Lei Dazhuang Yi Xue Foundation Course

Curriculum Verified from the Original Courseware

This expanded curriculum summary is based on two supplied Yi Xue foundation workbooks totaling 63 pages. The materials show that this is not a short glossary course: it builds a conceptual framework first, then introduces the symbolic systems used across Feng Shui, BaZi, date selection, and other traditional Chinese metaphysical disciplines.

Part 1: How Yi Xue Builds a Model of the World

• Objective and subjective knowledge: how observation, interpretation, and personal assumptions affect metaphysical reasoning.
• Science, Yi Xue, necessity, and chance: a framework for distinguishing repeatable rules from coincidence and unsupported claims.
• Destiny and influence: an introduction to the factors traditionally considered when discussing fate, environment, timing, and human choice.
• Qi and Ti-Yong: the distinction between an underlying principle or body (ti) and its practical expression or function (yong).
• Underlying models of Chinese metaphysical arts: how a limited set of symbols can be used to organize time, space, change, and relationships.

Part 2: Core Symbols and Correspondences

• Wuji, Taiji, and the idea of selecting a reference point for analysis.
• Yin and Yang as relative, interdependent, and changing qualities rather than fixed labels.
• Four Images, analogy-based classification, the Eight Trigrams, and the Sixty-Four Hexagrams.
• The Five Elements as five modes of energy and transformation: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.
• Hetu and Luoshu numerical arrangements and their role in later spatial and timing systems.
• Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, the Twelve Growth Stages, and traditional calendar foundations.

Part 3: Detailed Five-Element Study

The second workbook moves beyond memorizing element keywords. It examines the individual qualities of Wood, Metal, Water, Fire, and Earth, including form, direction, season, movement, symbolic associations, and the way an element changes according to context. This foundation is useful before studying element balance in Feng Shui, BaZi, or date-selection charts.

Teaching Approach Evident in the Materials

The courseware repeatedly emphasizes understanding principles before memorizing techniques. Learners are encouraged to question assumptions, distinguish a model from literal reality, and apply Yin-Yang and Five-Element relationships consistently. The written materials support the lessons with diagrams and structured notes; they are designed as a companion to the recorded instruction rather than a stand-alone replacement for it.

Courseware Included in This Curriculum

The reviewed materials comprise a 44-page foundation workbook and a 19-page Five Elements workbook. Together they cover the conceptual and symbolic vocabulary needed for later study of Feng Shui, Four Pillars of Destiny, Xuan Kong, and Chinese date selection.