Treatise on Armament Technology

Treatise on Armament Technology, Volume 120
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Miscellaneous Formulas

The Terrestrial TaiyiA specific calculation within the Taiyi divination system used to determine the spiritual or energetic state of the ground and geography. is located in the third Gen Palace The Gen Trigram corresponds to the Northeast direction and the element of Earth.. In this position, setting an ambush is advantageous during the Chou and Yin hours the periods from 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM. Other scenarios follow this same logic.

On the Method of Loneliness and Emptiness

For example, if it is the Year of the Rat Zi, the position immediately behind the Year LordThe presiding astrological influence or deity of the current year in the sexagenary cycle. is the Pig Hai, which represents Loneliness (Gu). The direction directly opposite and clashing with it is the Snake Si, which represents Emptiness (Xu). Whenever deploying troops, marching, engaging in battle—or even gambling, litigating, or conducting an arrest—one should position themselves so that Loneliness is at their back and they are striking toward Emptiness.

To achieve a great victory involving more than ten thousand men, use the Loneliness of the Year. For more than a thousand men, use the Loneliness of the Month. For five hundred men, use the Loneliness of the Ten-Day Cycle. For more than a hundred men, use the Loneliness of the Day. For more than ten men, use the Loneliness of the Hour. In general, these are the Void-DeathKnown as Kongwang, these are gaps in the decimal/duodecimal cycle used in Chinese metaphysics to identify directions of weakness or absence. positions; Emptiness is simply the palace directly opposite the Loneliness position.