Activity Categories
用事·事類
Preface to Activities
用事序言
The Warp and Weft Metaphor
經緯之喻
選擇用事宜忌備矣。然鋪註萬年書則以事為經以神為緯，選擇吉日時則以神為目以事為綱。蓋鋪註以事序而選擇由事起也。
The suitable and taboo conditions for activity selection are fully prepared. However, when annotating the Perpetual Calendar, events serve as the warp and spirit-stars as the weft; when selecting auspicious dates and times, spirit-stars serve as the categories and events serve as the guiding principles. This is because calendar annotations are ordered by events, and date-selection begins from events.
Three Activity Classification Systems
三類事目
大清會典載萬年書鋪註以事：御用六十七事，民用二十七事。通書載選擇六十事。今以次合為一編而分列宜忌於事下。
The Great Qing Collected Statutes records that the Perpetual Calendar annotations classify activities as: 67 Imperial Activities and 27 Commoner Activities. The Almanac records 60 activities for date-selection. We now combine these into one compilation, listing suitable and taboo [conditions] beneath each activity.
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