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The type of books on divination (shushu lei 術數類) is a sub-category to the literary category of masters and philosophers (zibu 子部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. Divination was seen as a sidebranch of the Confucian Classic Yijing 易經, the "Book of Changes", and was therefore always highly regarded by scholars, even if it did not serve them in daily life. Their relation to mathematics and astronomy can also be seen in the extensive use of numbers in divination practice. The compilers of the Siku quanshu divided the sub-section into six parts: Divination by numerology (shuxue 數學, 16 books), divination by weather (zhanhou 占候, 2 books), geomancy (xiangzhai xiangmu 相宅相墓, 8 books), divination by hexagrams (zhanbu 占卜, 5 books), books on commands and divination (mingshu xiangshu 命書相書, 14 books), and books on the theory of Yin-Yang and the Five Processes (yinyang wuxing 陰陽五行, 5 books), making out a total of 50 books. The most important books are the Taixuanjing 太玄經, Kaiyuan zhanjing 開元占經, Zhaijing 宅經, Zangshu 葬書, Kuolongjing 撼龍經 and Jiaoshi yilin 焦氏易林.
| 書名 |
Title |
Composer(s) |
數學之屬 shuxue Divination by numerology |
| 太玄經 |
Taixuanjing |
(Han) 揚雄 Yang Xiong |
| 元包經傳 |
Yuanbao jingzhuan |
(Northern Wei) 衛元嵩 Wei Yuansong |
| 皇極經世書 |
Huangji jingshi shu |
(Song) 邵雍 Yong Shao |
占候之屬 zhanhou Divination by wheather |
| 唐開元占經 |
Tang kaiyuan zhanjing |
(Tang) 瞿曇悉達 Zhaitanxida |
相宅相墓之屬 xiangzhang xiangmu Geomancy (fengshui 風水) |
| 宅經 |
Zhaijing |
ascr. 黃帝 Yellow Emperor |
| 葬書 |
Zangshu |
(Jin) 郭璞 Guo Pu (?) |
| 撼龍經 |
Kuolongjing |
(Tang) 楊筠松 Yang Yunsong (?) |
占卜之屬 zhanbu Divination by hexagrams |
| 靈棋經 |
Lingqijing |
(Han) 東方朔 Dongfang Shuo (?) |
| 焦氏易林 |
Jiaoshi yilin |
(Han) 焦贛 Jiao Gan |
| 京氏易傳 |
Jingshi yizhuan |
(Han) 京房 Jing Fang |
| 六壬大全 |
Liuren daquan |
(???) Anon. |
命書相書之屬 mingshu xiangshu Divination by various other methods |
| 李虛中命書 |
Li Xuzhong Mingshu |
(Zhou) 鬼谷子 (?); (Zhou) 李虛中 Li Xuzhong (comm.) |
| 玉照定真經 |
Yuzhao dingzhenjing |
(Jin) 郭璞 Guo Pu, 張礅 Zhang Dun |
陰陽五行之屬 yinyang wuxing Yin-Yang and five processes theory
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| 太乙金鏡式經 |
Taiyi jinjingshi jing |
(Tang) 王希明 Wang Ximing |
* not contained in the Siku quanshu
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