 Re: Zi Wei Palace
There are only two openly published ancient scriptures for Ziwei Doushu.
The first is 紫微斗数全集 Ziwei Doushu Quanji - the Complete Compilation of Ziwei Doushu. It describes the original teaching.
The other is 紫微斗数全书 Ziwei Doushu Quanshu - the Complete Book of Ziwei Doushu. There are errors and contradictions in this book, the most obvious being the teaching of a different way to begin 10-year cycles, called Dayun.
But there exist also unpublished texts called 口诀 Koujue, which are verbal instructions in rhyme, passed on separately in different schools from teachers to disciples. Their existence is due to the secretive nature in teaching in the old days, and they vary from one school to another, perhaps the result of different emphases on the principles and applications, enriched with personal inspirations and testimonies from different teachers.
There are only several schools in Ziwei Doushu, but the number can be considered one too many when there was only one original teaching. However, this is quite an acceptable phenomenon since teaching was not done in an open, systematic and orderly manner in the old days, and printing was not as refined, both lead to minor differences being created along the way.  To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.A true princess prizes her virtues & always stays humble. She is true to herself while doing her duty; Courage, truth & wisdom help her not to stumble. She relies on trusted friends whose respect she has earned, A royal life is not all romance and laughter; Princesses work hard for "happily ever after"!¯ | 
