XUANJI · Chinese metaphysics
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Pages on classical Chinese metaphysics; every quotation is checked character by character against the source texts.
The sixty day pillars
One page per day pillar: its position in the sixty-term cycle, the element of its stem and branch, its nayin, its hidden stems and its twelve-stage placement — plus what the classics actually say about it.
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- Jiazi 甲子 — day pillar #1 Gold Beneath the Sea
- Yichou 乙丑 — day pillar #2 Unmined Ore
- Bingyin 丙寅 — day pillar #3 the Blazing Dawn Fire, and the one water that tempers it
- Dingmao 丁卯 — day pillar #4 the Star, Not the Sun
- Renshen 壬申 — day pillar #9 Water at Its Source, and the Place It Runs Dry
- Guiyou 癸酉 — day pillar #10 the Weakest Water, and Why the Same Branch Means Birth for O
- Jiaxu 甲戌 — day pillar #11 the Towering Tree Planted in Thirsty Ground
- Yihai 乙亥 — day pillar #12 Two Unrelated Methods, One Finding
- Bingzi 丙子 — day pillar #13 Why Placement Beats Essence
- Dingchou 丁丑 — day pillar #14 the Entry That Contradicts Itself
The ten day masters
Longer essays on the day master itself: what Jia wood, Yi wood, Bing fire and Ding fire mean as a day stem, argued from the source texts rather than from the usual English summaries.
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- Jia 甲 — Yang Wood day master the Timber, Not the Tree
- Yi 乙 — Yin Wood day master Soft Is Not the Same as Weak
- Bing 丙 — Yang Fire day master the Sun's Failure Isn't Dimming, It's Overload
- Ding 丁 — Yin Fire day master the First Day Master That Cannot Fail On Its Own
Glossary
The vocabulary — heavenly stems, earthly branches, nayin, hidden stems, the twelve stages, the ten gods — with the Chinese characters kept alongside the English.
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