什么是奇门遁甲 · What is Qi Men Dun Jia?

Qi Men Dun Jia, lesson 1: BaZi looks at a whole life. Qi Men looks at this moment, and one board covers only two hours

第一模块 · 基础 · Module 1 · Foundations · 约 16 分钟，另有约 75 分钟的动手练习 about 16 minutes, plus a hands-on exercise of about 75 minutes

奇门遁甲在古代不是随便能学的东西。它与太乙、六壬并称“三式”，历代被朝廷限制流传，号称帝王之学——因为它回答的是帝王最关心的问题：这一仗，什么时辰、往哪个方向、用什么方式打。传说姜子牙以它辅周、诸葛亮以它布阵——这些是传说，不是信史，但传说选中这两位军师不是偶然：奇门自始至终是一门“择时而动”的决策术。

In imperial China, Qi Men Dun Jia (奇门遁甲) was not something just anyone could study. Together with Tai Yi (太乙) and Liu Ren (六壬), it was one of the Three Arts (三式). For centuries the courts restricted who could learn them, and Qi Men was called the art of emperors. The reason is the question it answers, the one an emperor cared about most: if we fight this battle, at what hour should we fight, from which direction, and by what method? Legend says Jiang Ziya (姜子牙) used Qi Men to help the Zhou dynasty, and Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮) used it to position his troops. These are legends, not recorded history. But it is no accident that the legends chose two military strategists. From the start, Qi Men has been a method for deciding when to act.

看画的时候留意一件事：四块板是分开的，中间留着空隙——这正是学奇门最关键的提示。新手把盘看成一张密密麻麻的图，于是每次抬眼都是同一种绝望；老手看见的是四块可以分开拿起来的板子，一块一块看，一块一块放回去。这门课接下来做的全部事情，就是教您把这四块板分开拿起来。

Notice one thing in the picture: the four plates are separate, with space between them. That is the most useful hint for learning Qi Men. A beginner sees the board as one crowded picture and feels just as lost every time they look at it. An experienced reader sees four plates that can be lifted out, looked at one at a time and put back. Everything this course does from here on is teaching you to lift those four plates apart.

把三门学问摆在一起就清楚了：八字看一生——您的天气图，几十年为尺度；紫微看结构——人生十二宫的高清地图；奇门看此刻——一张棋盘，只管眼前这一步怎么走。它不问“我是谁”，它问“这一步怎么下”。而且棋盘是活的：每个时辰（两小时）重排一次，过时不候——上一盘的好牌，这一盘可能已经易主。

Put the three systems side by side and the difference is clear. BaZi looks at a whole life. It is like a weather map of your life, measured in decades. Zi Wei looks at structure. It is a detailed map of a life, divided into twelve palaces. Qi Men looks at this moment. It is a game board that covers only the next move in front of you. It does not ask "Who am I?" It asks "What should my next move be?" And the board keeps changing. It is cast again every two-hour period, and it does not wait for you. An advantage you had on the last board may already be gone on this one.

文字说叠了四层总还是抽象。本课的讲解视频把这四层在一块真盘上拆开又装回去：看它们一层一层落位，老师会说出每一层叫什么、管什么。

Reading that the board has four layers is still abstract. The video lesson at the top of this page takes a real board apart and puts it back together. You watch the layers go down one at a time, and the teacher names each layer and says what it covers.

视频里最值得记住的不是画面，是那个顺序：先有九宫这块底座，再落地盘干（地形），再落天盘干（来势），然后是八门（人怎么动），再上面是九星（天时），最上面是八神（暗流）。

What to remember from the video is not the pictures but the order in which the layers go down, from the bottom up. The nine palaces come first, as the base. Then come the stems. Here "stems" means the ten Heavenly Stems, such as Jia (甲) and Yi (乙). Together with the twelve Earthly Branches, they name every day and every two-hour period in the Chinese calendar. The stems go down in two plates: first the earth-plate stems, which show the ground you stand on, then the heaven-plate stems, which show what is coming toward you. Next come the Eight Gates, which show how people act. Above them are the Nine Stars, which show the timing. On top are the Eight Gods, which show the hidden forces at work.

上面就是此刻的真盘——由本站引擎按当前时辰实时排出（您每次打开这一课，它都可能不同）。先说破一件事：这块板子不是一张图，而是好几张图叠在一起。九个宫是共用的底座；底座之上，八门是人的行动层，九星是天时层，八神是暗中的力量，最底下一层是天干：天盘干压在地盘干上——一层一张图，叠出您看到的密密麻麻。看不懂是正常的：没有人能“一眼看穿”叠了四层的图纸。破解的办法也只有一个——一层一层认，认齐了再按固定顺序读。接下来的课程就按这个次序走。

Above is the real board for this moment. This site's engine casts it live for the current two-hour period, so it may look different each time you open this lesson. First, the key point: this board is not one chart. It is several charts laid on top of each other. The nine palaces are the shared base. The stems sit on it first: in each palace, a heaven-plate stem sits over an earth-plate stem. The earth plate stays put. The heaven plate rotates to new palaces every two-hour period, and the layers above it move too. Above the stems come the Eight Gates, the layer of human action, then the Nine Stars, the layer of timing, and on top the Eight Gods, the hidden forces. Each layer is a chart of its own, and stacked together they make the crowded grid you see. It is normal not to understand it yet. Nobody can take in four stacked layers at a glance. There is only one way through: learn the layers one at a time, and once you know them all, read them in a fixed order. The coming lessons follow exactly that path.

图上四层各有分工，值得先记住“谁答什么”：天地盘两层干答“这件事本身是什么成色”；八门答“我该怎么动、走哪个方向”；九星答“天时帮不帮我”；八神答“暗处有没有人推我一把或绊我一脚”。所以同一张盘，问“这事能不能成”要看干与门，问“什么时候动”要看星，问“有没有人使坏”要看神——层与问题是对得上号的，不是眉毛胡子一把抓。

Each layer in the figure answers a different kind of question, and it is worth learning which is which before anything else. The two layers of stems answer "What is this matter really like?" The gates answer "How should I act, and in which direction?" The stars answer "Is the timing on my side?" The gods answer "Is anyone quietly helping me, or working against me?" So on the same board, "Can this work?" is read from the stems and the gates, "When should I act?" from the stars, and "Is someone working against me?" from the gods. Each question has its own layer. You never have to read everything at once.

再说破新手最容易犯的第一个错：把奇门当八字用。有人第一次起盘就问“我这辈子财运如何”——这问题问错了工具。奇门的一张盘只管两个小时，它答得了“这一单今天下午该不该去谈、往哪个方向去谈”，答不了“我一生有没有财”。举个具体的：同一个下午三点的盘，甲要去签合同、乙要去医院复诊、丙丢了钱包——三个人共用这一张盘，却各看各的宫：甲看开门与六合，乙看天芮与天心，丙看玄武与时干。盘只有一张，镜头三个方向。记住这句话，您就不会再拿奇门问“我是谁”。

Now the first mistake beginners make: using Qi Men as if it were BaZi. Someone casts their first board and asks, "Will I ever be rich?" That is the wrong tool for the question. A Qi Men board covers two hours. It can tell you whether to go and negotiate a deal this afternoon, and which direction to go in. It cannot tell you how your money will go in your lifetime. Here is a concrete example. Take one board for 3 p.m., and three people who use it. One is going to sign a contract. One has a follow-up visit at the hospital. One has lost a wallet. They share the same board, but each reads a different part of it. The first looks at the Open Gate (开门) and the god Liu He (六合), who governs partnerships and deals. The second looks at the star Tian Rui (天芮), the star of illness, and the star Tian Xin (天心), the star of healing and doctors. The third looks at the god Xuan Wu (玄武), who stands for theft and loss, and at the hour stem, the stem in the name of the current two-hour period. One board, read three ways. Remember this, and you will never again ask Qi Men who you are.

本课要点 · Key takeaways

• 奇门属古代“三式”，历代限传——择时而动的决策术
  Qi Men is one of the Three Arts, which the courts restricted for centuries. It is a method for deciding when to act
• 八字看一生，紫微看结构，奇门看此刻这一步
  BaZi looks at a whole life, Zi Wei at the structure of a life, and Qi Men at the next step
• 盘面是好几张图叠在一起——解法是分层认、按固定顺序读
  The board is several charts stacked together. Learn one layer at a time, then read them in a fixed order
• 四层各答一类问题：干问成色、门问走法、星问天时、神问暗流
  Each layer answers one kind of question. The stems: what the matter is like. The gates: how to act. The stars: the timing. The gods: hidden forces
• 棋盘每个时辰（两小时）重排一次，共1080种局面
  The board is cast again every two-hour period. There are 1,080 possible boards

看此刻的盘 · See this hour's board

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