Qimen Schools and Methods: What Must Be Declared
Qimen is not one configuration shared by every practitioner. Plate movement, Yuan segmentation, center handling, deity order, day boundary, and chart purpose…
Overview
Qimen is not one configuration shared by every practitioner. Plate movement, Yuan segmentation, center handling, deity order, day boundary, and chart purpose can differ, so a chart should carry a method name and version. OpenFate currently declares an hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu method using fixed-offset civil time, precise solar-term instants, a 23:00 day boundary, Tian Qin accompanying Tian Rui, center landings escorted to Kun 2, and no gate in the center.
At a glance
- Page role
- Foundation concept
- Terms covered
- Qimen schools · Qimen lineages
- Verification focus
- OpenFate currently declares an hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu method using fixed-offset civil time, precise solar-term instants, a 23:00 day boundary, Tian Qin accompanying Tian Rui, center landings escorted to Kun 2, and no gate in the center.
- Stop rule
- Do not silently blend rules from different schools or relabel fixed-offset civil time as true solar time. A methodology change needs a new name, version, fixtures, and migration policy.
Direct answer and scope
Qimen is not one configuration shared by every practitioner. Plate movement, Yuan segmentation, center handling, deity order, day boundary, and chart purpose can differ, so a chart should carry a method name and version.
- Names and related terms: Qimen schools
- Names and related terms: Qimen lineages
How the rule is formed or checked
OpenFate currently declares an hour-Qimen, rotating-plate, Chaibu method using fixed-offset civil time, precise solar-term instants, a 23:00 day boundary, Tian Qin accompanying Tian Rui, center landings escorted to Kun 2, and no gate in the center.
Keep the cast moment, UTC offset, method version, palace, and interacting symbols visible before adopting an interpretation.
How to use this in a reading
When comparing software or teachers, build a settings matrix before comparing outputs. A discrepancy may be a school difference, a boundary difference, or an implementation defect; the evidence required for each diagnosis is different.
- 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
Two charts for the same clock time may both be internally consistent if one uses rotating plates with Chaibu and the other uses flying plates with Zhirun. Calling one “wrong” without the method declarations is not a completed audit.
Common mistake and limit
Do not silently blend rules from different schools or relabel fixed-offset civil time as true solar time. A methodology change needs a new name, version, fixtures, and migration policy.
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.