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 frameworkPUBLIC RECORD
Published and open to inspection.
Inspect the text, sources and editorial notes for each record.
Content inventory and worked records- Dossiers
- 34
- Source locators
- 58
- Study chapters
- 34
- Study units
- 12
02 / 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.