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Classical allusion
“Nhất cận thị, nhị cận giang, tam cận lộ.”
Translation: First be near the market, second near the river, third near the road.
Vietnamese proverb · On choosing ground to build on
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Eastern articles

I Ching
How Are the Eight Palaces and the Ruling Line Understood in the I Ching?

Glossary
The Character Minh 明 in Han Characters and the Yin Yang Philosophy of Sun and Moon

I Ching
Sun and Moon in the I Ching: What the Li and Kan Trigrams Mean

Vietnamese astrology
Sao Bác Sỹ in Vietnamese astrology: its effect on health, position, placement and meaning

Vietnamese astrology
What Does Đại Hao Star Mean in Tử Vi: Good or Bad? Correct Understanding and Common Misconceptions

Vietnamese astrology
What Does Phi Liêm Star Mean in a Tử Vi Chart? Position, Placement, and Interpretation

Vietnamese astrology
What Do Tuần Không and Không Vong Mean in Tử Vi? How to Place Them, How to Read Them, and Common Misunderstandings

Lunar calendar
Why the Vietnamese calendar is a lunisolar calendar tracking both the Sun and the Moon

Vietnamese astrology
Thái Dương and Thái Âm in Tử Vi: tịnh minh, phản bối, and the Sửu Mùi co-position

Purple Star
What is the Joy Deity? The role of the Joy Deity in Tử Bình, Purple Star and Kỳ Môn Độn Giáp

Philosophy of science
Shang Oracle Bone Divination: What the Ancients Asked by Burning Turtle Shells and Ox Bones, and Why It Is the Earliest Layer of Divination with Writing

Philosophy of science
Do Western Astrology and Eastern Tu Vi Share a Common Origin? A Comparative History of the Two Systems

I Ching
How the I Ching Became a Classic: How Song Scholars Read the Changes, and the Routes the I Ching Took to Vietnam and the West

Philosophy of science
Dunhuang Divination Manuscripts: How Did People in the Past Read Days, Interpret Dreams, Read Physiognomy, and Assess Home Feng Shui?

Psychology
How Having a Dragon Year Baby Affects the Mother: Zodiac Belief as a Natural Experiment in Economics

Physiognomy
Do AI Face-Reading Apps Actually Predict Personality? What Machine Learning on 31,367 Photos Says

Psychology
How Much Is a Pretty License Plate Worth: Plate Auctions and the Value of Belief in Numbers

Psychology
Do Children Born in an 'Auspicious' Year Study Better? When Parents' Beliefs Make the Prediction Come True

Psychology
Does Marrying on a 'Lucky' Day Make a Marriage Last: Dutch Marriage Data and Low-Transaction Days in Singapore

Psychology
Why Prices So Often End in 8: How Sellers Use Lucky Numbers in Pricing

Psychology
Do Directors Aged 49 to 53 Invest Less? The Tuoi Han Belief and Business Decisions in Vietnamese Firms

Philosophy of science
Who Wrote the I Ching: The Fu Xi and King Wen Tradition and What Excavated Manuscripts Show

Philosophy of science
Is the Lunar Calendar Science or Superstition? Two Layers of One Calendar, the Computable Astronomy and the Day-Selection Layer Added Later

Psychology