Yuanhai Ziping
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Template:Italic title Template:More footnotes Yuanhai Ziping (Template:Zh) is the first comprehensive and systematic book on the theory of Four Pillars of Destiny. The book was compiled by Xu Dasheng (徐大升, aka Xu Ziping zh:徐子平, hence the book's name) of the Song dynasty of China. It is a recording of various Zi Ping's fortune-telling methods. The method involves manipulation of the Four Pillars, each consisting of the two Chinese characters for the date and time of a person's birth (alternative name "eight characters" 八字 Ba Zi).
The names of the book's chapters are:
- Basics
- Ten Gods
- Symbolic stars
- Six Types of Family Members
- Fortunes of Females
- Fortune-telling Verses
See also
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References
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- "Yuan hai zi ping" by Xu Zi Ping, Xi An: Shan Xi Lu You Chu Ban She, 2007. Template:ISBN
- "Introduction to Zi Ping" by Jack Sweeney, Wen Bo Chu Ban She, 2009.
External links
- Chinese classic books on fortune telling
- Four Pillars of Destiny
- [www.phoenixanddragonfengshui.com/index.asp] Qi Men Dun Jia website of Jack Sweeney