What a Longchang report looks like, before you ask for one.
This is a public format guide to the six sections every Longchang written report follows: your question and its context, the basis, the main judgment, the conditions, the actions, and the follow-up. The examples are fictional and illustrate structure only. The specimen chart in the basis section is computed by our own charting engine from a fictional birth record; no personal reading is offered. The PDF below shows the same format and is free to keep.
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1 · Your question & context
Every report opens with the question as you phrased it, restated in the words the report will answer. Beside it sit the facts the reading relies on — for a BaZi reading, the birth details you supplied and any uncertainty in them; for a home review, the plan, orientation and photographs received. If the scope was narrowed in discussion, the agreed wording appears here, so nothing silently expands or shrinks later.
Agreed question
“I have been offered a role in another city. Is this move right for me, and what should I weigh before deciding?”
- Theme agreed in the proposal: career — one person, one move.
- Materials received: birth date and city; birth time stated as “early morning, approximate”.
- Stated limit: the hour pillar is uncertain; conclusions that would depend on it are flagged.
2 · The basis
The second section records what the interpretation stands on: the method used, the elements of the chart or the home that carry the most weight for this question, and the assumptions made along the way. You should be able to see why the reading leans where it leans — and where a different school would lean otherwise.
Basis of this reading
- Record the supplied birth date, calendar convention, time and place before constructing the chart.
- Explain which chart relationships and timing layers matter to the agreed question, and why.
- If the birth hour is uncertain, compare plausible alternatives and identify which conclusions remain stable.
The basis, shown on a real chart
The specimen below is computed by our own charting engine from a fictional birth record — the same calculation a commissioned report starts from. The birth details behind it are not shown; the chart exists to demonstrate the evidence layer, not to read anyone’s life.
Day Master · 甲 Jiǎ · Yang Wood
In the classics, Yang Wood is symbolised by the great tree — upright and growing upward. What that means in practice depends on the whole chart; no single stem settles anything. This specimen is born in the month of Yin (寅), the first month of spring, when wood is in season.
- 辛Direct Officer
- 甲Friend
- 丙Eating God
- 戊Indirect Wealth
- 庚Seven Killings
- 壬Indirect Resource
- 戊Indirect Wealth
- 戊Indirect Wealth
- 辛Direct Officer
- 丁Hurting Officer
The Ten Gods are relational labels describing how each element stands to the Day Master — structural terms, not deities, moral verdicts, or personality scores. Every character and label above is a direct field of the charting engine; nothing is re-derived for display.
Five Phases count
A strict tally of the eight characters — four stems and four branch primary qi. Quantity is not strength: weight depends on season, root depth and combinations, and is weighed by the practitioner, not derived from percentages.
3 · The main judgment
The judgment is stated directly, in plain language, without hedging it into meaninglessness. If the reading is favourable, it says so. If it is difficult, it says that too — with the conditions and the response attached, never as a bare warning.
Main judgment
A completed report states whether the reading supports the proposed move, the principal reason, and the strongest reservation. It distinguishes an interpretation of timing from facts about the job. No chart has been calculated for this format guide, so no personal judgment is offered here.
4 · Supporting conditions
No judgment stands alone. This section lists what the conclusion depends on — the quality of the information, the reading of particular elements, the parts of your situation a chart cannot see — and what would change the answer. It is the section that keeps a report honest.
Conditions attached
- Any conclusion sensitive to the uncertain birth hour remains provisional until the relevant alternatives have been checked.
- The offer’s ordinary merits, including contract, team and finances, need independent examination.
- A material change in the question or the underlying information may change the interpretation; the report explains what must be reconsidered.
5 · Actions
A reading that ends in description is only half done. This section sets out the practical response: what to do first, what to prepare, what to watch. Actions are chosen to make sense on their own — useful even if you hold the interpretation lightly.
Suggested actions
- Take the interview; ask specifically about depth of responsibility, not only title.
- Before accepting, verify the ordinary facts — contract, costs of the move, support in the new city.
- If the decision is yes, compare any timing guidance with the notice period, moving logistics and agreed start date.
6 · Follow-up
An exchange within scope
Question: “You flagged the birth time. If my mother finds the record and it is an hour later, does the judgment change?”
Reply: “I would check whether the new time changes a pillar, compare the affected parts of the interpretation, and explain what remains stable. I cannot say whether the judgment changes before that check. If the new information calls for work beyond a clarification, I will explain the scope before proceeding; correcting my own error is always included.”
The terms used here — the four pillars, the Five Phases, the relationships between them — are explained without a glossary in the journal. What is BaZi?
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