Harm Gate (傷門) in Qimen Dunjia
The Harm Gate describes pressure, cutting action, competition, pursuit, and the possibility of damage or friction. It can be relevant when the task itself…
Overview
The Harm Gate describes pressure, cutting action, competition, pursuit, and the possibility of damage or friction. The eight gates form the human-action layer. A rotating-plate chart moves them around the eight outer palaces; no gate occupies the center. Its home position is Zhen 3 in the east and its element is Wood.
At a glance
- Page role
- Chart symbol reference
- Terms covered
- Harm Gate · Shang Men · 傷門
- Verification focus
- The eight gates form the human-action layer. A rotating-plate chart moves them around the eight outer palaces; no gate occupies the center. Its home position is Zhen 3 in the east and its element is Wood.
- Stop rule
- Do not turn Harm Gate into a medical diagnosis, accident prediction, or instruction to confront someone. Real safety and health decisions require direct evidence and professional advice.
Direct answer and scope
The Harm Gate describes pressure, cutting action, competition, pursuit, and the possibility of damage or friction.
- Names and related terms: Harm Gate
- Names and related terms: Shang Men
- Names and related terms: 傷門
How the rule is formed or checked
The eight gates form the human-action layer. A rotating-plate chart moves them around the eight outer palaces; no gate occupies the center. Its home position is Zhen 3 in the east and its element is Wood.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
It can be relevant when the task itself involves contest, collection, enforcement, repair, or a necessary cut. Judge whether the pressure is purposeful or merely destructive by checking the question and palace relations.
- 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
Harm Gate may be useful in a bounded competitive task but costly in reconciliation. The same symbol can describe decisive intervention in one question and avoidable escalation in another.
Common mistake and limit
Do not turn Harm Gate into a medical diagnosis, accident prediction, or instruction to confront someone. Real safety and health decisions require direct evidence and professional advice.
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.
- 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.
- 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.