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najia
What it is
The method of fitting the stems and branches onto the six lines. The whole school of reading is called the Najia method, or six lines.
What it means
The stems and branches are what make the five-phase cycles possible; the entire judgement grows out of them.
Other terms in this group
- hexagram palaceWhich of the eight palaces a hexagram belongs to (Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun).
- primary hexagramThe hexagram as it was cast, before any line changes.
- resulting hexagramThe hexagram you get once the moving lines have changed.
- timing windowThe point at which the matter loosens or settles.