Qi Men Dun Jia Art of War

Qi Men Dun Jia has always been regarded as a very advanced topic in the field of Chinese Metaphysics and Feng Shui. This system was developed in ancient times with the aim to assist the Emperor in making calculated moves to win the battles. Great military strategist like Zhuge Liang was renowned for using it to calculate the opportune timing and direction to attack the enemies. One of his famous historical highlights was the moments he used Qi Men to predict the time of the arrival of the eastern wind to help him defeat Emperor Cao Cao’s army at Red Cliff.

In the modern application of Qi Men Dun Jia, this ancient art of war can be used to help you to accomplish your mission or a specific task with great success. In this book, Jo Ching is going to reveal to you the techniques of using Qi Men Dun Jia Energy-Building method to gain the upper hand. You, too can approach your day-to-day activities like:

• Job interview• School examinations• Romance and courting• Seeking medical treatment• Sales-pitch to clients• Business Negotiation• Seeking Wealth

with added confidence that the outcome will be in your favor.

In today’s market, many Qi Men Dun Jia books have been written mostly on the topic of using this ancient system as a divination tool. However, this will be the first English book that aims to impart exclusive practical knowledge of using Qi Men as a daily “art of war” tool to usher good luck and avoid negative outcomes. In addition, it will cover interesting topics like:

• How to apply Qi Men as a date selection tool for Feng Shui purposes• Why the need to witness phenomenon before you proceed with your

line of action • An introduction on the 64 Hexagrams San Yuan Qi Men Dun Jia System

This book is specially catered to all Feng Shui, Chinese metaphysics enthusiasts and especially those who seriously wish to have better control of their destiny. It comes with many real life case studies and illustrations to showcase how this ancient system is just as relevant in meeting challenges in contemporary society.

QI MEN DUN JIA

MASTER JO CHING

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Qi Men Dun JiaThe Ancient Art of War at

Your Fingertips

三元奇门遁甲

之趋避学

By Master Jo Ching

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Copyright © by Jo Ching, 2014 First Published 2014

Destiny Academy Pte Ltd16, Arumugam Road, Lion Building D, #05-01 Singapore 409961

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The publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. The publisher and author expressly disclaim liability to any person for the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done by any such person in reliance, whether whole or partial upon any part of the contents of this publication.

ISBN: 978-981-09-0461-6

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Printed in Singapore

Acknowledgement:

“Special thanks to my student and friend Siou-Foon Lee, Founder of Feng Shui Innovations, who has selflessly helped

me to vet and edit my manuscript.”

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PrefaceMy Taiwanese teacher imparted the entire technical knowhow of the Qi Men Dun Jia systems to me in my endeavor to master this traditional art form. Unlike many of the practitioners, I started learning Qi Men Dun Jia that comes in 64 Hexagrams format. This format has a major difference from the conventional way of arranging the stems and stars in 9 Palaces. The systems are interlinked and yet independent when it comes to applications. Nevertheless, the fundamentals do not differ too much.

What originally motivated me to take on this ancient study many years ago? I was intrigued by the ability of Qi Men Dun Jia to predict weeks in advance the phenomenon appearing on a specific day and time at a particular direction. Examples of the predictive phenomenon can include rain, thunder, people dressed in certain colours, a monk, music and even yellow birds. More importantly, I have always read that Qi Men Dun Jia phenomenon produced a “wow” effect when these manifestations appear. It has become known as a luck-changing catalyst for many end users.

How did our forefathers develop this ability? What is the wisdom behind it? Can the order of universe be predetermined? Can we predict who and what is going to appear in front of us in the next moment? With so many questions surfacing in my mind, I was determined in the early days to master this powerful ancient art.

My Feng Shui and Bazi skills had reached a high level after many years of training and practice but my passion to complete my Chinese Metaphysical studies included the study of this Qi Men Dun Jia. The study of this Chinese Metaphysics was

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a subject that the ancient emperors banned people from learning. The country’s rulers were fearful of being outwitted and overthrown by dissidents should they learn this art. The rulers knew about the effectiveness of Qi Men Dun Jia, however, their subjects never had the chance to learn this art.

Fortunately, this priceless knowledge has been retained and passed down via the royal families and I am blessed to have inherited from my teacher the complete set of information including the rarely taught 64 Hexagrams Qi Men. My mission now is to extend this invaluable authentic wisdom to knowledge seekers to preserve this priceless heritage. My passion is to fulfill a dream of imparting this traditional Qi Men Dun Jia system to as many end users as possible.

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ContentChapter 1 Introducing the Ancient Art of War 1

Chapter 2 Important Basics That Set The 13 QMDJ Stage

Chapter 3 Dissecting the Qi Men Dun Jia Chart 37

Chapter 4 Transforming Ancient Art of War 91 into Cutting Edge Strategies

Chapter 5 Important Qi Men Formations 105

Chapter 6 Qi Men Dun Jia at Our Finger Tips 117

Chapter 7 The Amazing Art of Qi Men Dun Jia 149 Phenomenon

Chapter 8 The Importance of Feng Shui 165 Date Selection

Chapter 9 Early Heaven 64 Hexagrams 185 Qi Men Dun Jia

About Master Jo Ching 201

About Destiny Academy 205

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Chapter 1: Introducing the Ancient Art of War

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Its Relevance in Today’s Society

Qi Men Dun Jia has been historically recognized as an ancient art of war. A great Chinese military strategist named Zhuge Liang used it to help him win battles in the ancient times. He excelled in deciphering the best timing and direction to send his soldiers to attack the enemy. The legacy left behind by this effective comprehensive metaphysical model not only accounts for universal time dimension but it also covers the spatial arrangement of energies.

In contemporary society, the application of Qi Men Dun Jia has evolved from mere military use to a wide array of day-to-day business activities and domestic functions. According to some ancient documentation, Qi Men Dun Jia had been used as an unorthodox means to assist people to commit murder and rape. Nevertheless, using this divine art for unethical acts or to commit crime will only attract bad karma. This is something that ethical knowledge seekers in search of authentic traditional systems today, must remember and uphold the legacy of assisting others for the greater good of Man. So, let us now focus on how to use Qi Men Dun Jia to create positive luck for ourselves, our loved ones and our friends so that we can succeed in our endeavors.

Many of my students have already used it with great results in their workplaces to deal with their bosses and clients, helping their children to perform well in examinations, in job interviews, in seeking help, in courtship, in building rapport with people and in improving their wealth luck. In the next section, before disclosing the techniques of gathering positive energies for ourselves and before we embark on the various endeavors, let us see how Qi Men Dun Jia is applied.


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Qi Men Dun Jia Application - A Macro View

1. “Qi” and “Men”

The word “Qi” (奇) in Qi Men Dun Jia is different from the word “qi” (气) or energy that we often refer to in Feng Shui, another Chinese metaphysical study. “Qi” connotes oddity or strangeness and “Men” refers to “Door” in Chinese but to put things in context, “Men” actually implies a specific type of energy including a direction.

2. 8 Types of “Men”

There are altogether 8 different types of Men or directions based on the arrangement of Later Heaven Trigrams. Qi in fact refers to the 3 auspicious heavenly stems namely, • Yi wood (乙)• Bing fire (丙) • Ding fire (丁)

During its application, we would like to observe in which sector or direction the correct pairing of Qi and Men present themselves. The pairing of auspicious Qi and Men is to leverage on carrying out a task or embarking on a mission to help us to achieve a very favourable outcome. Besides the Qi and Men, there are also other considering factors or components within a Qi Men Dun Jia chart.

In applying this art, first, check beforehand that it is the right timing to proceed in a specific direction to achieve the outcome that we desire.


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Second, it is important to assess

• the quality of the 9 Stars • the auspiciousness of the 8 Deities • the timely Hourly Purple White Star.

We need to check how they interact with the palaces too – in tandem with Qi and Men.

The subsequent chapters will elaborate further on the functions and attributes of all such components in the natal chart.

3. The Hourly Qi Men Dun Jia

The hourly Qi Men Dun Jia charts that are plotted have a total of 1080 different permutations throughout the period of 1 year. The Qi Men calendar year basically starts in the winter solstice and ends one day before the next winter solstice. It comprises only 360 days in which 180 days will be assigned as Yin Dun and the other 180 days, Yang Dun. So, Yang Dun will begin on a winter solstice and ends one day before the summer solstice. On the other hand, Yin Dun will start on the summer solstice and will end one day before the winter solstice. The meaning of Dun can be referred to as a phase or cycle.

For both Yin and Yang Dun, each has 1 to 9 Ju. The word Ju implies a set of hours. Each Ju contains 60 Chinese hours. Therefore, within a Yang Dun, there are 540 different permutations of Qi Men Dun Jia charts. If the Yin Dun is included there is a total 1080 charts. One thing that I wish to highlight is that, there are only 12 permutations of Qi Men chart per day because there are only 12 Chinese hours in each day under the study of this system.


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Hence, the notion of early and night rat hour is not subscribed to in this system. Working on the basis of 13 Chinese hours per day, there will be more than 1080 charts in a year, which will be at odds with the entire ecosystem of Qi Men Dun Jia.

The framework that is relied on to plot the hourly charts is based on the 9 Palaces and the 8 Trigrams arrangement. This is by far the most commonly used framework to erect the chart of Qi Men Dun Jia.

In our academy, the 64 Hexagrams Qi Men Dun Jia - which is taught at our Mastery level - is mainly used as a Date Selection system together with Xuan Kong Da Gua Feng Shui. Some insights into this system will be shared towards the end of this book.

To sum it up, the Qi Men Dun Jia system is an excellent tool that can, not only help us pick the best timing to deal with a situation, it also helps us to analyse which is the best direction to use to achieve success within that timing. It is a very lively system that we can use during our day-to-day course of work to control and create the outcome in our favor thus giving us the upper hand.

An Eye Opener to the Wonders of Qi Men Dun Jia – A Sign from Heaven

Mr Lee’s meeting was to be at 3.40 pm. This meeting was important for his business. The place he was visiting was located in one of the suburban condominiums. Mr Lee, my client, was advised to arrive earlier at the condominium to build energy before the negotiation so that he could have an upper hand during the meeting he was going to attend.


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One night before the event, I told him to position himself in such a way that the home office he was going to attend the meeting in - was to be in his east direction. He was to sit in the vicinity within sight of the home office and keep it in his vision. He was also told to witness the appearance of a child in a red T-shirt holding a stick. No one would expect to see much human traffic especially during the afternoon in that vicinity. This phenomenon is what he will see before entering the premise at 3.40 pm to begin the intended meeting.

Still at the site, Mr Lee called to tell me he had a shock of his life when he was walking towards the home office of his business associate for this negotiation. Earlier, when I first mentioned what he would see over the phone, he sounded a bit skeptical that I could actually predict that a child in red would appear within a certain time frame. I believe in his heart he must be thinking that this is one of the most absurd piece of advice that he ever received. How could the future be foretold in such details unless the order of universe is known? Nevertheless, he did not probe further. He accepted what I mentioned to him and later on did what he was supposed to do on that day and time.

As advised, Mr Lee was sitting about 10 meters away from the home office of his business associate. He waited faithfully under the shade of a big tree. He looked at his watch and noticed it was already 3.35 pm. He was getting a bit impatient and thus, he decided to drop the idea of waiting and proceeded to walk towards his eastern direction where the negotiation would be held.

When he was about 3 meters away from the door-step, a child, probably a primary school student, wearing a red T-shirt and white shorts suddenly ran out from the common staircase


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located next to the elevator. This child was carrying a plastic rod in his hand. He was at the same time chasing a ball. Once he grabbed hold of the ball, the boy ran back up the staircase and disappeared from view.

Mr Lee on the other hand, was totally stunned by what he saw. He certainly did not expect to see a child do what he did at the time predicted. What he did not know was seeing the child in a red T-shirt holding a stick was “a sign from Heaven” that he was in sync with the universal energy of the spatial space he was in. This was the built up energy he was embraced with before entering the home office of his business associate.

Through the means of Qi Men Dun Jia, my client was advised on which direction he should stand and face in relation to the premises that he was going to enter. Building energy in the vicinity is offering him a very effective solution based on the calculation of Qi Men Dun Jia. As part of the calculation, my client would be able to know the point in time to start walking towards his destination so that there is a synergy embracing and blessing him with a positive outcome. The effective point in time was the manifestation of this phenomenon signaling his next move.

This leads us to the question: “How do we know when the timing is right for us to start walking in a specific direction?” The so-called “right timing” is usually reaffirmed by the occurrence of a phenomenon. A sudden gust of wind, the sound of birds chirping, a monk that crosses our path and in Mr Lee’s case, a boy in red with a stick in his hand, are just a few examples of Qi Men Dun Jia’s phenomenon. They are messengers or signs from the heaven to notify us that this is the right moment with the right energy to proceed with our endeavors so as to achieve our desired outcome.


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The Time Is Now

My client, Mr Lee, had achieved a win-win situation with his business associate to iron out both their differences and also to secure a long term partnership with his associate. This eye opener to the wonders of Qi Men Dun Jia was Mr Lee’s acceptance of a sign from Heaven that it was the appropriate time for him to begin his negotiation.


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Types of Qi Men System in the Market

• Divination

In today’s market, the majority of people learning Qi Men Dun Jia use it for divination purposes. When a client approaches a practitioner for advice, the Qi Men practitioner will plot the hourly chart, analyse it and then advise the client. The timing used to plot the hourly Qi Men chart is usually based on the time when the question is asked. The questions can come from a walk-in client, an SMS, a telephone call or from an email. For instance, a practitioner may receive a phone call at 4pm from a client who is asking about whether she will be successful in her interview. The practitioner can start to plot the hourly chart based on the 申 Shen hour to give the client the reading.

• Gaining the Upper Hand

Apart from using Qi Men for divination, the system can help the end users to gain the upper hand during “battles” or in a modern context - conflicts or confrontations. I call this the Usher and Avoidance System. In Chinese, it is termed as 趋吉避凶法Qu Ji Bi Xiong Fa, which means ushering the auspiciousness and avoiding the bad outcome.

The military strategist Zhuge Liang - in ancient times - ensured that his army troops marched towards the enemy campsite in the most favourable and strategic direction at a calculated timing. By doing so, he made sure that his soldiers were embraced and blessed with the most positive energy field which would eventually lead them to winning his battles.


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Such Qi Men Dun Jia usage reveals that Qi Men itself is a powerful time selection system. In modern applications I have often used this technique to help my clients in interviews, negotiations, examinations, court cases and even for dating purposes.


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• AssessingtheFengShuiofaHouse

Not many people realize that there is a dedicated system invented for assessing the Feng Shui of a house. This is known as 阳宅遁甲盘Yang Zhai Dun Jia Pan. It was purportedly created by Liu Bo Wen, the great military strategist who assisted Emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang during the Ming Dynasty. This specialized system, which is purely meant for residences or offices, has its own unique way of plotting the house natal chart to analyse the Feng Shui of the house, albeit in the Qi Men’s context and lingo. It is quite similar to how the flying stars chart is plotted because one would require essential information like:

• Construction completion date of the house• Facing direction of the House• Facing direction of the Door

The system also works on the basis of 3 Cycles and 9 Periods. Once the natal chart of the house is established, we would need to superimpose the entire chart onto the house layout plan to examine whether the location of the bedrooms, kitchen, study area do comply with the principles of Yang House Dun Jia. Such a system can also be used during the planning and designing stage so that the owner of the house is able to enjoy good Feng Shui from day one itself.


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Chapter 2: Important Basics That Set the QMDJ Stage

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Chapter 2: Important Basics That Set the QMDJ Stage

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What is Zheng Shou, Chao Shen, Jie Qi?

The major challenges and the mind-boggling part in learning Qi Men Dun Jia lie in the plotting of charts as well as addressing the differences in both the Qi Men and Lunisolar calendar systems.

Without calculating it correctly at the onset, there will be major repercussions on the use of Qi Men Dun Jia. The end result is not achieving the result wished for.

In this study, there are certain rules of the game that has to be adhered to, to be the winner. The ancient scholars invented the Zhi Run method as discussed in the previous section for a reason.

In the famous ancient Qi Men Dun Jia classic, Yan Bo Diao Sou Ge (烟波钓叟歌), it mentions in one of the sections that only when one manages to comprehend the process of Zhi Run, one would then be deemed as having the real knowledge of Qi Men. I have extracted the relevant section for reference:

“陰陽二遁分順逆。一氣三元人莫測。五日都來接一元。接氣超神為準則。”

Let me now take another step further here to talk about certain requirements in the calendar system that needs to be fulfilled in mapping out the Qi Men Dun Jia chart.

Chapter 3: Dissecting the Qi Men Dun Jia Chart

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Chapter 3

Back to BasicsDissecting the Qi Men Dun Jia Chart

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Qi Men Dun Jia Chart for Jasmine’s Interview

Qi Men Dun Jia Chart for Jasmine's Interview

d. Qi Men Phenomenon

For the Qi Men phenomenon, Jasmine is expected to see a monk carrying an umbrella, a lady in red and a group of birds flying past. I told her that she would experience a strong gust of wind too. Once she saw the appearance of all the phenomenon, she should immediately proceed to head towards the office building in the west direction.

e. The Outcome

I received a call from Jasmine on the same evening telling me that she had received a call from the Human Resource Department 2 hours after the interview and was offered the job – with a 10% increase in salary.

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Case 6: Romance & Dating – 1 July 2011 @ 6 pm

When? Day Pillar 日柱

Hour Pillar 时柱

Ju Number 局数

Hour Chief 符首

1 Jul 2011, 6 pm

Ding Si 丁巳

Ji You 己酉

Yin 3 Ren 壬

a. Background information

I knew Roy for more than 20 years. After he broke off from his ex-girlfriend 10 years ago, he has not had another relationship. This could be largely due to his hectic work life as a civil engineer with a MNC coupled with his introvert nature.

Back in 2011, during a class gathering together with Roy, he revealed to us that he was very interested in a lady whom he has met through a friend. They have gone out together albeit in a big group. It seemed that things were hitting off quite well between them and he seriously hoped that he could take their relationship to the next level.

b. Objective - To express his feelings for his date

Roy has asked the lady friend out on a Friday evening for a dinner. He planned to express his true feelings for her in a romantic setting of restaurant he picked.

Ultimately, he hoped that he could take his serious friendship up to the next romantic level. Nevertheless, he needed to overcome his nervousness and stress of a possible rejection.

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Using Qi Men Dun Jia for Weather Forecast

The Great Adviser, Zhuge Liang, was famous for his ability to predict the arrival of the eastern wind and hence leveraged on it to defeat the enemy during the battle with Chao Cao at Red Cliff. The ingenious Zhu had made his prediction of the eastern based occurrence on a Qi Men Dun Jia calculation. In this chapter, we will be learning how to use Qi Men Dun Jia to predict the weather condition.

Why do we need to predict the climate? You may be wondering “what is the objective of equipping ourselves with such knowledge?”

When we schedule a golf game with our friends, we hope that the weather would be fine. The last thing we want is rain or a thunder storm.

Or, we are asked to select an auspicious timing for a couple’s wedding solemnization ceremony in an alfresco setting where both of them will march into the garden, witnessed by their friends and relatives. The couple wishes that during the event, the sun will hopefully not be scorching and neither the rain to fall to dampen their spirits. Well, it will be even better if the place is breezy. In such circumstances, Qi Men Dun Jia can actually come in quite handy since it is embedded with such capability to predict the weather. I would like to share with you that just by looking at the BaZi of the day and the hour, one can already perform a simple weather forecast. First and foremost, we can categorise the 10 Heavenly Stems into the following climatic nature:

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Hailstorm in Singapore

On 25th June 2013 at about 3:15 pm, something rare actually occurred in Singapore. That day was the first time that we had rain after more than 2 weeks of a serious haze condition. In fact, we had hailstones plummeting from the sky during the rain on the western part of Singapore.

It was so unusual for Singapore to witness a hailstorm since it is always hot and humid. Let us check out the BaZi and Qi Men Dun Jia chart for that hour to find out the reasons.

The day stem was 壬 Ren water and this was one of the signs that rain was highly likely to occur for this day. Let us proceed to see what Qi Men Dun Jia says.

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Some practitioners may further fine tune the time to create the “Auspicious San Yuan San Sha Date Formation” for the purpose of activating personal wealth.

Integrating 64 Hexagram Qi Men Dun Jia with Xuan Kong Da Gua Date Selection System

The 64 Hexagram Qi Men Dun Jia that I am discussing here is hourly based. The entire concept is very similar to what I have already discussed in the earlier chapters about the 9 Palace Qi Men except that now we have to plot the chart in an entirely different manner and transpose the information onto the 64 Hexagrams ring format shown on next page.

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