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    chnmuseum.cnWeb pageMuseum collection description

    National Museum of China: Liuren bronze earth plate

    The National Museum's bronze earth-plate entry describes a Liuren board and explicitly notes that its heaven plate is missing.

    Responsibility
    National Museum of China, collection description
    Holding institution
    National Museum of China
    Year and version
    Online collection description; no accession number or excavation date stated on this page
    Related reading大六壬The Liuren earth plate: reading an incomplete object
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    ctext.orgWeb pageOnline historical-text transcription

    六壬指南 · 卷一 · 大六壬心印賦

    The Heart-Seal Rhapsody and commentary in Liuren Zhinan, volume one, with locatable passages on lodges, plate placement, lessons and transmission conditions.

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    CText Wiki transcription; contributor attribution and base edition not established in this review
    Identifier / locator
    chapter=362973 · §§3–12
    Year and version
    Online transcription with paragraph locators; no base-text collation completed
    Related reading大六壬
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    Online paragraphs 3–5 cover stem lodges, general-over-hour placement and Four Lessons; 6–12 cover transmission procedures. These are web paragraph numbers, not historical folios.
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