BAZI KNOWLEDGE BASE
Wuxing Jingji: Nayin, Lu Ming and Reading Quoted Sources
Wuxing Jingji is a compendium attributed to the Song-era Liao Zhong. The cited contents list thirty-four volumes preserving earlier titles, rules and notes. Beyond elementary Five Elements, it covers Nayin (a separate named element classification for a complete pair of chart symbols), stems and branches, birth and fetal pillars, Lu/Horse markers, stars and timing. It helps identify the original analytical setting of an older term.
Where can I enter such a large collection?
Choose a question before judging a star by its name. Nayin and sexagenary pillars appear early, followed by stems, branches and elements; birth/fetal pillars, solar terms (seasonal markers based on 24 divisions of the Sun’s yearly path), Lu/Horse and stars have separate headings, with timing later.
Passages often identify a quoted book or commentator. Adjacent paragraphs can come from different material. Preserve the quotation chain rather than attribute every statement to one rule devised by Liao.
Is Jia-Zi Wood, Water or Metal?
All three can describe different layers. The book distinguishes stem, branch and Nayin in its Lu–Ming–Shen discussion. Jia-Zi illustrates those correspondences without implying a fortune judgment.
| Object | Jia-Zi correspondence | Do not confuse it with |
|---|---|---|
| Jia stem | Yang Wood | The branch or pillar’s Nayin |
| Zi branch | Water, containing Gui | The Day Stem’s own element |
| Whole-pillar Nayin | Sea Metal | Jia becoming a Metal stem |
Why might a commentator qualify a rule about Lu?
In the cited Jia-Lu discussion, Wang’s note associates Yin, Chou, Shen and Mao with occupying, approaching, disrupting and moving past Lu. Ying Heshang then qualifies one-track judgment, noting exceptions to the claimed poverty outcome.
The useful point is the qualification, not an income forecast from four positions. Jia’s Lu at Yin and the Yin–Shen clash are checkable correspondences; a person’s wealth cannot be established by that lookup.
How do I avoid silently replacing the original reference?
When a passage says “Jia person” or “Wood life,” identify whether it means Year Stem, Day Stem, branch element or Nayin. Control relative to natal-year Nayin cannot silently become a Day-Master Ten God.
For comparison, write both mappings separately. Jia-Zi’s Metal Nayin and Jia’s Wood stem coexist; neither replaces the other, and they are not two quantities of self strength to add together.
Which confusion can this book resolve?
It can clarify why “Wood Day Master” and “Metal life” may refer to different layers. If two articles use the same Officer (the role family that controls the birth-day element, often interpreted through rules and demands), Resource (the role family that supports the birth-day element, often interpreted through learning and support) or Lu term with different lookups, their quoted sources can reveal why.
Historical office, lifespan and family judgments retain their context. Preserving a source enables study of a claim’s origin, not automatic acceptance of that claim about a present-day person.
Continue reading
- Read a pattern step by step
Connect the source concepts with a concrete chart.
- Lu Ming and its different references
Distinguish the uses of stem, branch and Nayin.
- How the Five Elements interact
Review the element relationships behind the name.