Plum Blossom Desk
Meihua Yishu
Pull the question, casting mode, three hexagram layers, and body-use relationship into one plum-blossom workspace, then read the process through the primary, mutual, and changed hexagrams.
Time castNumber castBody-use dynamics
What is Meihua Yishu?
Meihua Yishu (Plum Blossom Numerology) was created by the renowned Northern Song dynasty Yi scholar Shao Yong (Shao Kangjie, 1011-1077). Legend says that one day Shao observed plum blossoms falling and heard a crane call, inspiring his realization that 'all things are numbers.' Meihua Yishu broke free from traditional yarrow stalks and coin-tossing methods—time, numbers, sounds, and directions can all be used for divination. The core lies in Ti-Yong analysis: identifying the Five Element relationships between the Body (Ti) and Function (Yong) trigrams, combined with the Mutual hexagram (process) and Changed hexagram (outcome) to predict fortune and misfortune.