I CHING & TAROTEST. 2026

Texts and methods

Relevant chapters were read and checked for each feature. The scope below does not claim every volume was read in full. Originals, later commentary and our modern interpretations are labeled separately.

2026.10.08.2 · 2026-10-08

Zhouyi and the Wings

Version: Received text at Digital Chinese Classics; the transcribed source does not identify a facsimile base edition. Cross-checks use CText and Wikisource.

Reading scope: All 64 judgments and line statements, Tuan and Great Images; the Qian and Kun Wenyan.

Application: Text and commentary are labeled separately. Coins are a later method. All changing lines are displayed, without borrowing Najia selection rules.

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Plum Blossom Numerology

Version: Wikisource received electronic text, volumes 1–2; underlying print edition unconfirmed. Traditional attribution is not treated as proven authorship.

Reading scope: Trigram numbers, remainders, lunar date/time, object counts, nuclear patterns, body/use, contextual reasoning and method differences.

Application: Qian 1 through Kun 8; the stationary trigram is body, the moving one use. Entered numbers are an explicit modern interface; time uses lunar date and hour branch.

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Expanded and Revised Divination

Version: Wikisource electronic transcription; modern editorial introductions are not attributed to the ancient text.

Reading scope: Najia branches, six relatives, host/guest, changed relatives, day branches, six spirits and branch combinations.

Application: Changed relatives retain the primary palace element. A day clash is not always day break; spirits are supplementary descriptors.

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Orthodox Divination

Version: Electronic volume 1 at Zhiming; tables cross-checked against Zengshan. 1889/1904 catalogue records were checked, not claimed as page-by-page collation.

Reading scope: Introductory Najia, host/guest, spirits, void, month break and cautions about isolated omens.

Application: A distinct cross-reference. Historical death, gender and family judgments are not automatically applied to contemporary people.

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Yuanhai Ziping

Version: Dongli electronic transcription; original text, older commentary and modern editorial notes are distinguished.

Reading scope: Preface, Dingzhen discussion, year-to-month and day-to-hour stem rules.

Application: Day master, season and all four pillars are considered together. Nayin is a traditional label, not a standalone verdict.

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Sanming Tonghui

Version: Wikisource transcription of the Siku edition; catalogue synopsis is distinct from the main text.

Reading scope: Seasons/solar terms, hidden-stem administration and luck-cycle calculation.

Application: Months begin at Jie terms rather than lunar month starts. The traditional three-days-to-one-year ratio uses computed term instants, not ancient approximate astronomy.

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Di Tian Sui

Version: Relevant text in Wikisource’s Jiyao version; traditional Liu Ji attribution is not asserted as proven. Later commentary is distinguished.

Reading scope: Stems/branches, configurations, directional/three-branch groups, patterns, following/transformation, authenticity, cycles and body/use.

Application: Strength and patterns depend on conditions, not a simple eight-character element count. Its body/use concept is distinct from Plum Blossom.

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Ziping Zhenquan

Version: Dongli’s Miben transcription; Shen Xiaozhan’s text is distinguished from modern editorial notes.

Reading scope: Yin/yang relations, seasonal strength, combinations/clashes, useful factors, success/rescue, changes, climate, supporting factors, mixed seasonal qi and cycles.

Application: Useful factors start from the month command, then revealed stems, roots and interaction. “Add the missing element” is not a conclusion of this book.

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The Pictorial Key to the Tarot

Version: A. E. Waite, Sacred Texts transcription labeled 1911; historical illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith.

Reading scope: All 22 major symbolism chapters, all 56 minor chapters and the major divination table; relevant history/method passages.

Application: Historical imagery, historical divinatory meanings and our modern reflection are separate. Smith’s original images are used with per-file Commons Pam-A credits. The design originated in 1909; the selected scans are dated 1910.

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Shuowen Jiezi

Version: Wikisource transcription in the Da-Xu textual tradition; Xu Shen entries and Xu Xuan additions distinguished.

Reading scope: Actual jade/sign entries used in names, including Jin, Yu, Lin, Rui and Qi.

Application: Rui’s early jade-token sense is distinguished from modern auspicious usage and literary context.

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Shijing and Chuci

Version: Wikisource received texts; protected modern translations/annotations are not reproduced.

Reading scope: Qi Ao, Jing Nü, Lu Ming, Zi Jin, Yan Yan and Da Ming; the full Li Sao and all nine Jiu Zhang poems.

Application: Names include poem, quotation and context. Huai Jin/Wo Yu evokes unrecognized integrity; Xiu Yuan evokes seeking, not a promise of luck.

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