Attributed to Jing Tu (Song); commentary tradition by Liu Bowen (Ming)
Di Tian Sui (Celestial Essence)
The pinnacle classical scripture of Four Pillars metaphysics. Sixty-three compact chapters — the first thirty-four on the laws of heaven, the last twenty-nine on human affairs — read the chart as one flowing current of qi rather than a list of lucky and unlucky stars.
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Chapters
Volume 1: Celestial Laws (Tong Shen Lun)
Chapter 1
The Heavenly Way (Tian Dao)
Chapter 2
The Earthly Way (Di Dao)
Chapter 3
The Human Way (Ren Dao)
Chapter 4
Knowing Fate (Zhi Ming)
Chapter 5
Principle and Qi (Li Qi)
Chapter 6
Combination and Alignment (Pei He)
Chapter 7
The Ten Heavenly Stems (Tian Gan)
Chapter 8
The Twelve Earthly Branches (Di Zhi)
Chapter 9
A General Account of Stems and Branches (Gan Zhi Zong Lun)
Chapter 10
Form and Image (Xing Xiang)
Chapter 11
Directions and Combinations (Fang Ju)
Chapter 12
The Eight Structures (Ba Ge)
Chapter 13
Substance and Function (Ti Yong)
Chapter 14
Essence and Spirit (Jing Shen)
Chapter 15
The Month Command (Yue Ling)
Chapter 16
The Hour of Birth (Sheng Shi)
Chapter 17
Decline and Flourishing (Shuai Wang)
Chapter 18
Central Harmony (Zhong He)
Chapter 19
Source and Course (Yuan Liu)
Chapter 20
Opening the Pass (Tong Guan)
Chapter 21
Officer and Killer (Guan Sha)
Chapter 22
Wounding Officer Meets Officer (Shang Guan Jian Guan)
Chapter 23
Clear Qi (Qing Qi)
Chapter 24
Turbid Qi (Zhuo Qi)
Chapter 25
The True Spirit (Zhen Shen)
Chapter 26
The False Spirit (Jia Shen)
Chapter 27
Hard and Soft (Gang Rou)
Chapter 28
With and Against (Shun Ni)
Chapter 29
Cold and Warm (Han Nuan)
Chapter 30
Dry and Damp (Zao Shi)
Chapter 31
Hidden and Exposed (Yin Xian)
Chapter 32
Many and Few (Zhong Gua)
Chapter 33
Zhen and Dui (Wood and Metal)
Chapter 34
Kan and Li (Water and Fire)
Volume 2: The Six Relations (Liu Qin Lun)
Chapter 35
Husband and Wife (Fu Qi)
Chapter 36
Children (Zi Nv)
Chapter 37
Parents (Fu Mu)
Chapter 38
Siblings (Xiong Di)
Chapter 39
How Do We Know? (He Zhi Zhang)
Chapter 40
On Women's Charts (Nv Ming Zhang)
Chapter 41
Children's Charts (Xiao Er)
Chapter 42
Ability and Virtue (Cai De)
Chapter 43
Stirring and Dormant (Fen Yu)
Chapter 44
Favour and Grievance (En Yuan)
Chapter 45
The Idle Spirits (Xian Shen)
Chapter 46
Following (Cong Xiang)
Chapter 47
Transformation (Hua Xiang)
Chapter 48
False Following (Jia Cong)
Chapter 49
False Transformation (Jia Hua)
Chapter 50
The Compliant Structure (Shun Ju)
Chapter 51
The Contrary Structure (Fan Ju)
Chapter 52
The Struggling Structure (Zhan Ju)
Chapter 53
The Combining Structure (He Ju)
Chapter 54
The Image of the Ruler (Jun Xiang)
Chapter 55
The Image of the Minister (Chen Xiang)
Chapter 56
The Image of the Mother (Mu Xiang)
Chapter 57
The Image of the Child (Zi Xiang)
Chapter 58
Temperament (Xing Qing)
Chapter 59
Illness (Ji Bing)
Chapter 60
Origin and Standing (Chu Shen)
Chapter 61
Office and Position (Di Wei)
Chapter 62
Years and Luck Cycles (Sui Yun)
Chapter 63