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GFSA Multilingual Feng Shui and Yijing Glossary

Explore reviewed feng shui and Yijing terminology by subject, compare names across languages, trace public definitions to source snapshots, and understand differences among schools and cultures.

Interpretive boundary: The library documents terminology, sources and present-day usage. It does not establish scientific causation, medical effectiveness, legal status, one orthodox school or a guaranteed service result.
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Earthly Branches

中文:地支 English: Earthly Branches 日本語:十二支 한국어: 지지

Calendrical and temporal systems

Earthly Branches (地支) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The twelve ordered signs Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu and Hai. They designate calendr...

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Heavenly Stems

中文:天干 English: Heavenly Stems 日本語:十干 한국어: 천간

Calendrical and temporal systems

Heavenly Stems (天干) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The ten ordered signs Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren and Gui. They are correlated with yin-yang an...

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Sexagenary Cycle

中文:六十甲子 English: Sexagenary Cycle 日本語:六十干支 한국어: 육십갑자

Calendrical and temporal systems

Sexagenary Cycle (六十甲子) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The sixty Stem-Branch combinations running from Jiazi to Guihai and repeating in traditional year and day n...

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Stem-Branch System

中文:干支 English: Stem-Branch System 日本語:干支 한국어: 간지

Calendrical and temporal systems

Stem-Branch System (干支) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, The ordered pairing of ten Heavenly Stems with twelve Earthly Branches. Their least common multiple produce...

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Three Cycles and Nine Periods

中文:三元九運 English: Three Cycles and Nine Periods 日本語:三元九運 한국어: 삼원구운

Calendrical and temporal systems

Three Cycles and Nine Periods (三元九運) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, A Sanyuan framework dividing 180 years into upper, middle and lower cycles, each containing th...

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Twenty-Four Solar Terms

中文:二十四節氣 English: Twenty-Four Solar Terms 日本語:二十四節気 한국어: 이십사절기

Calendrical and temporal systems

Twenty-Four Solar Terms (二十四節氣) is a technical term within feng shui and Yijing-related knowledge systems. Specifically, Twenty-four points in the year defined at fifteen-degree intervals of solar longitude, comprising t...

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