TIAN Chinese (天象中华)
All 14 Chinese Divination Systems. One Reading.
Overview
TIAN Chinese is a synthesis endpoint that fans out across all 14 classical Chinese metaphysical traditions in a single API call. Identical to tian.eastern, it provides a convenient alias for developers building China-focused applications. The LLM synthesises results from Qimen Dunjia, Liuyao, Meihua Yishu, Name Analysis, Almanac, Zodiac Compatibility, Da Liu Ren, Xiao Liu Ren, Tai Yi, and five additional systems into a unified Chinese metaphysical reading with a blended 0-100 fortune score.
Origin & history
TIAN Chinese has a dual origin. Its 14 component systems descend from over three millennia of Chinese practice — from Shang oracle bones (c. 1600 BCE) and the Zhou I Ching through the Han 'Three Styles' (Qimen, Da Liu Ren, Tai Yi) and the Tang–Song refinement of BaZi and Meihua Yishu. The synthesis endpoint itself is a modern askTIAN construction: where a classical master consulted each tradition in turn, it runs all fourteen in parallel and reconciles them into a single consensus reading.
Chinese metaphysics encompasses over 3,000 years of continuous divination tradition, from the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 BCE) through the codification of the I Ching during the Zhou Dynasty, the development of the Three Styles (Qimen, Da Liu Ren, Tai Yi) during the Han Dynasty, and the refinement of Four Pillars (BaZi) and Meihua Yishu during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The TIAN Chinese synthesis draws on this entire tradition.
How it works
TIAN Chinese dispatches all 14 Chinese divination calculations in parallel using the same input parameters. Each system returns its own structured result and a 0-100 score. The LLM then synthesises all 14 readings into a unified narrative, identifying convergences across systems and producing a single blended score that reflects the aggregate metaphysical consensus of the Chinese tradition.
Good for
- Chinese New Year readings
- Business auspiciousness
- Name analysis
- Career timing
- Relationship compatibility
- Annual fortune assessment
Use cases
Chinese New Year Reading
Provide users with a comprehensive Chinese metaphysical reading for the lunar new year, synthesising all 14 Chinese systems for a complete annual fortune assessment.
Business Auspiciousness
Assess the metaphysical auspiciousness of business decisions, launch dates, and partnerships using the full breadth of Chinese divination wisdom.
Name Analysis & Destiny
Combine Chinese name numerology, Four Pillars, and Qimen Dunjia for a comprehensive destiny and name compatibility analysis.
Key terms
- San Shi (Three Styles)
- Qimen Dunjia, Da Liu Ren, and Tai Yi - considered the three highest-level Chinese divination systems, traditionally reserved for scholars and court advisors.
- Wuxing (Five Elements)
- Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water - the five elements that underpin all Chinese metaphysical systems, describing cyclical relationships between all phenomena.
- Bagua (Eight Trigrams 八卦)
- The eight three-line symbols — Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui — that combine into the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching and supply the symbolic alphabet shared by Liuyao, Meihua Yishu, and feng shui across the Chinese tradition.
- Tiangan Dizhi (Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches 天干地支)
- The ten stems and twelve branches that combine into the 60-term sexagenary cycle, the calendrical backbone used to date BaZi pillars, Qimen charts, and almanac days throughout Chinese metaphysics.
API
The askTIAN TIAN Chinese API (alias: tian.eastern) dispatches all 14 Chinese divination calculations in parallel, returning individual scores for each system, a blended 0-100 fortune score, and a comprehensive LLM-generated synthesis narrative.
Endpoint: POST /trpc/tian.chinese — 70 TIAN Points. See the API documentation and Playground.