Word origin · etymology
English rendering of Chinese gōng, 宮.
Palace names a residence or enclosure; the chart use translates the traditional palace metaphor for a compartment assigned a topic.
How we know · epistemology
System-specific topic assignment
A palace organizes a tradition's topics within its chart structure. Its meaning comes from that system's naming and placement rules; matching a palace number to a Western house number does not establish equivalent interpretations.
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