Classics
The old books this site is built on, with what the catalogues say about them.
易Zhou YiThe sixty-four hexagrams and their texts, the root of Chinese divination.協Xie Ji Bian Fang ShuThe Qing court’s manual of date selection, made to clean up the almanacs of its day.命San Ming Tong HuiThe great Ming compendium of destiny reading. The Siku catalogue says nearly every household of the trade owned it.李Li Xuzhong Ming ShuA book tied to Li Xuzhong, the founder of destiny reading.徐Xu’s Notes on Luo Lu ZiPeople still call reading the eight characters Zi Ping, after this author.滴Di Tian SuiA key book of destiny reading, with short verses on each stem and branch.宅Zhai JingAn early surviving book on reading houses, using twenty-four directions.羅Luo Jing Ding Men ZhenA book on the compass needle, with a plate of thirty-three rings.京Jing Shi Yi ZhuanThe source of the eight palaces, where the Self and Other lines and hidden lines first appear.火Huo Zhu LinAn early book on casting with coins, carrying on Jing Fang’s method.增Zeng Shan Bu YiOne of the most read books on Liu Yao, teaching through many worked cases.