《皇極經世》Vol. 6

Huangji Jingshi (Classic of Supreme World Ordering), fascicle two, part six, by Shao Yong.

This section arranges the numerical entries hierarchically as “month, star, and branch”: “Month Xu” corresponds to the tenth month. Beneath it are “Star Jia” through “Star Bing,” corresponding respectively to the 301st, 302nd, and 303rd positions. Beneath each “star,” the twelve earthly branches are listed in order, from “Branch Zi” and “Branch Chou” to “Branch Hai,” with each branch position numbered in sequence.

For example, under Month Xu, the positions from Branch Zi to Branch Hai under Star Jia run from the 3,601st to the 3,612th; under Star Yi, they run from the 3,613th to the 3,624th. Under Star Bing, the sequence begins with Branch Zi at the 3,625th position and continues through Branch Shen at the 3,633rd. This section presents the Huangji Jingshi’s hierarchical numerical table and offers no further narrative explanation.

Here, following the numerical sequence in Huangji Jingshi, the entries pairing “Chen” with the twelve Earthly Branches are listed in order, with their numerical positions indicated.

Under “Star Ding” (position 304), the sequence begins with “Chen-Zi” (position 3,637), followed by Chen-Chou, Chen-Yin, Chen-Mao, Chen-Chen, Chen-Si, Chen-Wu, Chen-Wei, Chen-Shen, Chen-You, Chen-Xu, and Chen-Hai, ending at position 3,648.

Under “Star Wu” (position 305), the sequence runs from position 3,649 to position 3,660. Under “Star Ji” (position 306), it runs from position 3,661 to position 3,667. Each group follows the order Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai.

This is a chronology in the Huangji Jingshi, arranged by the cyclical sequence of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. “Chen-Wei,” “Chen-Shen,” and the like are year designations formed from the sixty stem-branch combinations. “Star Geng,” “Star Xin,” and “Star Ren,” along with the numbers in parentheses, mark the levels and sequence numbers in this arrangement.

The passage lists, in order, the combinations of Chen years with the twelve Earthly Branches, giving a total sequence number after each group. The numbers rise from 3,668 to 3,702. “3,700” means exactly three thousand seven hundred; “3,701” and “3,702” mean three thousand seven hundred and one, and three thousand seven hundred and two, respectively.

This passage is a calendrical table from the Huangji Jingshi. It is divided into sections marked “Star Gui,” “Star Jia,” “Star Yi,” and so on, and lists, item by item, combinations of the cyclical characters such as “Chen-Wu” and “Chen-Wei,” with their corresponding ordinal numbers.

The numbers in parentheses indicate ordinal values. For example, “Chen-Wu (three thousand seven / hundred three)” is read together as “three thousand seven hundred three”; “Chen-Zi (three thousand seven hundred / twenty-one)” is read together as “three thousand seven hundred twenty-one.” Labels such as “Star Gui (three hundred / ten)” and “Star Jia (three hundred one / eleven)” mark another level of numbering.

These names and numbers are arranged in sequence as a calendrical count; they do not describe events or methods of cultivation. Since the original uses sections and an abbreviated number format, this plain-language interpretation preserves the relationships among its entries.

This passage is a calendrical table from the Huangji Jingshi. It marks positions in a sequence using “star” and the twelve Earthly Branches, with numbers in parentheses. Combinations such as “Chen-Si,” “Chen-Wu,” and “Chen-Wei” are combinations of Earthly Branches; they do not describe specific events.

In the order shown in the table, the numbers run from “three thousand seven hundred thirty-eight” to “three thousand seven hundred seventy-one.” “Star Bing,” “Star Ding,” and “Star Wu” mark sections, while “three hundred one/thirteen,” “three hundred one/fourteen,” and “three hundred one/fifteen” give the sequence numbers for those sections. Within each section, the Earthly Branch combinations appear in order; after “Chen-Hai,” the next entry continues with “Chen-Zi.”

This passage therefore presents a continuous set of calendrical entries and contains no narrative content that can be rendered directly in plain language.

These are calendrical number tables from the Huangji Jingshi (Book of Supreme World Ordering). Entries are arranged using the cyclical sequence of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, with numbers marking their positions. “Chen-mao,” “Chen-chen,” and “Chen-si” are combinations in the table, while “Star-ji,” “Star-geng,” and “Star-xin” mark sections. The numbers in parentheses are also ordinal markers; they do not describe the text.

This passage begins with “Chen-mao (3,772),” followed in order by combinations such as “Chen-chen” and “Chen-si,” with the ordinal numbers increasing one by one. At “Star-ji (316),” a new section begins; the sequence then continues from “Chen-zi (3,781).” At “Star-geng (317),” another section begins, and the ordinal numbers continue to increase through entries such as “Chen-xu (3,803).” Finally, “Star-xin (318)” marks a new section, which lists “Chen-zi (3,805)” and “Chen-chou (3,806).”

In short, this passage mainly arranges calendrical number entries in a fixed sequence; it contains no continuous narrative or instructions for spiritual practice.

Here, the sequence of time is arranged according to the method of reckoning cycles used in the Huangji Jingshi. “Star Ren” and “Star Gui” are names of the stellar cycles; “Chen-Yin,” “Chen-Mao,” and the like are combinations from the sexagenary cycle, used to mark each time position. The numbers in parentheses are the corresponding cycle counts.

The preceding section begins with Chen-Yin (3,807), then proceeds through Chen-Mao, Chen-Chen, Chen-Si, Chen-Wu, Chen-Wei, Chen-Shen, Chen-You, Chen-Xu, and Chen-Hai, ending with Chen-Chou (3,818).

It then enters Star Ren (319), beginning with Chen-Zi (3,817), followed in order by Chen-Chou (3,818), Chen-Yin (3,819), Chen-Mao (3,820), Chen-Chen (3,821), Chen-Si (3,822), Chen-Wu (3,823), Chen-Wei (3,824), Chen-Shen (3,825), Chen-You (3,826), Chen-Xu (3,827), and Chen-Hai (3,828).

Next it enters Star Gui (320), beginning with Chen-Zi (3,829) and proceeding in order through Chen-Hai (3,840).

Here, the time ordinals in the Huangji Jingshi are arranged under “Stars” and “Periods.” “Star Jia,” “Star Yi,” and “Star Bing” are names in the star sequence; “Period Zi,” “Period Chou,” “Period Yin,” and so on are names in the period sequence, marked by the twelve Earthly Branches. The numbers in parentheses give the corresponding ordinals.

Star Jia (321st): Period Zi corresponds to the 3,841st, Period Chou to the 3,842nd, Period Yin to the 3,843rd, and so on in sequence, up to Period Hai, which corresponds to the 3,852nd.

Star Yi (322nd): Period Zi corresponds to the 3,853rd, Period Chou to the 3,854th, Period Yin to the 3,855th, and so on in sequence, up to Period Hai, which corresponds to the 3,864th.

Star Bing (323rd): Period Zi corresponds to the 3,865th, Period Chou to the 3,866th, Period Yin to the 3,867th, Period Mao to the 3,868th, Period Chen to the 3,869th, Period Si to the 3,870th, Period Wu to the 3,871st, Period Wei to the 3,872nd, Period Shen to the 3,873rd, and Period You to the 3,874th.

This section is a chronological table from the Huangji Jingshi. It is divided into segments marked “Star Ding,” “Star Wu,” “Star Ji,” and so on, and records the corresponding ordinal numbers using combinations of the Earthly Branches. The numbers in parentheses are ordinal markers. The slashes indicate the original way of separating entries; they do not describe specific events.

In the order given in the original, the first segment is “Star Ding”: Chen-Xu corresponds to 3,875, followed in sequence by Chen-Hai, Chen-Zi, Chen-Chou, and so on through Chen-You. The sequence then continues with Chen-Xu and Chen-Hai, up to 3,888.

Next is the “Star Wu” segment, whose ordinal numbers begin at 3,215. The listed entries from Chen-Zi through Chen-Hai correspond in order to 3,889 through 3,900.

The “Star Ji” segment follows, with its ordinal number marked as 326. Beginning with Chen-Zi, the entries continue through Chen-Shen, corresponding to 3,901 through 3,909.

Here, “Chen-Xu,” “Chen-Hai,” and the like are Earthly Branch notations used in the table; “Star Ding,” “Star Wu,” and “Star Ji” are also segment markers. Since the original does not explain the specific meanings of these markers, they are described here only in the order in which they appear in the table.

This passage is a chronological-numbering table from Huangji Jingshi. It is arranged by the names and sequence numbers of the sexagenary cycle, rather than written as continuous prose.

“Chen-You,” “Chen-Xu,” and “Chen-Hai” are time-sequence markers in the table. The numbers in parentheses, from “three thousand nine hundred ten” to “three thousand nine hundred forty-three,” are the corresponding entries. “Star Geng,” “Star Xin,” and “Star Ren” are also section markers; the numbers that follow—“three hundred twenty-seven,” “three hundred twenty-eight,” and “three hundred twenty-nine”—indicate the order of those sections.

Following the table’s sequence, the entries increase from “three thousand nine hundred ten” to “three thousand nine hundred forty-three.” Some entries appear after the markers “Star Geng,” “Star Xin,” and “Star Ren” to show the numbering sequence moving into the next section.

This passage is a numbering table from the Huangji Jingshi. It arranges ordinal numbers using cyclical signs and labels such as “year,” “month,” and “star”; it is not continuous narrative prose.

As listed in the source, it begins with “Chen-wei” and proceeds through “Chen-hai,” corresponding to 3,944 through 3,948. It then marks “Star Gui” (the 330th star) and records “Chen-zi” through “Chen-hai,” corresponding to 3,949 through 3,960. Next it marks “Month Hai” (the 12th month) and “Star Jia” (the 331st star), continuing the numbering from “Chen-zi” through 3,961 to 3,972. It then marks “Star Yi” (the 332nd star) and continues through “Chen-mao,” numbered 3,973 to 3,976.

“Chen-wei,” “Chen-shen,” “Chen-you,” and the like are combination labels in the table; the numbers in parentheses express ordinals by place value, using units such as thousands, hundreds, and tens. The surviving excerpt begins with “Chen-wei,” and some of its level markers may carry over from the preceding text. This passage alone therefore does not allow us to determine the specific calendrical meaning of each label.

This is the numerical chronology table from the Huangji Jingshi. It lists the earthly-branch sequence in order and gives the corresponding total numbers.

Beginning with “Chen-Chen (3,977),” the entries proceed in sequence through Chen-Si, Chen-Wu, Chen-Wei, and so on, with the numbers increasing one by one. At “Star Bing (333),” the entry “Chen-Zi (3,985)” appears, after which the same sequence continues. Next comes “Star Ding (334),” followed by entries beginning with “Chen-Zi (3,997)”; among them, “Chen-Mao” is 4,000. Then “Star Wu (335)” is marked, and the sequence continues from “Chen-Zi (4,009),” increasing through “Chen-Si (4,014).”

“Star Bing,” “Star Ding,” and “Star Wu” are section markers in this numerical chronology system. “Chen-Zi,” “Chen-Chou,” and the other entries are arranged using combinations of the earthly branches. This passage mainly records sequences and numbers; it does not describe specific events.

This passage is a chronology from the Classic of Supreme Ultimate World Ordering (Huangji Jingshi). It arranges successive periods according to the Twelve Earthly Branches and gives the corresponding numerical sequence in parentheses. Labels such as “Chen-Wu” and “Chen-Wei” mark years in calendrical calculations; “Star Ji,” “Star Geng,” and “Star Xin” are section headings, and the numbers that follow indicate their order in the complete table. The record runs from Chen-Wu (four thousand one/fifteen) to Chen-Shen (four thousand five/thirteen). It follows chronological order and recounts no specific events.

This passage is a chronological table from the Huangji Jingshi. It lists, in order, the twelve combinations of the Earthly Branches that begin with “Chen,” along with their corresponding numerical sequence. “Chen-You,” “Chen-Xu,” and “Chen-Hai” are combinations of Earthly Branches; the figures in parentheses, such as “four thousand five / fourteen” and “four thousand six / ten,” are chronological number markers in this system. The values gradually increase as the sequence progresses.

“Star Ren,” “Star Gui,” and “Star Jia” are section markers in the table. The figures in parentheses—“three hundred three / nineteen,” “three hundred / forty,” and “three hundred four / eleven”—give the chronological number for each marker. After each section marker, the sequence continues from “Chen-Zi,” proceeding through “Chen-Chou,” “Chen-Yin,” and so on, until “Chen-Hai.”

This passage mainly records chronological numbers and combinations of the Earthly Branches in a fixed order; it contains no narrative sentences.

This passage is a calendrical-number table from the Huangji Jingshi. It is divided into the groups “Star Yi,” “Star Bing,” and “Star Ding.” Each group lists the entries from “Chen-Zi” through “Chen-Hai” in sequence, with the corresponding ordinal number. Here, “Chen” is a calendrical marker in the table, while Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai are the Twelve Earthly Branches.

The “Star Yi” group runs from “four thousand nine / thirteen” to “four thousand one / one hundred four”; the “Star Bing” group runs from “four thousand one / one hundred five” to “four thousand one / one hundred sixteen”; and the “Star Ding” group runs from “four thousand one hundred / seventeen” to “four thousand one hundred / twenty-eight.” These divided forms appear to be the original text’s format for writing numbers, and together they correspond to consecutive ordinal numbers.

The entries “Chen-Mao (four thousand one hundred / twenty Chen)” and “Chen-Si (four thousand one hundred two / eleven)” do not match the surrounding format. They may contain copying or input errors, and their intended meaning cannot be determined from the text as it stands.

Here, the entries are numbered in sequence under “Star” and “Branch.” “Star Wu,” “Star Ji,” and “Star Geng” are star positions corresponding to the Heavenly Stems Wu, Ji, and Geng. “Branch Zi” through “Branch Hai” are twelve positions marked by the Earthly Branches Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. The numbers in parentheses indicate each entry’s position in the full numbering sequence.

Beginning with “Star Wu (three hundred forty-five),” the entries run from Branch Zi through Branch Hai, corresponding to numbers 4,129 through 4,140. Next comes “Star Ji (three hundred forty-six),” whose twelve entries correspond to numbers 4,141 through 4,152. After that is “Star Geng (three hundred forty-seven),” which is currently listed through Branch You, corresponding to number 4,162.

This is a calendrical sequence table from the Huangji Jingshi, divided into sections marked by “Stars” and listing the ordinal numbers of each “Chen” in sequence.

“Star Xin,” “Star Ren,” and “Star Gui” are section markers; the numbers in parentheses indicate the corresponding positions. Each section begins with “Chen Zi” and proceeds through “Chen Chou, Chen Yin, Chen Mao, Chen Chen, Chen Si, Chen Wu, Chen Wei, Chen Shen, Chen You, Chen Xu, and Chen Hai,” before entering the next cycle. Here, “Chen” is the name of a unit in the calendrical system, not a reference solely to the “Chen” earthly branch.

This passage begins with “Chen Zi” at the 304th position of “Star Xin,” followed by the ordinal numbers of the successive Chen. It then gives the corresponding sequences for the 304th position of “Star Ren” and the 350th position of “Star Gui,” ending with “Chen Wei.” These entries mark the order of the calendrical sequence and contain no narrative content.

Chen-Shen, Chen-You, Chen-Xu, and Chen-Hai correspond, in order, to years 4,197, 4,198, 4,199, and 4,200.

Next comes Xing-Jia (the Jia group in the Xingji chronology, marking a numbered section):

Chen-Zi through Chen-Hai correspond, in order, to years 4,201 through 4,212. Then comes Xing-Yi (the Yi group): Chen-Zi through Chen-Hai correspond, in order, to years 4,213 through 4,224. Next comes Xing-Bing (the Bing group): Chen-Zi through Chen-Wu correspond, in order, to years 4,225 through 4,231.

Here, “Chen-Zi,” “Chen-Chou,” and the like are cycle markers in the stem-and-branch style used by the Huangji Jingshi to organize years and months; the numbers in parentheses are the corresponding ordinal years. The original mainly lists the years in sequence and does not elaborate on anything else.

This passage is a calendrical sequence table from the Huangji Jingshi, recording a series of cyclical year or time-period designations arranged in order. Labels such as “Chen-Wei” and “Chen-Shen” combine two Earthly Branches; the numbers in parentheses are their corresponding numerical values.

“Star-Ding,” “Star-Wu,” and “Star-Ji” mark divisions within this calendrical system. The following designations “three hundred five/fourteen,” “three hundred five/fifteen,” and “three hundred five/sixteen” indicate the sequence of those divisions. Each group lists “Chen-Zi” through “Chen-Hai” in order, with the values in parentheses increasing accordingly.

This passage therefore consists mainly of a continuous series of calendrical entries. It does not recount specific events or present material about cultivation or ritual.

This records a set of chronological tables from the Huangji Jingshi. Each label combines “Chen” with one of the twelve Earthly Branches, as in “Chen-Si” and “Chen-Wu”; the number in parentheses gives its corresponding ordinal.

“Xing-Geng,” “Xing-Xin,” and “Xing-Ren” mark divisions in the table. The numbers that follow mark the three hundred and fifty-seventh, three hundred and fifty-eighth, and three hundred and fifty-ninth divisions, respectively. Within each division, “Chen-Zi” through “Chen-Hai” appear in sequence, and the numbers in parentheses increase accordingly.

This passage therefore mainly lists a continuous sequence for recording years or numbers; it does not separately describe any method of cultivation or ritual.

This passage is a chronological table from the Huangji Jingshi. It marks successive periods with the twelve Earthly Branches and gives the corresponding ordinal numbers in parentheses.

Chen-Mao: year 4,300; Chen-Chen: year 4,301; Chen-Si: year 4,302; Chen-Wu: year 4,303; Chen-Wei: year 4,304; Chen-Shen: year 4,305; Chen-You: year 4,306; Chen-Xu: year 4,307; Chen-Hai: year 4,308.

“Xing-Gui” is the chronological marker used here. Xing-Gui: 360; Chen-Zi: year 4,309; Chen-Chou: year 4,310; Chen-Yin: year 4,311; Chen-Mao: year 4,312; Chen-Chen: year 4,313; Chen-Si: year 4,314; Chen-Wu: year 4,315; Chen-Wei: year 4,316; Chen-Shen: year 4,317; Chen-You: year 4,318; Chen-Xu: year 4,319; Chen-Hai: year 4,320.

The above is the chronological material from Part Two, Section Two of Volume Two of the Huangji Jingshi.