MANTIC ARTS · RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Trace traditions through sources and deepen understanding through method. Connecting research, education and responsible practice in Chinese mantic arts and Yijing studies.
SOURCES · METHODS · EDUCATION · PRACTICE
RESEARCH COMPANION
Read deeply. Build your own inquiry.
Compare systems, trace books and explore history, moving from a passage to a reviewable research record.
Research handbook
18 guides to method and evidence
Self-study
12 topics with practical exercises
Compare systems
Inputs, rules, sources and limits
Historical journey
Six chapters · Materials and eras
Research tools
Source checks, case forms and citations
Book index
From book titles to related dossiers
01 / ACADEMY
From foundations to depth.
Four pathways address knowledge, methods, practice and teaching. Curriculum objectives and outcomes are explicit; competency assessment has its own independent process.
Foundation
60 hours · History, Yijing, calendars, sources and the limits of evidence.
Specialist study
120 hours · Reconstruct procedures, analyze cases and compare schools within one discipline.
Responsible practice
Approx. 80 hours · At least 20 supervised case records, including uncertainty and service limits.
Teacher development
Approx. 40 hours · Curriculum design, feedback, teaching demonstrations and consistent grading.
Curriculum proposal · Hours and arrangements are subject to published program specifications
Full learning framework02 / LIBRARY
A knowledge atlas with depth.
Selected dossiers
Principles · History · Sources · Limits
奇门遁甲
A nine-palace system placing the Three Wonders, Six Instruments, Eight Gates, Nine Stars and spirits according to season, date and yin-yang rotation to analyze timing, direction and action.
紫微斗数
A natal chart assigns life and body palaces from lunar birth data and places symbolic stars, auxiliaries and four transformations across twelve palaces to interpret themes and periods.
纳甲六爻
A hexagram method assigning branches, phases, six relations, host-response positions and six spirits, then reading season, day, change and strength; one of the most active Yijing divination systems today.
皇极经世
A model of cosmic and historical time using pre-celestial hexagram orders and nested yuan-hui-yun-shi cycles, connecting correlative number, sound, history and political change.
03 / INTEGRITY
Clear standards.
Open to scrutiny.
Learning, credentials and affiliations are recorded separately. Criteria should be public, conflicts managed and decisions accountable and open to review.
Read standards & ethics
04 / CONNECT
Read together. Move inquiry forward.
Begin with a text, a course or a well-defined question. Collaborate in research, education, translation, digital humanities and local cultural exchange.