《皇極經世》Vol. 2

The Book of the Supreme Ultimate’s Ordering of the World (Huangji Jingshi), Volume One, Part Two, compiled and selected by Shao Yaofu of Sanchuan.

This passage is a chronological table arranged by months, stellar divisions, and the Twelve Earthly Branches. At the beginning, it marks “Month Yin” and “Three Stars,” then lists Stellar Division A, Stellar Division B, Stellar Division C, and Stellar Division D in sequence. Under each stellar division, the Twelve Branches—Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai—are listed in order; the numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding ordinal numbers.

For example, under “Stellar Division A (sixty/one),” “Branch Zi (seven hundred two/eleven)” denotes the ordinal number 721. The entries that follow run from 722 to 732. Stellar Divisions B and C are arranged in the same way, with the numbers continuing to increase. The original text ends with “Stellar Division D (sixty/four), Branch Zi (seven hundred five/seventeen),” meaning 757; the remaining entries do not appear in the passage provided.

Here, Zi, Chou, Yin, and so on through Hai are the Twelve Earthly Branches, used to mark the order of time. The passage primarily presents a layered system for arranging calendrical and numerical sequences.

This passage is a chronological number table from the Jing of the Supreme Ultimate (Huangji Jingshi). It marks time using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, with the numbers increasing item by item. The slashes in parentheses separate place values; for example, “seven hundred and five/eighteen” is read as “seven hundred and fifty-eight.”

Beginning with “Chen-Chou (758),” it lists the stem-branch combinations in sequence—Chen-Chou, Chen-Yin, Chen-Mao, and so on—with the number increasing by one each time. At “Star Wu (65),” it marks the sixty-fifth star position, then continues the numbering from “Chen-Zi (769).” It proceeds in the same way through “Star Ji (66)” and “Star Geng (67),” ending with “Chen-Chen (797).”

“Chen-Zi,” “Chen-Chou,” and similar entries are time markers arranged in the order of the Earthly Branches. “Star Wu,” “Star Ji,” and “Star Geng” are section markers in the table. The passage presents numbering and sequence, without narrative statements.

This passage is a numerical table from the Huangji Jingshi. It marks the divisions of a cycle with “stars,” then lists items pairing “chen” with the Twelve Earthly Branches, each with its sequence number. “Star Xin,” “Star Ren,” and “Star Gui” are section markers; names such as “Chen Zi” and “Chen Chou” are combinations in the table and should not be interpreted literally as ordinary celestial phenomena or dates.

The sequence numbers begin at 798 and increase consecutively to 840; after every twelve entries, the table moves to the next group. In plain terms:

• From “Chen Si” to “Chen Hai,” the sequence numbers run from 798 to 804.
• The “Star Xin” section begins with “Chen Zi” at 805 and continues through 816.
• The “Star Ren” section begins with “Chen Zi” at 817 and continues through 828.
• The “Star Gui” section begins with “Chen Zi” at 829 and continues through 840.

Forms in parentheses such as “seven hundred nine/eighteen” are a typographic way of writing fractions. Read as consecutive sequence numbers, they mean “seven hundred ninety-eight”; the slash does not indicate division.

Here, the years are arranged in “star–branch” order: Star Jia, Star Yi, Star Bing, and Star Ding are numbered seventy-one through seventy-four, respectively. Under each star, the twelve branches—Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai—are numbered in sequence.

Star Jia corresponds to number seventy-one, and its twelve branches run from number eight hundred forty-one to eight hundred fifty-two. Star Yi corresponds to number seventy-two, running from eight hundred fifty-three to eight hundred sixty-four; Star Bing corresponds to number seventy-three, running from eight hundred sixty-five to eight hundred seventy-six. Star Ding corresponds to number seventy-four and is currently listed through Chen-Yin, number eight hundred seventy-nine. Here, “star” and “branch” are the chronological units used to organize the sequence of time in the Huangji Jingshi.

This passage presents a numerical table from The Book of Supreme Ultimate World Ordering (Huangji Jingshi). It uses “chen” as its unit of reckoning and lists entries in the order of the Earthly Branches—“mao, chen, si, wu,” and so on. The numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding positions in the sequence.

“Star Wu (seventy/five),” “Star Ji (seventy/six),” and “Star Geng (seventy/seven)” are section markers, identifying the Wu, Ji, and Geng stages and their respective sequence numbers. Within each section, “Chen-Zi,” “Chen-Chou,” “Chen-Yin,” and so on are the names of the table’s numbered entries, corresponding in order to 880, 881, and onward through 921.

This passage is a numerical table from The Classic of the Supreme Ultimate’s World Ordering (Huangji Jingshi), arranged by “stars” and Earthly Branches, with the corresponding place numbers shown.

“Star Xin,” “Star Ren,” and “Star Gui” are section markers in the table. “Chen-Zi,” “Chen-Chou,” and so on through “Chen-Hai” are entries formed by pairing “Chen” with the twelve Earthly Branches. The numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding ordinal numbers. For example, “Chen-You (nine hundred two/twelve)” is marked as the nine hundred twenty-second, and “Chen-Zi (nine hundred two/fifteen)” as the nine hundred twenty-fifth.

Read this way, the entries that follow increase in sequence, ending with “Chen-Hai (nine hundred six/ten),” the nine hundred sixtieth.

This section lists the calendrical number table from the Huangji Jingshi. Each group is labeled “Star Jia, Star Yi, Star Bing, Star Ding” to mark a level (“star” is a category in the book’s calendrical number system). Under each group, the entries run in order from “Chen Zi” to “Chen Hai.” These names are technical terms in the table, not the stars or time periods meant in everyday speech.

The numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding ordinal positions. For example, “eighty/one” means the first of the eightieth, and “nine hundred six/eleven” means the eleventh of the nine hundred sixth. In the original order, this passage begins with “Chen Zi” in the “Star Jia” group, proceeds item by item, and ends with “Chen Yin” in the “Star Ding” group. The original provides only categories and ordinal positions; it does not further explain what the entries represent or mean.

This passage arranges the year positions corresponding to “Chen” according to the cyclical order of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Each entry begins with “Chen,” followed in turn by Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, Zi, Chou, and Yin, forming combinations such as “Chen-Mao, Chen-Chen, Chen-Si…”

The numbers in parentheses indicate the sequence, increasing one by one from “one thousand.” With each cycle through the twelve branches, the thousand-count at the beginning also increases. “Star Wu,” “Star Ji,” and “Star Geng” in the text are section markers; the adjacent “eighty/five,” “eighty/six,” and “eighty/seven” indicate each section’s position in the full table. The corresponding stem-branch combinations and sequence numbers continue after each marker.

This passage is part of the chronological sequence table in The Book of the Supreme Ultimate’s World Ordering (Huangji Jingshi). It mainly uses stem-branch combinations and numbers to indicate the sequence, without narrating events or methods of cultivation.

This passage is a chronological number table from the Jing of the Supreme Polarity (Huangji Jingshi), divided into sections by “star” and arranged using combinations of “hour” (chen) with the twelve Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. The numbers in parentheses are ordinal markers for the corresponding entries, not part of the text.

“Star Xin,” “Star Ren,” and “Star Gui” are section headings. The markers “eighty/eight,” “eighty/nine,” and “ninety” in parentheses indicate the chronological number positions of these sections. Each section then lists combinations such as “Chen-You” and “Chen-Xu,” along with their corresponding numbers. As the table proceeds downward, the numbers increase in sequence. There is no narrative text here; the table primarily marks positions in the temporal or numerical sequence of the Huangji Jingshi system.

Here the calendrical numerical entries in the Huangji Jingshi are listed in sequence. Each entry pairs “Chen” with one of the twelve Earthly Branches—Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, and so on—with the corresponding number given in parentheses. “Star Jia,” “Star Yi,” “Star Bing,” and “Star Ding” indicate the order of the star positions.

After “Mao Month, Fourth Star Jia,” the entries run from “Chen Zi” through “Chen Hai,” then move on to the next star position and continue in the order of the twelve Earthly Branches. The numbers in parentheses also increase with each entry. For example, the Star Jia group runs from “one thousand eight/eleven” to “one thousand nine/twelve”; the Star Yi group from “one thousand nine/thirteen” to “one thousand one/hundred four”; the Star Bing group from “one thousand one/hundred five” to “one thousand one hundred/sixteen”; and finally, Star Ding lists “Chen Zi,” with the number “one thousand one hundred/seventeen.”

These entries form part of the calendrical numerical arrangement in the Huangji Jingshi, presenting the correspondences among star positions, Earthly Branches, and numbers. The slashes and number formatting in the original are retained as part of its notation; this passage itself does not explain what the numbers mean.

Here, the sequence of the “Chen” stage is arranged according to the numbering method of the Huangji Jingshi. The numbers in parentheses are the corresponding ordinal numbers. Beginning with Chen-Chou (1,118), the sequence proceeds through Chen-Yin, Chen-Mao, Chen-Chen, and so on, to Chen-Hai (1,128). It then marks “Star Wu” (95), after which the sequence resumes with Chen-Zi (1,129) and continues through Chen-Hai (1,140). Next it marks “Star Ji” (96), then follows the same sequence from Chen-Zi (1,141) to Chen-Hai (1,152).

“Chen-Chou,” “Chen-Yin,” and the like are combined names in this numbering system; “Star Wu” and “Star Ji” mark divisions. This passage primarily records sequence and numbers and does not describe specific events.

This is a chronological-numbering table from The Classic of the Supreme Ultimate of the World (Huangji Jingshi). Following the order of the Twelve Earthly Branches, it lists the twelve “chen” (time periods or units of reckoning) corresponding to each “star,” along with their numbers.

Under “Star Geng (ninety/seven),” the entries from Chen-Zi through Chen-Hai are numbered consecutively from 1,153 to 1,164. Under “Star Xin (ninety/eight),” they are numbered from 1,165 to 1,176. Under “Star Ren (ninety/nine),” the entries from Chen-Zi through Chen-You are listed, numbered from 1,177 to 1,186.

“Star Geng,” “Star Xin,” and “Star Ren” are section markers in the table; “Chen-Zi,” “Chen-Chou,” and so on are entries arranged according to the Earthly Branches. The numbers in parentheses indicate each item’s sequence. This passage primarily organizes and labels chronological numbers; it does not describe specific events or cultivation practices.

This passage arranges the numbers in the calendrical cycle of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Starting with “Chen,” it pairs the branches in sequence—Xu, Hai, Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, and You. With each new Earthly Branch, the number that follows increases by one.

“Star Gui (one hundred),” “Star Jia (one hundred and one),” and “Star Yi (one hundred and two)” are section markers that indicate the corresponding ordinal points. Gui, Jia, and Yi are Heavenly Stems, the ten symbols traditionally used for counting dates. The passage runs in sequence from “one thousand one hundred and eighty-seven” to “one thousand two hundred and twenty-two,” passing through these section markers.

The list here presents the chronological sequence from the chronological table of the Huangji Jingshi (Supreme Ultimate Canon for Governing the World). "Xing-bing," "Xing-ding," and "Xing-wu" are section markers, and the numbers that follow each one indicate the sequence of that section. Names such as "Chen-zi" and "Chen-chou" are year designations formed by combining the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and the numbers in parentheses give each year's ordinal position.

Following the original order, this passage runs from "Chen-xu" (ordinal 1,223) to "Chen-hai" (ordinal 1,224). The "Xing-bing" section runs from "Chen-zi" (ordinal 1,225) to "Chen-hai" (ordinal 1,236). The "Xing-ding" section runs from "Chen-zi" (ordinal 1,237) to "Chen-hai" (ordinal 1,248). The "Xing-wu" section runs from "Chen-zi" (ordinal 1,249) to "Chen-wei" (ordinal 1,256).

This is a calendar-number table from the Huangji Jingshi (Supreme Ultimate Principles for Governing the World), arranging the cyclical numbers according to the twelve Earthly Branches (dizhi). Chen-Shen, Chen-You, and similar combinations are ordering markers within the table, and the numbers in parentheses give the corresponding values.

This passage runs in sequence from 1,257 through 1,290. The markers Xing-Ji, Xing-Geng, and Xing-Xin serve as section divisions, corresponding respectively to 106, 107, and 108. The table continues in its original order, listing Earthly Branch combinations such as Chen-Zi, Chen-Chou, and Chen-Yin, along with their ordinal numbers.

This passage is a numerical table from the Huangji Jingshi (Huangji Jingshi, The Supreme Principles Governing the World), arranged by the Heavenly Stem assigned to each "star" and listing, with the Earthly Branches, the sequential period numbers within the chen years. The original contains no narrative statements. It is chiefly a record of order.

Beginning with "Star Ren" (Xing Ren), the entries from Chen-wu through Chen-hai run in sequence from the 1,291st year to the 1,296th year. Then, from Chen-zi through Chen-hai, the years run from the 1,297th to the 1,308th.

The span governed by "Star Gui" (Xing Gui), from Chen-zi through Chen-hai, runs in order from the 1,309th to the 1,320th year.

The span governed by "Star Jia" (Xing Jia), from Chen-zi through Chen-chen, runs from the 1,321st to the 1,325th year.

Here, "Star Ren," "Star Gui," and "Star Jia" serve as segment markers for the numbering, while entries such as "Chen-wu" and "Chen-wei" are items labeled by combinations of Earthly Branches. The passage as a whole arranges the cycles in a fixed sequence and marks their corresponding ordinal numbers.

These are the calendrical entries of the Huangji Jingshi (Supreme Ultimate Canon Governing the World), listed in order. Each entry pairs chen with one of the twelve Earthly Branches and gives its ordinal number. The markers "Xing Yi," "Xing Bing," and "Xing Ding" are section labels, and the numbers in parentheses indicate each entry's position in the sequence. The original contains no narrative text, so it can be read in its original order as follows.

Chen-si, number one thousand three hundred twenty-six; chen-wu, number one thousand three hundred twenty-seven; chen-wei, number one thousand three hundred twenty-eight; chen-shen, number one thousand three hundred twenty-nine; chen-you, number one thousand three hundred thirty; chen-xu, number one thousand three hundred thirty-one; and chen-hai, number one thousand three hundred thirty-two.

Next, a section marked "Xing Yi" begins with chen-zi, number one thousand three hundred thirty-three, and chen-chou, number one thousand three hundred thirty-four. The pairings continue in sequence until chen-wu, number one thousand three hundred thirty-nine, and chen-wei, number one thousand three hundred forty, after which they continue in order to chen-hai, number one thousand three hundred forty-four.

The section marked "Xing Bing" begins with chen-zi, number one thousand three hundred forty-five, and continues in sequence to chen-hai, number one thousand three hundred fifty-six.

The section marked "Xing Ding" begins with chen-zi, number one thousand three hundred fifty-seven, followed by chen-chou, number one thousand three hundred fifty-eight, and chen-yin, number one thousand three hundred fifty-nine.

Chen, si, wu, wei, shen, you, xu, hai, zi, chou, yin, and mao are all Earthly Branches. In these entries, chen is successively paired with each Earthly Branch, and ordinal numbers mark the order. "Xing Yi," "Xing Bing," and "Xing Ding" divide the entries into separate sections.

This passage presents the chronological table of the Huangji Jingshi (Supreme Principles Governing the World), in which the sequence of time is marked by combinations such as Chen-Mao, Chen-Chen, and Chen-Si, with the corresponding ordinal numbers listed in parentheses. Each time a new "Xing-Wu," "Xing-Ji," or "Xing-Geng" appears, the table advances to the next group of years. The entries then continue in order, with Chen-Zi, Chen-Chou, Chen-Yin, and so on.

This passage is a chronology table from the Huangji Jingshi (Supreme Polarity Canon for Governing the World) by Shao Yong. It is divided into sections marked by "star" (xing) headings, and it lists in sequence twelve ganzhi combinations, such as Chen-zi, Chen-chou, and Chen-yin, each with its ordinal number. The figures in parentheses indicate the position of each entry in the sequence. For example, "Chen-chou (one thousand three hundred and ninety-four)" means that this entry corresponds to the 1,394th position.

The headings "Xing Xin (one hundred one / eighteen)" and "Xing Ren (one hundred one / nineteen)" serve as section markers, and each lists the ordinal numbers that fall beneath it. Forms such as "one thousand four / hundred" and "one thousand four hundred / ten" are typeset splits of numbers across line breaks. When read together, they give "one thousand four hundred" and "one thousand four hundred and ten."

The "Xing Gui" section lists twelve positional markers in sequence, beginning with Chen-zi, Chen-chou, and Chen-yin and running through to Chen-hai. The numbers in parentheses give the ordinal count, rising from one thousand four hundred and twenty-nine to one thousand four hundred and forty.

Here "Chen" is paired with the earthly branches Zi, Chou, Yin, and the rest to mark positions in the reckoning of the Supreme Ultimate Classic of Governing the World (Huangji Jingshi). The text then identifies this passage as the middle portion of Volume One of that work.