卜筮正宗
The Orthodox Methods of Divination
王洪緒 (Wang Hongxu), style name 林屋山人 (Linwu Shanren) · Qing (清), originally compiled 康熙四十八年 (1709)
The definitive operational reference manual for Liu Yao (六爻) divination — the Six Lines method. It codifies the Eight Palace hexagram classification, Najia stem-branch assignments, Six Relatives derivation, Useful Spirit selection, and all standard assessment techniques for coin-method hexagram interpretation.
About This Text
《卜筮正宗》was compiled by Wang Hongxu (王洪緒) in 1709 and is the most commonly cited technical manual for Liu Yao (六爻) divination. The text systematizes the coin-method hexagram casting tradition into a complete operational framework: Eight Palace (八宮) hexagram classification, Najia (納甲) stem-branch line assignments, Six Relatives (六親) derivation, Useful Spirit (用神) selection by question category, World/Response (世應) line placement, Flying/Hidden Spirit (飛伏) analysis, monthly and daily strength assessment, and applied divination across all major life categories. Juan 1-2 cover foundational tables and formulas; Juan 3 presents the Eighteen Discourses on core theory; Juan 4 provides Wang Hongxu's commentary on Liu Bowen's Golden Strategy (黃金策); Juan 5-12 contain the categorized Golden Strategy chapters with case studies spanning weather, national affairs, destiny, marriage, childbirth, illness, medicine, agriculture, commerce, lawsuits, travel, and more; Juan 13-14 present eighteen diagnostic questions with worked hexagram examples from the author's own practice. This edition was not included in the Siku Quanshu; it is a commercial woodblock print from the well-known Qing publisher Saoye Shanfang.
Text source: NCPSSD digitization via Wikimedia Commons · All 14 juan across 6 volumes extracted from woodblock print scans (357 pages). Bilingual structured JSON translations organized by volume.
Table of Contents
Essential Primer — Foundational Tables and Formulas
啟蒙節要
Hexagram Line Configurations with Flying/Hidden Spirit and Hexagram-Body Rules
卦爻呈象并飛伏神卦身定例
The Eighteen Discourses on Core Theory
十八論
Direct Commentary on the Golden Strategy General Judgment and Thousand Gold Rhapsody
黃金策總斷千金賦直解
Golden Strategy: Weather, National Affairs, Warfare, Personal Destiny
黃金策：天時、國朝、征戰、身命
Golden Strategy: Marriage, Childbirth, Adoption
黃金策：婚姻、產育、進人口
Golden Strategy: Illness Diagnosis, Medicine, Ghosts and Spirits
黃金策：病症、醫藥、鬼神
Golden Strategy: Agriculture, Sericulture, Livestock, Examinations, Official Career
黃金策：農桑、蠶桑、六畜、求名、仕官
Golden Strategy: Seeking Wealth, Family Dwelling
黃金策：求財、家宅
Golden Strategy: Graves, Seeking a Teacher, Schools, Lawsuits
黃金策：墳墓、求師、學館、詞訟
Golden Strategy: Fleeing Turmoil, Fugitives, Lost Objects, Smallpox
黃金策：避亂、逃亡、失脫、痘疹
Golden Strategy: Travel, Boats; Rhapsody on Anomalies, Ghost-Search Discourse, Diagnostic Verses
黃金策：出行、舟船；妖孽賦、搜鬼論、何知章
Eighteen Questions with Worked Examples (Questions 1–9)
十八問答附占驗（第一問至第九問）
Eighteen Questions with Worked Examples (Questions 10–18)
十八問答附占驗（第十問至第十八問）