Institute of Chinese Mantic Arts中国术数研究院 · MANTIC ARTS

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    01Four research routes

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    One name may belong at once to method, history, text and social practice. These four routes interconnect, but answer different questions.

    01 · Identify a system

    Atlas

    Check names, aliases, pinyin, family, principles, formation, texts and debates.

    Enter 34 dossiers    02 · Trace a chronology

    History of Chinese mantic arts

    Use bones, manuscripts, institutions, print and modern scholarship to distinguish types of evidence.

    Open the timeline    03 · Clarify a concept

    Bilingual glossary

    Search cross-system terms such as image, number, yin-yang, Five Phases, stems-branches, Nine Palaces and Najia.

    Search the glossary    04 · Conduct research

    Methods and project frameworks

    Move from source layers and textual criticism to algorithm reconstruction and empirical inquiry.

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    02Layered reading

    Three depths of reading

    The library separates public orientation, specialist study and independent research. You may move quickly, but should not skip checks of terminology, period and source type.

    1. 01

      Public orientation

      Read atlas summaries, the historical overview and glossary definitions to establish names, periods and families.

      For first encounters with Chinese mantic arts
    2. 02

      Specialist study

      Enter a dossier's principles, texts, evidence limits and related systems; record differences among editions and lineages.

      For learners with a defined field
    3. 03

      Independent research

      Return to primary texts, catalogues, archaeology and institutional databases; publish citations, procedures and uncertainties.

      For papers, translation, reconstruction and digital projects

    03Evaluating sources

    Six dimensions of source evaluation

    An institutional page may offer only an introduction; a lineage manuscript may preserve a valuable lead. Evaluation asks exactly what a source can establish, regardless of institutional or lineage status.

    01

    What is the material?

    Received edition, excavated manuscript, object, oral account, paper and modern manual support different claims.

    02

    How is it dated?

    Separate the date claimed in a text, the surviving edition, attribution and the date of modern cataloguing.

    03

    Can the passage be located?

    Record chapter, fascicle, page, edition, collection number or a stable link whenever possible.

    04

    Tradition or research conclusion?

    Layer lineage interpretation, cultural narrative, historical claim and modern validation.

    05

    Can the procedure be reproduced?

    Charts and calculations require inputs, rules, calendar conventions and intermediate steps.

    06

    Are the limits explicit?

    Cases do not generalize automatically; mantic content does not replace medical, legal or financial advice.

    04Source catalogue

    Public source catalogue

    These links are the sources already annotated in dossiers and the history: museums, universities, research institutes, academic publishers and digital text projects. External content and availability remain under the responsible institution.

    Dossier sources

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    National Chung Hsing University: mantic arts and the Nine Palaces

    Linked entry · 太乙

    chinese.nchu.edu.tw
    Open source
    12

    Chinese Social Sciences: research on Liuren

    Linked entry · 大六壬

    philosophychina.cssn.cn
    Open source
    13

    National Museum of China: Liuren bronze earth plate

    Linked entry · 大六壬

    chnmuseum.cn
    Open source
    15

    Study of works attributed to Luo Hongxian in Daoist collections

    Linked entry · 紫微斗数

    airitilibrary.com
    Open source
    22

    Fudan Institute: physiognomy and Chinese society

    Linked entry · 相人术

    iahs.fudan.edu.cn
    Open source

    History sources

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    05Citation record

    Elements of a citation record

    When pages, editions or interpretations change, a clear record lets you and later readers retrace the same evidentiary path.

    1. 01Author or responsible institution
    2. 02Title and document type
    3. 03Edition, fascicle or collection number
    4. 04Stable URL and access date
    5. 05Page number for the cited passage
    6. 06Your inference separated from the source