奇門遁甲

奇门遁甲
qíméndùnjiǎ
ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today)

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Qimen Dunjia

Wiktionary

術數用語。一種以古代天文律曆學為基礎，以推物及人事吉凶的術數。其法以九宮為本，以三奇、六儀、八門、九星為緯，觀其吉凶，以作趨避。奇指天干的乙、丙、丁，以日生於乙，月明於丙，丁為南極。甲為陽首，戊以下六儀分麗以配九宮，而起符使，故稱為「遁甲」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 奇 qí
  1. strange
  2. odd
  3. weird
  4. wonderful
  5. surprisingly
  6. unusually
2 門 mén
  1. gate
  2. door
  3. gateway
  4. doorway
  5. opening
  6. valve
  7. switch
  8. way to do something
  9. knack
  10. family
  11. house
  12. (religious) sect
  13. school (of thought)
  14. class
  15. category
  16. phylum or division (taxonomy)
  17. classifier for large guns
  18. classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
  19. (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

classifiers: 扇, 個
3 遁甲 dùnjiǎ
  1. (archaic) Qimen Dunjia method of prediction
  2. Qimen Dunjia method of prediction