式Mantic arts dossier · The Three Cosmic Boards and spatiotemporal methods
大六壬
Dà Liùrén·Great Liuren
A heaven-earth board places the monthly general over the divination hour; Four Lessons are built from the day stem-branch, followed by Three Transmissions, generals and lesson patterns, interpreted within the tradition as a matter's origin, development and resolution.
- Aliases
- Liuren divine lessons, Liuren board, Four Lessons and Three Transmissions
- Formation
- Han cosmic boards form an early background; mature textual systems are confirmed by Tang-Song
- Evidence status
Study notes & citation
大六壬. Institute of Chinese Mantic Arts. https://www.manticarts.com/en/arts/daliuren
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01Core principles
Core principles
Translate formulas into structure: what enters, how the model is arranged, and which relations drive interpretation.
After the monthly general is placed over the hour, four relations are derived from the day stem and branch. Rule families such as overcoming, matching, depth and remote control select three transmissions, which are read with twelve generals, natal signs and pattern classes.
Key concepts
- monthly general over the hour
- Four Lessons
- Three Transmissions
- Twelve Generals
02Origins and historical development
Origins and historical development
Keep traditional accounts, surviving evidence and later transformations distinct.
Han cosmic boards show a shared background of rotating boards, Dipper, lunar lodges and calendrical signs. The received Four Lessons and Three Transmissions are clear in Tang-Song sources; later practitioners left extensive case records.
STUDY / Dà Liùrén
Deriving Liuren lessons and transmissions
- Materials and inputs
- Day stems-branches, monthly general, hour and transmission rules
Research question
Can the selection from lessons to transmissions be reproduced?
Practical exercise
Follow one named edition, logging candidates and reasons for exclusion. Preserve conventions for missing or repeated lessons and request an independent reconstruction.
03Evidence limits and research debates
Evidence limits and research debates
Distinguish traditional interpretations, documented material and claims requiring testing.
A Han board does not prove that the entire received system already existed. Transmission-selection rules are complex and vary in details by school.
This dossier supports historical, textual and methodological study. Internal traditional explanations are not modern empirical validation and do not replace medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
04Core texts and materials
Core texts and materials
- 01Jingyou Liuren Shending Jing
- 02Liuren Daquan
- 03Liuren Zhinan
- 04Liuren Case Judgments