象Mantic arts dossier · Divination and correlative foundations
卦气、纳甲与八宫
Guàqì, Nàjiǎ yǔ Bāgōng·Hexagram qi, Najia and the Eight Palaces
Correlations of hexagrams and lines with months, seasonal nodes, stems, branches, phases, pitch and waxing-waning cycles; a technical substrate for Six Lines, fate calculation and some fengshui systems.
- Aliases
- Jing Fang traditions, eight-palace hexagrams, host and response
- Formation
- Key formation in the Han with continued later development
- Evidence status
Study notes & citation
卦气、纳甲与八宫. Institute of Chinese Mantic Arts. https://www.manticarts.com/en/arts/hexagram-qi-najia
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01Core principles
Core principles
Translate formulas into structure: what enters, how the model is arranged, and which relations drive interpretation.
Najia inserts temporal signs into hexagram lines; the Eight Palaces arrange the sixty-four hexagrams through transformations and assign host-response positions; hexagram qi maps sequences onto annual and seasonal time.
Key concepts
- Najia
- Eight Palaces
- host and response
- hexagram qi
02Origins and historical development
Origins and historical development
Keep traditional accounts, surviving evidence and later transformations distinct.
Han Yijing traditions associated with Meng Xi and Jing Fang are important sources, but the received Jing lineage texts and the complete later system were editorially layered. From Tang-Song times these components fed into Huozhulin and Wenwangke divination.
STUDY / Guàqì, Nàjiǎ yǔ Bāgōng
Comparing guaqi and Najia rules
- Materials and inputs
- Hexagram sequence, seasonal mapping and stem-branch assignments
Research question
What role does the same hexagram play in different tables?
Practical exercise
Select a hexagram. Diagram seasonal and Najia relations separately, attaching a textual reference to each connection and leaving unsupported connections blank.
03Evidence limits and research debates
Evidence limits and research debates
Distinguish traditional interpretations, documented material and claims requiring testing.
The full later algorithm should not be attributed point by point to the historical Jing Fang, and Najia does not mean exactly the same thing in every source.
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
- 01Jing Lineage Commentary on the Changes
- 02Han-Wei Yijing commentaries and apocrypha
- 03Huozhulin divination manuals