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The Authentic Series: Tài-Yǐ
by Jack Chiu
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Books |
| ISBN: |
978-988-18846-5-7 |
| Publisher: |
ACMC Hong Kong |
| Language: |
English |
| No. of pages: |
288 pages |
| Dimensions: |
225 x 150mm |
| 1st Edition: |
April 2017 |
| 1st Print: |
April 2017 |
| Price: |
Overseas
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| Hong Kong
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太乙 Tài-Yǐ, the most mysterious board technique of 古三式 the Three Ancient Boards …
《唐六典》：太卜令掌卜筮之法，以占邦家動用之事。……。凡式，占辨三式之同異。一曰雷公式。二曰太乙式，並禁私家畜。三曰六壬式，士庶通用之。
《唐六典》is a document regarding official systems in the TÁNG Dynasty. It outlines the government structures and their related job descriptions. There is a clear requirement in the chapter of 太卜令 that the Royal Soothsayers have to know the techniques of the Three Ancient Boards, which included Jī Mèn Dùn-Jiǎ, Tài-Yǐ and Liù-Rén, in order to cross-check the prediction.
There are ancient archives regarding Tài-Yǐ available today, and yet it is still the most mysterious technique among the Three Ancient Boards. Not because it is difficult to learn, but because there is no update in Tài-Yǐ calendar since the SÒNG Dynasty.
Tài-Yǐ has taken conflicting parties into consideration. It features with components of Host and Guest. They are namely 太乙 Tài-Yǐ, 目 the Commanders, 大將 the Generals and 參將 the Lieutenants. As such, a 太乙局 Tài-Yǐ Setting is actually the placements of marked chesses of the above-mentioned components onto 太乙栻盤 the Tài-Yǐ Board. The placements of chesses are the calculation results based upon the parameters specified by a particular Tài-Yǐ calendar. Due to the pre-defined parameters, there are 72 Settings in total for either 陽遁 Yáng Setting or 陰遁 Yīn Setting.
“The Authentic Series:: Tài-Yǐ” reveals not just how it works, but also an elevated perspective of the mysterious of Tài-Yǐ. This book covers the following topics:
- Introduction to Tài-Yǐ Calendars
- Typical Tài-Yǐ Settings
- Tài-Yǐ versus Liù-Rén
- Tài-Yǐ versus Jī Mén Dùn-Jiǎ
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Table of Contents
Part 1: The mysterious of Tài-Yǐ
Offers an overview of Tài-Yǐ as a board-based divination technique.
Part 2: The Origin of Tài-Yǐ Calendar
Introduces how the Tài-Yǐ calendar is related to the official calendar.
Part 3: Basic Wǔ-Xíng Properties
Describes those Wǔ-Xíng properties that are mostly applicable in Tài-Yǐ.
Part 4: Tài-Yǐ Setting
Describes the Setting processes of the four types of Tài-Yǐ, namely the Year-based, Month-based, Day-Based and DH-Based Tài-Yǐ.
Part 5: Basic Skills in Tài-Yǐ Reading
Details the reading skills as described in 《太乙金鏡式經》 the Classic of Tài-Yǐ – The Gold Mirror.
Part 6: Tài-Yǐ versus Liù-Rén
Highlights the difference between Tài-Yǐ and Liù-Rén using the example given by《太乙金鏡式經》 the Classic of Tài-Yǐ – The Gold Mirror.
Part 7: Tài-Yǐ versus Jī Mén Dùn-Jiǎ
Comments on the difference of 直使 Duty Messenger between Tài-Yǐ and Jī Mén Dùn-Jiǎ as described in《太乙金鏡式經》 the Classic of Tài-Yǐ – The Gold Mirror.
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Who Should Buy This Book
This book is written for people who are interested to comprehend the knowledge the Three Ancient Boards.
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