital anchor. These are related labels but not interchangeable evidence roles.
Common mistake and limit
Do not assign a fixed personality or guaranteed fortune to one stem. Verify its layer, palace, role, paired stem, and question before interpretation.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《煙波釣叟歌》Wikisource lines 112–220: nine palaces, 陰陽遁, 三元, 值符/值使, 三奇六儀, 伏吟/反吟, gates, stars, vigor, 擊刑, 入墓, and selected patterns.A public-domain classical verse used only for the rule passages it actually states, including nine palaces, Yin and Yang Dun, Three Wonders and Six Instruments, Chief Star and Gate, gate and star sequences, vigor, and selected conditions. Legendary origin verses are not presented as verified history.
- 《奇門遁甲統宗》卷二《奇門遁甲統宗》卷二 cited chapter: six 旬首 mappings, 甲子遁戊 through 甲寅遁癸.Classical text used for the six Xun-head mappings: Jia Zi hides in Wu, Jia Xu in Ji, Jia Shen in Geng, Jia Wu in Xin, Jia Chen in Ren, and Jia Yin in Gui. It does not establish one universal modern casting school.
- 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.