Plate states
Door pressure, punishment, tomb entry, fu yin, fan yin and void: the conditions for each state.
6 articles
Void Branches of a Decade (旬空): Find the Decade, Split Day from Hour, Then Map to a Palace
A void pair is the two branches a decade leaves out: find the decade, name the gap, then map it to palaces. The Gu-Xu chart of juan 4 is checked, and one day of twelve hours shows why day decade and hour decade differ.
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QM-STATE-01Gate Pressure (门迫): What to Check Before Calling It: Palace, Two Elements, One Arrow
The look-up behind gate pressure: where the gate stands now, the elements of gate and palace, and who controls whom. The verse and note of Dun Jia Yan Yi disagree, and 13 of 64 cases are gate-controls-palace.
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QM-STATE-05Fan Yin (反吟): The Position of Four Steps, or the Name of Jia Zi Against Jia Wu
Fan Yin has two rulers for "opposite": four palaces apart in position, a Rat-and-Horse or Dog-and-Dragon clash in name. A worked Yin-mode ju 3 board, its share of 1080 charts, and the book's two lines on wonders.
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QM-STATE-04Fu Yin (伏吟): Star Layer, Gate and Chief, and the "Hour Pattern" Are Three Different Things
Dun Jia Yan Yi uses Fu Yin in three senses: Peng on Peng at the star layer, gate and Chief at rest on every Yang Wood hour, and the Yang Metal-on-hour-stem pattern. Recomputing each decade counts them over 1080 charts.
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QM-STATE-02Strike Punishment (六仪击刑): Which Instrument, Which Branch, Which Palace
Strike punishment needs three look-ups: the instrument the Chief carries, the punished branch of its decade head, and the palace of that branch. Dun Jia Yan Yi gives six pairs, a worked hour and two board counts.
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QM-STATE-03Three Wonders in the Tomb (三奇入墓): Choose the Tomb Table, Then See Where the Wonder Lands
Before checking a palace, choose the tomb table: the book gives Yin Wood at Kun Two, Yang Fire at Qian Six and Yin Fire at Gen Eight, and two other tables disagree. Then the six hour tombs and one worked case.
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