I cannot avoid this question after users realised my Qi Men applications support both 置闰 or 拆补. Perhaps my proto-capitalist thinking should sink in, start removing features and start charging a fees for plugins.
Which is better? Good question. I post the following passage in a forum in Dec 2015, let me reproduce it with edits for reading clarity.
Some of us may have chanced upon bits of the truth, so allow me help to help you re-arrange them so that you end up confused further.
There are 3 basic variants of Qi Men Dun Jia from the Zhi Run直润 intercalation/imperial faction. That gives me 3 charts. Now if I switch to Chai Bu, then I get another 3 charts. So in total, I must read six charts. I may read the other five for fun, I usual pick one to verify a few points or claims.
Since Qi Men Dun Jia is about warfare, by the time I complete reading the six charts, my enemies would have given me a good knock on the head, hmmh, not very efficient.
Now for the answer in an indirect form.
Zhi Run faction: We are the Imperial and Traditionalist in determining the Ju.
Chai Bu faction: Well, we do not understand intercalary, so it must be too complex, so it must be wrong, Chai Bu must be correct, why because late Master Zhang Zhichun said so in one of his books.
Flying Palace faction: Well, they are both wrong if they do not use our method of plotting the chart.
Rotating Palace faction: Ah, there must be a reason why so many guys use rotating method....
This is no different from Bazi or Zi Wei. There are many factions with many ideas, each stepping on one another to attract attention to themselves, leaving the readers confused.
The Three Kingdoms era's famed politician and military strategist Zhuge Liang is often linked with this art form.
Caveats
Well, then you must learn Si Ma Qi Men Dun Jia, because Sima Yi, outlasted his opponent and became the ultimate victor at the end of the Three Kingdoms era.
On a serious note, please learn Bazi and Zi Wei and buy more apps. It will give you a firm foundation and nudge you to accept what you cannot change easily. Or stop supplying the ropes to trip yourself.
Then after a while, you can learn Qi Men Dun Jia. It may help you to attain what you inherently should attain efficiently.
The idea is, you cannot choose your parents, but you can select your friends and field of study and adopt Google's 'Do Less Evil'. Do not use Bazi, Zi Wei, Qi Men or Date Selection for criminal purposes.
If you jump into Qi Men Dun Jia, you probably spend more time grabbing empty air or be utterly confused by 6 charts. Worse you will tricked into thinking you can buy 4D using Qi Men without giving a hoot to your Zi Wei or Bazi chart.
Lucky Guy: I am rich, lotteries with Qi Men Dun Jia! Here I come!!
Lucky Guy's ancestors: Gosh, somebody ought to tell him 5 Arts teach people about life to help them understand life or smoothen their path and he is simply drawing on his merits like an overdraft.
Late Master Liu Bowen: I should be born in this era, then I will be a Singapore Turf Club VIP instead of running away from despot Zhu Yuanzhang!
Which is better? Good question. I post the following passage in a forum in Dec 2015, let me reproduce it with edits for reading clarity.
Some of us may have chanced upon bits of the truth, so allow me help to help you re-arrange them so that you end up confused further.
There are 3 basic variants of Qi Men Dun Jia from the Zhi Run直润 intercalation/imperial faction. That gives me 3 charts. Now if I switch to Chai Bu, then I get another 3 charts. So in total, I must read six charts. I may read the other five for fun, I usual pick one to verify a few points or claims.
Since Qi Men Dun Jia is about warfare, by the time I complete reading the six charts, my enemies would have given me a good knock on the head, hmmh, not very efficient.
Now for the answer in an indirect form.
Zhi Run faction: We are the Imperial and Traditionalist in determining the Ju.
Chai Bu faction: Well, we do not understand intercalary, so it must be too complex, so it must be wrong, Chai Bu must be correct, why because late Master Zhang Zhichun said so in one of his books.
Flying Palace faction: Well, they are both wrong if they do not use our method of plotting the chart.
Rotating Palace faction: Ah, there must be a reason why so many guys use rotating method....
This is no different from Bazi or Zi Wei. There are many factions with many ideas, each stepping on one another to attract attention to themselves, leaving the readers confused.
The Three Kingdoms era's famed politician and military strategist Zhuge Liang is often linked with this art form.
Caveats
Well, then you must learn Si Ma Qi Men Dun Jia, because Sima Yi, outlasted his opponent and became the ultimate victor at the end of the Three Kingdoms era.
An imaginary conversation between a metaphysics student and the late Sima Yi.
Student: Sir, how did you defeat your greatest foe from Western Shu?
Sima Yi: This victory implies Sima Qi Men is more powerful than Kong Ming's Qi Men, do not listen to proto-capitalist zwdsflying, all the talk about Bazi, Zi Wei, luck phases is totally wrong. Learn Si Ma Qi Men not to smoothen your path, but to change it totally! The theory about the state of Wei exceeding the economic strength of Shu is nonsense.
Student: Destiny can be warped, like space time?
Sima Yi: Of course, we are merely a small clan, more renowned for academic affairs, hey but I am a great usurper huh, meaning I exceeded my Bazi/Zi Wei limits using Sima Qi Men!
Student: Esteemed Sir, let me learn from you.
On a serious note, please learn Bazi and Zi Wei and buy more apps. It will give you a firm foundation and nudge you to accept what you cannot change easily. Or stop supplying the ropes to trip yourself.
Then after a while, you can learn Qi Men Dun Jia. It may help you to attain what you inherently should attain efficiently.
The idea is, you cannot choose your parents, but you can select your friends and field of study and adopt Google's 'Do Less Evil'. Do not use Bazi, Zi Wei, Qi Men or Date Selection for criminal purposes.
If you jump into Qi Men Dun Jia, you probably spend more time grabbing empty air or be utterly confused by 6 charts. Worse you will tricked into thinking you can buy 4D using Qi Men without giving a hoot to your Zi Wei or Bazi chart.
Lucky Guy: I am rich, lotteries with Qi Men Dun Jia! Here I come!!
Lucky Guy's ancestors: Gosh, somebody ought to tell him 5 Arts teach people about life to help them understand life or smoothen their path and he is simply drawing on his merits like an overdraft.
Late Master Liu Bowen: I should be born in this era, then I will be a Singapore Turf Club VIP instead of running away from despot Zhu Yuanzhang!
