Dà Yǎn Zhī Shù
Updated 2026-08-22
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
From the Appended Remarks of the Zhouyi, the Great Extension number is fifty, of which forty-nine are used. The figure names the counting system behind the yarrow-stalk method of consulting the Yijing, in which a fixed procedure of dividing, setting aside, and counting by fours generates a single line. The qualification is that the number belongs to a symbolic numerology of change rather than to empirical measurement, and the unused one is read as the reserved, undivided source.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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- Use Rule Exploration: generate complex variation from a small fixed set of operations and inputs. - Use Deliberate Reserve: keep one unit of capacity uncommitted so the system stays generative.
Anchor fast decisions
A small number of deterministic steps, repeated eighteen times, produces sixty-four possible hexagrams. Because each stage halves and recombines the stalk set, small procedural differences propagate into distinct outcomes, which shows how a finite rule set can cover a large space of states without a lookup table.
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%91%A8%E6%98%93verified
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