Classics

Qimen Dunjia Classics

Updated: 2026-09-24

The Yanbo Diaosou Song is a classic Qi Men Dun Jia verse. It covers how solar terms set the Ju, how Yin and Yang Dun run forward or backward, and how to judge the strength of the Nine Stars and Eight Gates. This page gives the original verse with a line-by-line modern reading. You do not need to memorize it first: read the star, gate, and Useful God (Yong Shen) on your chart, then return to the matching lines. The notes explain what each line says; topics the song does not unfold, such as Yuan Shen, Yuan Qi, and Fei Fu, are not replaced by these lines.

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Read a Qimen classic through its original verse, notes, and chart comparison — Start with the verse, use the notes to understand its terms, then check a matching chart.

Yanbo Diaosou Song
The classic Qi Men Dun Jia verse in full, with a line-by-line modern reading: how solar terms set the Ju, Yin and Yang Dun, and star and gate strength.
The reading has 33 sections, starting with:
1. Yin and Yang Dun, returning at the solstices
2. Where the song says Qi Men began
3. From many ju down to eighteen
4. Nine palaces in the palm
5. Two Dun, jieqi and chaoshen
6. Zhi fu and zhi shi
7. Three wonders and six yi
8. Lucky gates meeting wonders
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