Eight Palaces, Najia, and Foundational Theory
八宮卦象、納甲、基本理論
Preface
敘
Preface by Zhang Jingsong
敘文
自古卜筮之說莫神於左氏春秋。紫陽朱子謂三代如太卜太筮，職有專官，故其業精而其應神。後世既廢其官，而占驗之書亦不傳，故鮮有神而明之者。然近代如黃金策諸篇，始有以窮夫陰陽之閫奧、造化之機緘。但其間詮解未諦，宗之占驗者未能無訛。林屋王山人垂簾於吳郡治之東偏，與余居窗逾遠，有疑輒往之。馬奇驗不爽，如爛照數計。是書為言數之書而實言理之書也。由是以極深研幾，雖古卜筮之神而明之者亦以何以加焉。
Since antiquity, no account of divination has been more inspired than that found in Zuo's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals. The Neo-Confucian master Zhu Xi observed that in the Three Dynasties, offices such as Grand Diviner and Grand Augur were specialized positions — their art was refined and their responses divinely accurate. After later ages abolished these offices, the texts of verified divination were also lost, and few could practice it with spiritual clarity. Yet in recent times, works such as the Golden Strategy chapters have begun to plumb the depths of yin-yang and the hidden springs of creation. Unfortunately their commentaries are imprecise, and practitioners who follow them cannot avoid errors. Master Wang of Linwu hung his curtain in the eastern quarter of Wujun. His verifications were unfailingly accurate, clear as a bright mirror counting figures. This book speaks of numbers, but in truth it speaks of principles. Through it one may fathom the deepest mysteries — even the divinely illumined ancients could add nothing to it.
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