Liu Yao vs Mei Hua Yi Shu

In Liu Yao you toss three coins six times from the bottom line up; three heads or three tails give a moving line. The cast is then decorated with Na Jia branches, the palace element, six relatives and six spirits.

In Mei Hua you derive the upper and lower trigrams from numbers — the date and hour, a count of objects, or two numbers you choose — and the moving line from their sum modulo six.

Liu Yao identifies the "use god" line representing the matter asked about and judges its strength by month, day and moving lines. It is detailed and systematic.

Mei Hua compares body (the asker) and use (the matter): use generating body is favourable, use controlling body is not, and the changed and mutual hexagrams show development.

If you want a structured, rule-based answer and are willing to learn the vocabulary, Liu Yao suits you. For quick readings and for learning the trigrams first, start with Mei Hua.

The quickest way to understand the difference is to run the same input through both. Use the links below — calculations are free and need no account.

• Liu Yao (Six Lines)
• Mei Hua Yi Shu
• Na Jia
• Body and Use

Most Chinese metaphysical systems share the same building blocks: yin and yang, the five elements, the ten heavenly stems, the twelve earthly branches, the sixty-pair cycle and the solar terms. Learning these once pays off across BaZi, Zi Wei Dou Shu, the almanac and I Ching methods. Differences lie in what each system measures and how it arranges these symbols.

On this site every tool states its calculation conventions on the page and in the methodology, so you can reproduce results by hand or compare with a textbook.

This page does not rank Liu Yao above Mei Hua Yi Shu or the reverse. Each tradition has its own internal logic and its own teachers. Accuracy here means applying each system's rules correctly and stating the conventions used — which is what the tools on this site aim to do.

BaZi is a traditional cultural system. This page explains how the symbols are defined and read; it does not make scientific claims or predictions about your health, money or relationships.

The fastest way to understand Liu Yao vs Mei Hua Yi Shu is to look at real charts rather than memorise rules. Enter a birth date, time and city in the BaZi Calculator, then locate where Liu Yao vs Mei Hua Yi Shu appears: in a visible stem, hidden inside a branch, in the current luck pillar or in this year's annual pillar. Note the position, because the year pillar is usually read as background and early life, the month pillar as environment and career setting, the day pillar as the self and close partner, and the hour pillar as later life and output.

• Compare two or three charts where Liu Yao vs Mei Hua Yi Shu is prominent and two where it is absent; write down what differs in the overall balance.
• Check the month branch first: seasonal strength changes how much any factor matters.
• Use the hidden-stems and Ten Gods tables in the calculator output instead of guessing.
• Treat single factors as clues, never as verdicts; classical texts always weigh the whole chart.

Different schools describe Liu Yao vs Mei Hua Yi Shu with slightly different emphasis. This site follows widely used conventions (solar-term months, true solar time optional, Zi hour setting configurable) and states them openly so you can compare results with a book or another calculator.

Liu Yao vs Mei Hua Yi Shu is one piece of a larger system. If you are learning BaZi from scratch, the order below builds each idea on the previous one, and every step links to free reference pages on this site.

1. Calculate a chart and confirm the four pillars are correct (checklist).
2. Learn the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.
3. Find your Day Master and judge its strength with the five elements.
4. Read the Ten Gods in context.
5. Move on to timing with luck and annual pillars.
6. Use the glossary whenever a term is unfamiliar.