One school, clearly stated
The product should default to a Zi Ping-oriented stance instead of pretending to reconcile every contradictory lineage into one neutral output.
This page should read like a system, not a black box.
Users who know a little will judge the product here before they judge it anywhere else. The methodology page is both defensive copy and an authority moat, especially once it becomes bilingual and source-linked.
Rules first, language second
Chart construction, useful-god logic, timing boundaries, and structural features belong to the rule layer. The model should express them, not improvise them.
Restraint is part of trust
When a chart does not support a vivid, high-confidence opening line, the free layer should degrade honestly rather than invent a cinematic hook.
Interpretation should feel sharp without pretending to be infallible.
The product voice is closer to reflection, timing, and structural reading than to prophecy theater. That avoids fake certainty while still giving the user something they can remember, screenshot, and talk about.
BaZi-native cadence matters.
The retention layer should be built around solar terms, annual handoffs, and pillar changes. Weekly horoscope cadence is easy to ship, but it weakens the product’s authenticity signal.
What belongs on the eventual bilingual authority page
- Di Tian Sui / 滴天髓
- Zi Ping Zhen Quan / 子平真诠
- San Ming Tong Hui / 三命通会
- A bilingual glossary for daymasters, Ten Gods, useful gods, luck pillars, and solar terms