Interpretation of Qimen Dunjia

The Dunjia Yanyi (遁甲演義) by Cheng Daosheng (程道生, courtesy name Kesheng 可生) of Haining is a four-juan treatise on Qimen Dunjia divination preserved in the Siku Quanshu. The Siku editors' preface traces the system's origins to the Luo Shu (洛書) and the Nine Palace arrangement described in the Da Dai Liji, noting that its methods derive from the Yiwei Qianzaodu's description of Taiyi traversing the Nine Palaces. The text covers the complete Qimen Dunjia system: origins and historical transmission from the Yellow Emperor through Jiang Taigong and Zhang Liang; yearly, monthly, daily, and hourly gate calculations; the Yanbo Diaosou Fu (煙波釣叟賦) mnemonic poem; auspicious and inauspicious formations; the Nine Stars and Eight Gates with their correspondences; the Jade Woman Counter-Opening ritual; the eighteen layout diagrams for both yang and yin sequences; and supplementary talismanic practices including the Six Jia Shadow Talisman method.

Text source: CADAL / Internet Archive (Zhejiang University Library digitization of Siku Quanshu) · All 4 juan complete with bilingual text (Chinese + English translations).