Zi Ping Zhen Quan with Annotations

“Zi Ping Zhen Quan with Annotations” is a classic Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) work originally written by Shen Xiao-Zhan in the Qing dynasty and later annotated by renowned Republican-era metaphysics scholar Xu Le-Wu. It is considered one of the foundational texts in traditional Chinese astrology and destiny analysis. The book includes a wide range of case studies featuring historical figures, offering both theoretical insights and practical applications. It remains a must-read for serious learners and practitioners of Chinese metaphysics.

# Group 1

Preface - The author shares love for philosophical and historical works, studies fortune - telling books. After exchanges, realizes true essence. An official plans to print a work, a blessing for fate - study and scholars.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 1 - Explore the profound theory of the Five Elements, Heavenly Stems, and Earthly Branches. Understand yin - yang, generation, restraint, and the 12 - stage cycle of celestial stems for fortune - telling insights.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 2 - Explore traditional Chinese divination on a person's fate. Learn about day master strength, ten Heavenly Stems combination principles, and how factors like intervention and position affect them.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 3 - Explore the principles of the Four Pillars of Destiny, including root states of Heavenly Stems, penal interactions, conflict resolution, and five ways of utilization, with insights on proper and improper use.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 4 - Explore the art of Chinese fortune - telling, including determining useful gods, pattern success and failure, rescue and response, and how favorable or unfavorable transformations of elements affect fortune patterns.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 5 - Explore the principles of Bazi (Chinese astrological system) including favorable elements, purity and mixture, pattern quality, and how success and failure can transform, with climate's impact on fate.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 6 - Explore the complex theories of fortune - telling, including interactions of elements like wood - fire, metal - water. Learn about supporting elements, compatibility, and how initial conditions can turn favorable or unfavorable.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 7 - Explore the intricacies of Bazi fortune - telling. Understand the right and wrong views on storage, punishment, clash, and how auspicious and inauspicious elements affect fate, with sequence examples.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 8 - Explore the use of external patterns in eight - character fortune - telling, the determination of six relatives, and how to predict wife, children, and analyze luck cycles based on birth characters.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 9 - Explore the mysteries of Bazi fortune - telling. Understand why seemingly favorable or avoidable situations vary, how patterns form and change, and how to comprehensively analyze Bazi.

# Group 2

On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 10 - Explore the principles of Chinese fortune - telling, including proper official patterns, how to handle elements like wealth, seal, and injury. Also learn about fortune - cycle selection for different configurations.
On the Ten Heavenly Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 11 - Explore the intricate world of Bazi wealth patterns! Learn about over - exposure, noble configurations, favorable luck cycles, and how different elements interact for auspicious or inauspicious fortunes.
On the Ten Heavenly Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 12 - Explore the intricate world of Bazi fortune - telling. Learn how Seal, Wealth, Officer, and other elements interact, and discover noble and auspicious configurations, plus favorable luck cycles.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 13 - Explore diverse patterns of the Seven Killings in Bazi astrology. Learn how to use elements like Eating God, Seal, and Wealth, and see examples of noble and auspicious configurations.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 14 - Explore Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) analysis, including the "Hurting Officer" pattern, Yang Blade, and various element combinations. Learn how to determine fortune and noble patterns with real - life examples.
On the Ten Heavenly Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 15 - Explore the intricate world of Bazi (Four Pillars of Destiny) configurations. Learn how to clarify elements, handle various patterns, and understand favorable and unfavorable luck periods for different scenarios.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 16 - This article discusses various Bazi patterns like "Heaven and Earth Flying Together", "Hurting Officer" element, and more, analyzing their preferences, taboos, and how to select luck cycles.
On the Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches - 17 - Explore various fortune and official position patterns in Chinese divination, like Helu, Following Wealth, and more. Understand their formations, favorable and unfavorable elements for fortune - seeking.