Qi Men entries: the books and the contents
This page keeps the books and the rules, and splits the entries into the pages that follow. The definition is not written here.
Editorial review: 2026-09-22 · Reviewed by fateshow · Editorial method
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Where the definition sits
On the tool page, not in this contents
What this page keeps
The books, the rules, and the links
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Chai-bu
Chai-bu: yin and yang dun, the ju, and the solar term
Hour Qi Men builds one board from a civil clock. The year stem sets yin or yang dun. The solar term sets the ju. This site uses chai-bu and does not switch methods in the background.
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Palaces and doors
Nine palaces, eight doors, and the three wonders
The board is nine palaces. The eight doors are the channels. The three wonders are Yi, Bing, and Ding. The six instruments carry Jia. The center has no door of its own.
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Lead star
The lead star, the lead door, and where a sentence stops
The lead star rules the hour. The lead door is the door of the hour. The useful door follows the question already written. A sentence stops at palace, door, and star.
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Where the definition sits
What Qi Men looks at is written on the tool page.
What it looks at is on What Qi Men is. This contents does not repeat that sentence.
The pages that follow
Chai-bu, the nine palaces and eight doors, and the lead star with the lead door each have one page.
Books used for the names
The transmitted Yanbo Diaosou Ge checks the names of the ju and the doors.
One transmitted text does not turn an illustration into something that has already happened.
Rules kept on every page
Hour school builds one board from a civil clock. The method is chai-bu only. One board carries one written question. The center has no door.
The same moment and the same method rebuild the same board.
Common mistakes
- Writing the definition on this contents page.
- Treating an illustration as something that has already happened.
- Merging two systems into one sentence.
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Qi Men Dun Jia
A nine-palace board cast from the moment, read by useful god, palace and direction
What Qi Men is →Frequently asked questions
Is the definition on this page?
No. It is on the tool page. This page is the books and the contents.
Does relationship matching sit in these pages?
These pages do not include relationship matching.
Can the illustration be read as something that already happened?
No. It only checks the fields the engine printed.
Sources and editorial basis
- 1. Yanbo Diaosou Ge, transmitted text
Names for yin and yang dun, the ju, and the doors.
- 2. fateshow rule snapshot
Supports only the fields printed in the illustration. An illustration is not something that has already happened.