Shen Shi Xuankong Xue 沈氏玄空學 original — posthumously compiled
Shen's Xuankong Studies: the late-Qing work that turned flying-star 飛星 practice into a teachable system — and the nearest ancestor of nearly every Xuankong chart computed today, including ours.
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Identity card
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | 沈氏玄空學 Shen Shi Xuankong Xue ("Shen's Xuankong Studies") |
attributed_author | Shen Shaoxun 沈紹勳 (1849–1906, courtesy name Liansheng 蓮生, style Zhureng 竹礽, a native of Qiantang 錢塘, Zhejiang) |
attribution_status | original 原著 (compiled) — completed after Shen's death by his son Shen Zumian 沈祖綿 and students including Jiang Zhiyi 江志伊; a "four-juan original" 四卷原本 exists. The first-edition year is unverified in our register 具體初版年未證實 |
| Era | Late Qing (author d. 1906); posthumous compilation |
| School | Three-Cycle Xuankong 三元玄空 (flying stars) |
| Reference | Xinyitang edition listing (Shen Zhureng / Jiang Zhiyi et al.) · Shen Zhureng, Wikipedia. A late-Qing work, outside the Siku catalogue's scope — no Siku verdict exists or is claimed. |
What it contains
Per the collation register:
- Xuankong flying stars 玄空飛星: the three periods and nine ages 三元九運, and the dwelling-fate chart 宅命盤.
- Mountain star and facing star 山星、向星 placement.
- Star-riding and replacement-star methods 挨星與替卦; the Five Yellow 五黃.
Attribution and naming note
Two small traps the register flags. First, the compilers: it is Jiang Zhiyi 江志伊, not 汪志伊 — a common miscopying. Second, the dating: because the work was compiled after Shen's death in 1906, its first-edition year cannot be asserted from our sources, so this page does not assert one.
Where it sits in the tradition
Matrix row: Three-Cycle 三元 main body ◎, Form 形巒 partial ○. Together with the 地理辨正 canon it forms the textual spine of the Xuankong line — one supplies the scripture, the other the working method.
Its replacement-star section 替卦 matters to us directly: the classical verses cover only 12 of the 24 mountains, and how the other 12 resolve is a live, source-level question. Our implementation ships two readings with the choice recorded — see dispute entry D-03 in the School Dispute Register.
Related
天玉經 · 地理辨正 · 青囊經 · full register · School Dispute Register (D-03 替卦)