Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyIn the Khâm Thiên Tứ Hóa school, Hóa Kỵ is the most important of the four Hóa, not a malefic. Here is how to read Kỵ nhập, Kỵ xung and Kỵ xuyến liên.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismBuddhist meditation covers both meditative concentration and the Zen school, arriving in Vietnam from the early Common Era and thriving under the Lý and Trần.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingA clear reference guide to all eight trigrams of the I Ching: their meaning, element, family member, and direction according to the Later Heaven arrangement.
Updated 9 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyFlying transformations in Kham Thien Tu Vi run on palace stems and opposite-palace stems. Ly Tam and Huong Tam decide how Loc and Ky are read.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingHexagram 29 Kan (Tập Khảm, 坎, ䷜) stacks Kan over Kan, danger upon danger. The Judgement, Image, and six line texts, plus how to pass through peril.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismWhat is a koan, and why did the Gateless Gate and the Blue Cliff Record become the two key Chan collections? Origins, structure and how to read them.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismThe five houses of Chinese Chan are Guiyang, Linji, Caodong, Yunmen and Fayan. They differ in how they guided students and where they spread.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › BuddhismBodhidharma is honoured as the first patriarch of Chan, but that image formed over many layers of texts, and many familiar details are legend.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief