Huang Jin Ce (黃金策)

動靜陰陽，反覆遷變。（八八六十四卦是由動爻、靜爻、陰爻、陽爻組成的，動靜陰陽構成了六十四卦的反覆變化。）雖萬象之紛紜，須一理而融貫。（卦所呈現的象，即卦象及組成卦的諸因素間的關係，千變萬化、紛紜複雜，但卜易必須以一個總的理論為指導，這個理為五行的生剋制化。）

The sixty-four hexagrams are formed by combining the eight trigrams two by two. Each hexagram consists of six lines, which can be categorized into four types: moving lines, static lines, yin lines, and yang lines. It is precisely through the combination and arrangement of these four types that the sixty-four hexagrams produce a variety of changes and transformations. When interpreting a hexagram, one encounters numerous relationships such as the world and response lines, the six relations, the sun and moon, and moving and changing lines, which can be very complex. However, amidst this complexity, one must grasp a central principle that runs through everything. One should not interpret each element separately. This central principle is the "generation, control, restriction, and transformation" of the five phases. All matters of good fortune, misfortune, success, or failure ultimately need to be evaluated based on the mutual generation, control, restriction, and transformation among the five phases.

夫人有賢，不肖之殊；卦有過，不及之異。太過者，損之斯成；不及者，益之則利。（卦以中和為好，不要太過，不要不及。要抑其過，補其不及，所求之事才有成功的希望。太過，指卦中主事爻，即用神太多、太旺，多則不能專一，就該損之。損，就是用其他因素，月、日、動爻等來剋制一下。如土為用神，卦中出現二三位土，須得寅、卯月日來克，才能斷其事成，不及則反之。其益法需生、扶、拱、合。）

A person may be virtuous or not, and a hexagram may have excess or deficiency. If something is excessive, it should be reduced for the matter to succeed; if it is deficient, it should be supplemented for the matter to be beneficial. Divination values balance and harmony, and it is both dangerous to be excessive and dangerous to be insufficient. Therefore, one must reduce excess and supplement deficiency in order for the matter to have hope. Excess refers to the main influencing line in the hexagram, the "useful god," appearing too many times and being too strong. When the useful god is too numerous, it cannot be focused on, and thus causes problems, so it needs to be reduced. Reduction is achieved by using external forces to restrain it, such as the month builder, the day branch, or the moving line within the hexagram. For example, if earth is the useful god, but there are two or three earth lines in the hexagram, then encountering a month or day of wood, such as寅 or卯, which can restrain earth, will indicate that the matter can be accomplished. Deficiency is handled in the opposite way, by using the methods of mutual generation, mutual support, mutual assistance, and mutual combination to supplement it.

生扶拱合，時雨滋苗；克害刑沖，秋霜殺草。（生，相生，金生水、水生木之類。扶、拱都是同類相幫之義。先幫後為扶，後幫先為拱。如卯為用神，寅日占，寅能扶卯，如寅為用神，卯日占，卯能拱寅。合有二合、三合。二合，子與丑合，寅與亥合之類，三合，三合成局，申子辰合成水局，寅午戌合成火局之類。生扶拱合四者能調護幫助用神，用神弱能使之強，衰能使之旺，伏者遇之則起，故用時雨滋潤禾苗來比喻。克，即五行相剋，金克木、父克子之類。害指六害，子未相害、丑午相害之類，刑指三刑、四刑。沖為六沖，四沖，此四者能傷身，能敗德，能制伏，能壞事，所以以秋霜殺草來比喻。生扶拱合，用神見之吉，忌神見之凶，克害刑沖，用神見之凶，而忌神見之反為吉。不能一概而論。）

The four terms "generate," "support," "support from behind," and "harmonize" when applied to a yao (line) are like spring rain nourishing crops; the four terms "control," "harm," "punish," and "clash" when applied to a yao are like autumn frost destroying weeds. To explain further: "generate" refers to the mutual generation of the Five Phases, such as metal generating water, water generating wood. "Support" and "support from behind" both refer to assistance from the same element, but differ in sequence — when the earlier element supports the later one, it is called "support"; when the later element supports the earlier one, it is called "support from behind." For example, if the卯 wood is the useful god and the lesson is started on寅 day, since寅 comes before卯, it is called "寅 supports卯." If the寅 wood is the useful god and the lesson is started on卯 day, since卯 comes after寅, it is called "卯 supports from behind寅." "Harmonize" has two types: "two harmonize" refers to pairs like Zi and Chou harmonizing, Yin and Hai harmonizing, and "three harmonize" refers to three branches forming a trigram, such as Shen, Zi, and Chen forming a water trigram, or Yin, Wu, and Xu forming a fire trigram. These four can protect the useful god, turning weakness into strength, decline into prosperity, and latent potential into actual use, hence the analogy to spring rain nourishing crops. "Control" refers to the mutual control of the Five Phases, such as metal controlling wood, or the "parents" yao controlling the "children" yao. "Harm" refers to the six harms, such as Zi and Wei harming each other, Chou and Wu harming each other, and so on. "Punish" refers to the three punishments and four punishments. "Clash" refers to the six clashes and four clashes. These four can injure the body, damage virtue, restrict movement, and ruin affairs, hence the analogy to autumn frost destroying weeds. However, whether something is good or bad depends on which yao it falls on: if "generate," "support," "support from behind," or "harmonize" falls on the useful god, it is good; if it falls on the hostile god, it is bad. If "control," "harm," "punish," or "clash" falls on the useful god, it is bad; if it falls on the hostile god, it is good. It cannot be judged in general terms.

長生帝旺，爭如金谷之園；死墓絕空，乃是泥犁之地。（長生、帝旺、死、墓、絕均為十二宮中之神。十二宮指長生、沐浴、冠帶、臨官、帝旺、衰、病、死、墓、絕、胎、養，以人從胚胎到出生到消亡的十二個環節來比喻事物的不同發展階段。空為旬空、空亡。金谷園，晉.石崇在金谷澗建的園林，用金谷園來比喻富貴強盛。泥犁，梵語，就是地獄。以此言其凶。黃金策行文多用典，以下不注。六爻遇長生、帝旺、雖衰弱也作有氣論。如推成事，帝旺主速成，長生較遲緩。因長生就象人剛一下生，尚未強壯，帝旺好象人到了壯年，其力進銳。六爻遇死、墓、絕、空，則主陷溺，雖得時旺相也不能成事，但凶神遇之則吉。）

When a yao (line) is in the position of 'Changsheng' (growth) or 'Diwang' (prosperity), it is like being in the Golden Garden, flourishing and affluent; but when a yao falls into 'Si' (death), 'Mu' (burial), 'Jue' (decline), or 'Kongwang' (void), it is like falling into the Hell, suffering hardship and danger. Changsheng, Diwang, Si, Mu, and Jue are all positions within the twelve palaces. The twelve palaces are in order: Changsheng, Muyu (bathing), Guandai (capping), Lin'guan (officialdom), Diwang (prosperity), Shuai (decline), Bing (illness), Si (death), Mu (burial), Jue (decline), Tai (pregnancy), Yang (nurturing). Ancient people used the twelve stages of a person's life, from conception, birth, strength, to decline and death, to compare with the different phases of the rise and fall of things. 'Kong' refers to the void of the ten-day cycle, also called 'Kongwang'. The Golden Garden was a famous garden built by Shi Chong, a Jin dynasty man, in the Jin Gu Stream. Here it is used to symbolize wealth, strength, and prosperity. 'Nili' is a Sanskrit term meaning Hell, used here to symbolize evil. The Golden Strategies extensively uses allusions, and similar allusions will not be explained again. Whenever the six yao lines meet Changsheng or Diwang, even if the line itself is weak, it should be considered as having 'qi' (vital energy). When predicting the speed of achieving something, Diwang indicates quick success, while Changsheng suggests slower progress. Changsheng is like a person just born, with not yet strong vital energy; Diwang is like a person in their prime, with vigorous strength. Conversely, when the six yao lines meet Si, Mu, Jue, or Kongwang, it indicates being trapped and sinking, even if they are in a favorable and strong position, it is difficult to achieve success. However, if they fall on malevolent spirits, the malevolent spirits being trapped can be a good omen.

日辰為六爻之主宰，喜其滅項以安劉。（日辰是卜筮之主，不看日辰則不知卦中吉凶輕重。日辰能沖動安靜之爻，對動爻能制，對凶神能抑之，對旺相能挫，對衰者能扶，對生合者能破。古人說，日辰能救事、能壞事。如占文書，以父母爻為用神，卦中如有財爻發動，財克父母，文書不成。但若得日辰克住財爻，或沖散財爻，財爻則不能去傷害父母，故得文書有氣，其事可成。這是日辰救事。又如占子孫，卦中父母不動，子孫爻不空，本為吉兆，但如被日辰沖扶父母，父母就能克害子孫，則變吉為凶，這是日辰壞事。總之日辰扶持用爻則吉，扶持忌爻則凶，日辰剋制忌爻則吉，剋制用爻則凶。）

The "Day Branch" is the overall master in the Six Lines divination. It is most favorable when it acts like the Han army defeating Xiang Yu and restoring the Liu family, removing harmful lines from the卦. If one does not consider the Day Branch when interpreting a卦, it will be impossible to distinguish the lightness or severity of good and bad fortune within the卦. The power of the Day Branch is great: it can cause a static line to move, control a moving line, subdue Inauspicious Spirit, weaken a prosperous and strong line, support a weak line, and even break lines that are originally mutually generating. Therefore, ancients said that the Day Branch can both save a situation and cause harm. Here is an example of saving a situation: when divining about documents, the "parents" line is considered the useful god. If the "wife wealth" line is active in the卦, wealth will overcome parents, making the document matter impossible to complete. However, if the Day Branch overcomes or disperses that wealth line, the wealth line will no longer be able to harm the parents, allowing the parents to have strength, and the matter can then be completed. Here is an example of causing harm: when divining about descendants, if the "parents" line is quiet and not moving, and the "descendants" line is not empty, it is a favorable situation. But if the Day Branch comes and supports the parents, the parents gain strength and then harm the descendants, turning a good卦 into a bad one. In summary: if the Day Branch supports the useful god, it is favorable; if it supports the hostile god, it is unfavorable. If the Day Branch overcomes the hostile god, it is favorable; if it overcomes the useful god, it is unfavorable.

月建乃萬卜之提綱，豈可助桀為虐。（月建與日辰一樣，都能生扶拱合沖剋刑害用爻，如求財，卦中無財，月建是財，以後終須可得。若卦中有財，月建克財，定主艱難，須過此一月才能得到。但月建和日辰又是有分別的，月建主要確定用爻的旺相休囚及月破與否，日辰主要定用爻的生旺墓絕空等。）

The "Month Builder" is the overall framework for all divination. It must not be allowed to assist malevolent lines. Like the "Day Branch," the "Month Builder" can influence the used lines through generation, support, alliance, conjunction, conflict, overcoming, punishment, and harm. For example, if the question is about seeking wealth and the hexagram does not contain the "Wife Wealth" line, but the "Month Builder" is the wealth line, then this wealth will eventually be obtained. Conversely, if the hexagram does contain the wealth line, but the "Month Builder" overcomes it, it indicates difficulty in obtaining wealth, and it will not be obtained until after this month. However, the roles of the "Month Builder" and the "Day Branch" are different: the "Month Builder" mainly determines the "prosperous and strong," "weak and confined" states of the used lines, as well as whether they are "Month Breakers." The "Day Branch" mainly determines the state of the used lines in terms of birth, prosperity, burial, decline, and emptiness.

最惡者歲君，宜靜而不宜動。（本年太歲之爻為歲君，如甲申年，卦中出現申爻，即為歲君，這一爻宜靜不宜動，如此爻發動沖剋世、身、用爻，主災厄不利，一年之中多不寧靜，如被日辰、動爻沖起，主有災患。）最要者身位，喜扶而不喜傷。（身，即月卦身。成卦之後，先看卦身現與不現，與月建、日辰、動爻有無干涉，則吉凶可見。卜易以身為最要，不可不看。如占得困卦，身爻在午，因卦午火為官鬼，旺則有官事繫身，衰則主有疾病。卦身占事為事體，占人為人身，喜生扶拱合，不喜傷，傷即刑沖剋害。）

In a hexagram, the most feared element is the "Year Sovereign" (岁君), which is favorable when still and unfavorable when activated. The line corresponding to the zodiac sign of the current year's heavenly stem and earthly branch is the Year Sovereign. For example, if the lesson is cast in the year of Jiashen (甲申), and the hexagram contains the line of Shen (申), then Shen is the Year Sovereign. If this line is activated and goes to clash or control the World Line, the Hexagram Body, or the Useful God, it indicates frequent misfortunes and disturbances within the year. Even if the Year Sovereign remains inactive, if it is triggered by the Day Branch or a moving line, disaster should still be guarded against. The most critical element in a hexagram is the "Body" (身位), which prefers to be generated and supported rather than harmed or injured. The "body" refers to the "Monthly Hexagram Body" (月卦身). After the hexagram is arranged, one should first check whether the Hexagram Body is present and then examine its relationship with the Month Builder, the Day Branch, and the moving line. The overall fortune or misfortune can be roughly determined. Divination should prioritize the Hexagram Body, and it must not be overlooked. For instance, if the hexagram is the "Obstruction" (困) hexagram, and the Hexagram Body falls on the line of Wu (午), which is the "Official Ghost" (官鬼) in the "Obstruction" hexagram, a strong Official Ghost indicates legal troubles, while a weak Official Ghost suggests illness. The Hexagram Body represents the matter when divining about affairs and represents the person when divining about individuals. It generally favors generation, support, conjunction, and harmony, and dislikes harm—harm refers to punishment, conflict, control, and harm.

世為己，應為人，大宜契合；（世應為賓主之象，世為自己，應為他人。求謀用事，世與應生合比和，則有成就，若刑沖剋害，必主艱難。）動為始，變為終，最怕交爭。（交、重為變爻，為動。動則陰爻變陽爻、陽爻變陰爻。占事以動爻為事之始，以變出爻為事之終。最怕交爭，指主事爻動變出之爻回頭克沖刑害主事爻，乃大凶之兆，即使用爻旺相，也不能稱心遂意。）

The "Shi" line represents oneself, and the "Ying" line represents the other party. The two are most favorable when they are in harmony with each other. Shi and Ying symbolize the relationship between the host and guest: Shi is I, and Ying is the other. When planning or taking action, if Shi and Ying can generate each other, harmonize, or be similar, the matter will succeed. However, if they clash, conflict, or harm each other, there will be many obstacles. The "Dong" line is the beginning of an event, and the "Bian" line is the outcome. The most feared situation is when these two lines contend with each other. In the hexagram lines, "Jiao" and "Chong" both refer to active lines: when a line moves, a yin line becomes a yang line, and a yang line becomes a yin line. When divining, one uses the moving line to observe the beginning of an event and the line it transforms into to see the conclusion. The phrase "most feared is contention" means that the line responsible for the event moves and transforms into another line, which then goes back to harm, clash with, or conflict with the original line. This is called "returning attack," which is a major omen of misfortune. Even if the useful god is strong and prosperous, the matter will not go as desired.

應位遭傷，不利他人之事；世爻受制，豈宜自己之謀？（應爻受傷，不利代占，代占以應為主；世受傷，不利自占，自占以世為主。）世應俱空，人無準實；（世應二爻不宜在空亡之地，世空為自己不實，應空為他人不實。世應俱空，彼此皆不實，謀事必有阻節，卦若安靜，世應空合謂之失約無誠言。）內外競發，事必翻騰。（卦中有一二爻發動，變化有常，生克不亂，自有條理。若內外卦多爻亂動，則吉凶難定，人情無常，必主事體反覆。所以說獨發易取、亂動難尋。）

If the Response Line is injured, divination for others will not go smoothly; if the World Line is restrained, one's own plans will not succeed. When divining for others, the Response Line is the main focus, and if it is injured, it will be detrimental to the other person. When divining for oneself, the World Line is the main focus, and if it is restrained, it will be detrimental to oneself. If both the World and Response Lines fall into 'Kongwang', then neither side's words will be reliable. A World Line in Kongwang indicates that one's mind is not sincere, while a Response Line in Kongwang indicates that the other person's intention is not sincere. Both being empty means that plans will encounter obstacles. If the hexagram is also quiet and the World and Response Lines are in Kongwang but harmonious, it is called mutual failure to keep promises and lack of sincerity. If both inner and outer trigrams are active, the matter will be complicated and changeable. If only one or two lines are active in the hexagram, the changes follow a regular pattern, and the relationships of generation and overcoming are orderly, so the matter can still be clear. However, if all six lines of the inner and outer trigrams are active in a chaotic manner, it is difficult to determine fortune and misfortune, as human feelings are changeable, and the matter will naturally change repeatedly. Therefore, a hexagram with only one line active is easy to interpret, while a hexagram with many lines active is difficult to understand.

世或交重，兩目顧瞻於馬首；應如發動，一心似托於猿攀。（世與應爻皆不宜動，世爻發動主本人三心二意，左顧右盼；應爻發動，主他人心易變遷。）用爻有氣無他故，所作皆成；主象徒存更被傷，凡謀不遂。（用爻有氣無氣，依五行旺相休囚論。旺相為有氣，休囚為無氣。主象義與用爻同。用爻喜旺相有氣，不宜衰弱無力。若用爻有氣別無日辰、動爻刑沖剋害，為上吉好卦，隨心所欲無不稱意。主象徒存，即用爻無氣，如又被日辰、動爻克害刑沖，是大凶下卦，作事枉費心機，必無可成之理。）

If the World Line meets or overlaps and becomes active, the person seeking divination will be like looking only at a horse's head, hesitating and uncertain in both directions. If the Response Line becomes active, the other person's mind will be like a monkey climbing branches, unpredictable and unstable. Both the World and Response Lines should not be active; if the World Line becomes active, it indicates the person is indecisive and fickle-minded. If the Response Line becomes active, it suggests the other person is changeable and unreliable. If the Useful God has strength and is not interfered with, the matter being dealt with will surely succeed. However, if the main image is empty and injured, any plan will not be realized. Whether the Useful God has strength is determined by the Five Phases' 'prosperous and strong' or 'weak and confined'. 'Prosperous and strong' means it has strength, while 'weak and confined' means it lacks strength. The 'main image' is the same as the Useful God. The Useful God prefers to be prosperous and strong, and fears to be weak and helpless. If the Useful God has strength and is not harmed by the Day Branch or the Moving Line through punishment, clash, or control, this is an excellent auspicious hexagram, and everything will go as desired. The term 'main image is empty' refers to the Useful God being present in the hexagram but lacking strength, and further being harmed by the Day Branch or the Moving Line through punishment, clash, or control. This is a great凶 hexagram, and any endeavor will be in vain, with no possibility of success.

有傷須救，（傷，即是主象用爻、身世被卦中其他動爻刑沖剋害。有傷屬不吉。救，是指卦中的動爻或日辰等來剋制傷害用爻之爻。如用爻為申金，卦中有午火動克申金。申金為有傷。如日辰是未，未能合住午火，午火則不能去傷害申金，謂之有救。）無故勿空，（旬空，有有故而空，有無故而空。凡遇日月動爻傷克而在空亡，為有故而空，避之可也。若無刑沖剋害而身世主象自落空亡，為無故而空，大凶之兆。占病必死，占事不成，占人有難。無故而空，雖有日辰動爻生扶而無用。）

When a line is injured, it must be saved. By injury, we mean the main subject, useful god, world line, or hexagram body being attacked by another moving line in the hexagram, which is an inauspicious sign. By saving, we mean another moving line or the day branch stepping in to restrain the harmful line. For example, if the useful god is the metal of Shen, and the fire of Wu is activated in the hexagram to attack the metal of Shen, then the metal of Shen is considered injured. If the day branch happens to be the earth of Wei, which combines with Wu, restraining the fire of Wu, then the fire of Wu cannot attack the metal of Shen, and this is called being saved. If a line falls into emptiness without any reason, it is very bad. "Ten-day emptiness" should be divided into two types: one is emptiness with a reason, meaning the line is being attacked by the month builder, day branch, or another moving line, but it happens to hide in the emptiness, which is avoiding trouble and is not a problem; the other is emptiness without a reason, meaning the body, world line, or main subject is not being attacked by any punishment, clash, or harm, but it falls into emptiness on its own, which is a major ominous sign—predicting death in illness, failure in matters, or danger for people. This kind of emptiness without reason, even if the day branch or moving lines come to support it, will be of no help.

空逢沖而有用。（卦爻空亡，如逢沖則必動，動則不空。所以雖空而有用。如戊午日占天時得井卦，卦中子水父母空，卻被日辰沖動，定主有雨。）合遭破以無功（卦中有合，所謀易遂，如兩人同心協力。唯怕奸詐小人兩邊挑撥。故凡遇合，須防刑沖剋害破合。如寅亥兩爻本相和合，若卦中戌土發動，戌土克了亥水，雖合而無用。）

If a yao falls into kongwang and is then冲动, it may actually be useful. Although a yao is in kongwang, once it is冲动, it must necessarily activate, and once it moves, it is no longer considered kongwang. Therefore, even though it is in kongwang, it can still be used. For example, on a Wuwu day, if one divines about the weather and gets the Well hexagram, the zi water 'parents' yao is in the旬空, but it is冲动 by the day branch wu fire. Since parents represent rain, it can be concluded that there will be rain. However, if a yao that is in harmony is broken, it will be ineffective. When there is harmony in the hexagram, the matter is likely to succeed, just like two people working together. But one should be cautious of deceitful people who might disrupt the harmony. Therefore, whenever there is harmony, one should be careful of the刑, 冲, 克, and 害 that may destroy this harmony. For example, if the yao of yin wood and hai water are naturally harmonious, but the xu earth yao is activated, and xu earth overcomes hai water, then even though there is harmony, it will not have any effect.

自空化空，必成凶咎；（自空，是用神自落空亡。化空，用爻動化出之爻又值旬空。用爻空亡或用爻化為空亡都是謀望無成之凶象。）刑合克合，終見乖違。（合中有刑，合中有克，終究為不吉之象。）動值合而絆住，（動爻如遇合，為合絆住，不能動，只當靜爻論。）靜得沖而暗興。（不動之爻為靜，靜爻如被日辰所沖，則為暗動，暗動以動爻論。）

The useful god falling into the empty branch, or the爻 generated by its movement also falling into the empty branch, will certainly bring about misfortune. "Self-empty" refers to the useful god sitting directly on top of the旬 empty branch; "transformed empty" refers to the useful god moving and transforming into another爻 that also falls into the旬 empty branch. Both situations indicate that the desired outcome will not materialize, representing a凶 omen of failed endeavors. When there is a combination with a刑 or a克 in between, the result will ultimately be discordant and unsmooth—although it seems like things can be achieved, in reality it is not auspicious. If a moving爻 encounters a合, it is restrained by the合 and cannot move, thus being treated as a static爻. A static爻 if being冲 by the day branch will secretly become active, which is called "covert movement." Although it appears to be still, it should be treated as a moving爻 in judgment.

入墓難克，（動爻入墓，不能去克他爻，他爻入墓，也不受動爻所克。如未日占卦得寅木發動，本能克卦中土爻，但未是木之墓，寅木入墓則不能去克卦中其他土爻。再如辰日占得寅木發動，辰為土之墓，寅木雖然發動，但被克者已藏於墓中，寅木仍不能克。）帶旺匪空。（爻處旺相，謂之有氣，如此爻值旬空，不以空論。可斷為雖日下受阻，過旬而成。）

When a line enters its Storage, it loses its power to exert influence. This has two aspects: if the moving line that is applying therestrain enters its Storage, it cannot exert itsrestrain on others; if the line being controlled enters its Storage, it is no longer subject to therestrain. For example, if the lesson is cast on the day of未, and the寅wood line is activated, the寅wood originally could have controlled the earth lines in the hexagram, but since未 is the Storage of wood, the寅wood is trapped in its Storage and cannot control the earth lines. Another example: if the lesson is cast on the day of辰, and the寅wood line is still activated, since辰 is the Storage of earth, the earth lines that are being controlled have already retreated into their Storage, so even though the寅wood is activated, it still cannot control them. If a line is accompanied by旺气, it is not considered empty. A line inprosperous and strong is called having气, and such a line, even if it is exactly in the旬空 period, should not be treated as empty. Instead, it can only be interpreted as temporarily blocked, and once this period is over, the matter can be realized.

有助有扶，衰弱休囚亦吉；（此指用神而言。用神衰弱本為不美，喜得日辰、月建、動爻生扶合併，而不作衰弱論。）貪生貪合，刑沖剋害皆忘。（本來能刑沖剋害他爻之爻，貪合而不再為害，貪合忘刑，貪合忘沖，貪合忘克與貪生忘克一理，參見《闡奧歌章．碎金賦》）

Helpfulness and support can bring good fortune even if the element is weak and confined. This statement specifically refers to the useful god: although a weak and confined useful god is not desirable, if it is supported, assisted, combined with, or joined by the day branch, month builder, or a moving line in the hexagram, it should not be judged solely based on its weakness. If a line is eager to receive support or to combine with another, it will forget the original punishments, clashes, and controls it might have had. A line that originally had the ability to punish or control another line may no longer do so because it is preoccupied with seeking a combination, which is called 'forgetting punishment due to combination', 'forgetting clash due to combination', and 'forgetting control due to combination'. This is the same principle as 'forgetting control due to support', and can be referenced in the 'Chapter of Clarifying the Essentials' from 'Fragments of Gold'.

別衰旺以明克合，辨動靜以定刑沖。（克合刑沖都是有條件的：旺爻能克衰爻，衰爻克不得旺爻，旺爻合得起衰爻，衰爻合不起旺爻。動爻能刑靜爻。靜爻不能刑動爻，動爻沖得起靜爻，靜爻沖不起動爻，日辰能害卦爻，卦爻不能害日辰等，以此類推。兩爻俱靜以旺為先，有動以動為急。上述是辨別刑沖剋合的總的原則，只有如此才能作到事歸於一而無兩端之疑。）

To determine the relationships of control, combination, punishment, and clash, one must first distinguish between decline and strength. Control and combination depend on strength and decline: a strong line can control a weak line, but a weak line cannot control a strong one; a strong line can combine with a weak line, but a weak line cannot combine with a strong one. Punishment and clash also depend on movement: a moving line can punish a static line, but a static line cannot punish a moving one; a moving line can clash with a static line, but a static line cannot clash with a moving one. The day branch can harm the lines in the hexagram, but the hexagram lines cannot harm the day branch. Other cases can be inferred in the same way. When both lines are static, the stronger one takes precedence. If one line moves, the moving line is the primary factor. These are the general principles for determining control, combination, punishment, and clash. By following these principles, conclusions can be reached consistently, avoiding indecision and conflicting interpretations.

併不併、沖不沖，因多字眼；刑非刑、合非合，為少支神。（並，日辰與卦中爻相同為並。如子日占卦，卦中子為用神，則為並。如卦中子爻衰弱，因日辰並之，則為旺論，卦中只有一位子爻與日辰子才能為並，如卦中有兩個子爻，而不能成並。沖也是如此。三刑、三合，都必須三者皆見，而且兩動一靜，靜爻刑，合不起動爻，一動也刑，合不起兩靜，缺一位不能成刑、成合。）

It appears as if there is a 'conjunction' but it does not actually occur, and it seems like there is a 'conflict' but it does not actually take effect, because there are too many similar characters. It seems like there is a 'triple punishment' but it does not actually form, and it seems like there is a 'triple harmony' but it does not actually occur, because the required earthly branches are still missing.the so-called conjunction means that the day branch and a certain line in the hexagram share the same earthly branch: for example, if the day branch is zi, and the hexagram contains a zi line which is the useful god, then the day branch and this zi line form a conjunction. The zi line was originally weak, but with this conjunction, it is treated as prosperous and strong. However, there is a prerequisite for conjunction — the hexagram can only contain one zi line corresponding to the day branch's zi; if there are two zi lines in the hexagram, the day branch cannot specifically conjunction with one, and thus the conjunction does not hold. The principle for conflict is the same. As for triple punishment and triple harmony, all three earthly branches must be present, and the structure must involve two moving lines and one static line: the static line cannot punish the moving line, and the moving line cannot harmonize with the static line; one moving line cannot punish the other two static lines, nor can it harmonize with two static lines. If one of the three is missing, neither punishment nor harmony can occur.

爻遇令星，物難我害；（爻，用神主事爻。令星，月建之五行。物，指能刑沖剋害用神之動爻。如果用神爻與月建的五行相同，則為爻遇令星。那本能刑沖剋害用神的動爻也不能害用神了。）伏居空地，事與心違。（伏，伏神，卦中無用神，伏神又居空亡，所求之事決不能成。）

The useful god, if it shares the same element as the current star of the month, will not be harmed by external factors. Here, the 'line' refers to the useful god, which is the main line involved in the matter. The 'current star' refers to the five phases associated with the month builder. 'Things' refer to the moving lines in the hexagram that can punish, clash, or control the useful god. When the five phases of the useful god match those of the month builder, it is called the line encountering the current star, which is equivalent to receiving the righteous energy of the current month. At this time, the moving lines that are normally capable of punishing, clashing, or controlling the useful god will be powerless. If the useful god is not present in the hexagram but is hidden beneath, especially if it is hidden in the kongwang position, the matter will not go as intended. The term 'hidden' refers to 'hidden god'. When the useful god is not visible in the hexagram, the hidden god is used instead. If the hidden god is also in the kongwang position, the desired outcome will certainly not be achieved.

伏無提挈終徒爾，飛不摧開亦枉然。（伏神空亡，凡事不利。伏神若不空亡，必須沖開飛神，提起伏神事方有望。）空下伏神，易於引拔；（伏神伏於空亡爻下，無阻攔易出。一遇日辰動爻沖合，伏神即為有用。但須注意，伏神有用，總是遲於用神的。）制中弱主，難以維持。（制，指受月建、日辰剋制。用爻休囚又被日辰月建剋制，即使有動爻生扶拱合，也無濟於事。）

A hidden god without support will ultimately be in vain; a flying god that is not broken through is also useless. If a hidden god falls into kongwang, all matters will be unfavorable; even if the hidden god is not in kongwang, it is necessary first to break through the flying god that is on top of it, then lift up the hidden god, so that the matter has hope. Conversely, if a hidden god is exactly under an empty position, it is easy to be lifted out—since there is nothing above to block it, once the day branch or a moving line comes to clash or harmonize with it, the hidden god can be immediately used. However, remember that even if a hidden god can be used, its effective time is always later than that of a ready useful god. The useful god is already weak and confined, and also in a state of being controlled, making it difficult to sustain. Here, 'control' refers to being restrained by the month builder and the day branch. The useful line is already in a state of weakness and confinement, and is also restrained by the day and month, so even if there are other moving lines in the hexagram that come to generate, support, harmonize or assist it, it will ultimately be of no help.

日傷爻真罹其禍，爻傷日徒受其名。（日辰能傷克卦爻，卦爻不能傷剋日辰。月建與爻的關係同此。）墓中人不沖不發，（用爻入墓，則多阻滯，諸事費力難成。須待日辰、動爻沖剋其墓日，方可有用。）身上鬼不去不安。（六親中以官鬼為凶神，占得世爻臨官鬼，為身上有鬼，如果不是當官有公干之人身上有鬼，多凶少吉，須待日辰、動爻克去官鬼才能無憂。）

The day branch can harm the hexagram lines, and if the hexagram lines are harmed, the hexagram truly suffers misfortune; if the hexagram lines harm the day branch, it is only an empty title. This is because the day branch is high and above, capable of overcoming the hexagram lines, while the hexagram lines cannot overcome the day branch. The relationship between the month builder and the hexagram lines is also similar. Once the useful god is buried, it is like a person being locked in a tomb, unable to be released without being broken open: when buried, everything is obstructed, and things are difficult to accomplish. It must wait until the day branch or a moving line comes to overcome the tomb, then the useful god can be used again. If the world line carries the official ghost, it cannot be at peace unless it is removed. Among the six relations, the official ghost is an Inauspicious Spirit, and when the world line is on the official ghost, it is like having a ghost on one's body. Unless the person is actually working in the government or on official business, there are more dangers than benefits. Only when the day branch or a moving line overcomes the official ghost can one be free from worries.

德入卦而無謀不遂，（德為天干地支上下皆合，又稱龍神。以主合為妙，克合次之。遇德爻入卦為主象，所謀皆遂。）忌臨身而多阻無成。（忌，忌神。忌神臨身世，不論公私之事皆主阻滯而不順。忌神休囚，辦事費力，忌神旺相，事必不成。）

The "De" line enters the hexagram, and nothing is left unaccomplished.the so-called De refers to a line that is harmonious both in the heavenly stems and earthly branches, also called the Dragon God. Among these, the one that generates me and harmonizes is the best, while the one that overcomes me but harmonizes is次之. If such a De line is present in the hexagram and serves as the main image, then all endeavors will be fulfilled as desired. When the "Je" god is present over the body or the world line, there will be constant obstacles and ultimately no success. The Je god is the line that overcomes the useful god. Once it appears on the hexagram body or the world line, whether it is public or private matters, they will all be obstructed and unsmooth. If the Je god is weak and confined, it only causes difficulty in doing things; if it is prosperous and strong, the matters will be completely impossible to accomplish.

卦遇凶星，避之則吉；（凶星，指刑沖剋害。避之，指用爻在旬空，受刑沖剋害之爻在旬空為避，此不為空，只是目下雖阻，過旬即成。）爻逢忌殺，敵之無傷。（忌殺，忌神。忌神發動，凡事不利。敵之，指得到比肩同類的幫助，以眾敵寡之義。用爻遇忌神發動，得日辰、月建、動爻拱扶，用神無有損害。）

When凶星 appear in the hexagram, they can be avoided if possible, turning into good fortune. Here,凶星 refer to刑, 冲, 克, and 害. Avoiding them means that the useful god (用神) is currently in the旬空, meaning the line that is affected by刑, 冲, 克, or 害 is in the旬空, thus avoiding the sharp impact. This kind of empty position is not a complete vacuum, but rather a temporary obstruction; once this旬 is over, the matter can still succeed. If a line encounters the Hostile God (hostile god) or Inauspicious Sha (dangerous killing), as long as it can withstand it, it will not be harmed. The忌杀 is the Hostile God itself. When the Hostile God is activated, things are generally unfavorable. Withstanding it means receiving support from similar lines, using the many to counter the few. Even if the useful god meets the Hostile God, as long as the day branch, month builder, or moving line in the hexagram supports or helps it, the useful god remains unharmed.

主象休囚，怕見刑沖剋害；用爻變動，忌遭死墓絕空。（休囚則不能敵殺。死墓絕空乃陷井之地，大凶。死不復生，絕不復續，入墓則不能出，墮空則不能起。若主象發動而化入死墓絕空之地，不問公私大小之事，皆主不成。占病逢之必死無疑。）

If the main element is already weak and confined, it is most dangerous to encounter punishment, clash, and control again. If the useful god becomes active and changes, it is most undesirable for it to change into death, tomb, end, or empty. A weak and confined line itself lacks strength and cannot resist the attack of evil forces. The four places of death, tomb, end, and empty are like traps: once dead, it cannot be reborn; once ended, it cannot continue; once buried, it cannot escape; once fallen into empty, it cannot rise again. If the main element becomes active and transforms into these four states, then regardless of public or private matters, big or small, nothing will succeed. If this occurs in a divination about illness, it is certain to result in death.

用化用，有用無用；（用爻動化出之爻仍是用神，為用化用。化出的用爻有的有用、有的無用，需要分辨，一般地說，化進神有用，化退神，化自身或卦變伏吟無用。用爻自化如此，旁爻動化出用神也無濟於事。）空化空，雖空弗空。（動爻旬空，化出之爻又是旬空，為空化空。動爻值空和動爻化空，都不是真空，出了此旬，即為有用。）

The useful god transforms into another useful god; some calculations are valid while others are not. When the line representing the useful god moves, the resulting line is still the useful god, which is called "useful god transforming into useful god." However, the transformed useful god may not necessarily be effective. It is necessary to distinguish: generally, if it transforms into an advancing god, it is effective; if it transforms into a retreating god, or into the same line as itself, or if the entire hexagram becomes a hidden chant, it is ineffective. This applies to the useful god transforming itself. If another line moves and transforms into a useful god, it also does not help. A line that transforms into an empty line, although empty, is not completely empty. If the moving line is already in the empty period, and the transformed line also meets the empty period, this is called "empty transforming into empty." If a line moves during an empty period or transforms into an empty period, neither is a dead empty. As long as it goes beyond this period, it will regain its effectiveness.

養主狐疑，（養，十二宮之第十二位。用神化入此爻主凡事未決，狐疑不定。）墓多闇昧。（墓，十二宮之第九位。凶爻要入墓，吉爻不要入墓。墓為沉滯、闇昧不明之象。用神帶刑動入墓者，占病必死，占訟入獄，參看《通玄妙論．隨官入墓》）

The use of the "Nourishing" position indicates hesitation and indecision. The Nourishing position is the twelfth of the twelve houses; when the useful god moves into this position, it signifies that matters are unresolved and the person is indecisive and doubtful. The "Grave" position indicates obscurity and confusion. The Grave is the ninth of the twelve houses; evil influences are naturally confined in the grave, while good influences should avoid entering the grave. The grave symbolizes stagnation, darkness, and unclear situations. If the useful god is accompanied by punishment and moves into the grave, it indicates death in a divination about illness, or imprisonment in a divination about legal matters. See the section "Following the Official into the Grave" in the "Comprehensive Profound Discourse."

化病兮傷損，（病，十二宮第七位，與長生對沖。用神化入病爻，凡事有損：占病未痊，占物不中，占藥不效，占文書有破綻，占行人未回，占身命帶疾，占婦人必不貞潔，占容貌必有破損。）化胎兮勾連。（胎，十二宮第十一位，主遲滯不響快，占行人主象化胎，必有羈絆未能動身。占盜賊，失脫，若官鬼化入胎爻，主內外勾連。）凶化長生，熾而未散；（用神化為長生，主吉，只是成事稍遲，不如帝旺來得快。但是凶爻化為長生，則禍根已萌，有日漸增長之勢。如占病，子孫化長生病漸減，如官鬼化長生，日加沉重，直至墓絕日，其勢始殺。）

When a yao transforms into the "Disease" position, it indicates suffering. Disease is the seventh position in the twelve houses, directly opposing the "Growth" position. If the useful god moves and transforms into the Disease position, all matters will involve loss: if it is about illness, the illness has not yet healed; if it is about objects, the quality is not good; if it is about medicine, taking it is ineffective; if it is about documents, there are flaws in the text; if it is about a traveler, the person has not yet returned; if it is about one's body, there is an illness; if it is about a woman, her chastity is questionable; if it is about appearance, there is a defect in appearance. When a yao transforms into the "Womb" position, it indicates entanglement and connection. Womb is the eleventh position in the twelve houses, with a nature that is sluggish and not smooth: when it is about a traveler, it indicates a situation where the person is hindered and cannot move; when it is about thieves or lost items, if the "Official Ghost" yao transforms into the Womb position, it indicates internal and external collusion, with family thieves leading outsiders in. A凶爻 transforming into the "Prosperity" position means the disaster is at its peak and will not dissipate. Transforming into the "Prosperity" position is usually a good omen, but the success comes a bit later, not as smooth as transforming into the "Prosperity" position. However, if a凶爻 transforms into the "Prosperity" position, the root of disaster has already begun to sprout and will gradually grow stronger. For example, in a divination about illness, if the "Son" yao transforms into the "Prosperity" position, the illness will gradually improve; if the "Official Ghost" yao transforms into the "Prosperity" position, the illness will gradually worsen, until the "Official Ghost" enters the tomb or reaches the "End" position, then the situation will stop.

吉連沐浴，敗而不成。（沐浴，十二宮之第二位，又稱敗神、主凶。金敗在午，木敗在子，火敗在卯，水土敗在酉。用神化入敗爻凶，忌爻化入敗爻不成凶。）戒回頭之克我，勿反德以扶人。（回頭克是用神自化出忌神，忌神反來克用神。用神發動化出之爻不合世而合應，不合用爻，而合旁爻，為反德以扶人，都是損己利人之象，所求不成。）惡曜孤寒，怕日辰之並起。（惡曜，指刑沖剋害之爻。如無氣或孤立無助，不能傷用神。惟怕日辰扶並惡曜，孤寒得助，終不免受其害。如再值月建更為可怕。）

If a favorable line is connected with "Bathing," it will lead to decline and failure. "Bathing" is the second position in the twelve earthly branches, also known as the "Defeat God," which is considered凶 (unfavorable). The defeat position for metal is at Wu, for wood at Zi, for fire at Mao, and for water and earth at You. If the useful god (用神) transforms into the defeat position, it is凶 (unfavorable); conversely, if the hostile god (忌神) transforms into the defeat position, the凶 (unfavorable) may not occur. One should be cautious about the changing line turning back to harm oneself, and also avoid giving kindness or benefits to others. "Backward control" refers to the useful god initiating an action and transforming into a Hostile God, which then turns back to harm the useful god. "Reverse virtue to support others" means that when the useful god initiates an action and transforms into a line, it does not harmonize with the world line (世爻) but instead harmonizes with the response line (应爻), or it does not harmonize with the useful line but instead harmonizes with another line. These are both卦象 (divination patterns) that harm oneself to benefit others, and the desired outcome will certainly not be achieved. Originally, evil lines are weak and isolated, and they are most afraid of the day branch (日辰) coming to support them or to strengthen them. Evil stars are those lines that carry punishments, clashes, and harm. If these evil stars are without strength or are isolated, they cannot harm the useful god. However, if the day branch supports them or joins them, an isolated and weak line gains support, and the useful god will inevitably suffer. If this evil star is also in the month builder's (月建) position, it becomes even more dangerous.

用爻重迭，喜墓庫之收藏。（用爻重迭為太過，如無日辰月建，動爻損之，則須入墓，墓也為庫。如丁丑日占財得益之萃卦，卦中有兩重財爻，初九、上九又化出兩重財爻，日辰又是財，為太過、無濟於事。喜得世上有辰爻為財庫，可受此財。）事阻隔兮間發，（間爻發動，事有阻隔。）心退悔兮世空。（世爻旬空，是本人有退悔之意，不能勇往精進促其事成。）卦爻發動，須看交重；（卦爻發動有兩種情況，一是遇交，由陰變陽；一是遇重，由陽變陰。交主未來，重主過去。如占逃亡，卦有父動，主有音信，若由交而動，須等人來報信；若由重而動，可斷信已先知。其他仿此。）

When there are multiple or repeated useful gods in a hexagram, it is favorable to have a storage place to contain them. When a line is repeated, it indicates excess. If there is no day branch, month builder, or moving line to reduce it, it must be placed in a storage place, as the storage place is also called a repository. For example, on a Dingchou day, someone asks about wealth and gets the hexagram "Benefit" changing into "Cohesion." Originally, there are two layers of "wife wealth" lines in the hexagram, and both the initial nine and the top nine generate another layer of wealth lines. The day branch, which is also Chou, is itself a wealth line. The wealth is so abundant that it becomes useless. Fortunately, the world line is sitting on Chen earth, which is the repository for water wealth. Because there is a repository to contain it, this wealth can be borne. Obstacles arise because of intervening lines in motion: when the two intervening lines between the world and response lines move, there are unexpected obstacles in the affairs. Regret arises because the world line is empty: when the world line is in the旬空 (ten-day void), it indicates that the person themselves has withdrawn and is unwilling to proceed courageously to accomplish the matter. When a hexagram line moves, it is necessary to examine whether it is "intersection" or "repetition." Movement is divided into two types: if it is an intersection, it is a change from yin to yang; if it is a repetition, it is a change from yang to yin. Intersection refers to future events, while repetition refers to past events. For instance, in a divination about a missing person, if the "parent" line moves, it indicates there is news. If the parent line moves by intersection, the news must be reported by someone else; if it moves by repetition, the news has already been heard. Other matters are similarly interpreted.

動變比和，當明進退。（動變比合，即木爻變出木爻之類。須分別進神和退神，向未來方向變為進，向已過方向為退。以木為例，寅木化卯木為進神，卯木化寅木為退神。進主吉凶其勢倍增，退主吉凶漸減其威。）殺生身莫將吉斷，用克世勿作凶看，蓋生中有刑害之兩防，而合處有克傷之一慮。（此專談卜易之活法。一般來說世身喜生合而惡傷克，但有變易的情況。如日辰，動爻來生合世、身，而日辰又是用神的忌神，世身為我，雖然日辰、動爻來生我，對我是無用的，因為忌神克用為凶。用神克世身，是事來趕我，是易成易就之象，雖然為克，但不能以凶斷。）

Dynamic lines and changing lines that belong to the same Five Phases must be distinguished as either advancing or retreating.the so-called "like and harmonious" refers to a Wood line transforming into another Wood line. In such cases, one must discern between "advancing god" and "retreating god": if the earthly branches change toward the future direction, it is an advancing god; if they change toward the past direction, it is a retreating god. For example, a Wood line changing from寅 (Yin) to卯 (Mao) is an advancing god, while a Wood line changing from卯 (Mao) to寅 (Yin) is a retreating god. When a line transforms into an advancing god, good things become even better and bad things become even worse, with their influence doubled; when a line transforms into a retreating god, both good and bad outcomes gradually weaken. If a Hostile God (hostile god) comes to generate the世身 (world line), it cannot be immediately considered as favorable; if an Useful God (useful god) comes to overcome the World Line (world line), it cannot be immediately considered as unfavorable—because within generation there may be hidden dangers of刑 (conflict) and害 (harm), and within harmony there may be a layer of concern regarding overcoming. This section discusses the flexible approach in divination. According to common sense, the World Line (world line) and Hexagram Body (hexagram body) prefer to be generated and harmonized and dislike being harmed and overcome, but situations can change. For instance, if the day branch or a dynamic line comes to generate and harmonize with the世身 (world line), but this day branch is actually the Hostile God (hostile god) of the Useful God (useful god): although the世身 (world line) is me and the day or dynamic lines generating me seem beneficial, it is actually useless, because the Hostile God (hostile god) has restrained the Useful God (useful god), and the matter will still not succeed. Another example is when the Useful God (useful god) overcomes the世身 (world line); this is a situation where the matter comes to us actively, which is a favorable sign, even though it is called overcoming, it cannot be considered as凶 (unfavorable).

刑害不宜臨用，（刑爻為主象，必主不利，占事事不成，占物物不好，占病人必死，占人人有疾等。害爻為主象，必壞大事。）死絕豈可持身；（死絕即十二宮中第八位、第十位。死絕二爻臨持世身主象者，必不利。占人有難，占病無救，占醫無效，占事不濟。）動逢沖而事散，（對於沖，不可執一而論。旬空安靜之爻逢沖為起，起則有用，旬空發動之爻逢沖為實，安靜不空之爻逢沖為暗動，發動不空之爻逢沖為散、為脫。此種動爻逢沖，所占之事散脫不成，吉事不成吉，凶事不成凶。）絕逢生而事成。（此談絕處逢生，詳見《通玄妙論．絕處逢生》）

When a爻 is subjected to刑 or 害, it is not favorable for the Useful God. If a爻 that carries 刑 becomes the main image, it will certainly bring misfortune: if it is about an affair, the affair will not succeed; if it is about an object, the object will be of poor quality; if it is about illness, the sick person will have difficulty recovering; if it is about a person, the person will have a physical ailment. If a爻 that carries 害 becomes the main image, it will more likely ruin important matters. 死 and 绝 should not be present on the World Line or Hexagram Body. 死 and 绝 are the eighth and tenth positions respectively in the twelve palaces. If these two positions appear on the World Line, Hexagram Body or the main image, it will inevitably lead to misfortune: if it is about a person, the person will face difficulties; if it is about illness, the illness will have no cure; if it is about a physician, the treatment will be ineffective; if it is about an affair, the affair will not proceed smoothly. When a moving爻 encounters 冲, the matter will scatter. 冲 should not be considered in a general way, but divided into four types: if a旬空 and quiet爻 meets 冲, it is called 「冲起」, and once it is activated, it becomes useful; if a旬空 and moving爻 meets 冲, it is called 「冲实」; if a non-旬空 and quiet爻 meets 冲, it is called 「暗动」; if a non-旬空 and moving爻 meets 冲, it is called 「冲散」 or 「冲脱」. The last type of moving爻 encountering 冲 will result in the matter scattering and failing to take shape—good things cannot become good, and bad things cannot become bad. If a爻 in the 绝 position is supported by generation and support, the matter can still be accomplished, which is called 「绝处逢生」. See the chapter 「绝处逢生」 in the book 「通玄妙论」 for details.

如逢合住，須沖破以成功；（卦中用爻遇日辰合住，或兩爻自相合住，不論喜忌，皆不見效。須待沖破或克破合爻，然後吉者成吉，凶者成凶。）若遇休囚，必生旺而成事。（此談期日之法。期日，即予測事成之日期，需靈活圓變，才無差誤，上節已談用爻合住以沖破日斷，此節說用爻休囚，當以旺相之日斷。期日法尚有，用爻旺相不動，以沖動月日斷；用爻有氣發動，以合日斷，或以本日斷；用爻受制，以制殺月日斷；用爻得時旺動，又遇生扶，此為太旺，應以墓庫月日斷；用爻無氣發動而遇生扶，即以生扶之月日斷；用爻入墓，則以破墓月日斷；用爻空亡，以沖動月日斷；用爻旺空，或空而逢沖、逢並、逢動者，以過旬斷；若占散事，應以用爻死墓絕日斷等等。）

If the useful god is bound by a combination, it must wait until it is broken by a conflict before it can succeed. If the useful god is bound by the day branch or combined with another line in the hexagram, whether the combination is favorable or unfavorable, it will not show any effect; it must wait until there is a conflict to break the combination or arestrain to break the combination, then the good will show as good and the bad will show as bad. If the useful god is in a weak and confined state, it must wait until it enters a prosperous and strong state before it can achieve success. This section discusses the method of determining the 'response date'. The response date refers to predicting the day when something will succeed, and it must be flexibly determined according to the hexagram to avoid inaccuracy. The previous sentence said that if the useful god is bound by a combination, take the day that breaks this combination; this sentence says that if the useful god is in a weak and confined state, take the day when it enters a prosperous and strong state. There are also other rules: if the useful god is prosperous and strong but not moving, take the month or day that conflicts with it; if the useful god has some strength and is active, take the day it combines with or take the day itself; if the useful god is restrained, take the month or day that restrains the harmful element; if the useful god is both in season and strong and is active with support, which is too strong, take the month or day when it enters its storage; if the useful god has no strength but is active and receives support, take the month or day that supports it; if the useful god is in its storage, take the month or day that breaks the storage; if the useful god is empty, take the day that conflicts with it; if the useful god is strong but empty, or empty but meets a conflict, a combination, or an activity, take the day after the current旬; if the divination is about something that needs to disperse, take the day when the useful god reaches its death, storage, or decline. And so on.

速則動而克世，緩則靜而生身。（此節專談期日的急緩。以用爻動靜生克定成日的遲速緩急。動而克世主速，靜而生身主緩。如占來人，若用神動而克世，則速到，用神動而生世則遲到，如靜而生世，就更晚了。）父亡而事無頭緒，福隱而事不稱心。（占法曰：“卦無父母無頭緒，卦無子孫不喜悅，”父母為主事之神，子孫為福德喜慶之神。此節談公事看文書，文書即父母爻，私事看福德，福德即子孫爻。凡占功名，公門、公事，以文書為頭緒，如卦上父母爻空，則事不確實，無有頭緒可尋。占私事，以福德子孫為解憂喜悅之神，如卦中子孫爻伏而不現，事不稱意，有憂無喜。）

Things come quickly when the useful god moves and overcomes the world line; things come slowly when the useful god is still and generates the self. This section specifically discusses the speed of the outcome, determined by the movement and generation or overcoming of the useful god. If the useful god moves and overcomes the world line, the matter will come quickly; if the useful god is still and generates the self, the matter will come slowly. For example, when predicting the arrival of someone, if the useful god moves and overcomes the world line, the person will arrive quickly; if the useful god moves and generates the world line, the person will arrive more slowly; if the useful god is still and only generates the world line, it will be even later. If the "parents" line is not in the hexagram, the matter lacks clarity; if the "children" line is hidden and not present, the matter will not be satisfactory. There is an old saying in divination: "If the hexagram lacks the parents, the matter lacks clarity; if the hexagram lacks the children, the matter lacks joy." The parents are the main line of the matter, and the children are the line of fortune and joy. Here, public matters are seen through documents, and private matters are seen through fortune and joy: documents correspond to the parents line, and fortune and joy correspond to the children line. When predicting achievements, official matters, or government affairs, documents are considered the clue of the matter. If the parents line is empty in the hexagram, the matter will not be realized and will lack clarity. When predicting private matters, the children line is considered the god that brings relief and joy. If the children line is hidden and not present, the matter will not be fulfilled, resulting only in worry and no joy.

鬼雖禍災，伏猶無氣；（官鬼為禍害，但卦中不可無。參見《通玄妙論．無鬼無氣》）子雖福德，多反無功。（子孫爻雖為福德之神，但卦中不宜重迭、過多，多則雜，雜則亂，亂而不專。所以說多反無功。）

"The official ghost" although it signifies calamity, if it is hidden and not apparent, the whole hexagram will lack life qi. The official ghost is indeed a harmful spirit, but the hexagram should not have none at all; this principle can be referred to in the chapter "Without Ghosts and Without Qi" from the book "Tong Xuan Miao Lun." "Offspring" although it represents fortune and virtue, if there are too many, it will not produce the desired effect. The offspring line signifies fortune and joy, but in the hexagram, it is not suitable to have too many: too many will lead to confusion, confusion leads to disorder, and disorder prevents concentration, so having too many will result in no effectiveness.

究父母，推為體統；論官鬼。斷作禍殃；財乃祿神；子為福德；兄弟交重，必主謀為多阻滯；卦身重迭，須知事體兩交關。（此節概論六親。父母、官鬼等五項，後卷還將詳論，此處僅注卦身。卦身指月卦身，為萬物之本體。若卦中有兩處卦身，必是鴛鴦求事，或事關兩處。若帶兄弟，與人同謀，兄弟克世或帶官鬼發動，必有人爭謀其事。卦身不出現，主事未有定向，卦身出現持世、合世、生世，其事已定。卦身宜出現，但不宜變動，動則須防事情有變。若是喜神不以此論。

Investigating the "parents" line is about examining the fundamental nature of a matter; discussing the "official ghost" line determines calamities and troubles; the "spouse wealth" line represents the deity of sustenance; the "sons and daughters" line represents the deity of fortune and virtue; if the "brothers" line meets and activates multiple times, the matter being considered will face many obstacles; if the "hexagram body" appears twice, it indicates that the matter involves two parties or is pursued in two ways. This section generally discusses the six relations. The parents, official ghost, spouse wealth, sons and daughters, and brothers lines are each discussed in detail in the following chapters; here, only the hexagram body is explained. The hexagram body refers to the monthly hexagram body, which is the fundamental nature of all things. If two hexagram bodies appear in the hexagram, it means that one is seeking two matters at once, or that this matter involves two parties. If the hexagram body is accompanied by brothers, it indicates collaboration with others; if brothers overcome the world line, or if brothers are accompanied by the official ghost and activate, there will certainly be someone competing for this matter. If the hexagram body does not appear, it means the matter has not yet taken a definite direction; if the hexagram body appears and holds the world line, combines with the world line, or generates the world line, the matter has already been decided. The hexagram body is preferable when it appears, but it should not change; once it changes, one should be cautious of changes in the matter midway. Of course, if the change results in a favorable deity, this rule does not apply.

卦身遇吉神而化忌爻，主先成後敗，遇凶殺而化吉神，主先難後易。如果本卦無卦身而動爻化出卦身來，主此人來談其事。卦身持世，或在本宮內卦，屬切己之事，臨應爻，他人之事。六爻飛伏皆無卦身，其事沒有根由或無有此事。卦身空亡，諸事難成；休囚死絕，諸事無氣。世與身不能同論，卦身宜作事體看，不應作人身看。若占人，卦身為所占人之身，不是來占人之身。身克世則吉，世克身則凶。身生世、合世，諸事易成；世生合卦身，其事難成。）

If the hexagram body is accompanied by a favorable god but transforms into an inauspicious line, it indicates that the matter will first succeed and then fail. If the hexagram body is accompanied by a harmful force but transforms into a favorable god, it suggests that the matter will first encounter difficulties and then become easy. If the original hexagram does not contain the hexagram body but it is generated by a moving line, it indicates that someone will come to discuss the matter. If the hexagram body is in the position of the world line, or falls within the inner trigram of the original hexagram, it indicates that the matter concerns oneself directly. If the hexagram body is in the position of the response line, it indicates that the matter concerns someone else. If neither the flying god nor the hidden god can find the hexagram body among the six lines, it suggests that the matter has no origin, or perhaps there is no such matter at all. If the hexagram body falls in kongwang, all matters will be difficult to achieve. If the hexagram body is weak and confined or is in the dead or end positions, all matters will lack energy. The world line and the hexagram body should not be considered the same; the hexagram body should be regarded as the matter itself, not as a person. If the divination is about a person, the hexagram body represents the person being divined, not the person seeking the divination. If the hexagram body overcomes the world line, it is favorable. If the world line overcomes the hexagram body, it is unfavorable. If the hexagram body generates or harmonizes with the world line, matters will be easily accomplished. Conversely, if the world line generates or harmonizes with the hexagram body, the matter will be difficult to achieve.

虎興而遇吉神，不害其為吉；龍動而逢凶曜，難掩其為凶；玄武主盜賊之事，亦必官爻；朱雀本口舌之神，然須兄弟；疾病大宜天喜，若臨凶殺，必生悲。出行最怕往亡，如係吉神終獲利，是故吉凶神殺之多端，何如生剋制化之一理。（此節言神殺，吉神為神，凶神為殺。作者認為不可拘於青龍為吉神、白虎為凶神、玄武為盜賊、朱雀為口舌等說法。應根據五行生剋之理靈活變通。此說甚為有理。但作為術數學研究，還應該懂得神殺的用處。大體神殺有附助的作用，大象凶，遇凶殺更凶，大象吉，遇吉神更吉。）嗚呼！卜易者知前則易，求占者籤後而靈：筮必誠心，何仿子日。（卜易者要在掌握占法的基礎上靈活變通。求占者也應懂得求占之理；筮必誠心。只要誠心，可以不顧忌陰陽曆書中關於“子不問卜”的說法。）

The White Tiger is considered an Inauspicious Spirit, but if it is accompanied by a吉神, it can still be interpreted as favorable. The Azure Dragon is a吉神, but if it is accompanied by a凶星, it can still be interpreted as unfavorable. The Black Tortoise, although associated with theft, requires the presence of an official star to be effective. The Vermilion Bird, which is related to disputes, needs the presence of a sibling star to be valid. In divination about illness, the presence of the Heavenly Joy star is most favorable, but if it is accompanied by凶stars, it still brings sorrow. In divination about travel, encountering the Going to Death day is most unfavorable, but if it is accompanied by a吉神, it can still bring benefit. This shows that although there are many names for吉神 and凶stars, they are not as reliable as the principle of the Five Phases' generation, overcoming, and transformation. This passage discusses the concept of divine signs and ominous stars. The author's view is that one should not rigidly follow the traditional belief that the Azure Dragon is always favorable, the White Tiger is always unfavorable, the Black Tortoise is always related to theft, and the Vermilion Bird is always related to disputes. Instead, one should flexibly apply the principles of the Five Phases' generation and overcoming. This perspective is reasonable. However, in terms of divination techniques, the use of divine signs and ominous stars still needs to be understood. Generally, divine signs and ominous stars only serve as auxiliary factors. If the overall卦 is already unfavorable and another凶star appears, it becomes even more unfavorable. If the overall卦 is already favorable and another吉神 appears, it becomes even more favorable. It is a pity that those who seek divination first understand these principles can make more accurate judgments, while those who seek divination will find the卦 more effective. Divination is valuable because of sincerity. As long as one is sincere, why should one be concerned about the calendar's saying that "no divination should be done on a子 day"?

天道杳冥，豈可度思旱澇？易爻微妙，自能驗彼之陰晴，當究父財，勿憑水火。（開篇便說天氣的變化可以通過易爻來預測，提出了預測天氣陰晴，以父母爻和妻財爻為主，不能憑水火二爻來斷的主張。這與《闡奧歌章》、《天玄賦》等有明顯的不同。）妻財發動，八方咸仰晴光；父母興隆，四海盡沾雨澤。（卦中父動主有雨，財動主晴。卦無父母，財爻又空，必然無雨；卦無妻財，父爻又空，必然不晴。）

Heaven's ways are profound and difficult to measure, and how could humans guess at droughts and floods without basis? Fortunately, the subtle lines of the Yi hexagrams can reveal the changes of weather. The proper method for divining weather is to examine the "parents" and "spouse and wealth" lines, not to use the water and fire lines of the Five Phases arbitrarily. At the beginning, we must establish this principle: weather changes can be known through the lines of the hexagram, and to determine whether it is sunny or rainy, the "parents" and "spouse and wealth" lines are mainly used, not the water and fire lines—this is clearly different from the methods used in works such as the "Chan Ao Ge Zhang" and "Tian Xuan Fu." The reason for this approach is that the "parents" line is originally the god of rain, and the "spouse and wealth" line is the god of clear weather. Therefore, when the "spouse and wealth" line is activated, the whole world sees bright sunshine; when the "parents" line is flourishing, the whole world receives rain. Conversely, if the hexagram lacks the "parents" line and the "spouse and wealth" line is empty, there must be no rain; if the hexagram lacks the "spouse and wealth" line and the "parents" line is empty, there must be no sunshine.

應乃太虛，逢空而雨晴難擬；（太虛，天空應為天。占天時與占人事一樣，應空則難望。如久晴占雨則無雨，久雨占晴而不晴。若卦雨爻動而應空亦主遲緩，世空則來速。世應俱空雨晴難擬，須詳父母妻財及日辰斷之。）世為大塊，受克則天變非常。（大塊，地，世為地。地為萬物之主。如果世爻受動爻剋制，主有非常之變。如雨爻刑剋，必是惡雨；風爻刑剋，必遭惡風之類。）

When divining about weather, the Response Line represents the Great Void, which is the sky. If the Response Line is empty, it is impossible to predict whether it will rain or be clear. This principle is the same when divining about human affairs: if the Response Line is empty, then expectations will not be fulfilled. For example, after a long period of clear weather, if the Response Line is empty when predicting rain, then rain will not come. Similarly, after a long period of rain, if the Response Line is empty when predicting clear weather, then the weather will not clear. If the line indicating rain in the hexagram moves but the Response Line is empty, it indicates that the rain will come slowly. If the empty line is the World Line instead, then the rain will come more quickly. If both the World and Response Lines are empty, it is even more difficult to determine whether it will rain or be clear, and one must carefully examine the lines of the parents and wife's wealth along with the Day Branch to make a judgment. The World Line represents the Great Mass, which is the earth. The earth is the master of all things. If the World Line is restrained by a moving line, it indicates an abnormal change in the weather. If it is刑克 by the line indicating rain, there will certainly be heavy rain; if it is刑克 by the line indicating wind, there will certainly be strong winds. Other cases can be similarly inferred.

日辰主一日之陰晴，（父母動被日辰剋制，主當日無雨。父母爻動，日辰生扶，主當日大雨。財爻動日辰生扶，主當日烈日當空。又日辰為兄弟，其日有風雲，日辰為子孫，早晚有彩霞。日辰有官鬼，其日必陰晦等，餘仿此推。）子孫管九天之日月。（九天之日月，指天上的太陽與月亮。陽爻子孫為日，陰爻子孫為月。不論日月，旺則皎潔，衰則暗淡，空伏雖晴而被雲霧遮掩。子化子，陽主日照霞明，陰主月明星燦。化出墓、絕，始雖明朗，終成晦暗。）

The Day Branch governs the weather conditions of that day, such as whether it is sunny or rainy. If the parents' hexagram moves but is restrained by the Day Branch, there will be no rain that day. If the parents' hexagram moves and is supported by the Day Branch, there will certainly be heavy rain. If the wife and wealth hexagram moves and is supported by the Day Branch, that day will be sunny and clear. If the Day Branch belongs to the brothers, there will be wind and clouds that day. If the Day Branch belongs to the sons, there will be colorful clouds in the morning or evening. If the Day Branch belongs to the officials and ghosts, that day will be gloomy and dark, and so on. The sons' hexagram governs the sun and moon in the sky. A yang son's hexagram represents the sun, while a yin son's hexagram represents the moon. Whether it is the sun or the moon, when it is prosperous and strong, it shines brightly; when it is weak, its light is dim. If the sons' hexagram is empty or hidden, although the sky is clear, the sun and moon will be obscured by clouds. If the sons' hexagram transforms into another son's hexagram, a yang one indicates bright sunlight and colorful clouds, while a yin one indicates a bright moon and shining stars. If it transforms into a墓 or绝, the beginning will be clear and bright, but eventually it will become dark and gloomy.

若論風雲，全憑兄弟；（兄弟爻為風雲。以旺動衰靜論風雲大小、濃淡。旺動則風高雲密，死絕則云淡風輕。化出子孫則清風彩雲，化出官鬼則頑雲惡風。但若問順風、逆風，不能以兄弟爻論，應以子孫爻為順風，官鬼爻為逆風。）要知雷電，但看官爻。（官鬼主雷電，動則有雷聲，旺則霹靂驚雷，化進神同。衰弱為雲中虛閃。卦中兩鬼皆動，雷鳴電閃，鬼化鬼同。鬼化財或卦無父母，雖有雷無雨，待父母值日才可斷有雨。）

To discuss wind and clouds, one should look at the "Brother"爻. The Brother爻 represents the gods of wind and cloud. The strength, prosperity, and movement of the Brother爻 determine the intensity and density of wind and cloud: if it is strong and active, there will be strong wind and dense clouds; if it is in a dead or dying state, the wind will be light and the clouds will be sparse. If the Brother爻 transforms into the "Son"爻, it indicates clear wind and colorful clouds; if it transforms into the "Official Ghost"爻, it signifies stubborn clouds and harsh wind. However, if the question is about whether the wind is favorable or adverse, the Brother爻 should not be used. Instead, the "Son"爻 indicates favorable wind, and the "Official Ghost"爻 indicates adverse wind. To know about thunder and lightning, one should look at the "Official Ghost"爻. The Official Ghost爻 represents thunder and lightning. If it is active, there will be thunder; if it is prosperous and strong, there will be lightning and thunder. If the Official Ghost爻 transforms into the "Advancing God," it is still considered the same. If the Official Ghost爻 is weak, there may only be a flash of lightning without sound. If two Official Ghost爻 are active in the hexagram, there will be thunder and lightning together. If the Official Ghost爻 transforms into the "Wife Wealth"爻, or if there is no "Father"爻 in the hexagram, there will be thunder but no rain. Rain can only be determined on the day when the "Father"爻 is active.

更隨四季推詳，須配五行參決。（父母四時主雨，妻財四時主晴，其他子孫、官鬼、兄弟都應隨四季變化而變，並看五行而定。如父母爻主雨，若臨金水，雨未止；臨火土、雖雨不久；臨土雨雖止而云不散；臨木則有風有雨。妻財爻四時主晴，臨金必有煙霧，臨水必有朝霞，化出父爻反主有雨，臨木晴而有風，臨土晴而有云，臨火日麗中天等。）晴或逢官，為煙為霧；雨而遇福；為電為虹。（卦得晴兆逢官動，有濃煙重霧；得雨兆遇子孫爻動，非有閃電，即有彩虹。）

In addition to the Six Relations, one must also consider the four seasons and combine them with the Five Phases to make a decision. The parents' hexagram represents rain throughout the four seasons, while the wife and wealth hexagram represents clear weather throughout the four seasons. The remaining hexagrams of sons, officials and ghosts, and brothers change according to the seasons, and their forms are determined by the Five Phases they are associated with. For example, the parents' hexagram representing rain: if it is associated with metal or water, the rain will continue without stopping; if it is associated with fire, although it may rain, it will not last long; if it is associated with earth, the rain may stop but the clouds will remain; if it is associated with wood, there will be a combination of wind and rain. The wife and wealth hexagram representing clear weather: if it is associated with metal, there will be smoke and mist; if it is associated with water, there will be morning glories; if it transforms into the parents' hexagram, it will turn into rain; if it is associated with wood, there will be wind in the clear weather; if it is associated with earth, there will be clouds in the clear weather; if it is associated with fire, the sun will shine brightly in the sky. If the clear weather hexagram contains the officials and ghosts, it becomes smoke or fog; if the rain hexagram encounters the sons, it becomes lightning or a rainbow. That is to say, if the hexagram shows a clear weather omen and the officials and ghosts are activated, the sky will surely have thick smoke and heavy fog; if the hexagram shows a rain omen and the sons are activated, it will be either lightning or a rainbow.

應值子孫，碧落無暇疵之半點；（此言得晴卦，應臨子孫者，其日皎潔。）世臨土鬼，黃沙多散漫於千村。（此亦言晴卦，世臨土鬼發動，或土鬼動來沖剋世身，是黃沙漫天之象。世臨土鬼，即世爻五行為土，六親為官鬼。）三合成財，問雨那堪入卦；（卦有三合成局，依五類推之。如三合財局，必然無雨。占晴，卦遇三合父局亦主不晴。）五鄉連父、求晴怪殺臨空。（五鄉，財官父兄子，此五類中，唯父母為雨，此爻空亡或休囚不動，雨未可望。若遇動爻化出父母則主有雨，化出財爻則主晴。）

The Response Line is occupied by the子孙 (offspring), and the sky is clear with no clouds at all — this describes the Clear Weather hexagram: when the Response Line is occupied by the子孙, it indicates a bright and clear day. The World Line is occupied by an official ghost of earth type, and all villages will be filled with yellow sand — this is another way of interpreting the Clear Weather hexagram: when the World Line is occupied by an earth official ghost and it moves, or when the earth official ghost moves and clashes with the World Line, it indicates a scene of yellow sand everywhere. When the World Line is said to be occupied by an earth official ghost, it means that the World Line's Five Phases belong to earth, and its Six Relations identity is official ghost. If the Triple Harmony forms a wealth situation, those who are asking about rain will be most afraid of it entering the hexagram. In the hexagram, whenever there is a Triple Harmony forming a situation, it should be interpreted according to the type of the Six Relations involved: if the Triple Harmony forms a wealth situation, it definitely means no rain; conversely, if one is asking about clear weather and the hexagram forms a parents situation, it definitely means no clear weather. If among the Five Phases there is a connection with the parents, those asking about clear weather will blame the forbidden killing exactly falling into the empty position. The Five Phases refer to wife wealth, official ghost, parents, brothers, and offspring. Among these five, only parents are associated with rain; if the parents line is empty, or weak and confined without movement, there is no hope of rain. If there is a moving line that transforms into parents, it still indicates rain; if it transforms into wife wealth, it indicates a change to clear weather.

財化鬼，陰晴未定；（財主晴明，鬼主陰晦。故遇財化鬼，或鬼化財，或鬼財皆動必主陰晴未定。或先陰後晴，或先晴後陰之象。卦無子孫，財爻助鬼，必不晴。）父化兄，風雨靡常。（父主雨，兄主風，兩爻相化或俱發動皆主風雨交作。論先後當以動者為先，變者為後。俱動則以旺者為先，衰者為後。或定旺多衰少。）母化子孫，雨後長虹垂螮蝀；弟連福德，雲中明月出蟾蜍。（螮蝀，虹的別稱。日月虹霓皆屬子孫，若父爻化出子孫，為雨後見虹；兄爻化出子孫，為雲中漏日、月。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When the wife's wealth transforms into official ghosts, the weather becomes uncertain. Wealth indicates clear skies, while ghosts indicate overcast conditions. Therefore, when wealth transforms into ghosts or ghosts transform into wealth, or when both wealth and ghost lines are active, it indicates changing weather: either starting overcast and then clearing, or starting clear and then turning overcast. If the hexagram lacks the line of sons, the wealth line instead supports the official ghost line, and it will certainly not clear up. When parents transform into brothers, the weather changes unpredictably. Parents represent rain, while brothers represent wind. When these two lines change or both become active, it indicates rain and wind together. The order of occurrence is determined by: the active line comes first, the transformed line comes later; if both lines are active, the stronger one comes first, the weaker one comes later, or the one with more strength comes first, the one with less strength comes later. When parents transform into sons, it indicates a rainbow appearing after the rain. When brothers are connected to sons, it indicates the moon appearing through clouds. A rainbow is another name for a rainbow, and sun, moon, rainbow, and mist are all governed by the sons line. Therefore, when the parents line transforms into the sons line, it indicates clear skies after the rain with a rainbow appearing; when the brothers line transforms into the sons line, it indicates a break in the clouds allowing sunlight and moonlight to appear.

父持月建，必然陰雨連旬；（卦中六親皆不宜臨月建，唯有子孫爻遇月建為吉。父臨月建，必主久雨，財臨月建，必主久晴，臨父化水則澇，臨財化火則旱。）兄坐長生，擬定狂風累日。（長生為事萌發之始，然後帝旺直至衰死，故遇長生，卒難止息。父逢長生，雨必連日，兄逢長生，累日大風，官逢長生，陰雲不散，財逢長生，望雨無門，須至墓絕日，方能雨止、風息、雲開、潤雨。）

If the parents' yao is in the energy of the month builder, it will certainly bring continuous rain for ten days or more. When predicting weather, it is generally not favorable for the six relations to be in the month builder's energy. Only the sons' yao benefiting from the month builder's energy is considered auspicious. Parents' yao in the month builder's energy indicates prolonged rain, while wife's wealth yao in the month builder's energy indicates prolonged clear weather. If parents' yao in the month builder's energy also transforms into water, it will result in flooding; if wife's wealth yao in the month builder's energy also transforms into fire, it will result in drought. If the brothers' yao is in the long life position, it indicates that strong winds will blow for several days. Long life is the starting point of a thing's growth, and after that, it proceeds through prosperity before declining and dying. Therefore, whenever a yao falls into the long life position, its effect is difficult to stop immediately. Parents' yao in the long life position indicates continuous rain; brothers' yao in the long life position indicates continuous wind; official ghost yao in the long life position indicates prolonged overcast skies; wife's wealth yao in the long life position indicates no way to request rain. The rain will stop, the wind will cease, the clouds will clear, and the dry land will receive moisture only when that yao reaches the墓 or 绝 position.

父財無助，旱澇有常；（官鬼父母無氣而財爻旺動，必旱；子孫妻財無氣而父母旺動，必澇。卦遇此象，最怕日月動爻來生扶合併。如有日月動爻來生扶合併，則旱澇成災。如父財二爻雖旺動，而有制伏，沒有扶助，旱澇有時，不成大災。）福德帶刑，日月必蝕。（蝕，被雨遮蓋有雨。子孫帶刑動化鬼，或化官鬼動來刑害，或父帶螣蛇來克，皆主日月有蝕。陽爻為日，陰爻為月，如八月庚申日，卜中秋月得家人之觀卦，果應大雨。）

If both the parents and the wife's wealth are not supported by external forces, drought and flood will remain within normal limits. If the official ghost and parents are weak while the wife's wealth is strong and active, it will certainly indicate drought. If the sons and wife's wealth are weak while the parents are strong and active, it will certainly indicate flood. When encountering such a hexagram, the greatest fear is that the day branch, month builder, or moving line comes to support and combine with it — once these supports are present, drought and flood will cause disaster. If the parents and wife's wealth lines are strong but moving, yet are restrained by other lines and lack support, then drought and flood will occur alternately, each in its own time, without causing major disaster. If the sons' line is afflicted by punishment, the day and month will be obscured. Here, "eating" refers to being covered by clouds and rain. If the sons' line is afflicted and transforms into the official ghost, or if the official ghost moves and afflicts the sons, or if the parents carry the "teng snake" to attack the sons, it indicates that the sun and moon will not shine. A yang line representing the sons signifies the sun, while a yin line representing the sons signifies the moon. For example, on the eighth month, Gengshen day, when consulting about viewing the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival, the hexagram obtained was "Family" transforming into "Observation," and later indeed a heavy rain came as the prediction.

雨嫌妻位之逢沖，（占雨要財爻靜，財爻若被日辰、動爻沖動，則傷父母，求雨無望。父爻發動，雨也不多，不然當日必無雨，至財爻墓絕日方可有雨。若父爻安靜逢沖日有雨。）晴利父爻之入墓。（墓主晦滯，父爻動入墓中無雨而陰滯，財爻動入墓則反之。）子伏財飛，簷下曝夫猶抑鬱；（曝夫，指晾曬物品之人。此言占晴。若徒有財而無子孫、或子孫居空地而又變弱，此日有陰晴之象，因為財雖主晴但不主日，須有子孫出現不空，或遇生扶、或逢沖並方為有日。何況卦無子孫，則財絕源，官鬼專權，必非久晴之兆。）

Divination for rain is most unfavorable when the position of the wife and wealth line is being冲 (conflicted). To seek rain, the wife and wealth line should remain quiet. Once the wife and wealth line is conflicted by the day branch or a moving line, it turns to harm and control the parents line, and rain is unlikely. At this time, even if the parents line is activated, the rain will not be heavy, or there may be no rain at all that day. Rain will only come when the wife and wealth line reaches its墓 (burial) or绝 (decline) day. Conversely, if the parents line is originally quiet, the day when it is activated will bring rain. For divination of clear weather, it is favorable for the parents line to be in墓 (burial). The墓 (burial) signifies darkness and blockage. When the parents line is activated and enters墓 (burial), rain cannot fall, and only cloudy weather remains. If the wife and wealth line is activated and enters墓 (burial), the situation is exactly the opposite; clear weather cannot be achieved. If the descendants line is hidden while the wife and wealth line is alone visible, people drying things under the eaves still feel uneasy. This is regarding divination for clear weather: if the hexagram has the wife and wealth line but not the descendants line, or if the descendants line is empty or weak, then the day will be uncertain, with alternating rain and sun. The reason is that although the wife and wealth line signifies clear weather, it does not signify the sun itself. Only when the descendants line appears and is not empty, or is supported, or is conflicted, will the sky truly have the sun. Moreover, if the hexagram lacks the descendants line, the wife and wealth line loses its source, and the official ghost line alone holds power, which is not a sign of long-term clear weather.

父衰官旺，門前行客尚趑趄。（趑趄，欲進不前時的樣子。此論有雨無雨。父母爻休囚死絕可斷無雨。若得官鬼旺相發動，生扶父爻，亦主有雨。但忌父居空地或在日辰制伏之處，仍為無雨。可斷必有溼雲載雨，凝滯不散。）福合應爻木動交而游絲漫野；（福為子孫，子孫乃曠達之神。若子孫爻臨木動與應爻相合，或臨應爻生合世身，必是風和日暖、游絲蕩揚之天。）

The parents are weak while the official ghost is strong, and the guests at the gate are hesitating to move forward. Tizhju means the state of wanting to move but being afraid to do so. This sentence discusses whether it will rain or not. If the parents' line is weak or in a dead or dying state, it can be judged as no rain. However, if the official ghost is strong and active, and can generate and support the parents, it still indicates rain. One should be cautious if the parents are located in the kongwang position or are being restrained by the day branch, in which case there will still be no rain, only cloudy skies with rain lingering without dispersing, causing people to be indecisive. If the descendants and the response line are in harmony, and the wood line is active and changing, then there will be fine threads of mist floating over the fields. The descendants represent happiness, and the descendants are the deities of openness and cheerfulness. If the descendants are associated with wood and are active, and also harmonize with the response line, or if they are located on the response line to generate and support the main line, it certainly indicates a fine day with gentle winds and warm sunshine, with fine threads of mist floating in the air.

鬼沖身位金星會而陰霧迷空。（鬼臨金爻動來沖剋世身，或臨世身沖剋應爻，主有濃煙重霧迷蔽郊野。）卦值暗沖，雖空有望；（占雨怕父空，占晴怕財空，空而無望。如果日辰沖之，則沖空不空，過旬有望。欲定日期，以沖日、沖時斷。）爻逢合住，縱動無功。（日辰動爻合住財爻不晴，合住父爻不雨。財、父即使發動也主不成。）

The official ghost is conflicting with the position of the hexagram body, and the golden star is meeting it, which indicates dense mist in the sky. This means that if the official ghost is on the metal line and moves to conflict with the world body, or if it is located on the world body and conflicts with the response line, it signifies thick smoke and heavy fog obscuring the fields. If there is an hidden conflict in the hexagram, even if the useful god falls into the empty position, there is still hope. When predicting rain, fear that the parents' line is empty; when predicting clear weather, fear that the wife and wealth line is empty. If something is empty, the desired outcome becomes empty. However, if the day branch conflicts with it, it is called conflicting with the empty, and after this ten-day period, there is hope. To determine the specific day, take the day that conflicts with it or the corresponding hour. If a line is restrained by a combination, even if it moves, it cannot take effect: if the day branch or moving line combines with the wife and wealth line, the sky will not be clear; if it combines with the parents' line, rain will not come. Even if the wife and wealth or parents' lines move, the matter will still not succeed.

合父鬼沖開，有雷則雨；（父爻被合住，本主無雨，但遇官鬼動沖破合，主雷震後降雨。沖爻若是兄弟，主發風後降雨；沖爻是子孫，主閃電後降雨。）合財兄克破，無風不晴。（財爻被合住，本不晴明，若得卦有兄動克破合爻，或日辰是兄，則風先起而後晴，無風則不晴。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When the parents'爻 is combined and blocked, and the official ghost爻 comes to break it, there will first be thunder and then rain. The parents'爻 being combined and blocked originally indicates no rain, but when the official ghost moves and breaks the combination, rain follows after the thunder. If the breaking force is the brothers'爻, then there will first be wind and then rain; if it is the sons'爻, then there will first be lightning and then rain. When the wife's wealth爻 is combined and blocked, and the brothers'爻 comes to break it, then wind must rise for the sky to clear. The wife's wealth爻 being combined and blocked originally means the sky cannot clear, but if the brothers'爻 in the hexagram moves and breaks the combination, or if the day branch is the brothers'爻, then there will first be a gust of wind and then the sky will clear; if there is no wind, the sky will not clear.

坎巽互交，此日雪花飛六出；（八卦屬象，乾為天、為晴，坤為地、為陰，坎為水、為雨雪冰雹，離為太陽、為霞為電，艮為雲，震為雷，巽為風，兌為星、月、霧、露類。若冬月卜卦遇坎化巽，或巽變坎，必有風雪飄揚之象。）陰陽各半，今朝霖雨慰三農。（三農，指居住在平地、山、澤三種地方的農民。古人有“陰陽和而後雨澤降”之說。凡占天時得陰陽各佔一半的卦，必然有雨。大體為：純陽卦安靜，占雨不雨，占晴必晴，動則主雨。純陰卦安靜，占晴不晴，占雨必雨，動則主晴。純陰卦動出父爻終有雨，純陽卦動出財爻終有晴。）

The hexagram Kan (Water) and Xun (Wind) interact with each other, indicating snowflakes falling from the sky on this day. Each of the eight trigrams represents specific phenomena: Qian (Heaven) represents heaven and clear weather, Kun (Earth) represents earth and darkness, Kan (Water) represents water, rain, snow, and hail, Li (Fire) represents the sun,霞 (mist), and lightning, Gen (Mountain) represents clouds, Zhen (Thunder) represents thunder, Xun (Wind) represents wind, and Dui (Lake) represents stars, moon, fog, and dew. If during the winter month the hexagram Kan transforms into Xun or Xun transforms into Kan, water and wind meet, which indicates a scene of wind and snow. In the hexagram, yin and yang each occupy half, and today's good rain will comfort the farmers living in flat land, mountainous areas, and marshy places. Ancient people said that only when yin and yang are in harmony can rain fall, so if a hexagram with equal numbers of yin and yang lines is used to predict weather, rain is certain. The general rule is: a hexagram with all yang lines is calm, and if it predicts rain, there will be no rain, but if it predicts clear weather, it will definitely be clear. If there is movement, it will bring rain. A hexagram with all yin lines is calm, and if it predicts clear weather, there will be no clear weather, but if it predicts rain, it will definitely rain. If there is movement, it will bring clear weather. A hexagram with all yin lines that changes into parents will eventually bring rain, while a hexagram with all yang lines that changes into wife and wealth will eventually bring clear weather.

兄弟木興繫巽風，而馮姨何其肆惡；（興，動。馮姨，水神。占天時，遇兄弟屬木在巽宮乘旺而動刑剋世爻，主有颶風暴雨之災。）妻財火動屬乾陽，而旱魃胡爾行凶。（旱魃，古代傳說能造成旱災的怪物，也稱旱神，旱鬼。占天時得財臨火動，或從火化，或化火爻，或變入乾卦而又遇月建、日辰、動爻生扶合助，必主大旱。若六爻無水，父母死絕，或父與水爻在空，而財福當權旺動，也主大旱。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When the brothers' line belongs to wood and becomes active, and it is associated with the Wind trigram Xun, the water deity will become unrestrained and act wickedly. "Xing" means to become active or to move. "Feng Ai" refers to an ancient water deity. If in divination about weather, the brothers' line is wood, located in the Xun trigram, and becomes active while in its strong state to harm the world line, it indicates a storm with heavy rain causing disaster. When the wife's wealth line belongs to fire and becomes active, and it is associated with the pure yang of Qian trigram, the drought demon will act recklessly. The drought demon is a mythical creature that causes drought, also called the drought deity or drought ghost. If in divination about weather, the wife's wealth line is fire and becomes active, or comes from fire, or transforms into a fire line, or changes into the Qian trigram, and also receives support and assistance from the month builder, day branch, moving line, it will certainly indicate a severe drought. If among the six lines there is no water at all, and the parents' line is in a dead or dying state, or the parents' line and the water line both fall into emptiness, while the wife's wealth and brothers' lines are in a strong and active state, it will also indicate a severe drought.

六龍御天，只為蛇興震卦；五雷驅電，蓋緣鬼發離宮。（不注）土星依父，雲行雨施之天；木德扶身，日暖風和之果。（土主雲、父主雨，土臨父動有云行雨施之象。木主風、財主晴，木臨財動，有日暖風和之景。）多霧多煙，爻上財官皆動。（財動主晴，官動主陰，官旺財衰，大霧重如細雨；鬼衰財旺，煙迷少頃開晴。）

Six divine dragons rule the sky, solely because the 'Tengshe' (Green Snake) is activated in the Zhen (Thunder) hexagram; five directional thunder gods drive away lightning, entirely due to the official ghost being activated in the Li (Fire) palace—Zhen governs thunder, Li governs lightning, and the snake resembles a dragon, hence this image. These two lines are not annotated in the original text. The planet Saturn is attached to the parent爻, which signifies clouds gathering and rain falling; the wood virtue supports the hexagram body, resulting in warm days and gentle winds. Earth governs clouds, the parent governs rain, and when the earth爻 is attached to the parent and moves, it represents thick clouds bringing down nourishing rain; wood governs wind, wealth governs clear weather, and when the wood爻 is attached to the wife wealth and moves, it represents warm days and gentle winds. Dense fog arises because the wife wealth and official ghost are both activated. Wealth movement signifies clear weather, official ghost movement signifies overcast skies: when the official is strong and wealth is weak, heavy fog is like light rain; when the official is weak and wealth is strong, the misty vapor dissipates quickly and the weather clears.

身值同人，雖晴而日輪含耀；世持福德，縱雨而雷鼓藏聲。（同人，兄弟爻。凡占天時，被世爻所克者必無所求之象。如占晴兄弟持世，兄動則克財，財雖旺相，亦非皎潔天氣。子孫持世則克官鬼，官若發動雖有雨而無雷。）父空財伏，須究輔爻；（輔爻，即原神。占雨以父母為用，官鬼為原神，即輔爻，占晴以財為用神，子孫為輔爻。若卦中財父皆空，或俱不出現，或一空一伏，雨晴難定，須察輔爻衰旺動靜，方可決斷。如鬼爻旺動，日、月、動爻又來生合，主有雨。子孫旺動，鬼爻墓絕主晴。如官與子俱靜，則依有日辰生合沖並者斷。）

The hexagram body is located on the same trigram as the trigram of the same person, which is the brother line. Even if the sky is clear, the brightness of the sun remains hidden; the world line holds the fortune virtue, which is the son line. Even if it rains, the sound of thunder remains concealed. In divination about weather, if the world line is in a position to overcome something, there is no favorable outcome. When predicting clear weather and the brother line holds the world line, the brother line's movement will overcome the wife's wealth, and even if the wife's wealth is prosperous and strong, it cannot bring about clear skies. When the son line holds the world line, it will overcome the official ghost, and even if the official ghost moves, there will only be rain without thunder. If the parents are empty and the wife's wealth is hidden, we must examine the auxiliary lines. The auxiliary line is the origin god. When predicting rain, the parents are the useful god, and the official ghost that generates the parents is the origin god. When predicting clear weather, the wife's wealth is the useful god, and the son line that generates the wife's wealth is the origin god. If in the hexagram both the wife's wealth and the parents are empty, or neither appear, or one is empty and the other is hidden, then whether it will rain or be clear is uncertain. We must then look at the strength, movement, and condition of the auxiliary lines to make a decision. For example, if the official ghost is strong and moving, and the day branch, month builder, and moving line also generate and harmonize with it, then rain is expected. If the son line is strong and moving, and the official ghost is in a state of burial or decline, then the weather will clear. If both the official ghost and the son line are quiet, then we should look at which of the day branch's relationships—generation, harmonization, conflict, or conjunction—will determine the outcome.

剋日取期，當明占法。（此節談預測日期。占雨看父爻，久晴占雨父爻衰弱，主旺日有雨，父爻安靜，沖動日有；父爻發動，逢值日有；月建是財，出月斷，卦無父母，財多墓絕日有。久雨占晴，財爻衰弱，生旺日晴。日辰是財，當日晴，卦無財爻，父母墓絕日晴。月建是父，出月晴。日辰是父，雖有氣，當日必不能晴。若衰爻遇有扶起者，即以扶爻斷之。如占一日陰晴，以時刻甲子取期。）

To determine a specific date, one must understand the method of finding the appropriate time. For predicting rain, look at the parents'爻: after a long period of clear weather, if the parents are weak, take the day when they become strong again for rain; if the parents are quiet, take the day when they are activated; if the parents are active, take the day they are in the chart. If the month builder is the wife's wealth, rain will occur after this month. If there are no parents but many wife's wealth, take the day when the wife's wealth enters its tomb or reaches its end. For predicting clear weather after prolonged rain, look at the wife's wealth爻: if the wife's wealth is weak, take the day when it becomes strong again for clearing; if the day branch is exactly the wife's wealth, it will clear that day; if there is no wife's wealth in the chart, take the day when the parents enter their tomb or reach their end; if the month builder is the parents, clear weather will occur after this month; if the day branch is the parents, even if the wife's wealth has strength, it will not clear that day. If a weak爻 is supported by another爻, use that supporting爻 to determine the day. If the divination is about clear or rainy weather within a single day, move the Jiazi to the hour to find the appropriate time.

要盡其詳，別陰陽而分晝夜；（陰陽之分以卦宮取，不以爻象論。陽為晝，陰為夜。或外卦陽爻以上午斷，內卦陽爻以下午斷，外卦陰爻以上半夜斷、內卦陰爻以下半夜斷。陽化陰，晝興夜作；陰化陽，夜興晝作。又陽宮陽爻午前推之，陽宮陰爻午後推之等。）欲推其細，明衰旺以定重輕。（衰旺以四時定，旺則重，衰則輕。有氣而又臨生旺之地者愈甚，無氣而又臨墓絕之地者尤微。旺變衰，先重後輕；衰變旺，先輕後重。）能窮易道之精微，自與天機而吻合。（不注）

To explain the heavenly circumstances thoroughly, one must distinguish yin and yang to differentiate day and night. Here, yin and yang are determined by the trigrams rather than individual lines: yang represents day, and yin represents night. There is also a more detailed method: the yang lines of the outer trigram indicate the morning, the yang lines of the inner trigram indicate the afternoon, the yin lines of the outer trigram indicate the upper half of the night, and the yin lines of the inner trigram indicate the lower half of the night. When yang transforms into yin, it begins in the day and acts at night; when yin transforms into yang, it begins at night and acts in the day. For example, a yang line in the yang trigram is pushed forward in the morning, a yin line in the yang trigram is pushed forward in the afternoon, and so on. To predict the heavenly circumstances precisely, one must understand the decline and strength to determine the weight. Decline and strength are judged by the four seasons: when something is strong, its influence is heavy; when it is weak, its influence is light. If there is energy and it is located in a favorable position, its influence is heavier; if there is no energy and it is located in a dead position, its influence is lighter. When something changes from strong to weak, it first becomes heavy and then light; when it changes from weak to strong, it first becomes light and then heavy. If one can thoroughly explore the subtle aspects of the Book of Changes, naturally one will align with the heavenly mechanism.

陰暗晴暑，天道之常，水旱兵災，年時之變。欲決禍福於一年，須審吉凶於八卦。初觀萬物，莫居死絕之鄉；次察群黎，吉在旺生之地。三言府縣官僚，兄弟則徵科必迫；四論朝廷宰相，沖身則巡警無私。五為君上之爻，六為昊天之位。應亦為天，克世則天心不順；

Darkness, clear weather, and heat are the normal conditions of heaven; floods, droughts, and wars are the changes in the year's harvest. To determine the fortune and misfortune of the whole year, one must carefully examine the auspicious and inauspicious signs in the six lines of the eight trigrams. When divining for a year, each line is assigned a specific function: the first line examines all things and production, and it is most dangerous if it is in the dead or critical position; the second line examines the people, and it is auspicious if it is in the flourishing or generating position; the third line refers to officials at the level of prefectures and counties, and if this line is associated with 'brothers', taxation and collection will be oppressive; the fourth line discusses the ministers of the court, and if this line conflicts with the hexagram body, then inspection and supervision will be impartial; the fifth line represents the sovereign, and the top line represents heaven. The response line also represents heaven, and if it comes to overcome the present line, it indicates that heaven's will is not in harmony.

世還為地，逢空則人物多災。太歲逢兄乘旺，有溫州之大颶，流年值鬼帶刑，成漢寢之轟雷。發動妻財，旱若成湯之日；交重父母，澇如堯帝之時。猛烈火官回祿，興災於熙應；汪洋水鬼元冥，作禍於江淮。尤怕屬金，四海干戈如鼎沸，更嫌值土，千門瘟疫若符同。逢朱雀而化福爻，財動則旱蝗相繼；遇勾陳而加世位，兄興則饑饉相仍。莽興盜起，由玄武之當官；宋殄異多，因螣蛇之御世。

The World Line represents the earth; when it falls into Kongwang, people and things are prone to many calamities. If the year's stem is associated with "Brothers" and is strong, there may be great typhoons like those in Wenzhou; if the current year's trigram is associated with "Officials and Ghosts" and is accompanied by punishment, there may be strange occurrences like the thunder striking the ancestral temples of the Han dynasty. If "Wife's Wealth" is activated, drought occurs like in the time of King Tang of Shang; if "Parents" are repeated, floods occur like in the time of Emperor Yao of Tang. Officials and Ghosts belong to fire and are fierce in nature, which leads to disasters caused by the fire god Huilu; the fire disasters during the time of Xiying were caused by this. Officials and Ghosts belong to water and have a vast momentum, which leads to disasters caused by the water god Xuanming; the Jianghuai region has been repeatedly affected by this. Officials and Ghosts especially fear being associated with metal; once associated with metal, there will be warfare across the four seas like boiling cauldrons; it is even more undesirable if it is associated with earth; once associated with earth, there will be widespread plague, with every household infected like being under a magical spell. If Officials and Ghosts are associated with Vermilion Bird and transform into "Children," and "Wife's Wealth" is activated, drought and locust plagues will follow one after another; if Officials and Ghosts meet Gou Chen and are placed on the World Line, and "Brothers" are activated, there will be continuous famine. The chaotic situations like Wang Mang's usurpation of the throne and the rise of bandits were caused by Xuanwu being associated with Officials and Ghosts. The many strange occurrences in the Song dynasty were due to Tengshe being on the World Line.

若在乾宮，天鼓兩鳴於元末；如當震卦，雷霆獨異於國初。艮主山崩，臨應則宋都有五石之隕；坤為地震，帶刑則懷仁有二所之崩。坎化父爻，雨血雨毛兼雨土；巽連兄弟，風紅風黑及風旋。日生黑子，宋恭帝驚離象之反常；沼起白龍，唐玄宗遭兌金之變異。發動空亡，乃驗天書之詐；居臨內卦，定成黑眚之妖。

If an ominous phenomenon occurs in a particular palace, it should correspond to a specific strange occurrence. If it falls in the Palace of Heaven (乾), it indicates a heavenly change like the double thunderclaps in the last years of the Yuan dynasty; if it falls in the Trigram of Thunder (震), it indicates an unusual phenomenon like the singular thunder in the early years of the founding of the dynasty. The Trigram of Mountain (艮) signifies mountain collapse; if it is in the response line, there was an incident in the capital city of the Song dynasty where five stones fell from the sky. The Trigram of Earth (坤) signifies an earthquake; if it also involves punishment, there was an incident in the place of Huairen where two places collapsed. If the Trigram of Water (坎) produces the 'parents' line, there will be blood, hair, or soil falling from the sky; if the Trigram of Wind (巽) is connected to the 'brothers' line, there will be red winds, black winds, or whirlwinds. The appearance of a black sun spot is an ominous sign of the abnormal Trigram of Fire (离) during the time of Emperor Gong of Song; the sudden appearance of a white dragon in a pond is a sign of the abnormal Trigram of Metal (兑) during the time of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. If these lines of ominous phenomena are activated but fall into the empty palace (空亡), they should be attributed to fabricated frauds like forged heavenly scriptures; if they are located within the inner trigram, they will certainly correspond to妖异 like black omens.

欲知天變於何方，須究地支而分野。身持福德，其年必獲休祥；世受刑傷，世歲多遭驚怪。年豐歲稔，財福生旺而無傷；冬暖夏涼，水火休囚而莫助。他宮傷克，外國侵凌。本卦休囚，國家衰替。陰陽相合，必須雨順風調；兄鬼皆亡，必主民安國泰。唯明天道，能知萬象之森羅。識透玄機，奚啻一年之休咎。

To determine where a heavenly change occurs, one must refer to the territories associated with the earthly branches: each of the twelve branches governs a specific region. If an omen belongs to a particular branch, the calamity or auspicious event will occur in that region. If the hexagram body holds fortune and virtue, which corresponds to 'sons and grandsons,' the year will be marked by good fortune and auspicious signs. If the world line suffers injury or damage, the year will be filled with strange and alarming events. A bountiful harvest occurs because 'spouse wealth' and 'sons and grandsons' are strong and not harmed. A mild winter and cool summer happen because the water and fire lines are weak and not supported. If a line from another hexagram harms or controls the main hexagram, it indicates foreign invasion. If the main hexagram is weak and confined, it signifies a decline in national strength. When yin and yang lines are in harmony, the weather will be favorable and the seasons will be in balance. If 'brothers' and 'officials and spirits' are not present in the hexagram, the people will be peaceful and the country will be prosperous. Only by understanding the heavenly way can one comprehend the order of all phenomena; once one grasps the profound mysteries, one's ability to predict the fortune or misfortune of a year is just the beginning.

君怒則臣忠，共濟明良之會；國泰則民樂，當推禍福之原。雖天地尚知其始終，況國家豈能無興廢？本宮旺相，周文王創八百年之基；大象休囚，秦始皇遺二世主之禍。九五逢陽，當遇仁明之主；四爻值福，必多忠義之臣。歲克衰宮，玉樹後庭花欲謝；年傷弱世，鼎湖龍去不多時。世臨沐浴合妻財，夫差戀西施而亡國；應帶咸池臨九五，武后革唐命而為周。游魂遇空，虞舜南巡不返；歸魂帶煞，始皇返國亡身。子發逢空，張子房起歸山之計；將星被害，嶽武穆抱籲天之冤。

The sovereign will accept advice and be willing to be angry, only then will ministers dare to be loyal. When the sovereign is wise and the ministers are virtuous, a great era is formed. When the country is peaceful, the people can be happy. Therefore, we must investigate the roots of misfortune and blessing. Heaven and earth have a beginning and an end, and how could a country not have rise and decline? When the main palace is prosperous and strong, it is like King Wen of Zhou establishing a foundation for an eight hundred year dynasty. When the overall image is weak and confined, it is like the First Emperor of Qin who only passed the throne to the second generation before leaving a country in ruin. The position of nine in the fifth meets a yang line, indicating a benevolent and wise ruler. The fourth line meets the line of descendants, meaning there will be many loyal and righteous ministers in the court. The current year's star overcomes a weak palace, which is like the scene of Chen Houzhu's "Zhu Shu Hou Ting Hua" being sung to its end. The current year's star harms the weak world line, which is the omen of the Yellow Emperor riding a dragon away from the Dinghu Lake and the king's short life. The world line meets the line of bathing and combines with the line of wife and wealth, like King Fu Chai of Wu being obsessed with Xi Shi and leading to the country's downfall. The response line carries Xianchi and meets the position of nine in the fifth, like Wu Zetian overthrowing the Tang dynasty and establishing the Zhou dynasty. A wandering soul hexagram meeting Kongwang is like Yu Shun's southern tour to Cangwu and never returning. A returning soul hexagram with Inauspicious Sha is like the First Emperor of Qin dying on his eastern tour. The line of descendants is activated but falls empty, like Zhang Liang, after achieving his success, making an excuse to return to the mountains. The general star is harmed, like Yue Fei being wrongfully accused and dying while crying out to heaven.

應旺生合世爻，聖主得椒房之助；日辰拱扶子位，東宮攝天子之權。世克福爻，唐玄宗有殺兒之事；子傷君位，隋楊廣有弒父之心。一卦無孫，宋仁宗有絕嗣之嘆，四爻克子，秦扶蘇中趙高之謀。身值動官，唐太宗禁庭蹀血；世安空弟，周泰伯讓國逃荊。凶神生合世神，玄宗信林甫之佞；君位傷克四位，商紂害比干之忠。離宮變入坎宮帶凶殺，而徽欽亡身於漠北；乾象化為巽象有吉曜，而孫劉鼎足於東南。國之治亂興衰，卦理推詳剖決。

The Response Line is prosperous and strong and generates and harmonises with the World Line, indicating a wise ruler receiving support from his concubines. The Day Branch supports the position of "Offspring," suggesting the Eastern Palace Crown Prince temporarily assumes the throne. However, if the World Line instead attacks the Offspring, it is like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang killing his son. If the Offspring harms the ruler's position, it is like Yang Guang, the usurper of the Sui Dynasty, harboring thoughts of killing his father. If the hexagram lacks the Offspring, it is like Emperor Renzong of Song, who ruled the country but lamented the absence of an heir. If the Fourth Line harms the Offspring, it is like Prince Fusu of Qin falling victim to Zhao Gao's deceit. If the Hexagram Body is associated with the activated "Official Ghost," it is like Emperor Taizong of Tang being killed by bloodshed within the palace. If the World Line is still and the "Brother" is absent, it is like King Tai Bo of the Zhou Dynasty, the eldest son, abdicating the throne and fleeing to the Jiangnan region. If malevolent spirits generate and harmonise with the World Line, it is like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang believing the treachery of Li Linfu. If the ruler's position harms the Fourth Line, it is like King Zhou of Shang killing the loyal minister Bi Gan. When the "Li" hexagram transforms into the "Kan" hexagram with malevolent elements, it corresponds to Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong dying in the northern deserts. When the "Qian" hexagram transforms into the "Xun" hexagram with auspicious stars, it corresponds to Sun Quan and Liu Bei standing together in the southeast. The rise and fall of a nation can all be understood through these hexagram principles.

醫不執方，兵不執法，堪推大將之才能；謀事在人，成事在天，當究先師之妙論。觀世應之旺衰，以決兩家之勝負；將福官之強弱，以分彼我之軍師。（世為我，應為彼。世旺克應則勝，應旺克世則負。子孫為我之將軍，官鬼為彼之敵帥。）父母興隆，立望旌旗之蔽野；金爻空動，側聽金鼓之喧天。（父母為旌旗，旺動主兵起，金空動則聞金鼓聲。金空則響，故也。）

A good physician does not rigidly follow established formulas, and a capable general does not blindly adhere to military strategies. From this we can infer the talents of a great general. Planning depends on people, but success or failure depends on heaven. Therefore, we should study the profound insights of predecessors. When divining a battle, first examine the strength and weakness of the World Line and the Response Line to determine the outcome between the two armies. Then compare the strength of "Offspring" and "Officials and Ghosts" to distinguish between our own general and the enemy's commander. The reason for using these elements is that the World Line represents our side, and the Response Line represents the enemy. If the World Line is strong and overcomes the Response Line, we will win; if the Response Line is strong and overcomes the World Line, we will lose. The "Offspring" represents our general, and the "Officials and Ghosts" represent the enemy's commander. When the "Parents" line is strong, one can see banners blocking the fields — the "Parents" symbolize banners. If the "Parents" line is strong and active, it indicates the mobilization of troops. If the "Metal" line is empty but active, one can hear the sound of gongs and drums — an empty "Metal" line produces sound, hence the sound of gongs and drums.

財力糧草之本根，兄乃伏兵之形勢。（財為糧草，旺多衰少，空為無糧。兄為伏兵，又為奪糧之神，不宜旺動。）木興扶世，濟川宜駕乎輕舟；火旺生身，立寨必安於勝地。（木為舟揖，若動來生扶世身或水爻與子孫動，宜乘舟決戰以取勝；火為營寨，若旺動生扶世身，結寨必得形勝之地。）父母興持，主帥無寬仁之德；子孫得地，將軍有決勝之才。（父母持世動，乃主帥不恤士卒，上下離心，若帶兄弟凶神，須防自變。子孫持世身旺動，將軍必決勝千里外。）

"The wife's wealth" represents the fundamental resources of provisions, while "brothers" indicate the situation of hidden troops. If the wealth爻 is strong, there will be abundant supplies; if it is weak, there will be few supplies; if it falls into emptiness, there will be no supplies. Brothers mainly indicate hidden troops and are also the spirits that seize supplies, so it is not advisable for them to be strong and active. If the wood爻 rises to support the sovereign, crossing the river should involve a light boat—wood represents boats and rafts; if the wood爻 moves to support the sovereign's body, or if the water爻 moves together with the sons爻, it is suitable to fight by boat and achieve victory. If the fire爻 is strong and supports the sovereign, the camp must be established in a strategic and dangerous location—fire represents camps; if the fire爻 is strong and moves to support the sovereign's body, setting up a camp will certainly allow control of a favorable position. If the parents爻 is strong and holds the sovereign, the commander will lack compassion and benevolence: when the parents爻 holds the sovereign and moves, it indicates the commander does not care for his soldiers and there is discord among the ranks; if it is accompanied by Inauspicious Spirit such as brothers, one must also be cautious of internal disturbances. If the sons爻 is in a favorable position, the general will have the ability to win decisively: if the sons爻 holds the sovereign and is strong and active, the commander will certainly be able to win decisively from a distance.

水爻克子子孫強，韓信背水陣而陳餘被斬；（卦中水爻動及世持水爻，或動出水爻克傷子孫，若子孫旺相，得日辰月建生扶或子孫旺動，則可效韓信背水陣，死中求生而反勝。）陰象持兄兄克應，李朔雪夜走而元濟遭擒。（兄為伏兵，如在內象旺動、克應，乃我伏兵；克世是他伏兵。若兄在陽象，宜日間伏；兄在陰象，宜夜間伏，如唐憲宗朝李朔，雪夜銜枚而走，搗蔡城以擒吳元濟也。）

The water element yao is attacking the sons, but the sons themselves are strong and prosperous. In such a case, we can emulate Han Xin's strategy of setting up an army by the water and defeating Chen Yu. When the water yao is active in the hexagram, or the world line holds the water element, or the moving yao transforms into the water element to attack and harm the sons, this is generally unfavorable. However, if the sons are prosperous and strong, and also receive support from the day branch or the month builder, or if the sons themselves are active and strong, they can turn a desperate situation into a favorable one, transforming defeat into victory. If a yao of the yin type holds the brothers, and the brothers attack the response line, this is like Li Sun's surprise night attack that captured Wu Yuanji. The brothers represent hidden troops: if they are strong and active within the inner trigram and attack the response line, they are our hidden forces; if they attack the world line instead, they are the enemy's hidden forces. If the brothers fall on a yang yao, it is suitable to set up ambushes during the day; if they fall on a yin yao, it is suitable to set up ambushes at night—Li Sun indeed took advantage of a snow-covered night to move silently and directly attacked Cai Prefecture, capturing Wu Yuanji.

世持子而被傷，可效周亞夫堅壁不戰；（世持子孫，將必有才能可以克敵。若父動克，宜且固守以避其鋒，不利速戰。如漢景帝時七國反，帝使周亞夫屯細柳以攻之，中夜軍驚擾亂至帳下，亞夫堅臥不起，深溝高壘，數日乃定，遂破七國之兵。)應臨官而遭克，當如司馬懿固壘休兵。（應持官旺相，彼將才能我難與敵。雖卦有子孫發動，終不能大勝。如三國時司馬懿自料才能不如孔明，甘受巾幗之辱，堅壘不戰。）

The world line holds the grandson, indicating that our main general has the talent to defeat the enemy. However, if the parent爻 moves to restrain the grandson, it is advisable to temporarily hold our position and avoid direct confrontation, as quick battle is not favorable. During the reign of Emperor Jing of Han, there was a rebellion by seven states. Emperor Jing sent Zhou Yafu to驻军 at Xiliu to suppress the rebellion. At night, there was disturbance in the military camp that reached the general's tent, but Zhou Yafu remained undisturbed, continuing to fortify his position. After several days, the army's morale stabilized, and eventually, the seven states were defeated. If the response line holds the official ghost and is prosperous and strong, it indicates that the enemy general is highly capable, and it is difficult to compete directly. At this time, even if the grandson爻 moves, it will not lead to a great victory. In the Three Kingdoms period, Sima Yi knew his talent was inferior to Zhuge Liang and willingly endured the humiliation of receiving women's silk headscarves, choosing instead to hold his position and avoid battle.

世持衰福得生扶，王翦以六十萬眾而勝楚；（世身雖持子孫衰弱，亦難勝敵。若得月建日辰生扶，可效始皇時王翦以六十萬眾卒成勝楚之功。）卦有眾官臨旺子，謝玄以八千精兵而破秦。（卦有官鬼，父母雖多而安靜、休囚，子孫雖少而當權、旺動，此乃寡勝眾之象，如晉謝玄、劉牢之以八千兵渡江，破秦王符堅九十萬眾。）

The world line holds the子孙 (sons) which are weak, yet they receive support and assistance, which represents the situation where Wang Jian led sixty thousand troops to conquer Chu. Although the sons are weak and unable to overcome the enemy on their own, once they receive support from the month builder and the day branch, they can emulate Wang Jian of the Qin Dynasty, mobilizing the entire country's forces of sixty thousand to finally achieve the conquest of Chu. In the hexagram, although there are many officials and ghosts, the sons are strong and in authority, which represents the situation where Xie Xuan defeated the Former Qin with an army of only eight thousand. In the hexagram, although there are many officials and parents, they are all quiet and weak; the sons, though only one, are in authority and strong. This is exactly the image of achieving victory with a small force against a large one. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie Xuan and Liu Laozi led an army of only eight thousand across the river to defeat Fu Jian's army of ninety thousand, which is precisely the meaning of this.

兩子合世扶身，李郭同心而興唐室；（子孫為將，世為國君。若卦中有兩子旺動生扶世身，主國有二將合謀勝敵之兆。如唐李光弼、郭子儀二人同心，以忠義自勵，終能靖亂復興唐室。）二福刑沖化絕，鍾鄧互隙而喪身家。（若有二子爻生旺變動、相沖，相刑、兩化入死墓絕空，雖勝敵將，必爭權專寵相殘害之兆，如晉鍾會、鄧艾領兵平蜀，蜀平而嫌隙互生，乃至自相屠戮、身家俱喪。）

Two generations of子孙 (offspring) joining the world line and supporting the main line indicate the image of Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi working together to restore the Tang dynasty. 子孙 represents generals, and the world line represents the king; if two 子孙 are active and strong in the hexagram and support the main line, it signifies the country gaining two great generals who work in harmony and plan together to defeat the enemy. During the Tang dynasty, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi were sincere with each other, each motivating themselves with loyalty and righteousness, and finally pacified the chaos and revived the Tang dynasty. However, if the two 子孙 lines mutually punish and clash and transform into the绝 (decline) position, it indicates the image of Zhong Hui and Deng Ai being suspicious of each other and losing both their lives and families. If the two 子孙 lines are both active and strong, yet they clash and punish each other, or both transform into death,墓 (burial),绝, or 空 (void), then even though they defeat the enemy generals, they will certainly cause self-destruction due to fighting for power and favor. During the Jin dynasty, Zhong Hui and Deng Ai led armies to pacify Shu. Once Shu was conquered, their suspicions arose, and they eventually killed each other, resulting in the loss of both their lives and families.

子化死爻，曹操喪師於赤壁；（子孫為我軍卒，若動入死墓空絕，應又克世或鬼父動傷身世，必致三軍喪命，損兵折將之兆，如曹操誇水軍八十萬眾，乘勢襲吳，而為周瑜、黃蓋火攻所敗。）世逢絕地，項羽自刎於烏江。（世乃一國之君，三軍之師，最宜旺相剋應為吉，若被應爻刑沖剋害而世又休囚，及動入死墓空絕，主將必然不利。如項羽百戰百勝，而一朝兵散，羞見江東父老，自刎烏江。）

The子孙 changes into a dead line, which is the image of Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi. The子孙 represents our troops; if it initiates and falls into death,墓, emptiness, or绝, and the应爻 also attacks the世, or if官鬼 and父母 activate and harm the世 and the body, it will certainly result in the complete defeat of the army and loss of soldiers and generals. Cao Cao boasted of eighty thousand naval troops and attacked Wu with the advantage, but he was defeated by Zhou Yu and Huang Gai's fire attack, which is exactly this image. If the World Line falls into绝, it is the image of Xiang Yu's suicide at the Wu River. The World Line is both the king of a country and the commander of the army, and it is most suitable to be prosperous and strong while controlling the应; if it is attacked by the Response Line through punishment, clash, or harm, and the世 is weak and confined, or if it initiates and falls into death,墓, emptiness, or绝, the commander will certainly suffer misfortune. Xiang Yu was undefeated in a hundred battles, but in one moment of defeat, his soldiers scattered, and he was ashamed to face the people of Jiangdong, eventually committing suicide at the Wu River.

水鬼克身，秦苻堅有淝水之敗；（水鬼旺動傷克身世，敵兵必得舟揖渡江之利，如秦苻堅以投鞭斷流之眾，而竟敗於謝玄八千渡江之兵。）火官持世，漢高祖遇平城之圍。（火爻帶鬼，賊寨必近，若火鬼持世，須防困圍。若得子孫旺動，雖被圍得勝。如田單之下齊城。若子衰官旺，必致困圍。如漢高祖被匈奴圍於平城，七日乃解。）

The official ghost of the water element is attacking the self, indicating the omen of Fu Jian's defeat at the Battle of Feishui. When the water ghost is strong and harms the self and the world, it shows that the enemy has gained the advantage of crossing the river by boat. Former Qin's Fu Jian boasted that his troops were so numerous that they could stop the river with their whips, yet he was defeated by Xie Xuan's eight thousand men crossing the river. The official ghost of the fire element holding the world indicates the omen of Han Gaozu being surrounded at Bingsheng City. A fire hexagram with the official ghost suggests the enemy's camps are already close; if the fire ghost also holds the world, one must beware of being surrounded. At this time, if the descendants are strong and active, even though surrounded, victory is possible, as in Tian Dan's situation where he was trapped but eventually recovered the city of Qi. If the descendants are weak and the official ghost is strong, then one will certainly be trapped in a tight siege—Han Gaozu was surrounded by the Xiongnu at Bingsheng City for seven days before being relieved, which matches this omen.

應官克世卦無財，張睢陽食盡而斃。（應持鬼克世卦又無財，乃是食盡死亡之象。如張巡被圍睢陽城。）世鬼興隆生合應，呂文煥無援而降。（旺鬼持世乃困圍之象。卦又無財，子孫又弱，世又生合應爻，乃兵少食盡降敵之兆。宋呂文煥守襄陽，元兵圍之甚久，賈似道隱蔽不援，城中食盡遂降。）

The response line holds the official ghost, which comes to attack the world line, and the hexagram lacks the wife's wealth. This is the image of Zhang Xun being besieged in Suzhuyang, running out of food and dying. Wealth represents food supplies; without wealth, it means the fire is out, so it is interpreted as dying from starvation. The official ghost on the world line is strong, and the world line goes to generate and harmonise with the response line, which is the image of Lü Wenhuan surrendering without support. A strong official ghost on the world line already indicates a surrounded situation, and the hexagram also lacks the wife's wealth, with the sons also weak. The world line goes to generate and harmonise with the response line, forming the omen of few soldiers, exhausted supplies, and opening the city to surrender. General Lü Wenhuan was defending Xiangyang, and the Yuan army besieged the city for a long time. Jia Sidao concealed the situation and did not send reinforcements, leading to the city running out of food, and they had to surrender.

外宮子動化絕爻，李陵所以降虜。（子在外宮動而被應克世，是我軍遠征，初雖見勝，終必有敗。又化絕爻不免降虜。如漢武時李陵之事。）內卦福興生合應，樂毅所以背燕。（內卦子孫動而反生合應爻，傷克身世，是我將卒有背主降敵之兆。如燕將樂毅背燕投趙。）

The outer trigram's descendants move and transform into the terminal line, indicating the image of Li Ling's surrender to the Xiongnu. The descendants in the outer trigram moving signify that our army is far away on a campaign, initially able to win. But once the responding line turns to overcome the sovereign, the defeat is inevitable, and further transforming into the terminal line means certain surrender to the enemy. During Emperor Wu of Han's time, Li Ling led a lone force deep into enemy territory and eventually surrendered to the Xiongnu, which is exactly this image. When the inner trigram's descendants move and generate and harmonise with the responding line, it indicates the image of Yue Yi's betrayal of Yan. The descendants in the inner trigram, originally meant to protect the country, instead generate and harmonise with the responding line and harm the sovereign and self, indicating that our soldiers have turned their backs on their lord and surrendered to the enemy. Yue Yi later left Yan to join Zhao, which is precisely this meaning.

鬼雖衰而遇生扶，勿追窮寇。（官爻雖衰，若遇動爻日辰生扶拱合，是敵兵雖少必有救援。）子雖旺而遭剋制，毋急興師。（子孫雖旺若被父母日辰動爻克害，彼必有計不可急攻，攻之必被摧折，雖不大敗亦損軍威。宜緩圖之。）

The official ghost, though weak, meets support and assistance, so one should not pursue the remaining enemy. The official ghost represents the enemy; although it is weak, if there is a moving line or day branch that generates or supports it, it indicates that although the enemy's forces are few, they have another source of reinforcement. Pursuing them forcefully will surely lead to an ambush. The sons and grandsons, although strong, are being restrained, so one should not rush to send troops. The sons and grandsons represent our generals; even if they are strong and prosperous, if they are restricted by the parents, day branch, or moving line, it means the enemy has another strategy. One should not attack rashly; doing so will result in setbacks. Even if it does not lead to a great defeat, it will still damage the military prestige. Therefore, one should calmly and gradually plan the strategy.

鬼爻暗動傷身，吳王被專諸之刺。（官爻雖靜而被日辰沖動旺克害身世，必若吳王被專諸之刺。若鬼暗動而被世克或子動來救，則如荊何刺秦王不中，而反自被誅。）子化官爻克世，張飛遭范張之誅。（子孫化官生合應而克害身世，乃是我兵卒謀殺主帥，而欲降敵之象。如後漢張飛素不恤士卒，一日被範強、張達梟首帳下，順流而投孫權也。）

The official ghost secretly moves and harms the hexagram body, which is the image of King Wu being assassinated by Zuan Zhu. The official ghost was originally still, but was stirred up by the day branch, and became strong enough to harm the body and the world line. This is the image of an assassination carried out secretly and successfully. Conversely, if the official ghost although secretly moves is overcome by the world line, or if there is a son line that moves to save, it is like Jing Ke's attempt to assassinate King Qin failing, and Jing Ke himself being executed. If the son line transforms into the official ghost to harm the world line, it is the image of Zhang Fei being killed by Fan Qiang and Zhang Da. When the son line transforms into the official ghost, and goes on to generate and harmonise with the response line, but in turn harms the world line and the body, it is the image of my side's soldiers plotting to kill the commander, with the intention of surrendering to the enemy. Zhang Fei of the Later Han dynasty usually did not care for his soldiers. One day, he was beheaded by his subordinate generals Fan Qiang and Zhang Da in his tent, and then surrendered to Sun Quan, which exactly corresponds to this image.

要識用兵之利器，五行卦象並推詳。（土為炮石，金為刀箭，水木為舟，火為營寨，又乾兌為刀，震巽為弓馬火槍，坤為野戰類。若此象有克應之神，宜用此器以克敵；應爻官父在此象克世，宜反防敵人用此器。）仁智勇器之將豈越於此？攻守克敵用兵當審於時。

To identify the weapons used in warfare, one must consider both the Five Phases and the hexagram images. In terms of the Five Phases: earth represents cannonballs, metal represents swords and arrows, water and wood represent ships and boats, and fire represents camps. In terms of hexagrams: Qian and Dui represent swords, Zhen and Xun represent bows, horses, firearms, and Kun represents open-field battles. If among these images there is an element that can overcome the Response Line, then the corresponding weapon should be used to defeat the enemy. If the Response Line's official ghost or parent falls upon these images and overcomes the world line, then one should be cautious of the enemy using these weapons against us. A general who possesses benevolence, wisdom, courage, and skill in using weapons, how could his abilities be beyond this scope? In times of attack and defense, to overcome the enemy, military actions must always examine the right moment.

乾坤定位，人物肇生，感陰陽而化育，分智愚於濁清。即富且壽世爻旺相更無傷；非夭即貧，身位休囚兼受制。（人生一世貧賤高低，合為何等人物。但看世爻為主。若世爻旺相日辰動爻生扶合助，而不來刑沖剋害者，乃為上吉，必主其人富貴有福壽；若世爻休囚無氣而被日辰動爻剋制，主其人非貧即夭，無福壽無造化人也。）世居空位，終身作事無成；（凡占身命，大忌世身空亡，主一生作事無成，多謀少遂，難立家計。）

Heaven and Earth have already been established, and only then did human beings and all things begin to take shape. By feeling the two energies of yin and yang, they were transformed and nurtured. Those who received the clear qi became wise, while those who received the turbid qi became foolish. Those who are both rich and long-lived have a World Line that is prosperous and strong, with no harm or conflict. Those who are either short-lived or poor have a position that is weak and confined, and are further restricted. When divining one's fate, to determine a person's status in life, whether he is of high or low rank, and what kind of person he is, we mainly rely on the World Line. If the World Line is prosperous and strong, and is supported and assisted by the Day Branch and the Moving Line, without any punishment, clash, or harm, this is an excellent hexagram, which will surely indicate that the person will be wealthy and prosperous with a long life. If the World Line is weak and confined, and is instead restricted by the Day Branch and the Moving Line, then the person will either be poor or die young, and will not have fortune or good fortune. If the World Line is in the position of Kongwang, then throughout his life, he will not achieve what he sets out to do. When divining one's fate, the most dangerous situation is when both the World Line and the Hexagram Body fall into Kongwang. Falling into Kongwang means that throughout his life, he will plan a lot but achieve little, and it will be difficult to establish a family business.

身入墓爻，到老求謀多戾。（如世身入墓，主其人如醉如痴，不伶不俐，動靜行藏必不響快，雖有所為亦皆不稱心也。）卦宮衰弱根基淺，爻象豐隆命運高。（卦有大象旺衰，有爻象旺衰。如占身命，得大象旺亦好，可許他根基壯實，更得六爻中身世在吉地，乃是十全造化。然卦宮旺相，不如爻象旺相，蓋人之根源繫於卦，命之吉凶繫於爻，故卦宮無氣根基薄，爻相得時有氣，命運必高。如立春節艮旺震相巽胎離沒坤死兌囚乾休坎廢類。大抵旺勝相胎、沒勝休囚也。）

The hexagram body falling into the墓爻 indicates that seeking success in old age will be full of obstacles. Those whose world line and hexagram body are in the墓 position often appear confused and dull, their actions not smooth or efficient. Even if they achieve something, they will not be satisfied. A weak hexagram palace indicates a shallow foundation, while rich爻 signs suggest a strong destiny. A hexagram has both the overall prosperity and decline of its grand image and the prosperity and decline of each individual line. When predicting one's life, a strong grand image is good, indicating a solid foundation. However, if among the six lines, the world line and hexagram body also fall into favorable positions, then it is a perfect fortune. Nevertheless, the prosperity of the hexagram palace is still less significant than the prosperity of the lines, because a person's origin is tied to the hexagram, while their life's fortune is determined by the lines. A weak hexagram palace only means a shallow foundation, but if the lines are timely and vital, the destiny will certainly be strong. Prosperity and decline are determined by the seasons. For example, after the Beginning of Spring, the艮 hexagram is prosperous, the震 is in decline, the巽 is in the fetal stage, the离 is in decline, the坤 is in death, the兑 is in captivity, the乾 is in rest, and the坎 is in failure. Generally, prosperity surpasses decline and the fetal stage, and decline surpasses rest and captivity.

若問成家，嫌六沖之為卦；（凡遇六沖卦，必主其人作事有始無終。前卦六沖，前三十年生涯澹泊；後卦六沖，三十年後家業凋零，前後六沖則一生苦楚不能發達。）欲知創業，喜六合之成爻。（占身命得六合卦，主其人春風和氣，交遊必善，謀事多遂，基業開拓。如前合前亨，後合後遂，前後皆合、主一身通達萬事如心。）

If the question is about whether one can establish a family and career, a hexagram showing six clashes is unfavorable. Whenever a hexagram indicates six clashes, it signifies that the person tends to start things but fail to complete them. If the primary hexagram shows six clashes, the first thirty years of life will be uneventful and lack prosperity; if the resulting hexagram also shows six clashes, the latter thirty years will see the decline of family and business; if both the primary and resulting hexagrams show six clashes, then the person will live a life of hardship and never achieve success. If the question is about whether one can start a business, a hexagram showing six harmonies is favorable. If the hexagram of one's destiny shows six harmonies, it indicates that the person is kind and approachable, has a wide circle of friends who are good, and can achieve most of their goals. If the primary hexagram shows harmony, the first half of life will be smooth; if the resulting hexagram also shows harmony, the latter half will be favorable; if both the primary and resulting hexagrams show harmony, then the person will have success in all aspects of life and everything will go according to their wishes.

動身自旺，獨力撐持；（如世爻不遇動爻日辰而生扶，而自強、自旺、得時發動者，其人必白手成家，無人幫助。）衰世遇扶，因人創立。（若世爻無氣而遇日月動爻生扶，必遇好人提拔成家，不能自權自立也。）日時合助，一生偏得小人心；歲月克沖，半世未沾君子德。（如世身遇年月日時生扶拱合，主上得貴人親愛，下得小人忠敬。如見刑沖剋害，則官府欺凌，小人謗毀。一曰：父來合得父之蔭，兄來克受兄之累。餘可類推。）

When the world line moves and is itself prosperous and strong, it indicates a life that is independently supported. If the world line does not receive support from other moving lines or the day branch, and relies solely on its own timing, strength, and vitality to act, such a person must have started from nothing and received no help from others. When the world line is weak but receives support, it means the person has risen to success through the help of others. If the world line has no strength at all but is supported by the day branch, the month builder, or a moving line, it indicates that the person has succeeded due to the promotion of a good person, but cannot make decisions on their own or establish themselves independently. If the day and hour branches combine with and support the world line, the person will be able to gain the loyalty of subordinates throughout their life; however, if the sovereign and the month builder clash or control the world line, they will not receive the favor of superiors for half their life. If the world line and hexagram body receive support and combination from the year, month, day, or hour, they will be able to gain the favor and protection of superiors and have loyal servants beneath them. If they instead suffer from punishment, clash, or harm, it means they will face oppression from officials above and slander from petty people below. There is also a saying: if the parent line combines with the world line, it indicates receiving the protection of ancestors; if the brother line controls the world line, it indicates being burdened by brothers. The rest follows the same pattern.

遇龍子而無氣，總清高亦是寒儒；（青龍、子孫持世身，必然立志高遠，不慕功名富貴。如邵康節陶淵明輩，子孫即無氣，亦絕俗超眾之寒士也。）逢虎妻而旺強，雖鄙俗偏為富客。（白虎臨旺財持世，其人雖不知禮義，然必家道殷實。如李澄蕭寵之徒是。旺財有制伏，亦粗知文墨，勉強向上之流，不可以頑俗論。）

When both the "Azure Dragon" and the子孙 (offspring) are present in the world line and the hexagram body but are weak, even if the person is refined, they can only be a poor scholar. Those who have both the Azure Dragon and the子孙 in the world line and the hexagram body are destined for lofty aspirations, not seeking fame or wealth, like Shao Yong and Tao Yuanming. However, if the子孙 are weak, they can only be a reclusive scholar who is poor but virtuous. When the "White Tiger" and the wife's wealth are present with the wealth爻 strong, the person may be vulgar but is a wealthy man. Those with the White Tiger on a strong wealth爻 in the world line may not be very refined in manners, but their family is certainly prosperous, like Li Cheng and Xiao Cheng. If the strong wealth爻 is restrained by another element, they may have some knowledge of literature and are striving to improve themselves, and should not be regarded as merely crude and vulgar.

父母持身，辛勤勞碌；鬼爻持世，疾病纏綿。遇兄則財莫能聚；見子則身不犯刑。（占身不可見父兄官鬼持世。如遇父則克傷子，一生不得安逸。鬼為殃禍，遇之則一身疾病纏身，或主帶疾，或常招官訟，若貴人見之不以此斷。至兄乃剋剝破敗阻滯之神，世或逢之，主克妻妾，破耗多端，一生不聚財物。惟遇子孫則克官鬼，主一生官刑不犯，安閒自在，衣祿豐盈。大怕休囚，唯貴人不宜犯之。）

When the 'Parents' hexagram holds the world line, a person's life is marked by hard work and toil; when the 'Officials and Ghosts' hexagram holds the world line, one's life is plagued by illness and suffering. If the 'Brothers' hexagram holds the world line, wealth is difficult to retain; if the 'Descendants' hexagram holds the world line, one is unlikely to face legal troubles. In divination concerning one's life, it is most unfavorable for the 'Parents', 'Brothers', or 'Officials and Ghosts' hexagrams to hold the world line: when the 'Parents' hexagram holds the world line, it tends to harm the 'Descendants', leading to a life of constant unrest; the 'Officials and Ghosts' hexagram is inherently associated with calamity and misfortune, and when it holds the world line, it may result in illness, disability, or frequent legal troubles, although this is not the case for those in official positions; the 'Brothers' hexagram represents destruction, loss, and obstruction, and if the world line is occupied by it, it indicates marital discord and financial loss, making it difficult to accumulate wealth. Only when the 'Descendants' hexagram holds the world line can it overcome the 'Officials and Ghosts', leading to a life free from legal troubles, peace and comfort, and sufficient food and clothing; however, it is most feared when the 'Descendants' hexagram is weak and powerless, and for those holding official positions, it is actually not advisable for the 'Descendants' hexagram to hold the world line.

祿薄而遇殺沖，奔走於東西道路；（占身以財為祿，若臨死絕無氣爻則祿薄，而世爻又被惡殺沖動，無一爻吉神救助，此乃至下之命，必主東奔西逐，丐食於街衢者。若世爻動而逢沖，或無沖而世爻衰弱，空動，化出惡殺回頭沖剋世，無助。而殺無制者亦然。）福輕而逢凶制，寄食於南北人家。（子爻若遇死墓絕空則福輕，而世爻更被凶神剋制，或世動而被日辰動爻合往，此為受制於人之象。占身遇之，必主其人倚靠富家，寄食於他人也。）

The person's fortune is weak and further damaged by violent forces, leading to a life of constant movement between east and west. In divination for one's life and destiny, "wife and wealth" represents the fortune. If the wealth line is in a dead or exhausted state without vitality, the fortune becomes thin. If the world line is further disturbed by evil forces, and there is no good deity to save the situation, this is the worst possible fate, inevitably leading to a life of constant travel, even to the point of begging on the streets. If the world line moves and meets a clash, or if the world line is weak, moves and falls into emptiness, or transforms into evil forces that clash back with the world line, and there is no one to help or control the evil forces, the interpretation remains the same. The fortune is already slight and further restrained by evil deities, so the person can only rely on the generosity of others in the north and south. If the "offspring" line is in a dead, buried, exhausted, or empty state, the fortune is even lighter. If the world line is further controlled by evil forces, or if the world line moves but is captured by the day branch or moving line, these are all signs of being controlled by others. When this appears in a divination for one's life and destiny, it indicates that the person must depend on the wealthy and live at the mercy of others.

子死妻空，絕俗離塵之輩；（占身以福為子，財為妻，二爻若臨死墓絕空之地，乃是刑妻喪子之兆。小兒見之，必絕俗離塵出家輩也；僧道見之，反為吉兆，必無俗累之牽惹矣。）貴臨祿到，出將入相之人。（卦中貴人祿馬旺臨身世，而官鬼父母又來扶助，或月建日辰生合，必是將相之兆，富貴非常之人。）

The son and daughter爻 fall into the dead place, and the wife and wealth爻 fall into the empty place, indicating a person destined to cut off worldly ties and become a monk or hermit. In divination of one's life, the son and daughter爻 represent children, and the wife and wealth爻 represent the spouse. If both of these lines fall into the dead, tomb, end, or empty positions, it is a sign of punishment for the wife and loss of children. If a child receives this pattern, it is likely to become a monk or hermit; if a monk or hermit receives it, it is a good omen, indicating no more worldly troubles. If the nobleman star is present and the official horse arrives, it indicates a person who will hold high office. In the hexagram, if the Tianyi Nobleman and the official horse are prosperous and strong in the person's position, and the official ghost and parents come to support, or if the month builder and day branch generate and harmonize with them, it is certainly a sign of becoming a general or minister, with extraordinary wealth and status.

朱雀與福德臨身合應，乃梨園子弟；（子孫乃喜悅之人，朱雀又主言語，若同臨身世主象，其人必然乖巧。若生合應爻，是合歡於他人之象，故為梨園子弟之兆，不然亦是伶俐人也。若應生合或被日辰動爻來破者，或世應刑沖剋害者勿以此斷。）白虎同父爻持世逢金，則柳市屠人。（父母屬金而帶白虎持世者，必是屠豬殺馬之輩，蓋白虎主喪亡，金為刀劍，而父母又傷克子孫之神，子孫又為六畜，故為宰殺之象，而加之畜類以屠夫斷。若父母有制或子孫旺相發動，或在空避之地，勿以此斷。）

The Vermilion Bird and Fortune Virtue both appear on the Hexagram Body and harmonize with the Response Line, indicating a performer in the music and drama industry. The子孙 (offspring) are gods of joy, and the Vermilion Bird governs speech and sound. When both the Vermilion Bird and Fortune Virtue are present on the Hexagram Body and the World Line, it shows a person who is clever and quick-witted. Furthermore, if they harmonize with the Response Line, it signifies a desire to please others, so the person is judged to be a performer. At the very least, they are a clever person. However, if the Response Line instead harmonizes with them, or if this harmony is broken by the Day Branch or a Moving Line, or if there is inherent punishment, clash, or conflict between the World and Response Lines, then this interpretation does not hold. The White Tiger and the Parents both hold the World Line and belong to the Metal element, indicating a butcher in the marketplace. Those with the Parents belonging to Metal and the White Tiger holding the World Line are often those who slaughter pigs and horses. The White Tiger governs death and loss, and Metal represents weapons like swords and knives. The Parents are gods that harm the Offspring, and the Offspring represent livestock. Together, this forms the image of slaughtering animals, so the person is judged to be a butcher. However, if the Parents are restrained, or if the Offspring are strong and active, or if the Offspring are hidden in Kongwang (void), then this interpretation does not hold.

世加玄武官爻，必然樑上君子；身帶勾陳父母，定為野外農夫。（玄武主盜賊之事，而加官鬼臨身，乃樑上君子，穿窬之人也。勾陳職專田土，而加父母，勤苦之神，持世者，乃耕種耘耨之兆也。）財福司權，榮華有日；官兄秉政，破敗無常。（以上人物雖有高下不同，然莫不喜財福而惡兄鬼者。若得財福二爻得時旺相發動，縱是下等之命，一時淹蹇，終須發達。若見官兄當權旺動，雖上等之命，一時亨利，亦有破敗貧窮之時。卻看在何限中便知何年發達，何年破敗也。其中有救無救，當自融通活變。）

The World Line combined with 'Black Tortoise' and 'Officialdom' indicates a thief who steals from the roof; the Hexagram Body combined with 'Gou Chen' and 'Parents' indicates a farmer working in the fields. 'Black Tortoise' governs theft, and when it joins 'Officialdom' and is on the body, it signifies a thief who climbs walls and breaks through roofs. 'Gou Chen' governs land, and when it joins 'Parents', the hardworking deity, and is on the body, it indicates the sign of working the fields all year round. 'Wife's Wealth' and 'Children' being in control mean that prosperity will eventually come; 'Officialdom' and 'Brothers' being in power mean that decline will be unpredictable. The people described above may differ in status, but none of them do not like wealth and blessings and dislike brothers and officials. If the 'Wealth' and 'Blessings' lines are timely and strong and become active, even if one is originally of low status and temporarily in difficulty, eventually success will come; if 'Officialdom' and 'Brothers' are in power and active, even if one is originally of high status and temporarily prosperous, eventually there will be days of decline and poverty. Now look at which limit they fall into, and one can know which year will bring success and which year will bring decline; as for whether there is a remedy or not, one must understand and adapt oneself.

運至中年，凶殺幸無折挫；時當晚景，惡星尤怕攻沖。（人命有三限，每一爻管五年，初二三爻共十五年，外三爻亦管十五年，共三十年。支卦六爻亦管三十年。正卦內三爻十五年為早限；正卦外三爻十五年與支卦內三爻十五年為中限；支卦外三爻為末限，變卦為支卦。凶殺惡星即是官鬼兄弟刑沖剋害之類，早限遇之則早年欠順，中限遇之則中歲災殃，末限遇之則晚景迍邅，老無結局。若子孫等吉神在正卦內三爻得時旺動，主蔭下得意；在正卦外三爻見三十年前福如秋月；在支卦內三爻見，則三十年後財若春潮；至支卦外三爻見，則晚景榮華康寧壽考。又如早限有惡星，末限有吉星者，必初年蹇滯，老景亨通也。餘仿此。要知吉凶之事，依五類推斷，如逢官爻生扶合助，主貴人提拔，或子孫來刑沖剋害，則有僧道相干之事也，宜通變。若六爻安靜，則當再占一卦以斷之。或以不動之卦乾化坤、艮化震之類者非。）

When one reaches middle age, it is fortunate that no Inauspicious Sha (evil killing stars) come to cause obstacles; however, in old age, the greatest fear is that evil stars return to attack and clash. A person's destiny is divided into three periods, each governed by one line of the hexagram, corresponding to five years. The three lines within the primary hexagram cover fifteen years, and the three lines outside the primary hexagram also cover fifteen years, totaling thirty years. The lines of the changing hexagram govern another thirty years. Specifically, the three lines within the primary hexagram cover the early period; the fifteen years of the three lines outside the primary hexagram plus the fifteen years of the three lines within the changing hexagram cover the middle period; and the three lines outside the changing hexagram cover the later period. The changing hexagram is referred to as the branch hexagram. The凶杀 (evil killing stars) and恶星 (evil stars) refer to official ghosts, brothers, and matters of punishment, clash, and control. If these appear in the early period, one will face difficulties in youth; if they appear in the middle period, one will suffer misfortunes in middle age; if they appear in the later period, one's old age will be difficult and without a place to return. Conversely, if the auspicious spirits such as descendants appear in the three lines within the primary hexagram and are timely, active, and strong, it indicates that one will be content under the protection of parents in early years; if they appear in the three lines outside the primary hexagram, one will enjoy prosperity like autumn moon before the age of thirty; if they appear in the three lines within the changing hexagram, one will experience a surge of wealth after thirty; and if they appear in the three lines outside the changing hexagram, one will enjoy honor, health, and a long life in old age. For example, if there are evil stars in the early period but auspicious stars in the later period, it means that one will face difficulties in youth but enjoy prosperity in old age. The same logic applies to other situations. To determine the specific matters involved, one should analyze the five categories of the six relations. For instance, if the official ghost is supported and assisted, it indicates that one will receive help from a nobleman; if the descendants clash, control, or harm, it suggests involvement with monks or Taoists, and one should be flexible and adaptable. If all six lines are quiet and there is no basis for judgment, one should consult another hexagram to decide. As for the idea of including hexagrams such as Qian transforming Kun or Gen transforming Zhen, which do not move, it is not advisable.

正內不利，李密髫齔迍邅；（正卦內三爻乃初限，若逢官鬼凶神克戰者，主童年多病，如李密九歲方能行，蓋幼年多疾故也。）支卦有扶，馬援耆頤矍鑠。（支卦外三爻乃末限，若有吉神合助，必然老年康健，如馬援年六十二披甲上馬也。）一卦和同，張公藝家門雍睦；（如占身得六爻安靜，無沖破克害，反相生合，則主其人家門歡好，如張公藝九世同居，上和下睦也。）

The three lines within the primary hexagram are unfavorable, just as Li Mi had many illnesses in his childhood and moved with difficulty. The three lines within the primary hexagram represent the early years of life. If malevolent spirits such as officials and ghosts are present here and clash, it indicates many illnesses in childhood. Li Mi, a Jin dynasty person, could walk only at nine years old, precisely because of his illness in childhood. The resulting hexagram receives support, just as Ma Yuan remained vigorous even in old age. The three lines outside the resulting hexagram represent the later years. If auspicious spirits are present here and assist, one will certainly remain healthy in old age. Ma Yuan, a Han dynasty general, was still able to wear armor and ride a horse at sixty-two, which is exactly this situation. The hexagram above and below are harmonious, just as Zhang Gongyi's family was united and harmonious. If the six lines of the hexagram are quiet, without conflict or harm, and instead mutually generate and harmonize, it indicates that the family is harmonious and happy. Like Zhang Gongyi of the Tang dynasty, who lived with his family for nine generations without any discord between the upper and lower generations.

六爻攻擊，司馬氏骨肉相殘。（若六爻亂動卦又沖剋，或三刑六害者，必主親情不和，骨肉相殘，如晉司馬氏八王樹兵，俱遭誅殺屠戮也。）閔子騫孝孚內外，父獲生身；（占身命以父爻為生我之親，若世能生合此爻，必然能孝於父母，如閔子騫類也。）孔夫子友于家邦，兄同世合。（若世爻兄弟相生合，其人必內和兄弟，外信朋友，如孔夫子類。兄爻在本宮內象，以兄弟言在他宮外象，以朋友言，看內外以別親疏，全在通變。）

Six爻 mutually attack each other, just like the Sima clan's internal strife. If the six lines are chaotic, and the hexagram contains both conflicts and克制, or forms the three punishments and six harms, it will surely indicate discord among family members and mutual destruction among relatives. During the Jin dynasty, the Sima clan's eight princes each controlled their own armies, and in the end, they all met their demise, which is exactly this pattern. Min Ziqian's filial piety was sincere both inside and outside, because the parents' line was supported by the world line. In divination about one's life, the 'parents' line represents one's parents. If the world line can generate or harmonize with the parents' line, the person will certainly be filial to their parents, like Min Ziqian. Confucius' fraternal love extended to his country and state, because the brothers' line was harmonized with the world line. Those whose world line is in harmony with the 'brothers' line will have harmonious relations with their brothers at home and be trusted by friends outside. Like Confucius, they will have such qualities. If the brothers' line is in the inner trigram, it is considered as close brothers; if it is in the outer trigram, it is considered as friends. The distinction between close and distant relations depends on whether they are inside or outside the trigram, and this should be flexibly interpreted.

世應相生，漢鮑宣娶桓氏少君為婦；（世是一身之本，應為百歲之妻，若見相生相合，必然夫唱婦隨。）悔貞相剋，唐郭曖尚昇平公主為妻。（世為貞，應為悔，若見相沖相剋，必然琴瑟不調。）箕踞鼓盆歌，世傷應位；（世持虎蛇乘旺發動刑害應爻，應又臨無氣之地，必主克妻，如春秋時莊周妻死，猶箕踞鼓盆而歌。）河東獅子吼，應制世爻。（應爻剋制世爻，乃是牝雞晨鳴之象，其人必憑妻言語。如宋陳季常河東獅子吼，東坡所戲言也。）

The World Line and Response Line are mutually supportive, just as Ban Xuan of the Han dynasty married a young wife named Huan Shaojun, and their relationship was harmonious. The World Line represents one's own foundation, while the Response Line symbolizes a wife who shares a long life. If these two lines are supportive and harmonious, the husband and wife will be in harmony. However, if the Regret Hexagram and the贞 Hexagram are in conflict, it is like Guo Wu of the Tang dynasty married Princess Shengping and often had disputes. The Inner Hexagram is the贞, and the Outer Hexagram is the Regret; if the two lines are in conflict and mutual control, the couple will not be in harmony. For example, Zhuang Zhou sat cross-legged and sang songs after his wife's death, which indicates that the World Line has harmed the Response position. If the World Line carries the White Tiger and the Snake and is strong enough to punish or harm the Response Line, and the Response Line is in a weak position, it will definitely lead to the wife being harmed. In the Spring and Autumn period, Zhuang Zhou sang songs with a clay pot after his wife's death, which is exactly this situation. When the Response Line controls the World Line, it is like a hen taking the place of a rooster to crow. The person will always follow his wife's decisions. In the Song dynasty, Chen Jichang feared his wife, and Su Dongpo jokingly called her the "River East Lion's Roar."

世值凶而應克，願聽雞鳴；（若應雖來克世，而世爻自帶刑害及兄官，虎蛇等凶神者，則是彼來救我之失、去我之病，非有所傷於我，主其人必有賢妻，如齊哀公荒怠慢政得陳賢妃，有夙夜警戒相成之道，故詩有雞鳴篇。）身帶吉而子扶，喜聞鶴和。（世帶吉神旺動，子孫又來生扶者，主有賢子共成事業，以濟其美，易云：鳴鶴在陰，其子和之。）

The world line already carries a凶 element, and the response line comes to克 it, which actually brings good fortune in the form of a wife's early morning call. Although the response line克 the world line, the world line itself is already burdened with刑 and害, and is accompanied by brothers, officials, and凶 spirits like White Tiger and Teng Snake. Therefore, this克 is actually helping to correct mistakes and remove the root of illness, and does not really harm, instead indicating the presence of a virtuous wife. The Duke of Qi was indulgent in his affairs, but was fortunate to have a virtuous queen from the state of Chen who constantly warned and advised him, leading to their joint achievements. The poem "Chicken Crowing" from the Book of Songs describes exactly this situation. If the hexagram body carries auspicious spirits and the descendants come to support, then it is joyful to hear the sound of a crane and the harmonious voice of a son. If the world line carries auspicious spirits and is strong and active, and the descendants come to support, it indicates the presence of a virtuous son and father working together to achieve success and enhance its beauty. The Book of Changes, Zhongfou, says "A crane calls in the shade, its offspring respond in harmony," which perfectly matches this image.

福遇旺，而任王育子皆賢；（占身以福為子孫，若旺相不空及無傷害者，主有賢子，如任遙之子昉，王渾之子戎，見稱於阮籍諸賢。）子化兄，而房杜生兒不肖。（若子孫動變兄鬼者，其子必不肖，蓋兄弟乃破敗之神故也。李英公常曰：房杜平生辛苦，然生子不肖。）伯道無兒，蓋為子臨空位；卜商哭子，皆因父帶刑爻。（凡問子孫不宜父母發動，若子臨空地，必主無子，如鄧伯道棄子而不生，非有傷也。唯父帶刑害虎蛇等惡神動克子孫，休囚不空者，然後克之，如子夏哭子喪明也，若父有制其庶幾。）

The "offspring" element is prosperous and strong, just as the sons of the Ren family and the Wang family were all virtuous. In divination for one's own life, the "offspring" represents children. If the "offspring" is prosperous and strong, not empty, and not harmed, it indicates having virtuous sons. The son of Ren Fang, a descendant of Ren Yao, and the son of Wang Hong, a descendant of Wang Hun, both received praise from famous scholars like Ruan Ji. If the "offspring" transforms into "brother," it is like the sons of Fang Xianlang and Du Ruishi who were not talented. If the "offspring" becomes "brother" or "official ghost," then the son will certainly be unremarkable, because "brother" is a spirit of decline. Tang dynasty general Li Ji once lamented: Fang and Du, two great men, spent their lives in hardship, yet their sons were not capable. Deng Boyue had no sons because the "offspring" element was in an empty position; Bo Shang lost his sight after mourning his son because the "parents" element was afflicted by punishment. When asking about descendants, it is not advisable for the "parents" element to be active. If the "offspring" is in an empty position, it definitely indicates no children, as in Deng You's case, who abandoned his son and had no descendants later in life, which was not due to being harmed or afflicted, but simply because it was empty. Only when the "parents" element is active with punishment, harm, white tiger, and other evil spirits, and the "offspring" is weak and not empty, does it truly mean the child is harmed or killed—like when Zi Xia mourned his son and became blind. If there is another controlling element, there is still hope.

父如值木，竇君生丹桂五枝芳；（若問子多少,當以五行生成數論之。若父爻屬木，則子孫屬土，土數五，主有五子，如竇燕山生儀、儼、稱、僖、侃類。）鬼或依金，田氏列紫荊三本茂。（論兄弟與子孫同，且如鬼爻屬金，則兄弟屬木矣。有兄弟三人，如田真，田廣、田慶。）

If the parent's yao belongs to wood, it indicates that the person has five sons like the five sons of Dou Yujuan, who all achieved success in the imperial examinations. When asking about the number of children, the generating numbers of the Five Phases are used to determine it. If the parent's yao is wood, then the children's yao is earth, and the generating number of earth is five, indicating five sons. During the Five Dynasties period, Dou Yujuan had five sons: Yi, Yan, Cheng, Xi, and Kan, all of whom passed the imperial examinations. If the official ghost yao belongs to metal, it indicates that the person has three brothers like the three brothers of Tian family, who all flourished together. The method of determining the number of brothers is the same as that for children: if the official ghost yao is metal, then the brothers' yao is wood, and the generating number of wood is three, indicating three brothers. During the Han dynasty, Tian Zhen, Tian Guang, and Tian Qing were three brothers. When they divided their family property, the purple jing tree in front of their courtyard withered. When they reunited, the purple jing tree bloomed again.

兄持金旺，喜看荀氏之八龍；弟倚水強，驚睹陵公之雙璧。（六親類固當以生成數推之，然不可不別衰旺。逢生旺則當倍加，遇死絕則當減半。故兄持金旺，則有兄弟八人，蓋金數四，倍則八，荀淑子八龍似之。若臨水旺相，則是二人，蓋水數一，倍則二也，陸暐與弟陸恭之雙璧是也。他仿此。若旺相而有制，衰死而有扶，又當以本數斷。若旺爻空動亦以本數斷。不旺不衰而空動，則減半斷之，更宜活變細察。）

The brother's hexagram belongs to metal and is strong, so it prefers to see eight brothers like the eight dragons of the Xun family; if the brother's hexagram relies on water to be strong, it will be startled by two brothers like the twin jewels of the Lu family. Although the number of the six relations should be calculated according to the generating numbers of the five phases, it is also necessary to consider their decline and strength. When encountering a favorable and strong condition, the number doubles; when encountering a dead or exhausted condition, the number is halved. Therefore, if the brother's hexagram belongs to metal and is strong, the metal number is four, and doubling it gives eight people, just like the eight sons of Xun Shu, who are known as the eight dragons; if the brother's hexagram belongs to water and is prosperous and strong, the water number is one, and doubling it gives two people, just like Lu Wei and his brother Lu Gong, who are called the twin jewels. The rest can be inferred in the same way. If the prosperous and strong condition is further restrained, or if the declining or dead condition is further supported, then the original number should still be used for the judgment. If a strong hexagram moves but falls into an empty position, it should still be judged by the original number. If it is neither strong nor weak but moves and falls into an empty position, then it should be halved for the judgment. In summary, one must look at it flexibly and examine it carefully.

至若爻逢重迭，必現在以推詳。（若卦中只有一位，可以五行數推，苟重迭太多，則可即以其數斷之。且如六月丙辰日卜得損之大畜卦，卦中元有兩爻兄弟，六三又化兄弟，日辰月建又是兄弟，共有五重兄弟，則斷五人也。若日辰月建不繫兄弟，則以三兄弟推，宜通變也。）

When a line appears more than once in a hexagram, one should use the actual number of repetitions to analyze it. If the hexagram originally contains only one instance of a particular six relation, then the Five Phases numbers are used for calculation. However, if there are multiple repetitions, one should simply use the actual number of occurrences for the judgment. For example, if on the sixth month and Bingchen day, one draws the hexagram of "Loss" changing into "Great Accumulation," and the original hexagram already has two brothers' lines, with the sixth line also transforming into a brother, and both the day branch and the month builder belong to the brother category, then the total becomes five brothers, and the judgment is made based on five people. But if the day branch and month builder do not belong to the brother category, then only three brothers are considered. Here, the most important thing is to be flexible and adaptable.

財動初爻，令伯克親於早歲；（財動則傷父母，如在初爻，則早年見克，如李密生六月其父即喪。）兄興六位，張瞻喪偶於中年。（兄動則克妻財，如居六位，中年必如張瞻之克妻也。）化父生身，柴榮拜郭威為父；（卦有父母，又化出父母來生合世身者，其人必重拜父母，身為他人子，如五季時柴世宗之於周太祖也。）化孫合世，石勒養季龍為兒。（卦有子又化出子，世身去相生合者，主其人必有螟蛉之子，如晉時後趙石勒子石季龍是。然子孫化出而繫外宮則是，繫於本宮則非也。）

The wife's wealth moves in the first line, just as Li Mi lost his father at a young age. When wealth moves, it harms the parents; if it moves in the first line, it indicates early hardship from the parents. Li Mi was only six months old when his father died. Brothers move in the sixth line, just as Zhang Zhan lost his wife in middle age. When brothers move, they harm the wife's wealth; if they move in the sixth line, it indicates a loss of spouse in middle age. When the hexagram produces parents to harmonize with the subject and self, it is like Chai Rong regarded Guo Wei as his father. If the hexagram already has parents' lines and another parent is produced to harmonize with the subject and self, the person must adopt a new father and become someone else's son. Chai Shi Zong, the later ruler of the Zhou dynasty, regarded Guo Wei as his father, which is exactly this situation. When the hexagram produces descendants to harmonize with the subject, it is like Shi Le adopted Shi Jilong as his son. If the hexagram already has descendants and another descendant is produced, and the subject harmonizes with it, the person must have an adopted son, as Shi Jilong, the adopted son of Shi Le of the Later Zhao dynasty, was. However, the produced descendants must belong to another palace; if they still belong to the same palace, this interpretation does not apply.

世陰父亦陰，賈似道母非正室；（父與世皆屬陰者，必是偏生庶出，如宋賈似道也。）身旺官亦旺，陳仲舉器不凡庸。（卦中官爻旺相，世身亦旺相，又逢貴人祿馬文書生合世爻者，必主日金榜標名，龍門跳躍，如陳仲舉為不凡之器，欲斷官職依後功名類推。）化子合財，唐朝明皇有祿山之子；（子從化出，乃螟蛉子也。若與財爻相合或與應爻相合，必與妻妾有情，如安祿山之於楊貴妃也。）內兄合應，陳伯常有孺子之兄。（兄爻在內卦，乃兄弟非朋友也。若與應爻或財爻相合，其妻必與兄弟相通，如陳平之盜嫂也。）

The world line is yin and represents the parents, just as the mother of Jia Shidao was not the official wife. When both the world line and the parents are yin, they must be from a concubine or a secondary wife, as was the case with Jia Shidao in the Song dynasty. If the hexagram body is strong and the official ghost is also strong, it is like Chen Fan, who was considered an extraordinary person. When the official ghost is strong and the world line and hexagram body are also strong, and there are noblemen,禄马, and documents lines that generate and harmonize with the world line, it indicates that the person will achieve success in the imperial examination and pass the golden gate. Chen Fan was recognized as an extraordinary talent in his youth, which matches this pattern. If one wishes to determine the specific official position, one can refer to the section on seeking fame. When the子孙 is transformed to harmonize with the wife's wealth, it is like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang having An Lu Shan as a foster son. The transformed子孙 represents a foster son; if it harmonizes with the wealth line or the response line, it indicates that this son has an improper relationship with the master's wife or concubine, as was the case with An Lu Shan and Yang Guifei. When the brothers in the inner trigram harmonize with the response line, it is like Chen Ping being accused of having an improper relationship with his嫂. Brothers in the inner trigram refer to real brothers, not friends; if they harmonize with the response line or the wealth line, it indicates that the wife has an improper relationship with the brother, as was the case with Chen Ping's accusation of stealing his嫂 during the early Han dynasty.

（以下皆斷婦人身命）應帶勾陳兼值福，盂德耀復產於斯時；（勾陳主黑丑，子孫主賢淑，故應爻旺相臨之而無損傷者，其妻必如孟光，貌雖不揚而其德則美也。）財臨玄武更逢刑，楊太真重生於今日。（玄武淫亂之神，若臨財爻，必不貞潔，更加三刑六害，如楊貴妃汙穢尤甚。）

The following statements are all about judging the fortune of a wife. If the response line carries "Gou Chen" and also meets the子孙 (offspring), it indicates a virtuous wife reborn in modern times, like Meng Guang. "Gou Chen" signifies dark skin and an unattractive appearance, while 子孙 represents virtue and kindness. Therefore, if the response line is prosperous and strong and meets these two elements without any damage, the wife will certainly be like Meng Guang from the Eastern Han dynasty—though her appearance may not be outstanding, her virtue is extremely beautiful. If the wife's wealth element meets "Xuan Wu" and encounters punishment, it indicates a person like Yang Yuhuan reborn in modern times. "Xuan Wu" is the god of licentiousness; when it meets the wealth element, the person is certainly unchaste. Adding the three punishments and six harms, it becomes even more corrupt and immoral like Yang Yuhuan.

合多而眾殺爭持，乃許子和之錢樹；（卦中有合諸事吉，唯婦人女子見之主澆浮淫佚，春心蕩漾，不能堅閨門之守，更加玄武三刑六害臨持財爻者，乃娼妓之兆，如許子和為妓，臨死謂其母曰：錢樹子倒矣。蓋為娼宿客得錢如樹之能生錢也。）官眾而諸凶皆避，如隋煬帝之採花。（凡遇卦中有鬼，日辰月建是鬼，或又化出太過生合財爻而財爻不臨玄武等凶神者，必主其婦重婚再醮。如隋煬帝西苑剪採為花，色渝則易之以新者，喻婦人夫死則再嫁也。若本卦鬼爻不受刑沖剋害，而鬼爻反來沖剋財爻者，乃是生離活別之兆，非夫死再嫁也。）

When there are too many harmonies and numerous Inauspicious Sha (evil spirits) contend for control, it indicates a woman like Xu Zihe, who is like a money tree. If a hexagram contains harmony, affairs tend to proceed smoothly; however, if it concerns a woman, it may indicate fickleness and unrestrained behavior, with a restless heart and inability to remain chaste. If further combined with the presence of Xuanwu (Black Tortoise) and the Three Punishments (San Xing) and Six Harmful Influences (Liu Hai) affecting the wealth line, it signifies a descent into prostitution. Xu Zihe, a courtesan in the Tang Dynasty, told her mother as she was dying: "Your money tree has fallen." This was because she earned money by entertaining guests, like a tree that produces money, hence the name. When there are many official spirits (官鬼) and all other Inauspicious Spirit (evil spirits) avoid them, it represents the scene of Emperor Yang of Sui indulging in picking flowers in the West苑 (Western苑). If the primary hexagram already contains official spirits, and the day branch and month builder are also official spirits, or if they transform into official spirits, and there are too many of them, all coming to harmonize with the wealth line, and the wealth line does not involve Xuanwu or other Inauspicious Spirit, it indicates that the woman will remarry or have a second marriage. Emperor Yang of Sui, who used to cut colored silk into flowers in the West苑, constantly replacing the faded ones, exactly symbolizes a woman who remarries after her husband's death. However, if the official spirits in the primary hexagram are not subjected to punishment, clash, or control, but instead the official spirits clash with the wealth line, it indicates a living separation, not remarriage after the husband's death.

白虎刑臨，武后淫而且悍；（白虎及強暴之神，婦人見之必然兇悍，更加刑害臨財爻，必如武則天兇悍且淫也。）青龍福到，孟母淑而又慈。（青龍乃喜悅慈祥之神，子孫又清吉之神，若財臨青龍化子，或子臨青龍動來生助者，必主其婦慈祥愷悌，淑善賢德如孟母也。）

The White Tiger brings punishment to the wealth爻, indicating a woman like Wu Zetian, who is both淫 and fierce. The White Tiger is the god of violence and brutality; seeing it in a woman's hexagram indicates a fierce and harsh nature. If punishment and harm also accompany the wealth爻, it is like Wu Zetian, who was both fierce and licentious. The Azure Dragon accompanying the sons爻 represents a woman like Meng Mother, who is both virtuous and kind. The Azure Dragon is the god of joy and compassion, while the sons爻 is the symbol of righteousness and good fortune. If the wealth爻 is accompanied by the Azure Dragon and produces the sons爻, or if the sons爻, accompanied by the Azure Dragon, comes to support the wealth爻, it indicates a woman who is gentle, easygoing, virtuous, and moral, like Meng Mother.

逢龍而化敗兄，漢蔡琰聰明而失節；（財遇青龍本屬聰明，但不宜化出兄爻及敗爻，皆主不貞潔，如伯鍇女蔡琰，文章絕冠當時，失節胡虜。或化出刑爻、病爻、害爻及玄武等同，臨者亦然。）化子而生身世，魯伯姬賢德而無疵。（財動化出子孫，主合世身者，必有懿德，如魯莊公夫人伯姬，言行皆善，無疵可議，見賞於《春秋》。凡占妻當以財爻為主，不可論應爻世爻等作其身也。）

The wealth line encountering the azure dragon but transforming into the defeat god or the brother line indicates a situation like Cai Yan, who was very intelligent but lost her virtue. The wealth line meeting the azure dragon usually signifies wisdom, but it is not favorable for it to transform into the brother line or the bathing defeat line. If it does, it suggests lack of faithfulness. Cai Yan, the daughter of Cai Yong, was exceptionally talented in literature, yet she fell into the hands of the Xiongnu and lost her chastity. If the wealth line transforms into the punishment line, the illness line, the harm line, or is accompanied by the black tortoise, the interpretation remains the same. If the wealth line transforms into the son line and then generates and harmonizes with the world line and the hexagram body, it is like Lu Bo Ji, who was virtuous and without flaw. When the wealth line moves and transforms into the son line, and this son line generates and harmonizes with the world line and the hexagram body, the wife must possess great virtue, like Bo Ji, the wife of Lu Zang Gong, who was both virtuous in her words and deeds, and was highly praised in the Spring and Autumn Annals. In all divinations concerning a wife, the wealth line should be the main focus, and the response line or the world line should not be used to represent her directly.

合而遇空，竇二女不辱於盜賊；（卦中若遇化爻動來相合，或帶咸池玄武動來克合，本非佳兆，若得財爻在空避之，是彼欲淫我而我不願之象，如唐奉天竇氏二女，被盜劫之而投崖，寧死不受辱也。）靜而沖動，卓文君投奔於相如。（卦中咸池玄武刑害等殺臨持財爻，若得休囚不動或落空亡，庶幾無事。或被日辰動爻沖之，則如卓文君被相如以琴挑之，欲心因動，不免至夜而亡奔相如，後當壚賣酒。）

There is a conjunction but the wealth line falls exactly into the empty position, indicating that the two daughters of the Dou family were not defiled by thieves. If there is a changing line in the hexagram that moves to join the wealth line, or if the wealth line is accompanied by 'Xianchi' or 'Black Tortoise' and attacks or joins it, this is not a good omen; but if the wealth line is actually hidden in the empty position, it shows that someone wanted to defile the person but they refused. In the Tang Dynasty, the two daughters of the Fengtian Dou family were kidnapped by bandits, but they preferred to jump off a cliff rather than be defiled, which is exactly this situation. When the wealth line is originally still but is moved, it represents Zhuo Wenjun running away with Sima Xiangru at night. If in the hexagram, 'Xianchi', 'Black Tortoise', and punishments and harms are attached to the wealth line, as long as the wealth line is weak, still, or in the empty position, there will be little trouble; but once it is disturbed by the day branch or a moving line, it is like Zhuo Wenjun being attracted by Sima Xiangru's music, feeling a strong emotion and unable to resist, so she left that night and later sold wine by the roadside.

福引刑爻發動，衛共姜作誓於柏舟；（子帶刑旺動，必主剋夫，然子乃貞潔之神，遇此等爻而財不值凶者，主守節之象，如衛共姜作柏舟詩，以死自誓也。）身遭化鬼克刑，班婕妤感傷乎秋扇。（卦中原有官與身世相生合，又化官卻來剋制身世及財爻，占法以動爻為始，變爻為終，主先親愛後棄絕之象。如漢班姬於武帝，始親愛後疏絕，所以見秋扇而傷感，作詞以寓其悽楚之思。）

The爻 representing子孙 is activated and accompanied by a刑, which corresponds to the story of Lady Gong Jiang of the State of Wei making the vow in the poem "Bai Zhou." Although子孙 with刑 usually indicates the ability to overcome a husband,子孙 is also a deity representing chastity. When such a爻 is activated and is strong, and the wealth爻 is not afflicted by凶, it indicates a situation of maintaining chastity. The early death of the son of the State of Wei, Gong Bo, led his wife Gong Jiang to compose the poem "Bai Zhou" to vow to herself not to remarry. When the Hexagram Body is transformed into an official ghost爻 that causes刑, it corresponds to Ban Jieyu's sorrow over the autumn fan. Originally, the official ghost爻 in the hexagram was in harmony with the body and the situation, but later it transformed into another official ghost爻 that restrained the body and the wealth爻. In divination, the activated爻 represents the beginning of an event, and the transformed爻 represents its conclusion. Therefore, it indicates first being favored and then being abandoned. Ban Jieyu was deeply favored when she first entered the palace, but later she became distant and lost her favor. Seeing the autumn fan discarded, she felt sorrow and wrote a poem to express her grief.

二鬼爭權水父沖，錢玉蓮逢汝權於江滸；（卦中若有二鬼發動，俱來生合財爻，又遇水父來刑沖剋害，而財爻在空避之者，必有兩夫爭權之象，父母逼勒之兆。而已有守節之操，故入於空，如孫汝權之於玉蓮類也。）六爻競合陰財動，秦弱蘭遇陶谷於郵亭。（男帶合則俊秀聰明，女帶合則澆浮淫佚，若六合卦而財爻又屬陰者，不動猶可，動則淫濫無恥，如秦弱蘭遇陶學士也。）

Two official spirits are competing for power, and there is also a water parent that clashes, which represents Qian Yulian meeting Sun Ruquan by the river. If there are two official spirits both activated in the hexagram, both coming to generate and harmonize with the wealth爻, and if a water parent爻 also clashes and harms, while the wealth爻 happens to be in Kongwang, this indicates the image of two men vying for marriage and parents forcing the marriage; the wealth爻 entering Kongwang shows the woman's determination to remain chaste, hence she avoids it—this is exactly the situation in the play where Sun Ruquan forces Qian Yulian to marry, and Yulian jumps into the river. When six lines compete to form harmony and the negative wealth爻 is activated, this represents Qin Ruolan meeting Tao Gu at the post station. A man's hexagram with harmony indicates a handsome and intelligent man; a woman's hexagram with harmony, however, suggests light-heartedness and promiscuity. If the hexagram forms Six Harmony and the wealth爻 is negative, it is not so bad when it is still, but once it moves, it leads to shameless behavior, as in the case of Qin Ruolan's meeting with Tao Xuesi at the post station.

鬼弱而未獲生扶，朱淑真良人遇蠢；（凡看女人身命以鬼為夫星，不宜空亡，空則難為夫主，又不宜動，動則難為兄弟；亦不宜衰弱，弱則招夫不肖不能發福，若衰弱而無一生扶合助，兼帶勾陳螣蛇等凶神者，必如朱淑真之夫，愚蒙不正，人物侏儒，因有斷腸之詩。）官強而又連龍福，吳孟子夫主賢明。（若鬼爻旺相，更逢青龍福德、祿馬貴人等吉神，主有貴顯賢明之夫，如吳孟子得魯昭公為夫也。若衰而逢助，亦主有賢明之夫。）

The official ghost is weak and lacks support, which is like Zhu Shuzhen marrying a foolish husband. When examining a woman's fate, the official ghost represents her husband. The husband's star should not fall into the empty and lost position, as that indicates difficulty in finding a husband; it should not be activated, as activation brings harm to brothers; and it should not be weak, as weakness indicates marrying an unsuitable man who cannot achieve success. If the official ghost is weak and receives no support or assistance, and is accompanied by Inauspicious Spirit such as Gou Chen and Teng She, then it is certain that the husband will be foolish and unscrupulous, with an unattractive appearance, leading the woman to write sorrowful poetry, as was the case with the Song dynasty female poet Zhu Shuzhen. If the official ghost is strong and connected with the Azure Dragon and the descendants, it is like Wu Mengzi marrying a virtuous husband. When the official ghost is strong and supported by the Azure Dragon, virtue, and auspicious spirits such as禄马 and Nobleman, it indicates a noble and wise husband, like Wu Mengzi marrying Duke Zhuang of Lu. Even if the official ghost is originally weak, as long as there is other support, it still indicates a virtuous husband.

若卜嬰孩之造化，乃將福德為用爻。（所喜者兄弟，大要興隆；所忌者父母，最嫌旺動。小兒造化不過卜其生長難易，若富貴貧賤固未暇論，故專以子孫一爻為主。若父母動，則來傷克，故忌；兄弟動，則來扶持故喜，蓋有生扶則易養。）隨官入墓，未為有子有孫；助鬼傷身，不免多災多病。（卦中若見世身隨官入墓者，必死，故曰未為有子有孫。若遇鬼傷克世身、刑沖主象者，必然多病。更逢財爻助之，大凶之兆。若鬼持世臨身亦主多病。）

If you are divining the fate of an infant, you should take the "ancestors" line as the useful god. The reason is that when divining about a child, the main concern is whether it is easy to raise, and matters of wealth, poverty, and social status are not yet relevant. Therefore, the focus is solely on the "ancestors" line. In this context, the presence of "brothers" is favorable, and the more prosperous they are, the better—since brothers belong to the same category, their movement brings support to the ancestors, and with generation and support, it becomes easier to raise the child. The presence of "parents" is unfavorable, especially if they are strong and active—when the parents move, they harm the ancestors. If the world line and hexagram body follow the official ghost into the tomb, it is impossible to have children or descendants. If the world line and hexagram body follow the official ghost into the tomb, the person is certain to die, so there is no need to hope for descendants. If the official ghost harms the world line and hexagram body, and there are signs of punishment and clash, the child will certainly be sick; if the wealth line also supports the official ghost, it is a very ominous sign. If the official ghost holds the world line and is present in the body, it also indicates many illnesses.

胎連官鬼，曾輕落地之關；（卦中胎爻臨鬼，或化出鬼爻，或鬼來沖剋者，必此兒生時絕而復甦，俗所謂落地關也。）子帶貴人，自有登天之日。（子爻若帶祿馬貴人，主此子他日必能顯貴，頭角崢嶸。）遇令星，如風搖干；逢絕地，似雨傾花。（凡遇凶神克戰，若得子孫得地健旺，則必無事，雖見小悔猶微風搖干，必不能傷；若在死絕之地，決難生養，一有克戰，則如驟雨傾花，鮮不殘敗。）

The胎爻 is connected to the官鬼, indicating that this child once experienced the critical moment of birth. In the hexagram, if the胎爻 is adjacent to the官鬼 or transforms into the官鬼, or if the官鬼 clashes and controls it, this child must have been born with a moment of apparent death followed by revival. The common phrase "落地关" refers to this situation. The Children Line is accompanied by a nobleman, suggesting that the child will eventually achieve success. If the子孙 is accompanied by "禄马" and "贵人," it indicates that this child will certainly attain high status and show remarkable talent from a young age. If the子孙 encounters the current star, even if Inauspicious Spirit attacks, it is like a gentle breeze shaking a tree; but if the子孙 is in a state of decline, it is like a sudden rainstorm causing flowers to fall. Whenever Inauspicious Spirit attacks or confronts, as long as the子孙 is strong and in a favorable position, there will be no major problems. Even if there are some minor setbacks, they are like a gentle wind shaking the trunk, which cannot harm the tree. However, if the子孙 is in a state of death or decline, it is already difficult to nurture, and if it meets with attacks, it is like a heavy rainstorm causing flowers to wither, and few survive without damage.

子孫化鬼，孝殤十月入冥途；祿貴臨爻，拜住童年登相位。（子化出鬼，乃九死一生之兆，如漢殤帝生才十月即死也。子化出鬼而貴人祿馬交臨，子又旺相，異日必貴，如元拜住年十四即為相。蓋子逢凶而化鬼，謂身化為鬼，故凶；子逢吉而化官，謂身化為官，故吉。）

When the子孙 changes into the official ghost, it is like the Han殇 Emperor who died at only ten months old; when the nobleman and the禄 and马 are present on the line, it is like Bayu of the Yuan dynasty who became prime minister at a young age. The change of子孙 into official ghost is a sign of great danger, as the Han殇 Emperor died when he was only ten months old. However, the same change of子孙 into official ghost, if the nobleman and the禄 and马 are present together, and the子孙 itself is prosperous and strong, then in the future it will surely lead to high status and honor—like Bayu of the Yuan dynasty who became prime minister at the age of fourteen. The difference lies in this: when the子孙 meets a凶 and changes into the ghost, it is as if the子孙 itself becomes the ghost, hence the凶; when the子孙 meets a吉 and changes into the official, it is as if the子孙 itself becomes the official, hence the吉.

凶殺來攢震卦，李令伯至九歲而能行；（震為足，若遇官鬼凶神刑剋，行必遲，如李令伯九歲方能行，蓋為凶神纏擾於足也。）吉神皆聚乾宮，白居易未週歲而識字。（乾為八卦首，於五行屬金，其數則一，又純陽之象。陽主上達，金主聰明，一則數之始也，若遇龍德及子孫在此宮者，必然幼敏。如白樂天生七月便識之無二字。）

The Inauspicious Sha gather in the《震》trigram, just as Li Mi did not walk until he was nine years old. The《震》trigram represents the feet in the human body. If official ghosts and Inauspicious Spirit are here and impose punishment, walking will be delayed; Li Mi's feet were bound by Inauspicious Spirit until he was nine. The吉神 are all gathered in the《乾》trigram, just as Bai Ju yi could recognize characters before he was one year old. The《乾》trigram is the first among the eight trigrams, belongs to the metal element, and its number is one. It is also the image of pure yang. Yang signifies upward movement and smoothness, while metal signifies intelligence and sharpness. The number one is the beginning of numbers. If「青龙」and「天德」along with the sons and daughters are all located in this trigram, the child will certainly be intelligent from an early age—Bai Ju yi could recognize characters at seven months old, without needing two characters.

八純頑劣，晉食我狼子野心；（八純卦六爻相沖，小兒見之必主頑劣性悍，如晉叔向子食我，心野不馴，猶豺狼之子也。）六合聰明，唐李白錦心繡口。（大抵六合卦必然陰陽相半，小兒遇之聰明智慧，他日文字當有擲地金聲之妙，如太白文才也。）

The eight pure hexagrams indicate a stubborn and fierce nature, like the son of Shuxiang of the Jin state, Shi Wo, who had a wolf-like heart. When a child obtains one of the eight pure hexagrams, it signifies a nature that is stubborn and fierce. Shi Wo, the son of Shuxiang, had a wild and untamable disposition, and ancient people called him the son of a wolf and a tiger. Obtaining the hexagram of the Six Harmonies indicates intelligence, like Li Bai of the Tang dynasty, who had a brilliant mind and eloquent speech. The hexagram of the Six Harmonies generally has half yin lines and half yang lines; when a child encounters this hexagram, they are intelligent and resourceful, and in the future, their writings will have a resounding quality like jade or stone, as was Li Bai's talent.

陽宮陽象，后稷所以歧嶷；（陽主高明，有上述之象，從天數也。占小兒而得純陽卦，子孫又屬陽，必如后稷生於姜嫄，克歧而克嶷也，見《詩．大雅》。）陰卦陰爻，晉帝所以戇呆。（陰主卑汙，有下達之象，法地故也。占小兒得陰宮卦，子孫又屬陰，主痴愚，如惠帝聞蛙聲而曰為公為私，見飢人而曰何不食肉糜，故史以戇呆譏之。）

The yang palace is paired with the yang image, so Hou Ji showed extraordinary intelligence from a young age. Yang represents high and bright, symbolizing upward movement and connection, following the pattern of heaven. If a child's divination shows a pure yang hexagram, and his descendants also belong to yang lines, this child will certainly be like Hou Ji, who was intelligent from a young age. The Book of Poetry, the Great Odes, describes him as having extraordinary wisdom. The yin hexagram is paired with yin lines, so Emperor Huizong of Jin was foolish. Yiny represents low and humble, symbolizing downward stagnation, following the pattern of earth. If a child's divination shows a yin hexagram, and his descendants also belong to yin lines, it indicates foolishness. Emperor Huizong of Jin once heard frogs croaking and asked whether the frogs were calling for the state or for private individuals. When he heard of people dying of starvation, he asked why they did not eat meat porridge. Historians thus criticized him as foolish.

龍父扶身，效藏燈於祖瑩；（青龍為吉神，父母為詩書學館，若臨身世或動來生合世身福德者，主此兒好學，如祖瑩八歲耽書，父母恐其成疾禁之，乃密藏火，待父母寢後，復燃燈讀之也。）歲君值福，希投筆於班超。（歲君，乃天子爻君象也，子孫臨之，此兒必志大，如漢班超，為兒時嘗投筆嘆曰：“大丈夫當立功異國，安能久事筆硯！”後出使西域，果應萬里封侯。）

The Azure Dragon supports the Hexagram Body along with the parents, indicating this child will emulate Zu Ying by hiding a lamp and studying at night. The Azure Dragon is a favorable deity, and the parents represent the study hall for learning poetry and literature. If they appear in the person's or family's position, or if they activate to harmonize with the descendant and the person's own position, it suggests the child is studious. Zu Ying from the Northern Wei Dynasty was eight years old and loved reading so much that his parents feared he would harm his health and forbade him. He then secretly hid the firewood and lit a lamp to study hard after his parents had gone to sleep. The year's master's line is on the descendant, suggesting this child may become like Ban Chao, who gave up his pen to join the military. The year's master is the line representing the sovereign, symbolizing the ruler; if the descendant is on top of it, the child's ambitions will be great. Ban Chao from the Han Dynasty once threw his brush and sighed, saying a man should achieve great deeds in distant lands, not spend his life writing. Later, he indeed went to the Western Regions and achieved the rank of a marquis in the distant land.

官鬼無傷，曹彬取印終封爵；（歲君值福固有大志，然卦中官鬼受制或落空亡，則志雖大而終莫能遂，官鬼無傷斯能稱意，如曹彬週歲時提戈取印，後出將入相，終封貴爵也。）父身有氣，車胤囊螢卒顯名。（龍父扶身固知好學，然身世主象及父母官鬼臨死絕地，則徒取辛勤，必父身有氣方有成望，如車胤勤學，卒以成業也。）

The official ghost is not injured, so this child will be like Cao Bin who grabbed the military weapons and seal during his first birthday and eventually received a noble title. Although the sovereign star being with the sons' hexagram indicates a great ambition, if the official ghost in the hexagram is subdued or falls into kongwang, even with great aspirations, they will never be realized; only when the official ghost is intact and uninjured can one achieve their desires. In the Song Dynasty, Cao Bin grabbed military weapons and the seal during his first birthday, later becoming a general and minister, and eventually received a prominent title. The parents' hexagram and the hexagram body both have strength, so this child will be like Che Yin who read by the light of fireflies in a bag, eventually achieving fame. Although the azure dragon parents supporting the body indicates a love for learning, if the body's main image and the parents and official ghost all fall into death and decay, then all the hard work will be in vain; only when the parents and the hexagram body both have strength can one hope for success. In the Jin Dynasty, Che Yin was poor and had no oil for lighting, so he used a silk bag to collect fireflies to read by at night, eventually achieving academic success.

金爻動合，啼必無聲；（五行中惟金有聲，且入之五臟肺主聲，肺屬金，故人聲以金爻取之，若被沖起或落空亡，聲必響亮，惟動而合住，則啼哭無聲也。）父母靜沖，兒須缺乳。（乳以子孫定之，若旺相有氣乳必多。休囚無氣乳必少。最怕父動或靜而逢沖，定須缺乳，克子故也。）

When the metal yao is activated but is restrained by a combination, the infant's crying will be silent. Among the Five Phases, only metal can produce sound. In the human body, the lungs are responsible for sound, and the lungs belong to metal, so the sound of a person is determined by the metal yao. If the metal yao is stirred up by a conflict or falls into kongwang, the crying will be loud. However, if the metal yao is activated but restrained by a combination, the crying will be silent. The yao representing the parents, although still, if it is conflicted, the child will lack milk. Milk is determined by the 'son' yao: if the son yao is prosperous and strong, there will be plenty of milk; if it is weak and confined, there will be little milk. The most dangerous situation is when the parents yao is activated, or the parents yao, although still, is conflicted. A conflict is like activation, and the parents yao will overcome the son yao, leading to a lack of milk.

用旺兒肥終易養，主衰兒弱必難為。（子孫旺相，殺莫能傷，其兒必肥，故易養；子孫休囚敵殺之氣無備，必多災悔，不惟羸瘦亦且難養。）身臨父母，莫逃鞠養之辛勤；（父母持世兒必多災，故鞠育之勞所以不免。父母為辛勤勞苦之神，故為小兒之惡殺也。）世遇子孫，終見劬勞之報效。（子孫持世兒必孝順故劬勞之恩必然報效。蓋子孫為主象臨於世者，以其有親親之義也。）

If the useful god is prosperous and strong, the child will be healthy and easy to raise; if the main image is weak and confined, the child will be thin and weak, and it will be difficult to raise. If the descendants are prosperous and strong, they can resist harmful influences, so the child will certainly be healthy and easy to raise; if the descendants are weak and confined, they cannot resist harmful influences, leading to many illnesses. Not only will the child be thin and weak, but it will also be difficult to grow up. If the hexagram body is on the parents, the parents will inevitably have to endure the hardship of raising the child. If the parents are the current line, the child will certainly have many troubles, and the parents will naturally have to endure the hardship of raising the child. The parents' line is originally a hardworking god, so in child divination it is considered an evil influence. If the current line meets the descendants, eventually the children will repay the parents' hard work. If the descendants are the current line, the child will certainly be filial, and the parents' hardships will eventually be repaid, because the descendants are both the main image and the current line, which signifies the affection between family members.

若問榮枯，全在六親之決斷；要知壽夭，須憑三限以推詳。（六親中財福為吉，兄鬼為凶，三限正限正卦管三十年為初限，互卦管三十年為中限，再以互卦又互一卦為末限，亦管三十年。人生壽夭須有定數，不看三限則難取決。如正卦有凶神來克戰，則壽止三十年前；如正卦無凶殺，而互卦見凶殺克戰，則壽止於六十歲；內正互皆無凶殺，其壽必在六旬外，宜以互卦再互一卦推之。若凶殺不動，則看世爻死絕之年斷之，庶無差謬。）合理至微，雖難細述；易爻有準，自在變通。

If one wants to know the prosperity and decline throughout one's life, it all depends on the Six Relations to determine; to know the length of one's life, one must rely on the three periods to examine. Among the Six Relations, wife and wealth and sons are considered auspicious, while brothers and officials and ghosts are considered inauspicious. The three periods are divided as follows: the Primary Hexagram governs the first thirty years, the Nuclear Hexagram governs the next thirty years, and then another Hexagram derived from the Nuclear Hexagram governs the final thirty years. A person's lifespan is determined by fate, and without considering the three periods, it is difficult to decide. For example, if there is a凶神 (malevolent spirit) in the Primary Hexagram that attacks or conflicts, one's lifespan will end before thirty years; if there is no Inauspicious Sha (malevolent killing force) in the Primary Hexagram but there is one in the Nuclear Hexagram that attacks or conflicts, one's lifespan will end before sixty years; if neither the Primary nor the Nuclear Hexagram has凶杀, one's lifespan will certainly exceed sixty years, and then one should use the Hexagram derived from the Nuclear Hexagram to determine further. If the Inauspicious Sha (malevolent killing force) remains unchanged throughout, then one should look at the year when the World Line reaches the death or extinction position to determine the lifespan, which is generally accurate. The principles involved are very subtle and detailed, and it is difficult to explain them all; fortunately, the hexagrams and lines have their own rules, and everything depends on how people apply them in different situations.

男女合婚，契於前定，朱陳締結，分在夙成。然非月老，焉知夫婦於當時；不有宓羲，豈識吉凶於今日！欲諧伉儷，必定陰陽。（陽奇陰偶配合成婚。世屬陽，應屬陰，鬼屬陽，財屬陰，內屬陽，外屬陰。陰陽相得，乃成夫婦之道，異日必然大利。）陰陽交錯，難期琴瑟之和鳴；（陰陽交錯者，世陰應陽，鬼陰財陽，內陰外陽，皆為反象成婚，後必主夫凌妻，妻欺夫，終朝反目，不得和順。若變出財鬼不空，主象安靜，亦可用也。）內外互搖，定見家庭之撓括。（占婚卦宜安靜，安靜則家庭雍睦，必無爭鬥之事。若財動則不和翁姑，鬼動則不和妯娌，父動則不和子侄，兄動則不和夫妻，動加月建日辰，不唯不和，更有剋制。）

Marriage between a man and a woman is originally determined by fate; the Zhu and Chen families have been marrying across generations, with their bond already established beforehand. However, without the Red Thread of the Moon God connecting them, who would know which pair was destined to be husband and wife? Without Fuxi drawing the trigrams, how could we today discern auspicious from inauspicious? To achieve harmony in marriage, one must first properly match yin and yang. Yang represents oddness, while yin represents evenness; one odd and one even form a proper match. When divining a marriage, the world line should be yang and the response line yin, the official ghost should be yang and the wife's wealth yin, the inner trigram should be yang and the outer trigram yin. Only when yin and yang are in their proper positions and harmonious can the way of husband and wife be fulfilled, ensuring future benefits. If yin and yang are reversed, it is difficult to expect harmony between husband and wife.所谓 reversal means the world line becomes yin and the response line becomes yang, the official ghost becomes yin and the wife's wealth becomes yang, the inner trigram becomes yin and the outer trigram becomes yang—these are all reversed signs of marriage, leading to either husband mistreating his wife or wife dominating her husband, constant quarrels, and lack of harmony. However, if the transformed wife's wealth and official ghost lines do not fall into emptiness and the images remain calm, they can still be勉强 used. When the inner and outer trigrams are both in motion, there will certainly be conflicts within the family. Divining marriage is best when the trigrams are still; stillness brings family harmony and prevents disputes. If the wife's wealth line moves, there will be conflict between the daughter-in-law and the in-laws; if the official ghost line moves, there will be conflict between the sisters-in-law; if the parents line moves, there will be conflict between elders and younger relatives; if the brothers line moves, there will be conflict between husband and wife. If these moving lines are further assisted by the month builder and day branch, the conflict will not only be present but also involve mutual control.

六合則易而且吉；（六合卦，一陰一陽配合成象，世應相生，財官相合，占者得之，必主易成而又吉。）六沖則難而又凶。（六沖卦，非純陰則純陽也，其象猶二女同居，兩男並處，志必不合。占者得之，必主難成，縱成亦不利。）陰而陽陽而陰，偏利牽絲之舉；（世與官宜陽反陰，應與財宜陰反陽。占娶婦多不利。惟入贅則吉。）世合應應合世，終成種玉之緣。（世為男家，應為女家，若得相合，是兩願之象，必主易成，後又吉利。）

A hexagram indicating the Six Harmonies suggests that marriage will be both easy and auspicious. The Six Harmonies hexagram combines one yin and one yang to form a harmonious image. The World Line and Response Line are mutually generating, and the wealth and official positions are harmoniously combined. If one seeks to determine marriage through this hexagram, it indicates that the marriage will be easily arranged and will be favorable after it is established. A hexagram indicating the Six Clashes suggests that marriage will be difficult and dangerous. The Six Clashes hexagram is either entirely yin or entirely yang, like two women living in the same house or two men sharing a room, which inevitably leads to incompatible intentions. If one seeks marriage through this hexagram, it indicates that the marriage will be difficult to achieve, and even if it is forced, it will not be beneficial. What should be yang becomes yin, and what should be yin becomes yang. This situation is only favorable for a man marrying into a woman's family. The World Line and official ghost should be yang, but they are instead yin; the Response Line and wife's wealth should be yin, but they are instead yang. This structure is generally unfavorable for seeking a wife, but it is favorable for a man marrying into a woman's family. The World Line combines with the Response Line, and the Response Line combines back with the World Line, ultimately leading to a harmonious marriage. The World Line represents the male family, and the Response Line represents the female family. When both sides combine, it indicates mutual willingness, and the marriage will be easily arranged and will be favorable after it is established.

欲求庚帖，豈宜應動應空？（欲求庚帖，須得應爻安靜不空，而又生合世爻者，必然允諧，事亦易成。若應爻發動，或空亡，或沖剋世爻，皆主不允，事亦難成，或去亦不遇。）若論聘儀，安可世蛇世弟？（螣蛇兄弟，世爻臨之，主男家慳吝，禮必不多；應爻臨之，主女家妝奩淡薄。臨旺發動亦克妻之兆也。）

If one wishes to visit the bride's family to request the庚帖, how can one allow the Response Line to be active or fall into Kongwang? To obtain the庚帖, the Response Line should be quiet and not in Kongwang, and it should come to generate and harmonise with the World Line. Only then will the other party agree, and the matter will be easily accomplished. If the Response Line is active, or falls into Kongwang, or conversely clashes and controls the World Line, it indicates that the other party will not agree, and the matter will be difficult to achieve, or even if one goes, one may not see anyone. To discuss the amount of the bride price, how can one allow the World Line to be occupied by 'Teng Sha' or by Brothers? Teng Sha and Brothers both indicate stinginess: if the World Line is occupied by them, it indicates that the groom's family is stingy, and the bride price will be light; if the Response Line is occupied by them, it indicates that the bride's family has a poor dowry. If they are prosperous and strong and become active, they also indicate the possibility of marital discord.

應生世，悅服成親；世克應，用強劫娶。（應爻生合世爻，主女家貪男家之象，必易成，不然是女家先來求親也。若世刑剋應爻，男家必不早來求其女。世旺應衰，乃恃富欺貧用強劫娶也。若世臨鬼及螣蛇而財爻得時旺相，青龍得地者，必因其女有姿色而欲設謀以娶之也。世臨玄武兄弟，必因其家乏財償債，欲謀納其女也，應動或旺，以旺動斷。）

If the Response Line generates the World Line, it indicates that the female side is genuinely pleased and willing to marry; if the World Line overcomes the Response Line, it suggests the male side is using power to force the marriage. If the Response Line generates and harmonizes with the World Line, it shows the female side values the male side, and the marriage will surely succeed, or it means the female side has already sent someone to propose first. If the World Line instead harms the Response Line, it means the male side was not eager to marry originally. If the World Line is strong and the Response Line is weak, it indicates the male side is exploiting wealth to oppress the poor and forcing the marriage. If the World Line is accompanied by the 'Teng Snake' and the Wealth Line is currently strong and prosperous, along with the 'Qing Long' being in a favorable position, it means the male side is coveting the woman's beauty and is scheming to marry her. If the World Line is accompanied by the 'Xuan Wu' and has brothers, it usually means the female side has debts and is unable to repay them, and the male side is planning to take the woman as collateral. If the Response Line is activated or strong, it should be interpreted according to its strength and movement.

如日合而世應比和，因人成事；（凡遇世生應，是男求女;應生世，是女求男，相合亦然。若世應比和，乃是兩家相成。其事要知何人贊成，以日辰合爻定之，間動辰合，則是媒人。）若父動而子孫墓絕，為嗣求婚。（占婚遇父旺動子孫，若墓絕，異日子息必少。若卜大人婚姻，有此象乃是無子而娶也，父持身世者亦然。）

If the day branch combines with another and the world and response lines are harmonious, this marriage is arranged by a third party. When the world line generates the response line, it indicates the man is seeking the woman; when the response line generates the world line, it indicates the woman is seeking the man, and the harmonious situation is divided in this way. If the world and response lines are harmonious, it means both families are mutually agreeable. To know who is the mediator, look at which line the day branch combines with: if the intermediate line is activated and the day branch combines with it, then it is the matchmaker. If the parents line is activated and the children line is in a state of burial and decline, this marriage is for the purpose of having children. When predicting marriage and the parents line is strong and active while the children line is in burial and decline, there will be few children in the future; if predicting marriage for an older person and this pattern appears, it is because of the lack of children and the need for a second wife, and the same applies if the parents line holds the world line.

財官動合，先私而後公；（凡婚以官為夫,財為婦。兩爻俱動相合，必是先通後娶，若遇沖剋外人已知，若臨玄武則眼去眉來，未通情意，本人自占而財與世爻動合者，亦然。財爻若與旁爻作合，與他人有情。財遇合多而化出子孫，必是妓家，蓋化子有從良之象也。）世應化空，始成而終悔。（世動生合應爻，男家願成其婚；應動生合世爻，婦家願妻其女，皆易成之象。但怕變入空亡，必有退悔之意，若得日辰動爻扶助，雖悔亦可成也。）

The wife's wealth and the official ghost both move and harmonize, indicating that there was first a private relationship and then an open marriage. In divination about marriage, the official ghost represents the husband and the wife's wealth represents the wife. When both lines move and harmonize, it means that there was first some intimacy and then marriage. If there is also a clash and control, it suggests that others have already known about the relationship. If the wife's wealth line is associated with the black tortoise, it indicates only mutual glances and affection has not yet been fully expressed. When the person themselves divines and the wife's wealth line and the world line move and harmonize, the interpretation is the same. If the wife's wealth line combines with another line, it suggests that she has feelings for someone else. If the wife's wealth line is harmonized with many other lines and transforms into the son line, it usually indicates that she comes from a brothel, as transforming into the son line suggests a desire to reform. If the world line and the response line transform into kongwang, it means that the relationship was initially agreed upon but eventually regretted. If the world line moves and harmonizes with the response line, it indicates that the male side is willing to marry. If the response line moves and harmonizes with the world line, it indicates that the female side is willing to marry, both of which are favorable signs. However, if they transform into kongwang, there will certainly be regret. If they receive support from the day branch or the moving line, although there may be a moment of regret, the marriage can still succeed.

六合而動象刑傷，必多破阻；世沖而日辰扶助，當有吹噓。（世爻與應生合，本主吉兆，若遇動爻日辰沖剋，必兩邊有破說其事難成；世應沖剋本非吉兆，若遇動爻日辰生合，兩邊必有吹噓。亦可成。要知吹噓破阻之人，依五類推之，如父母為叔伯尊長類。外宮他卦，以外人言。）鬼克飛爻，果信綠窗之難嫁；官合財位，方知綺席之易婚。（飛爻即世爻，大凡女占男，最不宜鬼爻刑剋世爻，亦不宜應爻克世，皆主不成。蓋女占男，以世為女家，應為男家故也。如遇此象，主男家不願為婚，所以難嫁，若他有制我有扶，而大象又吉，亦可成，然其家終是無意於我也。若得官生合世爻，或合財，爻或應爻生合世，方主易成。）

Although the hexagram shows harmony, if the moving line harms or injures, the marriage will face many obstacles and disruptions. Although the world line is being attacked, the day branch supports it, so someone will surely help mediate. When the world and response lines generate and harmonize with each other, it is a good omen. However, if the moving line or day branch clashes or controls them, there will certainly be someone who splits them apart, making the matter difficult to succeed. If the world and response lines originally clash and control each other, it is not a good omen. However, if the moving line or day branch generates and harmonizes with them, there will certainly be someone who speaks well of the matter, and it can still succeed. One must know who the people who speak well or cause trouble are, by referring to the six relations. For example, parents represent uncles and elders. If the line belongs to another hexagram, it is considered as an outsider. If the official ghost controls the flying line, it is indeed that a maiden is difficult to marry. If the official ghost harmonizes with the wealth line, it is known that the wedding will soon take place at the banquet. The flying line is the world line. When a woman divines about a man, it is most undesirable for the official ghost to injure the world line, or for the response line to injure the world line, both indicating that the marriage will not succeed. This is because when a woman divines about a man, the world line represents her family, and the response line represents his family. When such an image appears, it indicates that the man's family has no intention of marrying, so the woman finds it difficult to marry. If the other side has some control and our side has some support, and the overall image of the hexagram is favorable, it can bewith difficulty achieved, but ultimately, one of the families will still have no intention. The marriage will be easy to achieve only if the official ghost generates and harmonizes with the world line, or if the official ghost harmonizes with the wealth line, or if the response line generates and harmonizes with the world line.

財鬼如無刑害，夫妻定主和諧；（財鬼刑沖剋，夫妻必然不睦，如無此象，然後如魚得水，到老和諧。）文書若動當權，子嗣必然蕭索。（父母當權發動，子孫在空避之地，乃是事體未定。若不空而死絕無氣，則被其克，異日必然克子。）

If the wealth爻 and the ghost爻 do not suffer punishment or harm, the couple will certainly be harmonious. If the wealth and ghost爻 mutually suffer punishment, clash, control, or harm each other, the couple will certainly not be harmonious; only when there is no such indication will they be like fish and water, living together until old age. If the official document爻 is activated and holds power, the children will certainly be few. If the parent爻 holds power and is activated, and the son or daughter爻 is exactly hidden in the kongwang position to avoid it, the situation is still undecided; if the son or daughter is not in kongwang but falls into the dead or exhausted position, they will be harmed by the parent爻, and in the future, the parent will certainly harm the child.

若在一宮，當有通家之好；若加三合，曾叨會面之親。（世應生合比和，財鬼又同宮，是親上親也。不帶三合，雖親不識認，若帶三合，必曾會面者。）如逢財鬼空亡，乃婚姻之大忌；苟遇陰陽得位，實天命之所關。（財鬼二爻，占婚姻之用神，若值空亡必不吉利。天玄賦曰：財空妻失，鬼空夫亡，然不可執法推，蓋男占女以財為主，鬼空不妨；女占男以鬼為主，財空不妨，在用神無損害耳。若財鬼空亡而干支相合，世應相生，陰陽得位者，此實姻緣不過半世，衾枕不能偕老，非夫妻刑剋故也，乃天命所在耳。逢沖遇克謂避空，反不慮但主其一生該虛設衾枕，或半生在外仕宦工商之類。）

If the wealth and ghost lines are in the same trigram, the two families have been friends for a long time; if they also form a triple harmony, they have even met before. If the world and response lines are mutually generating, harmonious, or like each other, and the wealth and ghost lines are also in the same trigram, this is a case of being related by marriage. If there is no triple harmony, they are relatives but have never met; if there is triple harmony, they must have met. If the wealth and ghost lines fall into kongwang, this is a major inauspicious sign in fortune telling about marriage. If yin and yang are properly positioned, it relates to heaven's mandate. The wealth and ghost lines are the main divination lines for marriage, and if they fall into kongwang, it is definitely inauspicious. The "Heavenly Mystery Treatise" says that if the wealth line is empty, the wife is lost; if the ghost line is empty, the husband is lost. However, one should not rigidly follow this. For a man divining about a woman, the wealth line is the main concern, and an empty ghost line is not necessarily bad. For a woman divining about a man, the ghost line is the main concern, and an empty wealth line is not necessarily bad — the key is that the main divination lines themselves are not damaged. If the wealth and ghost lines are empty, but the heavenly stem and earthly branch are harmonious, the world and response lines are mutually generating, and yin and yang are properly positioned, then it indicates a relationship that lasts only half a lifetime, and they cannot live together until old age. This is not due to mutual harm between husband and wife, but rather due to heaven's decree. If the empty lines are also afflicted by conflict and damage, this is called avoiding kongwang, and there is no need to worry; it simply means that the person will have an empty bed for most of their life, or they will spend half their life working as an official or merchant abroad.

應財世鬼，終須夫唱婦隨；應鬼世財，不免夫權妻奪。（世持鬼應持財，此乃陰陽得位之象，必然夫秉男權，妻操婦道，定然夫唱於前，婦隨於後；若應持鬼世持財，此同陰陽失位之象，必然夫權妻奪，牝雞晨鳴，惟贅婿反吉。）

The Response Line holds wealth and the World Line holds ghosts, indicating harmony between husband and wife; if the Response Line holds ghosts and the World Line holds wealth, it is likely that the wife will take control from the husband. When the World Line holds official ghosts and the Response Line holds wife's wealth, it signifies that yin and yang are in their proper positions, meaning the husband will uphold male authority and the wife will remain within her proper role, with the husband leading and the wife following. Conversely, if the Response Line holds official ghosts and the World Line holds wife's wealth, it indicates a reversal of yin and yang, meaning the husband's authority will be taken by the wife, like a hen crowing instead of a rooster. However, in the case of a married-in son-in-law, this reversal is considered auspicious.

妯娌不和，只為官爻發動；翁姑不睦，定因妻位交重。（占婚以兄為妯娌，父為翁姑，卦有官動則克兄弟，妯娌間必不和；卦有財動則克父母，定主翁姑不睦。若旺不受傷克，則是事有反覆，若衰弱不能敵，則有刑剋也。）父合財爻，異日有新臺之行；世臨妻位，他時無就養之心。（占婚遇財父二爻持世，帶玄武動來相合者，異日有翁淫子媳之事。若財臨世身，其婦必不善事翁姑。）

In a marriage divination, the "brothers" represent the sisters-in-law, and the "parents" represent the in-laws. If the official ghost爻 moves, it will overcome the brothers, leading to discord between the sisters-in-law. If the wife's wealth爻 moves, it will overcome the parents, causing conflict between the in-laws and the daughter-in-law. If the爻 being overcome is prosperous and strong, the situation may fluctuate but not cause real harm. However, if it is weak and unable to resist, there will be actual punishment. If the parents爻 combines with the wife's wealth爻, there may be disgraceful incidents like the story of the new platform in the Book of Songs. If the wife's wealth爻 is on the world line or the hexagram body, the wife will not properly serve the in-laws. If both the wife's wealth and parents爻 are on the world line, and the black tortoise moves to combine with them, there will be a case where the father-in-law commits a wrongdoing with the daughter-in-law, as seen in the story of the new platform in the Book of Songs.

空鬼伏財，必是望門之寡婦；動財值虎，定然帶服之嫠娘。（卦中既有官爻財爻，而財爻又伏空鬼之下，其女先曾受聘，未婚夫死，俗謂望門寡；若加白虎動克，則是已嫁而死必帶孝服者。若伏鬼不空，必是有夫之婦女，如被日辰動爻提起刑剋世爻者，後防爭訟。）

The wealth line is hidden beneath an empty official ghost line, indicating that this woman is a young widow who was promised in marriage but never married. If the wealth line becomes active and is accompanied by the White Tiger, it means she is a widow who has already lost her husband and is in mourning. The presence of both official ghost and wealth lines in the hexagram suggests she was previously engaged, but her fiancé died, making her a young widow. If the White Tiger line becomes active and restrains the wealth line, it indicates she has already married but her husband died, and she is currently in mourning. If the official ghost line that hides the wealth line is not empty, then she is a married woman. If this official ghost line is further restricted by the day branch or a moving line, she may face legal troubles in the future.

世應俱空，難遂百年之連理；（世空自不欲成，縱成終不遂意；應空彼不欲成，得成日後兩家必不往來。）財官迭見，重為一度之新人。（男占女卦有兩財，女占男卦有兩鬼，必是斷絃再續，重為一度新人。兩財皆無損，必一正一偏，若一旺一空，則前妻已喪；兩鬼發動，必有兩家爭娶，如一旺一空，則前夫已亡。若鬼伏財下，男必有妻在家；財伏鬼下，女必有夫在身。鬼不空而動爻日辰沖剋妻財，必是生離改嫁；世克鬼而動爻日辰生合妻財，必是逐婿嫁女。）

The world line and the response line both fall into the empty position, meaning that even if they are united for a hundred years, their wishes will not be fulfilled. The world line being empty indicates that the person themselves has no intention of getting married, so even if they do, they will not be satisfied. The response line being empty means the other party has no intention, so even if they do get married, the two families will not communicate in the future. If both wealth and ghost lines appear repeatedly, it indicates that they need to remarry. If a man divines about a woman and there are two wealth lines in the hexagram, or a woman divines about a man and there are two ghost lines, it means they have been divorced before and are now remarrying. If both wealth lines are intact, it means one is the main wife and the other is a concubine; if one is strong and the other is empty, it means the previous wife has died. If both ghost lines are active, it means both families are competing for the marriage; if one is strong and the other is empty, it means the previous husband has died. If the ghost line is hidden beneath the wealth line, it means the man's family already has a wife; if the wealth line is hidden beneath the ghost line, it means the woman is already married. If the ghost line is not empty but is attacked by the moving line and the day branch, it means the relationship will be broken up and the woman will remarry. If the world line attacks the ghost line but the moving line and the day branch harmonize with the wealth line, it means the daughter-in-law will be sent away and the daughter will be married to someone else.

夫若才能，官位占長生之地；妻如丑拙，財爻落墓庫之鄉。（要知男女情性容貌，財鬼二爻取之。凡遇月令旺身必肥；日時旺貌必美。月令衰身必瘦，日時衰貌必丑。月令旺日時衰者，身肥而貌不揚，月令衰日時旺，身瘦而貌必美。衰而有扶，丑而才能，旺而入墓，雖美而愚拙。惟觀性情，男以鬼斷，女以財推。）命旺則榮華可擬，時衰則發達難期。（命即男女生命。生旺有氣，必有榮華之日；休囚死絕，必無發達之期。若財旺命衰，其妻貌雖美而命則平常；鬼衰命旺，其夫雖愚蠢而衣食豐足，命臨父母必好技藝，加青龍則是好詩書也。臨兄則好賭博，好使錢不好學。臨官喜迎官府。臨財福必善作家。看其現與不現，及五行生剋六神動靜推之。）

If a man has ability, it is because the official ghost position occupies the growth place; if a wife has an ugly appearance, it is because the wealth line falls into the storage place. To know the nature and appearance of men and women, one must refer to the wealth and official ghost lines. If a person's line is strong in the month, his body will be plump; if it is strong in the day or hour, his appearance will be good. If the month is in decline, the body will be thin; if the day or hour is in decline, the appearance will be ugly. If the month is strong but the day and hour are weak, the body will be fat but the appearance unremarkable; if the month is weak but the day and hour are strong, the body will be slender and the appearance good. If a line is weak but has support, the appearance is ugly but there is talent; if a line is strong but falls into storage, the appearance is good but the person is dull. As for nature, men look at the official ghost line, and women look at the wealth line. If the native line is strong, one can expect future success; if it is weak, success is unlikely. Here, the term "命" refers to the native year of birth: if the native line is strong and vital, there will be days of prosperity; if it is in decline, there will be no chance for success. If the wealth line is strong but the native line is weak, the wife may be beautiful but her fate ordinary; if the official ghost line is weak but the native line is strong, the husband may be dull-witted but have enough food and clothing. If the native line is connected to the parents, the person will be skilled in crafts; if it is also accompanied by the Azure Dragon, he will love poetry and books. If the native line is connected to the brothers, he will like gambling and spending money and not like studying. If the native line is connected to the official ghost, he will like dealing with officials. If the native line is connected to the wealth or children lines, he will be good at managing the household. In summary, one must look at whether the native line appears, and combine this with the five phases and the six spirits to make a judgment.

財化財，一舉兩得；（占婚遇財化財，必有僮僕同來，謂贈嫁。財化子則有小兒帶來，謂之帶幼聘。若化子逢空，雖來不壽；化財遇沖，後必走失。）鬼化鬼，四復三番。（大抵鬼化鬼凡事反覆不定，占婚遇之，決不容易。若大象可成，亦見遲滯。然此象主女家多有更變，難易緩急皆聽從於彼。）兄動而爻臨玄武，須防劫騙之謀；（鬼爻不動，而兄弟又臨玄武螣蛇來刑沖身世者，須防其中奸詐設計騙財。若世應生合，陰陽得位，財鬼無傷，亦必大費財而可成。）

When the wealth line transforms into another wealth line, it signifies gaining two benefits at once. If a divination about marriage shows wealth transforming into wealth, it indicates that servants will accompany the bride, which is called a gift bride. If wealth transforms into the line of descendants, it means that children will come along with the marriage, called a child-bearer marriage. If the transformed descendant line is empty, although the child may come along, it will not be raised long-term. If the transformed wealth line is in conflict, the wealth will eventually be lost. When the official ghost line transforms into another official ghost line, it indicates repeated occurrences. Generally, when ghosts transform into ghosts, matters tend to be unstable and repeated. If this appears in a marriage divination, the matter will not be easily settled. Even if the overall situation is favorable, the process will be delayed and complicated. This kind of situation often indicates that the bride's family keeps changing their mind, and the ease or difficulty of the matter is entirely controlled by the other side. If the brothers' lines are active and the line above them is the Black Tortoise, one should be cautious of being deceived of wealth. If the official ghost line is not active, but the brothers' line is accompanied by the Black Tortoise and the Snake, which conflict with the personal line and the world line, one should be wary of someone scheming and plotting to take advantage of wealth. If the world and response lines are mutually supportive and harmonious, yin and yang are properly positioned, and the wealth and ghost lines are not harmed, then the marriage can still be successful, although it may require more expenditure.

應空而卦伏文書，未有執盟之主。（父母為主婚人，若不上卦或落空亡，必無主婚，恐其婦自作主張，不然主其事必難成就和合也。）兩父齊興，必有爭盟之象；雙官俱動，斯為競娶之端。（卦中兩爻父動或父化父，主有兩人主婚，不然必兩家庚帖。若兩鬼俱動，則有兩家爭求其婚，不然主事體多有變。以上若一動一靜，一旺一空，則無言。若卦有官化父，父化官或官父皆動，恐有爭訟之患。文書兄動必有口舌。）日逢父合，己期合巹於三星；（日辰與父爻作合，或日辰自帶文書，主成婚日期已預定矣。）

The response line falls into kongwang and the document line is hidden and not visible, so there is no one to take the lead in the marriage. In divination for marriage, the 'parents' line represents the person who takes the lead in the marriage. If the parents line is not in the upper trigram, or if it is in the upper trigram but falls into kongwang, then there will be no one to take the lead, and the woman may take the initiative herself, otherwise the matter will not be settled. If both parents lines are active, there will be a situation where two people are competing to take the lead. If both official ghost lines are active, it indicates the beginning of competing for the marriage. If both parents lines are active in the trigram, or if the parents line transforms into another parents line, it indicates that there are two people taking the lead, or that two families will each send a marriage proposal. If both official ghost lines are active, there will be two families competing for the marriage, or there will be many complications. If the situation is one active and one inactive, or one strong and one in kongwang, then it is not like that. If the official ghost line transforms into the parents line, or the parents line transforms into the official ghost line, or both official ghost and parents lines are active, there may be disputes. If the document line and the brothers line are both active, there will be disputes and conflicts. If the day branch combines with the parents line, the auspicious period for marriage has already been set. If the day branch combines with the parents line, or if the day branch itself carries the document line, it indicates that the marriage date has already been prearranged.

世獲財生，終得妝奩千百兩。（財爻又作妝奩斷，若生合世爻，又得日月動爻扶助，必有妝奩。臨勾陳必有妝奩田，臨青龍必美麗，臨螣蛇白虎敗病等爻，則是舊什物也。若財無生助，不可亂言，要推多少，以生合妻財之爻，看衰旺斷之。財之衰旺，僅可推女貌妍媸，不可推妝奩厚薄。）欲通媒妁，須論間爻。（占婚以間爻媒人也。）應或相生，乃女家之瓜葛；世如相合，必男室之葭莩。（間爻與世生合，多男家親；與應生合，多女家親。世應俱相生合，兩家皆有親，旺相新親，休囚舊眷，本宮至親，他宮外親。）

The world line is supported by the wealth line, which indicates that the bride will eventually receive a substantial dowry. The wealth line can represent not only the spouse but also the dowry. If the wealth line generates and harmonizes with the world line, and is supported by the day branch, month builder, or moving line, there will certainly be a dowry. If the wealth line is associated with Gou Chen, there will be land in the dowry; if it is associated with Azure Dragon, the items will be exquisite. If it is associated with Teng She or Bai Hu, or if it falls in the bathing or illness lines, it will only be some old household items. If the wealth line is not supported, do not make false claims. To determine the amount of the dowry, look at the line that generates and harmonizes with the wealth line to see if it is strong or weak. The strength or weakness of the wealth line itself can only indicate the beauty or ugliness of the woman, not the thickness or thinness of the dowry. To inquire about the matchmaker, consider the intermediate lines between the world and response lines, as these represent the matchmaker in a marriage divination. If the intermediate line generates the response line, the matchmaker is a relative of the bride's family. If it harmonizes with the world line, the matchmaker is a relative of the groom's family. If the intermediate line harmonizes with the world line, it is mostly a relative of the groom's family; if it harmonizes with the response line, it is mostly a relative of the bride's family; if it harmonizes with both the world and response lines, both families are related. If the intermediate line is strong and prosperous, it is a recent relative; if it is weak and confined, it is an old relative. If it belongs to the same palace, it is a close relative; if it belongs to another palace, it is a distant relative.

先觀卦象之陰陽，則男女可決；（陽男媒，陰女媒。或問間爻有二陰二陽，當以何爻為主？以衰旺動靜取之。又問衰爻動旺爻靜則如何？以動者定之。又問兩爻皆旺或皆衰，又將何以定之？以沖動者定之。若又無沖，以生合扶起者定之。或一旺一空以不空者定之。又不遇空；則以長生決法定之。務歸於一則不雜亂。）次看卦爻之動靜，則老幼堪推。（交重二爻為老年人，單拆二爻為少年人，或胎養長生為少年，臨官帝旺為中年，墓絕是老年人，為媒也。若墓化旺，是老年人先來說；陰化陽，是女人先來說。若此爻動空化空而自沖動彼一爻，主原媒有故推卻，而他人為媒也。）

First, examine the yin and yang of the middle line. This determines whether the matchmaker is male or female: a yang line indicates a male matchmaker, while a yin line indicates a female matchmaker. Someone might ask, if both lines are yin or both are yang, which line should be considered primary? The answer is to determine based on their strength and weakness, movement, and stillness. If the weak line moves and the strong line remains still, take the moving line as the primary. If both lines are equally strong or equally weak, take the one that is disturbed. If neither is disturbed, take the one that is supported by birth or combination. If one is strong and the other is empty, take the one that is not empty. If neither is present, use the order of the twelve long life stages to decide. It is essential to determine a single line to avoid confusion. Then, examine the movement and stillness of the line to determine the age of the matchmaker: intersecting and overlapping lines indicate an elderly person, while single and broken lines indicate a younger person. Another method is to consider the position of the line: if it falls in the stages of fetal stage, nurturing, or growth, it indicates youth; if it falls in officialdom or prosperity, it indicates middle age; if it falls in burial or decline, it indicates old age. If the burial line transforms into a strong line, it indicates an elderly person proposing first. If a yin line transforms into a yang line, it indicates a woman proposing first. If a line moves and falls into an empty position, and further transforms into an empty position, but instead disturbs another middle line, this means the original matchmaker has something to attend to and is replaced by someone else.

論貧富，當究身命；決美惡，可驗性情。（人生美惡，貧富兩章盡之矣，然非特可觀媒妁而已。若問婦看財爻，問夫身看鬼爻，問男家看世爻，問女家看應爻。若應旺財衰，可言女家雖富女貌不揚，餘類推。至於維持破說之旁人，可以刑沖生合之爻推之。）雀值兄臨，慣在其中得利；（間爻如值螣蛇朱雀及兄弟者，其人必俐齒伶牙，素以媒妁獲利者，興旺必奸詐。）世沖應合，倩他出以為媒。（間爻安靜被應世二爻沖動，或生扶合起及日辰沖並起者，其人無心作伐，必是一邊央他說也。間爻自動者，勿如此斷。）

To determine wealth and poverty, one should examine the lines related to the person's body and destiny. To judge beauty, ugliness, goodness, or evil, one should look at the nature and temperament. The beauty or ugliness and wealth or poverty of a person have already been discussed in the chapters on body and marriage, and these views are not limited to matchmakers. Specifically, when asking about the woman herself, look at the wealth line; when asking about the man himself, look at the official ghost line; when asking about the man's family, look at the world line; and when asking about the woman's family, look at the response line. For example, if the response line is strong and the wealth line is weak, one can conclude that although the woman's family is wealthy, the woman herself may not be very attractive. The rest can be analyzed in the same way. As for those who support or hinder the situation, look at which line is involved in punishment and clash, and which line is involved in generating and harmonizing. If the intermediate line is accompanied by the Vermilion Bird and has the brother line, this person is accustomed to taking advantage of the situation. If the intermediate line is accompanied by the Snake, the Vermilion Bird, and the brother line, this person is certainly eloquent and has made a living by matchmaking. The more prosperous and strong such a line is, the more cunning the person is. If the intermediate line is attacked by the world line or harmonized by the response line, it indicates that someone has deliberately invited this person to act as a matchmaker. If the intermediate line was originally quiet but is now moved by the world and response lines, or is supported and harmonized, or is attacked by the day branch and becomes active, it shows that the person originally had no intention of being a matchmaker, but was persuaded by one of the parties to mediate. If the intermediate line is self-initiated, then this interpretation does not apply.

兩兄同發，定多月老以爭盟；二間俱空，必無通好以為禮。（兩間俱動，必有兩媒，臨兄或兄化兄或動出兩鬼，主有爭競為媒，須看空亡衰旺及有制無制，可知那個執權。若間爻安靜俱在空亡，必無媒人通好，若空動而化出兄鬼或臨兄鬼空動者，乃是媒欲謝禮作鬼不來，非無媒也。）世應不和，仗冰言而通好；（世應相沖相剋，難以成親，若得間爻生合解救，其事始難成就，終須得媒人兩邊說合以通其好，則事亦可成。何謂救解？如應動克世，間爻合住應爻生扶世爻，餘可類推。）間爻受克，總綺語亦無從。（凡欲請媒人說合求親，必得應爻生合間爻，則其言易入，必然聽信；如間爻反被應沖剋，則雖甘言美語，亦不從。）

When two brothers' lines are both active, it indicates that several matchmakers will compete for the marriage; if both intermediate lines are empty, there will be no communication or exchange of gifts. If both intermediate lines are active, there must be two matchmakers. If the intermediate line is accompanied by a brother, or if the brother changes into another brother, or if two officials are generated, it indicates that the matchmakers are competing. In such cases, one should look at which line is empty, which is strong or weak, and whether it is restrained, to determine which one will ultimately prevail. If both intermediate lines are quiet and both are empty, there will certainly be no matchmakers involved. However, if they are empty but active, or if they generate brothers or officials, or if they themselves are brothers or officials that are empty and active, this indicates that the matchmakers are trying to ask for a reward and deliberately not visiting, not because there are truly no matchmakers. If the world and response lines are not harmonious, they rely on the matchmakers' words to mediate. If the world and response lines are in conflict or mutual control, the marriage is naturally difficult to achieve. However, if the intermediate lines generate and harmonize to relieve the conflict, although the matter starts off difficult, it can still be resolved through the mediation of the matchmakers and eventually succeed. What is meant by relief? For example, if the response line is active and controls the world line, but the intermediate line instead harmonizes with the response line and generates and supports the world line, and so on. If the intermediate line is controlled, even if it has many good words, it is in vain. When inviting a matchmaker to mediate and seek a marriage, the response line should generate and harmonize with the intermediate line, so the matchmaker's words will be more easily accepted, and the other party will certainly listen. If the intermediate line is instead controlled by the response line, then no matter how eloquently you speak, the other party will not agree.

財官沖剋，反招就裡愆尤；（間爻若被日辰動爻沖剋，其媒必然取怨於兩家。世爻沖剋，男家有怨；應爻沖剋，女家有怨。或世來生合而財爻沖剋者，男家雖喜，異日女家必怨。財官皆沖剋，夫妻俱有怨。）世應生扶，必得其中厚惠。（凡遇世應、日辰帶財福、青龍生合間爻，其媒必有兩家酬貺，旺相多休囚少，若帶兄鬼螣蛇玄武類生合者，不過巧言虛禮，必無實惠。化出財福生合亦吉，男看世爻，女看應爻。世應俱生合，兩家俱有惠，世旺男家多，應旺女家多。）一卦吉凶，細察精微委曲。百年夫婦，方知到底團圓。

When the wealth line and official line conflict and control the intermediate line, the matchmaker will end up with a lot of complaints. If the intermediate line is conflicted or controlled by the day branch or the moving line, the matchmaker will be disliked by both sides. If the world line conflicts with the intermediate line, the male family will blame him; if the response line conflicts with the intermediate line, the female family will blame him. If the world line generates and supports the intermediate line but the wealth line conflicts with it, the male family will be happy while the female family will later have grievances. If both the wealth and official lines conflict with the intermediate line, both the husband and wife will blame him. If the world and response lines generate and support the intermediate line, the matchmaker will certainly receive generous thanks. Whenever the world line, response line, or day branch brings wealth, descendants, and the azure dragon to generate and support the intermediate line, both families will offer rewards. If these lines are prosperous and strong, the reward will be generous; if they are weak and confined, the reward will be meager. If the lines that generate and support the intermediate line bring brothers, officials, the snake, or the black tortoise, it is just empty words and no real benefit. If the lines transform into wealth or fortune to generate and support the intermediate line, it is also auspicious. The male family looks at the world line, and the female family looks at the response line. If both the world and response lines generate and support the intermediate line, both families will offer rewards. If the world line is strong, the male family will give more; if the response line is strong, the female family will give more. To determine the fortune or misfortune of a hexagram, one must carefully examine these subtle and intricate details. Only then can one determine whether a couple will eventually be united after a hundred years.

首出混沌，配乾坤而生人物，繼興太昊，制嫁娶以合夫妻。迄今數千百年化生不絕，雖至幾億萬世絡繹無窮。蓋得陰陽交感，方能胎孕相生，先看子孫，便知男女，陽為男子，掌中探見新珠；陰是女兒，門右喜看設帨。（子孫為占產用神，陽爻為男，陰爻為女。）

Pangu first emerged from chaos and created humans and all things by harmonizing heaven and earth. Then came Taihao Fuxi, who established the marriage ceremony to correspond with the relationship between husband and wife. From that time to the present, thousands of years have passed, and life has continued without end. In the countless generations to come, there will also be an unending flow. All of this depends on the interaction of yin and yang, enabling conception and birth. When divining about childbirth, one looks at the 'offspring' line. If the offspring line is a yang line, it indicates a boy, like a new pearl appearing in the palm. If the offspring line is a yin line, it indicates a girl, like a silk ribbon hanging on the right side of the door to celebrate the joy. Using the 'offspring' line as the useful god in divination is precisely because a yang line signifies a boy and a yin line signifies a girl.

或更反兆，徒勞鞠育於三年；若遇化空，旺受胚胎於十月。（反兆者，占得生男卦反生女，占得生女卦反生男是也。皆主不壽，子孫化入空亡者亦不育。）

If opposite signs appear, the three years of careful nurturing will be in vain; if the offspring transforms into Kongwang, the ten months of pregnancy will also be futile.the so-called反兆 refers to divining a male child but giving birth to a female, or divining a female child but giving birth to a male; in both cases, the child will not live long. If the offspring transforms into Kongwang, it will also be impossible to raise the child.

主星生旺，當生俊秀之肥兒；命曜休囚，必產萎靡之弱子。（子孫生旺生子必肥大，異日主俊秀不凡；休囚無氣，生子必弱小，異日主萎靡不振。若子孫無氣，得月建日辰動爻生合扶持，主所生兒始雖弱小後漸肥大；子孫雖旺、遇月建日辰動爻刑沖剋害，始雖肥大後漸怯弱。古人斷男女生，雖以陰陽為主，然又言陽爻衰弱亦主生女，陰爻旺相亦主生男，以衰旺為主，陰陽為輔，細推其理，非確論何也？人生稟天地之秀氣，受父母之精英，蓋感陰陽而化育也。得陽精於中，陰血裹之，則成陽胎生男；得陰血於中，陽精裹之，則生女。感其氣之盛而正者，則生子肥大而為賢智；感其氣之不正而微者，則生子弱小而為愚不肖，此為自然之理，而易道豈異是哉！故愚謂子孫屬陽斷生男，或休囚則推弱小；子孫屬陰則生女，或旺相則推肥大，蓋必以陰陽為主也。學者詳之。）

The main star is prosperous and strong, indicating the birth of a handsome and strong child; if the destiny stars are weak and confined, the child will be weak and frail. If the son or daughter line is prosperous and strong, the child will be large and later become outstanding; if the son or daughter line is weak and confined, the child will be weak and later tend to be weak and unremarkable. If the son or daughter line is weak but receives support from the month builder, day branch, or moving line through generation and harmony, the child will start weak but gradually become strong. If the son or daughter line is strong but encounters punishment, clash, or harm from the month builder, day branch, or moving line, the child will start strong but later become weak. Ancient people judged the gender of children mainly based on yin and yang, but they also said that a weak yang line indicates a female child and a strong yin line indicates a male child, treating strength and weakness as the main factor and yin and yang as the auxiliary. Upon careful consideration, this is not entirely accurate. Humans inherit the refined qi from heaven and earth and receive the essence from their parents, being influenced by yin and yang to be conceived. If yang essence is in the center and yin blood surrounds it, it forms a yang fetus and results in a male child; if yin blood is in the center and yang essence surrounds it, it results in a female child. If the qi received is strong and pure, the child will be large and wise; if the qi received is subtle and improper, the child will be small and foolish. This is the natural principle, how could the Yi Classic contradict it? Therefore, I believe: if the son or daughter line is yang, it indicates a male child, and if it is weak, then the child is weak; if the son or daughter line is yin, it indicates a female child, and if it is strong, then the child is strong and healthy. Always take yin and yang as the main consideration. Scholars should carefully reflect on this.

如無福德，當究胎爻。（剖決固以子孫為主，若卦無子孫當尋胎爻定子。如乾兌宮卦，子孫屬水，胎在午，則午為胎爻。故卦有子孫則不論胎，或無子孫又無胎爻，則以第二爻斷之。）雙胎雙福必雙生，（卦有兩子爻又有兩胎爻，雖不發動，亦主雙生。若卦有兩子爻皆動，或子化子，胎化胎者，皆雙生之象也。若二爻一陰一陽，則一男一女；一旺一空，則一生一死。）一克一刑終一夢。（卦無子，占產大忌，若胎爻又被月建日辰動爻刑剋沖害，或無故自空大凶之兆，故一場春夢，言其子必亡也，子孫衰受克者亦然。）

In a hexagram, if there is no indication of descendants, one must investigate the fetal line. Although the descendants are the main focus for judgment, when there are no descendants in the hexagram, the fetal line must be used to determine the child. For example, in hexagrams of the Qian and Dui trigrams, the descendants belong to water, and the fetal position of water is in Wu, so the Wu line is the fetal line. If there are descendants in the hexagram, there is no need to consider the fetal line; if there are neither descendants nor a fetal line, then the second line is used for judgment. When there are two fetal lines and two descendant lines, it indicates twins. If there are two descendant lines and two fetal lines in the hexagram, even if they do not move, it suggests the birth of twins. If two descendant lines move, or if descendants transform into descendants and fetal lines transform into fetal lines, these also indicate the birth of twins. If these two lines are one yin and one yang, it indicates one male and one female. If one is strong and the other is empty, it indicates one alive and one dead. If one is attacked and the other is punished, it will ultimately be a dream without result. The absence of descendants is a major concern in fortune telling about childbirth. If the fetal line is also harmed by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, or if it falls into empty wasteland without cause, it is a very ominous sign. This is called a spring dream, meaning the child will certainly not be kept. If the descendants are weak and attacked, the judgment is the same.

胎臨官鬼，懷胎便有采薪憂；財化子孫，分娩即當勿藥喜。（鬼臨胎爻，其婦懷胎常有疾，胎爻被官沖剋亦然。若胎爻雖臨官鬼化出子孫，或財化福爻，則懷胎時固多疾，分娩即安泰。）妻財一位，喜見扶持；胎福二爻，怕逢傷害。（財為產母，胎為胞胎，福為兒女，三者皆喜，月建日辰動爻生合扶助，則產母安，胞胎穩，子亦易養。若見刑沖剋害，產母多災，胞胎不安，所生子亦難養。化入死墓空絕，大凶之兆。）

When the officialdom line affects the fetal line, the pregnant woman often experiences illness during pregnancy; when the wife's wealth transforms into descendants, the condition improves after childbirth. If the officialdom line is on the fetal line, the pregnant woman experiences many illnesses during pregnancy; if the fetal line is clashed and controlled by the officialdom line, the situation is similar. If the fetal line is on the officialdom line but transforms into descendants, or if the wife's wealth transforms into descendants, then although there are many illnesses during pregnancy, after childbirth the condition becomes stable. The wife's wealth line prefers support; the fetal line and the descendants line most fear harm. In this section, the wife's wealth line represents the mother, the fetal line represents the fetus, and the descendants line represents the child; all three prefer to be generated and harmonized by the month builder, day branch, and moving line. If this happens, the mother will be safe, the fetal condition will be stable, and the child will be easy to raise. If there are punishments, clashes, clashes and controls, the mother will face many disasters, the fetal condition will be unstable, and the child will be difficult to raise; if they transform into death, tomb, emptiness, or decline, it is a great凶 omen.

虎作血神，值子交重胎已破；（白虎為血神，若臨子孫或臨胎爻發動，其胎己破，臨財動者亦然。唯臨兄鬼及帶刑沖剋害或化官，莫作吉斷，可言此必漏胎，動爻合住，胎雖動而未分娩。）龍為喜氣，遇胎發動日將臨。（占產以青龍為喜神，若在胎福財爻上動者，生期己迫，必然臨日者也。在父兄官爻上動，勿作吉看。）

The White Tiger is the deity governing blood. When it appears on the子孙 position and triggers a moving line, it indicates that the placenta has ruptured. If the White Tiger appears on the子孙 or胎爻 and triggers a moving line, it signifies that the amniotic fluid has broken and childbirth is imminent; the same interpretation applies if it appears on the妻财 position. However, if the White Tiger appears on the兄弟 or官鬼 positions, or if it is accompanied bypunishment and clash,clash and control, or transforms into官鬼, it should not be considered a favorable omen, but rather a sign of miscarriage. If this moving line is restrained by another line, then although the pregnancy has begun to move, childbirth may not occur immediately. The Azure Dragon is the deity governing joy. If it appears on the胎爻 and triggers a moving line, childbirth is approaching. In divination regarding childbirth, the Azure Dragon is considered a favorable deity. If it appears on the胎爻,子孙, or妻财 positions and triggers a moving line, childbirth is imminent and is likely to occur soon. However, if it appears on the父母,兄弟, or官鬼 positions and triggers a moving line, it should not be regarded as a favorable omen.

福遇龍空胎動，乃墮胎虛喜；（福臨青龍空亡而胎爻自發動，或被沖動者，必是墮胎虛喜，福若避空則不然，要知何故墮胎以胎爻斷，如臨官鬼白虎，因病墮胎，臨父財勞傷，臨玄武則色慾，臨螣蛇驚嚇之故，臨朱雀白虎者，鬥毆撲跌墮也。）官當虎動福空，乃半產空娠。（白虎臨官發動，或臨財動化官而子孫空亡，或伏或動空化空，或被沖散者，當小產。臨月占卦乃是其子不育之象也。）

The son's hexagram is on the Azure Dragon but falls into Kongwang, and the胎爻 moves on its own, which indicates a miscarriage and empty joy. If the son's hexagram is on the Azure Dragon and also falls into Kongwang, and the胎爻 moves on its own or is moved by another, it will certainly indicate a miscarriage and false joy; if the son's hexagram enters Kongwang to avoid danger, it should not be interpreted this way. To know the reason for the miscarriage, look at what the胎爻 is associated with: if it is associated with the Officialdom hexagram or the White Tiger, it is due to illness; if it is associated with the Parents or the Wife's Wealth hexagram, it is due to overwork and injury; if it is associated with the Black Tortoise, it is due to excessive sexual activity; if it is associated with the Snake, it is due to being startled; if it is associated with the Vermilion Bird and also the White Tiger, it is due to fighting or falling. If the Officialdom hexagram of the official ghost moves on the White Tiger, and the son's hexagram falls into Kongwang, it indicates a partial miscarriage and an empty pregnancy. If the White Tiger hexagram of the official ghost moves, or if the Wealth hexagram moves and transforms into the official ghost, and at the same time the son's hexagram falls into Kongwang, or is hidden, or moves and falls into Kongwang and transforms into Kongwang, or is scattered by being triggered, it should be interpreted as a miscarriage. If this situation occurs in the month of childbirth when casting the divination, it indicates that the child will not survive.

福已動而日又沖胎，兒必預生於膝下；（胎與福若臨龍虎或有不動而日辰沖並者，其子已生。若不克世則勿斷，須再詳支神。如未過來占時候可言當日便產，若己過時而動爻是重，亦分娩矣。）福被傷而胎仍化鬼，子當早死於腹中。（子孫在死墓空絕之地，又被月建、日辰、動爻、刑沖剋害者，大凶之兆。若胎爻又臨官或胎化官，必是死胎。更財爻又臨死墓空絕，須防母子俱入黃泉。）兄動兮不利其妻，父興兮難為厥子。（兄乃克財之神，如動則產母不安；父為克子之殺，若動則子宮必損。然二神以有救無救斷之，可也。）

The子孙 has already moved, and the day branch also clashes with the胎爻, indicating that the child is likely already born. If the胎爻 and子孙 are accompanied by the「青龙」or「白虎」, or if they are not moving but are stirred up by the day branch and combined with others, the child has already been delivered. However, if they do not control the world, one should not yet make a judgment, but should carefully examine the earth branches: if the time of the question has not yet passed, it can be predicted that the child will be born on the same day; if that time has already passed, and the moving line is a repeated line, then the child has already been delivered. If the子孙 is injured and the胎爻 also transforms into官鬼, the child has already died in the womb. If the子孙 is located in the dead, tomb, void, or绝 positions, and is further punished or controlled by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, this is a great凶 omen; if the胎爻 also meets官鬼, or the胎爻 transforms into官鬼, it is definitely a dead fetus. If the财爻 is also in the dead, tomb, void, or绝 positions, one must also be cautious of both mother and child dying. If the brothers move, it is unfavorable for the mother; if the parents move, it is unfavorable for the child. Brothers are the gods that control the财, and once they move, the mother will be uneasy; parents are the killers that control the child, and once they move, the uterus will certainly be injured. However, these two situations still need to be checked for whether there is a rescue to determine the fortune or misfortune.

用在空亡逢惡殺，何妨坐草之虞；（父兄發動本為凶兆，如財福二爻在避空之地，謂空不受克，故云無事。或父兄雖動而得動爻日辰合住，謂之貪合忘克，縱凶亦虛驚，必無大害。）妻臨玄武入陰宮，果應夢蘭之兆。（巽離坤兌四宮財爻臨玄武或與玄武作合，必僕婢所生，旺相必是淫婦。休囚有吉神救助，只主出身微賤，非淫亂之婦。）克世克身，誕生日迫；（凡占生產，得子孫胎爻沖剋身世，生期已迫，當以日時斷之。蓋凡生世主遲，克世主速，克若動而逢空，過日斷。休囚期在生旺日時旺相，當以本日斷。又如子孫動，胎爻靜，以動者定其日，沖胎定其時。若胎動而子孫靜，胎爻定其日，沖福定其時，蓋動則速，沖則遲故也，又如動而合住，則以沖剋破合日斷之，餘類推。）

The useful god, although falling into kongwang, is not obstructive to the matter of giving birth. The parents and brothers, although their lines are active, are originally ominous signs, but the wealth and happiness lines are hiding in kongwang to avoid trouble. When something is in kongwang, it is not subject to being controlled, so there is no incident. Or, even though the parents and brothers are active, they may be restrained by other active lines or the day branch, which is called greedy for harmony and forgetting control. Even if there is danger, it is just a false alarm and will not cause serious harm. The wealth line is accompanied by xuanwu and falls into a yin palace, which indeed corresponds to the omen of giving birth to a son in a dream. The four yin palaces of xun, li, kun, and dui, if the wealth line is accompanied by xuanwu or combines with xuanwu, the children born are mostly servants' sons. If the wealth line is prosperous and strong, the person is certainly licentious. If it is weak and confined but has a good god to help, it is only that the person is of humble origin, not a licentious woman. The useful god controls the world and the body, indicating that the time of giving birth is approaching. In divination about childbirth, if the descendants or the fetal line conflicts with the body or the world, it means the time of birth is near, and it can be determined precisely by day and time. Generally, if the birth line is the main one, the time is delayed; if it controls the world, the time is quick. If the controlling line is active and meets kongwang, then the time is passed on the next day. If it is weak and confined, the time is on the day when it becomes strong. If it is strong and prosperous, the time is on the same day. For example, if the descendants are active and the fetal line is still, the day is determined by the active descendants, and the time is determined by the hour that conflicts with the fetal line. If the fetal line is active and the descendants are still, the day is determined by the active fetal line, and the time is determined by the hour that conflicts with the descendants—because activity brings quickness, and conflict brings delay. Another example is if the active line is restrained by a combination, then take the day that opens or breaks the combination to determine the time, and the rest follows the same principle.

不沖不發，產日時遲。（卦中胎福不動，又無暗沖者，其生產月日未臨，必然遲緩，直待沖動日月斷其生產。若無胎福二爻，其產亦遲，宜以卦中臨動之爻斷之。若又無動爻，則以卦中胎養長生之日斷之。）胎福齊興官父合，臨產難生；（胎福二爻發動，本主易生，若被官鬼父母合住，或日辰帶父兄鬼合住，皆主臨產難生，直待沖破克破合住日時，方得分娩。若非合住而胎福自化父母官鬼者，皆主遲滯。）子財皆絕日辰扶，將危有救。（占產遇胎福在墓絕之地，固凶，若得日辰動爻生扶，此乃將危有救之兆。如被惡殺旺相刑剋，則不能有救。）

If there is no clash, the lines do not move, and the time of delivery is naturally delayed. In the hexagram, if the line of the fetus and the line of the child do not move, and there is no hidden clash, it indicates that the month and day of delivery have not yet arrived, and the process will be slow, requiring the arrival of the month and day that trigger these lines to determine the time of birth. If the hexagram has no line of the fetus or child at all, and the time of delivery is still delayed, then one should use the line that is currently moving to determine the time. If there is no moving line at all, then one should use the days of the fetus, nurturing, and growth to determine the time. If the lines of the fetus and child both become active but are restrained by the official ghost or parents, childbirth becomes difficult. Normally, the movement of the lines of the fetus and fortune indicates a smooth delivery, but if they are restrained by the official ghost or parents, or if they are restrained by the day branch or the day's line of the parents, brothers, or official ghost, it indicates that the mother will not be able to give birth at the time of delivery, and one must wait until the day or time that breaks or overcomes this restraint to give birth. If it is not a case of being restrained, but the lines of the fetus and fortune themselves produce the parents or official ghost, it also indicates a delay. If both the child and wife's wealth lines are in the state of decline, but are supported by the day branch, it is a dangerous situation with a chance of salvation. When the lines of the fetus and child are in the墓 or绝 positions, it is a凶 sign; but if they are supported by the day branch or moving line, it indicates a dangerous situation with a chance of salvation. However, if they are further harmed by strong evil forces, the salvation is not possible.

間合間生，全賴收生之力；（老孃收生，以間爻推之，若動而生合財爻及胎福二爻，必得老孃收生之力，然後快易。如卦有凶神發動，而間爻救制者，必遇收生而後產也。）官空官伏，定然遺腹之兒。（卦無官鬼或在空亡，主產婦丈夫己死，此必遺腹子也，然非財福白虎則勿斷。若有鬼伏在白虎爻下，或龍伏鬼墓爻下，主夫病臥在床，非死也。旺空則是有病，鬼爻入墓或身臨鬼墓，非有病只在獄。）游魂卦官鬼空亡，乃背爹落地；（占產遇游魂卦，官鬼空亡或鬼空動或鬼動化入游魂，皆主臨產其夫出外，不見生產也。若其夫自占，遇世爻空亡者亦然。如遇游魂卦變入歸魂而鬼爻發動者，又主臨產，其夫自外歸也。世動逢合住得歸不到家。）

The second line comes to harmonize and generate, relying entirely on the strength of the midwife. The old midwife pushes from the second line: if the second line moves and harmonizes with the wealth line and the Conception and Fortune lines, it must be due to the midwife's assistance, and the childbirth will be smooth and easy. If there are inauspicious spirits moving in the hexagram, and the second line can save or control them, then the child is born only after the midwife arrives. If the official ghost falls into empty or is hidden and not visible, it is mostly a child born from a deceased father. If there is no official ghost in the hexagram, or the official ghost falls into empty, it indicates the husband of the mother has died, and the child is a posthumous Zi. However, if the wealth and Fortune lines and the White Tiger are not present together, we should not make such a judgment. If the official ghost is hidden under the White Tiger line, or the Azure Dragon is hidden under the Tomb of the official ghost, then the husband is ill in bed, not dead. If the official ghost is strong but falls into empty, it simply means he is ill. If the official ghost is in the Tomb, or the hexagram body is on the Tomb of the official ghost, it is not illness but imprisonment. If the hexagram is a Wandering Soul hexagram and the official ghost falls into empty, the child is born with the father's back. When predicting childbirth and the hexagram is a Wandering Soul hexagram, if the official ghost falls into empty or moves into empty, or the official ghost moves and transforms into a Wandering Soul hexagram, it indicates that the husband is away when childbirth happens and cannot be present to see the child born. If the husband himself comes to consult, and the world line falls into empty, it is the same. If the hexagram changes from a Wandering Soul hexagram to a Returning Soul hexagram and the official ghost moves, it indicates that the husband returns from outside at the time of childbirth. If the world line moves but is held by harmony, then even though he has started the journey, he will not arrive home.

發動爻父兄刑害，必攜子歸泉。（占產父兄為忌爻，若帶三刑六害當權旺相而動，財福二爻在死絕之地而無救助者，主子母俱亡。）官化福，胎前多病；財化官，產後多災。（未臨月，占鬼化出子孫，主胎前常有病，待產後方安；財化官則胎前強健，至產後多病。若已臨月，須防產母有不測之患。）三合成兄，兒缺乳；（卦有三合成兄弟局者，生子必然乳少，若兄在旁爻無氣發動，亦主缺乳，財福化出兄爻亦然。若三合成父母局，子必衰弱無力。成官鬼局，生產必不快易。惟三合財福局，然後吉。）

When the parents and brothers are activated and accompanied by punishments and harms, it is certain that both mother and child will die. In divination about childbirth, the parents and brothers are considered hostile gods. If they are activated with triple punishments, six harms, and are in a strong and prosperous state, and if the wealth and happiness lines are in a dead or exhausted state without support, it indicates that both mother and child will die. If the official ghost transforms into the son, it indicates many illnesses during pregnancy. If the wealth line transforms into the official ghost, it indicates many troubles after childbirth. If the divination is cast before the month of childbirth, and the official ghost transforms into the son, it indicates frequent illness during pregnancy, and only after birth will it be safe; if the wealth line transforms into the official ghost, it indicates strong health during pregnancy but many troubles after childbirth. If it is already the month of childbirth, one must be cautious of unexpected dangers for the mother. If the triple harmony forms the brothers' group, the child will lack milk. If the triple harmony forms the brothers' group in the divination, the child will definitely have insufficient milk; if the brothers are activated from the secondary lines without strength, it also indicates a lack of milk; if the wealth and happiness lines transform into the brothers' lines, the situation is the same. If the triple harmony forms the parents' group, the child will be weak and powerless; if it forms the official ghost group, childbirth will be difficult. Only when the triple harmony forms the wealth or son's group is it favorable.

六沖遇子，婦安然。（凡占六沖財福發動，或得日辰六沖暗動，則財有生氣，鬼有剋制，所以產母安然而臥也。）應若逢空，外家無催生之禮物；（占產以應為外家，若逢空，必無催生禮物。臨兄則是慳吝之人，雖有不多。臨財福更來生合世爻，必有厚惠。旺則外家富，衰則外家貧。與世刑沖，必與外家不和。）世如值弟，自家絕調理之肥甘。（兄值世，衰則其家貧欠將息，產婦必難強健；旺則其人慳吝，不肯調理非無也。動化子，主其人平素慳吝，合則肥甘足用，世臨財福空亡，亦之調理。）陽福助青龍，無異桂庭之秀子；陰孫扶月建，何殊桃洞之仙姬。（子臨月建青龍，或月建帶青龍生合子孫者，不拘男女皆主俊秀聰明；子孫墓絕，或帶刑害，或加虎蛇，或受沖剋，或化兄鬼，皆主醜陋不肖。）

When a hexagram of six clashes appears and the sons' line is also present, the mother giving birth remains safe. If a hexagram of six clashes is drawn for a childbirth divination, and the wealth and fortune lines are activated, or if they are clashed by the day branch and move covertly, then the wealth line gains life qi, and the official ghost line is controlled, so the mother can rest safely. If the response line falls into kongwang, the mother-in-law's side will not bring gifts to help with childbirth. In divination for childbirth, the response line represents the mother-in-law's side; if it is in kongwang, there will be no gifts. If the response line is occupied by a brother, it indicates a stingy person, and even if gifts are given, they will be few. If the response line is occupied by wealth or fortune lines and they generate and harmonize with the world line, there will certainly be generous gifts. If the response line is strong, the mother-in-law's side is wealthy; if weak, it is poor. If the response line clashes with the world line, there will be discord with the mother-in-law's side. If the world line is occupied by a brother, the family will lack good nourishment and care. If the brother holds the world line, and is weak, the family is poor and unable to provide care, making it hard for the mother to recover; if strong, the person is stingy and unwilling to spend on care, not because there is no money. If the brother moves and transforms into the sons' line, it indicates that this person is usually stingy, but when it meets a harmonious element, he will have enough rich food. If the world line is occupied by wealth or fortune lines and falls into kongwang, it is also impossible to have proper care. If the sons' line is a yang line and receives the assistance of the azure dragon, it is like a handsome son in a fragrant courtyard; if the sons' line is a yin line and receives the support of the month builder, it is like a fairy in the peach blossom spring. If the sons' line is occupied by the month builder and the azure dragon, or if the month builder and azure dragon generate and harmonize with the sons' line, regardless of male or female, it indicates a handsome and intelligent person. Conversely, if the sons' line falls into the墓绝 (grave and decline), or is accompanied by punishments and harms, or is joined by the white tiger and tansheng, or is clashed and controlled, or transforms into brothers or official ghosts, it indicates an ugly appearance and bad character.

若卜有孕無孕，須詳胎伏胎飛。（凡占胎孕有無，專取胎爻為主，不看子孫，如卦中六爻上下及年月日時皆無胎爻者，雖有子孫亦為無孕。卦中雖無動爻有化出者，眼下無胎，後必有胎，惟遇胎爻出現旺動，便為有胎。若卦無胎，子孫又空，乃自命中所招必無子。）出現空亡，將胚而復散；交重化絕，既孕而不成。（胚，陰血陽精凝聚成胎之謂，蓋未成形曰胚，已成曰孕。胎爻出現如遇空亡，主雖有胎不至成形而又散；若得發動，其胎已成，惟怕變入死墓空絕，則主孕雖成形，不能產育，是亦不成而已矣。）

If the divination shows pregnancy or not, one must carefully examine whether the胎爻 is hidden or active. When determining whether there is pregnancy or not, the focus should be on the胎爻, not on the子孙. If no胎爻 can be found among the six lines, the year, month, day, or hour, then even if there is a子孙, it is considered no pregnancy. If the hexagram does not have a present胎爻, but a moving line generates one, it indicates that there is no pregnancy now, but there will be later. Only when the胎爻 appears and is strong and active does it mean that there is already a pregnancy. If there is no胎爻 and the子孙 also falls into Kongwang, it means that the person is destined to have no children. If the胎爻 appears but falls into Kongwang, it means that the embryo forms but then disperses. If the胎爻 is activated but transforms into a dead or buried state, it means that the pregnancy is formed but cannot be sustained. The embryo is formed by the convergence of yin blood and yang essence; before it takes shape it is called an embryo, and once it takes shape it is called a pregnancy. If the胎爻 appears but falls into Kongwang, it indicates that although there is a pregnancy, it does not develop into a form and disperses. If the胎爻 is able to activate, it means that the embryo has formed, but one should fear that it transforms into death, burial, emptiness, or decline, which means that although the pregnancy has formed, it cannot result in childbirth, and ultimately remains unfulfilled.

姅必逢官，（孕傷曰姅，胎臨官，或動官，或被官動來刑沖剋害，皆主胎孕有傷。若非鬼爻而被月建日辰刑剋，其胎亦有傷損。日辰沖胎，懷胎不安。）妉須遇虎。（娠婦既孕，月事又通曰妉。若未及月胎臨白虎，必是漏胎。如遇殺沖或發動化鬼者，旺相為小產，無氣是漏胎。）

If the fetal element is harmed, it is certainly due to encountering the official ghost. A fetus being harmed is called "dian." If the fetal element is in the position of officialdom, or if it transforms into the official ghost, or if the activated official ghost harms or clashes with it, it indicates damage to the fetus; even if it is not the official ghost but is harmed by the month builder or the day branch, the fetus is still injured. If the day branch clashes with the fetal element, it indicates an unstable pregnancy. Bleeding during pregnancy is certainly due to encountering the White Tiger. If a woman is already pregnant but still has her menstrual period, it is called "dan." If the due date has not arrived and the fetal element is in the position of the White Tiger, it is definitely a miscarriage; if it also encounters Inauspicious Sha (evil killing) clashing or the fetal element is activated and transforms into the official ghost, then a prosperous and strong condition indicates a miscarriage, while a weak condition indicates a leakage of the fetus.

帶令星而獲助，存沒咸安；（凡占胎孕，胎爻旺相又有生合扶助，不臨官鬼父母及空亡者，其胎必成。更陽爻則生子，必生有養死有祀，所以存歿咸安。）有陰地而無傷，緩急非益。（胎爻屬陰，休囚而得月建日辰動多生合，再無凶神刑剋者，其胎亦成，但生女，故曰緩急非益也。）如逢玄武，暗裡成胎；若遇文書，此前無子。（胎臨玄武必然暗與人通，及陰司不明，所受之胎非夫妻正受也。休囚有制，則占婢妾胎孕，若臨父主此前未嘗有子，或者雖有不存，今始成胎也。）

The Fetal Line carries the current star and receives support, so both the living and the dead are properly cared for. When predicting pregnancy, if the Fetal Line is prosperous and strong with support from generation and harmony, and it does not meet the officialdom ghost or the parents'line, nor falls into kongwang, the pregnancy will surely succeed. If the Fetal Line is yang, it will result in a boy, and in the future, there will be someone to support him when he is alive and someone to worship him when he is dead, so both life and death are secure. If the Fetal Line falls into yin but is not harmed, it will not be relied upon in times of urgency. If the Fetal Line is yin, although it is weak and confined, it receives support from the month builder, day branch, and many moving lines that generate and harmonize, and there is no harm from inauspicious deity, this pregnancy can still succeed, but it will be a girl. A daughter cannot support the family, so in times of urgency, she cannot provide help. If the Fetal Line meets the Xuanwu (Dark Warrior), the pregnancy is formed secretly; if it meets the Document Line, it indicates that there were no children before. If the Fetal Line is with Xuanwu (Dark Warrior), it must be a secret affair with someone else, the origin is ambiguous, and the fetus is not from the husband's legitimate offspring; if the Black Tortoise is weak and restrained, it indicates a pregnancy from a servant or concubine. If the Fetal Line meets the parents, it indicates that there were no children before, or although there were children, they did not survive, and now it is the first time the body is forming a fetus.

孕形於內，只因土並勾陳；胎隱於中，端為迎龍合德。（胎臨勾陳，懷胎顯露，更屬土爻猶甚。胎臨青龍，其胎不露，更逢三合六合，必隱然如未孕者。《天玄賦》曰：“胎爻屬陽，陽氣輕清上浮，胎近胸前；胎爻屬陰，陰氣重濁下降，胎必近下”。此說得之。）若問收生之婦，休將兩間而推；如占代養之娘，惟憑一財而斷。（若占老孃及化婆者，以占產卦中取之，則問爻是也。今人執其迷說，雖單占另卜，亦以間爻論則失之矣。故凡單占，當以妻財一爻為主，不可又以間爻推之。收生之婦，即今老孃，代養之娘即今乳母，二者斷法相似，故並云。）

The form of the fetus is revealed externally because the fetal yao is accompanied by "Gou Chen"; the form of the fetus is hidden internally because "Azure Dragon" harmonizes with it. When the fetal yao is associated with Gou Chen, the condition of pregnancy becomes evident; since the fetal yao also belongs to earth, it becomes even clearer. When the fetal yao is associated with Azure Dragon, the form of the fetus does not appear externally; if it also meets Triple Harmony and Six Harmony, the abdomen appears as if not yet pregnant. The "Heavenly Mystery Treatise" says: if the fetal yao is yang, yang energy is light and rises, so the fetal position is near the chest; if the fetal yao is yin, yin energy is heavy and sinks, so the fetal position is definitely lower. This statement is correct. If one asks about the midwife, do not use the two middle yao to deduce; if one divines about a wet nurse, only rely on the wife's wealth yao. The midwife and the one who assists in childbirth are naturally included in the divination of childbirth, using the middle yao; nowadays people are rigid in old ways, using the middle yao even when divining a separate chart, which is wrong. Whenever a separate chart is cast specifically to divinate about a person, one should take the wife's wealth yao as the main reference, and not use the middle yao again. The woman who assists in childbirth is today's midwife, and the one who raises the child is today's wet nurse; their methods of divination are similar, so they are discussed together.

刑沖剋害，福德要防，死墓絕空，財身宜避。（凡占老孃乳母，雖以財爻為主，然亦重子孫，蓋子孫生扶財故也。若被日辰月建動爻刑沖剋害，則子必見傷，雖財爻有氣，亦不可用。若子孫不受傷克而自居死墓空絕之地，則主老孃無手段，乳母不濟事，化入者亦然。）兄動兮手低，乳母須防盜物；（兄弟發動，占老孃決然本事必低，占乳母則主此婦貪財愛物，見財起意，又主貪食，亦非貞潔。又加玄武，必淫。若財爻自動化出兄弟或臨卦身，依此斷之。）

Punishments, clashes, and control should be guarded against falling upon the子孙 (offspring); death,墓 (grave),绝 (end), and空 (void) should be avoided by the财爻 (wealth line) and the Hexagram Body (hexagram body). When divining about a wet nurse or a wet nurse, although the财爻 is the main focus, the子孙 is also important because the子孙 can generate and support the财爻. If the子孙 is punished, clashed, or controlled by the day branch, month builder, or moving line, the child will surely suffer injury. At this time, even if the财爻 has strength, this person cannot be used. If the子孙 is not injured but itself falls into death,墓,空, or绝, it indicates that the wet nurse is ineffective and the wet nurse is not helpful. The same interpretation applies when the lines transform into these conditions. If the brothers are activated, their skills are low; when used as a wet nurse, one must also guard against theft. If brothers are activated, when divining about a wet nurse, their skills are certainly poor; when divining about a wet nurse, this woman is greedy for wealth and material things, and when seeing money, she will have thoughts, and she is also greedy for food, and her character is not virtuous. If further combined with Black Tortoise (Black Tortoise), she is definitely promiscuous. If the财爻 itself is activated and transforms into brothers, or if brothers are present in the Hexagram Body, the same interpretation applies.

父興兮乳少，老孃切恐傷胎。（父母發動占老孃最凶，胞胎必然損傷，更加刑害，兒必為其所害，切不可用。如占乳母，衰則主有乳，旺則無乳，不可用。若化出及持身世者同斷。或問篇中斷乳少前以兄弟斷，此以父母斷，何也？答曰：大抵卜易貴通變，執一則非。蓋乳固一事，以小兒言為食，屬財則乳亦當以財爻取；以婦人言則母乳於孩子，故乳亦以子孫取之。如子平中亦以我生者為食神，夫豈無本之論哉！）

When the parents'爻 are active, the mother's milk will be reduced. If someone is used as a midwife, there is fear that she might injure the fetus. When the parents'爻 are active, the midwife is most dangerous, and the fetus will surely be harmed. If there is also punishment and harm, the child will certainly be harmed by her; thus, she should not be used. When judging a wet nurse, if the parents are weak, there may still be milk, but if the parents are prosperous and strong, there will be no milk, and she should not be used. If the parents are derived from another爻 or if the parents are the ruler or occupying the position, the judgment is the same. Some may ask: previously, when judging lack of milk, we used the brothers'爻, but now when judging reduced milk, we use the parents'爻, how can this be explained? The answer is: divination values flexibility and adaptability; sticking to one method is wrong. Milk is essentially one matter. From the child's perspective, it is his food, which belongs to wealth, so milk can be taken as the wealth爻. From the mother's perspective, it is the mother nurturing the child, which is what I have given birth to, so milk can also be taken as the descendants'爻. Just like in the method of Zi Ping, the one I have given birth to is called the food god, which is not an arbitrary statement.

子孫發動多乳，手段更高能；（大抵子孫旺相發動，不臨空絕不受制伏，財爻又無傷害者，上吉之卦。老孃手段必高，乳母必主乳多，向後決然稱意。）官鬼發動多災，事機猶反覆。（官鬼發動，必有禍患，不傷身世，難凶亦淺，一遭刑害禍不可言。如兩官皆發動，鬼化鬼兄化兄，或官兄亂動，必主大凶，占乳母反覆難成，雖成必有口舌後患。）財合福爻，善能調護；身生子位，理會維持。（卦身與財生合，子孫最吉。占老孃，手段必高，慣能救死回生；占乳母主其婦善撫小兒，乳亦多。）

When the hexagram indicates that the descendants are active, there will be abundant milk and the midwife's skills will be highly effective. Generally, if the descendants are prosperous and strong and active, they do not fall into emptiness or decline, nor are they restrained, and the wealth hexagram is not harmed, this is an excellent hexagram: the midwife's skills will certainly be high, the wet nurse's milk will certainly be sufficient, and everything will be satisfactory in the future. When the official ghost is active, there will be many troubles and the situation will be complicated. If the official ghost moves, there will certainly be misfortunes; if it does not harm the body or the family, the danger is not severe. But once it involves punishment and harm, the troubles will be endless. If two official ghosts are active, or if the official ghost transforms into another official ghost, or the brother transforms into another brother, or the official and brother are both active, it will certainly indicate a great misfortune. When divining about a wet nurse, it will be difficult to reach an agreement, and even if an agreement is reached, there will certainly be disputes later. If the wealth hexagram combines with the descendants, the person is good at taking care of the child; if the hexagram body generates the position of the descendants, the person knows how to maintain and care for the child. If the hexagram body combines and generates the wealth hexagram, and the descendants are in the most favorable position: when divining about a midwife, her skills will be excellent and she will be able to save lives; when divining about a wet nurse, this woman is good at nurturing the child and will have sufficient milk.

如逢相剋相沖，決見多災多咎。（子孫被財與卦身刑沖剋害，最不利，用之兒必為其所害。子孫避空或月建有氣，財身有制，庶幾無虞。占老孃胎爻亦不可受傷，世持父兄亦不遂意。）

If there is mutual control or clash, misfortune will surely follow continuously. If the descendants are harmed by the wealth hexagram line and the hexagram body through punishment and clash, it is extremely unfavorable. Using such a person will certainly lead to harm to the child. Unless the descendants hide in kongwang to avoid it, or the descendants receive the energy of the month builder and are strong, or the wealth hexagram line and the hexagram body are controlled by other factors, then it can bewith difficulty safe. When divining about a wet nurse, the fetal hexagram line must not be harmed; if the world line holds parents or brothers, it will also not be satisfactory.

獨夫處世，休言無子即忘情；君子治家，難道一身兼作僕。必須便嬖，乃足使令於前，若不螟蛉，焉繼宗支於後？（老而無子曰獨，過繼他人子曰螟蛉，蟲類也。）須別來占，方知主用。（過繼小兒以子孫為主；主買婢、僱童僕、買寵妾及收留迷失之人，皆以財為主。若窩藏有難之人，則看其人與我相識，朋友以兄弟為主，尊長以父母為主，婦人以妻財為主，在官人以官鬼為主也。）

A person living alone does not mean they should give up hope just because they have no son; a gentleman managing his household does not need to do everything himself like a servant. There must be someone close by to attend to him. If they do not adopt a son, who will carry on the family line? Being childless is called "du" (solitude), while adopting another's child is called "minglei" (a term derived from a type of insect). This distinction must be clear when determining which line to use as the "yongshen" (useful god): adopting a child is primarily associated with the "zisun" (sons and daughters) line; buying a servant, hiring a boy, taking a concubine, or taking in a lost person is primarily associated with the "qicai" (wife and wealth) line. If someone is hiding a person in need, one must consider the relationship between that person and oneself—friends are associated with the "xiongdi" (brothers and sisters) line, elders with the "fu mu" (parents) line, women with the "qicai" line, and officials with the "guan gui" (officials and ghosts) line.

用不宜動，動必難留；（用爻發動，其人難托，若遇游魂或化入游魂者，異日主逃竄，雖螟蛉亦不為爾子也。僱工借居，則主不久，若來生合世爻，則是吉兆，非逃與難留也。）主不可傷，傷須夭折。（主象衰弱，而被日辰動爻乘旺來刑傷克害，更無解救者，異日必然夭折，雖借居，亦主其人有大禍。若傷克之爻又無氣，或有制伏，不過災病非夭折。若得用爻在空避之地。無妨。）

The Useful God should not be activated; once it moves, it cannot retain the person. If the Useful God line moves, the person is not trustworthy; if it meets the Ghostly Soul hexagram or the Useful God line transforms into the Ghostly Soul, the person will eventually leave, even if he is adopted, he will not become your son. If it is a hired worker or a tenant, it indicates he will not stay long. However, if the Useful God line activates and generates and harmonises with the World Line, this is a good omen and does not indicate difficulty in keeping the person. The main image should not be harmed; once it is harmed, it indicates a short life. If the main image is already weak and is further harmed by the Day Branch or the moving line which is strong, and there is no one to save it, the person will certainly die young; even if he is just staying temporarily, he will face great misfortune. If the line that harms and controls is itself weak or is controlled by another, it will only result in illness, not death. If the Useful God line is hiding in Kongwang to avoid harm, there will be no problem.

衰入墓中，擬定萎靡不振；旺臨世上，決然干蠱有成。（用爻入墓，其人性慵懶，衰弱無氣，及臨死絕，主萎靡不振；若得旺相，不空臨身持世，或生合世爻，大吉之兆，立嫡過房必能成家，買納奴婢亦能體我心意。）動化空亡，有始無終之輩；蛇合官鬼，多謀少德之人。（用爻發動變入空亡，主其人有頭無尾。若臨螣蛇動合官鬼，其人雖多謀，然奸詐不實難憑。婦人見之則主不貞潔。）

The useful god is weak and falls into the grave, indicating that the person is listless and lacks energy. If the useful god is prosperous and strong and appears in the world, it indicates that the person will achieve success in their affairs. A person whose line is in the grave is lazy in nature; if the line is also weak and lacks energy, or falls into death or decay, they are even more listless. Conversely, if the line is prosperous and strong, not in the void, and is connected to the self or the world line, or comes to harmonize with the world line, it is a great auspicious sign: adopting a son or heir will surely bring prosperity to the family, and purchased servants will be attentive and loyal to their master. If the useful god is activated but transforms into the void, the person is one who starts things but does not finish them. If the useful god is connected to 'Teng Sha' and combines with official ghosts, the person is one who is cunning but lacks virtue. If the line is activated and transforms into the void, it indicates that the person starts things but does not finish them. If the line is connected to 'Teng Sha' and goes to combine with official ghosts, the person has many ideas but is deceitful and unreliable. In a woman's divination, this also indicates that she is unchaste.

臨玄武而化兄爻，門戶須防出入；（用臨玄武動化兄弟，主其人貪財好色，托以財物，則必竊取自用，且必淫亂，男女皆然，故門戶防其出入。）遇青龍而連福德，貲財可付經營。（用臨青龍動化子孫生合世爻，其人至誠忠厚，托以財物則守而勿失，使之經營則利盡歸於主。如占小兒遇子孫化子孫者，反主多災。）若逢太過及空亡，反主少誠兼懶惰。（卦中用爻有三四重太過，或主象又化主象，皆主其人暗藏機巧，反覆不實，且臨事不宜向前。若主象空亡亦主是懶。）

The useful god (用神) appearing with the Black Tortoise (玄武) and transforming into brothers indicates that one should be cautious about the household's entry and exit. If the useful god is associated with the Black Tortoise and transforms into brothers, it suggests that this person is greedy for wealth and lustful. If money is entrusted to him, he will surely steal it for his own use and behave immorally, whether male or female servants. Therefore, the household's entry and exit should be carefully guarded. If the useful god meets the Azure Dragon (青龙) and is connected to the descendants, then money can be entrusted to him for business. If the useful god is associated with the Azure Dragon and transforms into descendants, and also generates and harmonises with the world line (世爻), this person is extremely honest and loyal. Entrusting him with money will ensure it is kept safe, and allowing him to handle business transactions will result in all profits returning to the owner. However, if the divination concerns a child and the descendants transform into descendants, it may indicate many troubles. If the useful god is excessive or falls into the empty void (空亡), it suggests that this person is neither honest nor diligent. If there are three or four layers of useful gods in the hexagram, it indicates excess, or if the main image is transformed into the main image again, it suggests that this person harbours cunning and is fickle, unwilling to take initiative in matters. If the main image falls into the empty void, it also indicates laziness.

用爻生合世爻，必得其力，主象克沖身象，難服其心。（用爻生合世爻，其人可用，凡有事干，必然用心，雖螟蛉亦必歡愛於我，大吉之兆。大怕合住沖散及克壞之。若用爻刑沖剋害世爻，必主其人心不悅服，難以使令。更加旺動，是乃奴婢欺主之象，兼以應亦刑剋，異日必遭其禍。）財化子，攜子偕來；（凡占妻妾婢女，財爻化出子孫，必有小兒帶來，若動財生合世爻而化子反來刑剋者，其婢則可使，其子必頑劣不馴也。）世合身，終身寵用。（卦身一爻，占事為事之體，古人為人之身，若遇世爻生合，其人必得寵用，不拘借房投靠使婢。若遇世合財爻，其婦必通家主。）

Using a yao to generate and harmonize with the world yao will surely result in others exerting effort; if the main image clashes and controls the hexagram body, it will be difficult to make others convinced. Using a yao to generate and harmonize with the world yao indicates that this person is reliable and capable. Whenever there is a task assigned, they will certainly do their best. Even if it is a stepson, they will surely show affection. This is a great auspicious sign. However, one should be cautious if this generation and harmonization is blocked, dispersed, or harmed by others. If the yao instead harms, clashes, or controls the world yao, the person will certainly be dissatisfied and difficult to command. If it is strong and active, it indicates a servant bullying the master. If the response yao also harms and controls, there will certainly be future troubles. If the wealth yao transforms into sons and daughters, it means coming with children. Whenever one divines about a wife, concubine, or servant, if the wealth yao transforms into sons and daughters, there will certainly be children accompanying them. If the active wealth yao generates and harmonizes with the world yao, but the transformed sons and daughters harm the world yao, then this servant can be used, but the child she brings will certainly be unruly and difficult to manage. If the world yao harmonizes with the hexagram body, this person will be favored and employed throughout their life. The hexagram body yao, when used for divination, represents the matter, and when used for people, represents the person. If the world yao generates and harmonizes with the hexagram body yao, this person will certainly be favored and trusted by the master, whether they are a tenant or a servant.

受動變之傷，向後終難稱意；得日月之助，他時定見如心。（月建日辰動爻克世，其人不可用，世爻衰必被其害；若得變動日月生合扶助，然後為吉。若用爻空亦不濟。）世與卦身，以和為貴；（世身二爻相合相生比和為吉，相剋相沖刑害為凶。）兄同官鬼，惟靜為佳。（兄弟一爻者，為破財，為反覆，為虛詐，為阻滯，為是非，為災禍。官兄二爻皆不宜動，動必不稱意，有制不妨。）

If the world line is harmed or controlled by the moving line or the changing line, it will ultimately not be satisfactory. If it receives help from the month builder or the day branch, it will certainly be fulfilled. If the month builder, day branch, or moving line control the world line, this person is not suitable. Even if the world line is weak, it will still be harmed. On the contrary, if the changing line, moving line, and the day and month branches all support and harmonize with the world line, this is favorable. However, if the line falls into an empty position, it is still not good. The world line and the hexagram body should be harmonious: when the two lines generate each other, harmonize, or are in harmony, it is favorable. If they control each other, clash, or suffer from punishment and harm, it is unfavorable. If brothers are connected with officials and ghosts, only quietness is good. The brothers line indicates financial loss, fluctuation, deception, obstruction, disputes, and misfortune. The brothers and officials and ghosts lines should not be activated. If they are activated, it will not be satisfactory. If there is another controlling force, it is not a problem.

兄鬼交重，誠恐將來成訟；三合絆住，須知此去徒勞。（兄宮或交變，或俱動，或從文書化出，皆主爭論紛壇，而至於成訟則已；若自三合六合絆住動爻，必有人阻當，雖欲興詞終不成訟，欲知何人阻住，以合住之爻斷之。）若在間爻，乃是牙人作鬼；（買賣交易，以間爻為牙行人，若臨兄弟官鬼發動，必是牙人作鬼斗謀，或多人爭保，或行人爭財，皆為不利，主事體難成。）如居空地，不過賣主爭財。（官鬼一爻空動，是賣主假虛空言，欲爭價耳。在間爻以牙人論。若兄鬼動而與應爻相合，必是賣主牙人作鬼，論財遇動爻化兄鬼亦然。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Glossary: Trade = Trade Triple Harmony = Triple Harmony Six Harmony = Six Harmony Response Line = Response Line Moving Line = Moving Line Six Relations = Six Relations If the brothers and official ghosts are both active, it is feared that legal disputes will arise; if the moving line is blocked by Triple Harmony, it is known that the trip will be in vain. If the brothers' line changes, or if it moves together with the official ghosts, or if it arises from the documents line, it indicates disputes and arguments that will eventually reach the court. However, if Triple Harmony or Six Harmony blocks the moving line, someone will certainly interfere, and even if one intends to file a lawsuit, it will not proceed. To know who is blocking, look at the line that harmonizes with it and determine its Six Relation. If the brothers and official ghosts fall on the middle line, it means the broker is involved. In trade, the middle line represents the broker; if the middle line is occupied by brothers or official ghosts and is active, it indicates that the broker is acting dishonestly, or that multiple people are competing to act as guarantors, or that competitors are fighting over profits, all of which are unfavorable and the matter will not succeed. If it falls on an empty line, it is merely the seller trying to raise the price. If the official ghosts line is empty and active, it means the seller is making empty promises and trying to demand a higher price; if it falls on the middle line, it is treated as the broker. If the brothers and official ghosts are active and harmonize with the response line, it indicates that the seller and the broker are colluding in fraud. When discussing money and the moving line produces brothers and official ghosts, the interpretation is the same.

卦象兩官兩父，須知事繫兩頭；（卦中父母官鬼俱有兩爻，或動爻化出官父重疊太多，或卦無主象而從官父化出，皆主其人曾經典賣，今是重易也。若父化父亦然。兩鬼俱動生合用爻，皆有人爭競買僱。）兄鬼一動一沖，切莫財交一手。（卦遇應爻克世而兄官發動，或被日辰沖動，或臨應爻克世，須防設謀誆騙，故財物不可便交一手去也。）應主世，他來就我；世生應，我去求人。（凡占買僱奴婢交易等事，以應為賣主，應生世是他人來就我，成事最易，吉；若世生應，我去求他，成事實難也。）

In a hexagram, if there are two officials and two parents, it indicates that the matter involves two parties. The officials and parents each have two lines, or if moving lines generate officials and parents that overlap excessively, or if there is no original main image in the hexagram and officials and parents are generated instead, it suggests that the person was previously sold once and is now being transferred for the second time; the same applies if parents generate parents. If both officials are active and both come to harmonize and generate the used line, it means that there are people competing to buy or hire. If brothers and officials are active and are simultaneously affected by a conflicting line, do not pay the money all at once. If the response line overcomes the world line, and brothers and officials are also active, or are affected by the day branch or are present to overcome the world line, be cautious of the other party setting a trap, so do not hand over the money all at once. If the response line generates the world line, it means the other party is coming to me; if the world line goes to generate the response line, it means I am going to ask someone. In all cases of buying or hiring servants or transactions, the response line represents the seller: if the response line generates the world line, it means others are approaching me, and the matter is easy to settle, which is favorable; if the world line generates the response line, it means I am going to ask them, and the matter will be difficult.

和合易成，最怕日辰沖破；（世應生合，事則易成。生合為上，克合次之，惟不宜世動，則是我去合他又為難也，若是相合又被日辰動爻刑害，必有破阻，要知何人以破合之爻定之。如父母為長上之類。）相沖難就，偏宜動象生扶。（世應刑沖剋害，凡事費力難成。若動爻日辰生扶合助，謂之有氣，必有貴人扶持，事亦可成。若當用爻，則是牙人能持其事。如生合爻是兄弟，又須用財囑託，方能成事。）兄爻發動，為詐為虛；（兄弟為反覆不定之神故也。）卦象亂興，多更多變。（亂動則事不定，故多更變。）

The two lines are harmonious, and the matter is easy to settle, but the worst is when the day branch breaks this harmony. If the world line and the response line are mutually generating and harmonious, the matter will be easily accomplished; generation and harmony are best, while overcoming and harmony are next. However, it is not suitable for the world line to move, because if the world line moves, it becomes me trying to harmonize with the other, which is tiring. If the two lines are harmonious but are punished or harmed by the day branch or a moving line, there will be disruption and obstacles. To know who is causing the trouble, look at the line that breaks the harmony and see which of the six relations it belongs to; for example, parents represent elders. If the two lines are in conflict, the matter is difficult to accomplish, and at this time, it is necessary for a moving line to generate and support. If the world line and the response line are punished, conflicting, or harmed, everything is difficult and effort is wasted; but if the moving line or the day branch generates and supports, it is called having vitality, and there will certainly be a nobleman to support, and the matter can still be accomplished. If the line that generates and supports is the useful line, then there is someone who can sustain the matter; if the line that generates and harmonizes is the brothers line, then some money must be spent to settle things, and the matter can be accomplished. If the brothers line moves, the matter will involve deceit and falsehood, because brothers are the gods that are changeable and unreliable. If the entire hexagram is in disorder with many moving lines, the matter will change repeatedly — movement causes uncertainty, so there will be more changes.

六爻無父，定無主契之人；（六爻以父母為文書契券，又為主契之人，若六爻皆無父母，必無主契之人。若無父母而動爻化出者，主有旁主。雖有父母而應爻空亡，亦無正主。）兩間俱空，未有作中之子。（間爻空亡，必無媒人。空亡而逢沖，必須央情作媒。世沖，我去央他；應沖，彼去央他。動而空亡，其人假意推託，非真無心做也。）世獲間生，喜媒人之護向；（間爻生世合世，媒人必然向我，生應合應則向他人。臨子孫旺相發動，必然執其事。若不生世而被應克，且居衰弱之地，彼必聽其謀為也。）生扶弟出，防喜生之合謀。（大抵間爻生合世爻，若卦中凶神不動，則是媒人誠心向我無他意也，若兄鬼螣蛇玄武動克世，而應爻又來沖刑我者，則是間來生合，假意合謀，非真心也。空動亦非真心，若臨兄弟動化官或臨父官兄，其言必不可信。）

In hexagram divination, if there is no 'parents' line, there must be no official party involved in the contract. In hexagram divination, 'parents' represent documents and contracts, as well as the person who signs the contract. If there are no 'parents' lines at all, there must be no official party. If 'parents' are absent but appear through a moving line, it indicates that an agent from a secondary branch is involved. Even if 'parents' are present but the 'response' line falls into 'kongwang', it is still considered as no official party. If both intermediate lines fall into 'kongwang', there is no intermediary. If an intermediate line falls into 'kongwang', there is no intermediary. If it is 'kongwang' and also meets a conflict, one must ask someone else to request an intermediary. If the 'world' line conflicts with it, it means I need to ask someone. If the 'response' line conflicts with it, it means the other party needs to ask someone. If an intermediate line moves and falls into 'kongwang', it means the person is pretending to refuse, not really unwilling. If the 'world' line is supported by an intermediate line, it means the intermediary is protecting me. If an intermediate line supports or harmonizes with the 'world' line, the intermediary will definitely favor me. If it supports or harmonizes with the 'response' line, it will favor the other party. If an intermediate line is strong and active with 'sons' and generates the 'world' line, it will definitely succeed in the matter. If it does not support the 'world' line but is instead attacked by the 'response' line, and is in a weak position, then this person will be controlled by the other party. If the one coming to support and assist is 'brothers', one should be cautious as it may be a superficial show of goodwill but in reality colluding with the other side. Generally, if an intermediate line supports or harmonizes with the 'world' line, as long as the Inauspicious Spirit (evil spirits) in the hexagram do not move, it means the intermediary is sincere towards me and has no other intentions. However, if 'brothers', 'officials', 'tengshe', or 'xuanwu' move to attack the 'world' line, and the 'response' line also conflicts and harms me, then the support and harmony from the intermediate line is fake, and secretly has already conspired with the other side. If an intermediate line is 'kongwang' and moves, it is not sincere. If it is accompanied by 'brothers' and moves to produce 'officials', or if it itself is accompanied by 'parents', 'officials', or 'brothers', the words said are not trustworthy.

父化兄，契虛事假；（凡遇以上凶卦而父母又化兄爻者，決主事體不真，文契不實。卦無父母而從兄弟化出者亦然。父化父主文書不實，又主交易重疊。）兄持世，財散人離。（兄弟持世必然多費錢財，事亦干眾，僱工奴婢不得力。更帶凶神旺動，必主人離財散。若占交易貨物，亦不正之物。）應若空亡，我欲成交徒費力；世如發動，彼來謀合亦難成。（凡占交易，若我干求於彼，而應爻空亡者，其事必不成；如彼欲求謀於我，而世爻空亡者，其事亦不成。蓋世動是我心疑惑，應動則他人更變，皆主難成不為執滯。如或空逢沖動而遇合，皆謂有解，至此月有成，自空妄動則凶。）弟因財乏，鬼必疑心。（卦遇不成之象而兄弟持世者，必因貲財缺欠，故難成也。六爻無財或落空亡者亦然。鬼爻持世則是心多疑惑，進退不定，故難成，不然必有他事阻，或有不測災病。卦無官鬼，又是無人執持其事，亦主不成。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When the parents' line transforms into the brothers' line, the contract is false and the matter is not genuine. Whenever one of the mentioned ominous hexagrams appears and the parents' line transforms into the brothers' line, it indicates that the matter is not real and the documents are not genuine. If the parents' line does not originally exist in the hexagram but is transformed from the brothers' line, the result is the same. When the parents' line transforms into the parents' line, it indicates that the documents are not genuine and that the transaction has already been transferred. When the brothers' line holds the world line, money is wasted and people cannot be retained. The brothers' line holding the world line definitely leads to great expenses, and the matter involves many people, with hired workers and servants being ineffective. If the brothers' line is accompanied by凶神 (evil spirits) and is active, it will certainly result in the loss of property and the dispersal of wealth. If the divination is about trading goods, then the goods are not obtained through proper means. If the response line falls into kongwang, I think the transaction will be in vain. If the world line is active, even if the other party comes to negotiate, the deal will not be concluded. Whenever a transaction is divined, if I initiate the request and the response line falls into kongwang, the matter will not succeed. If the other party initiates the request and the world line falls into kongwang, the matter will also not succeed. If the world line is active, it indicates my own uncertainty. If the response line is active, it indicates that the other party has changed their mind, both situations indicate difficulty in achieving the matter, and one should not be stubborn. If the line that falls into kongwang is also disturbed and meets a favorable condition, even though there is some relief, the matter can still succeed by that month. However, if the line is empty without cause and is falsely active, it will be ominous. The brothers' line holding the world line is due to lack of money, while the official ghost line holding the world line is due to excessive suspicion. If the hexagram already indicates that the matter cannot be completed and the brothers' line holds the world line, it is definitely due to insufficient capital, making it difficult to proceed. If there is no wealth line in the hexagram, or if the wealth line falls into kongwang, the situation is the same. If the official ghost line holds the world line, it indicates that the person is full of doubts and indecisive, making it difficult to proceed; otherwise, it is due to being involved in other matters or unexpected illness or misfortune. If there is no official ghost line in the hexagram, it means there is no one to take charge of the matter, and it will also not be completed.

四復三番，事機不定；千變萬化，卦象無常。能求不見之數，自喻未來之事。（凡占收留遺失子女，最怕鬼臨玄武發動，必是盜賊。用臨玄武動化鬼爻亦然。刑剋世爻，必被其害，或有遠方挈家逃來借居者，不論六親以應為主，臨兄為欠債來，臨官為戶役避罪責。加玄武則是盜賊逢沖，事已敗露，雖臨玄武不帶鬼而與財爻合，或臨玄武財爻，為姦情事來也。大抵皆怕兄鬼旺動克世，禍終及己，不傷世或子孫持世者不妨。）

Three times and four times, the situation remains unstable; countless changes, the hexagram itself has no fixed rule. If one can seek out the unseen fixed numbers, one will naturally understand future events. When divining about taking in or recovering lost children, one must be most cautious if the official ghost is connected to the Black Tortoise and moves. This is mostly due to thieves; if a line connected to the Black Tortoise moves and transforms into the official ghost, it is the same. If it harms the world line, the person taking in the child will suffer. For example, if someone comes from afar with their family to stay temporarily, regardless of the six relations, one should always take the response line as the main consideration: if the response line is connected to brothers, it is because they are fleeing from debts; if it is connected to the official ghost, it is because they are escaping from duties or legal responsibilities; if it is further connected to the Black Tortoise, it is thieves; if there is also a conflict, it means the matter has already been exposed. If the response line is connected to the Black Tortoise but does not carry the official ghost, yet is connected to the wealth line or itself is the wealth line connected to the Black Tortoise, it is due to romantic affairs. In summary, all such cases are most dangerous if brothers or official ghosts are strong and active, harming the world line, as the misfortune will eventually fall upon oneself; as long as they do not harm the world line, or if there is a descendant line holding the world line, there will be no problem.

人孰無常，疾病無常；事孰為大，死生為大。（占病以官爻為惡殺，凡病證候輕重，得病根由，皆係此爻，獨發之爻，亦可以此推之。）火屬心經，發熱咽干口燥；水歸腎部，惡寒盜汗遺精。金肺木肝，土乃病侵脾胃；衰輕旺重，動則煎迫身軀。（鬼爻屬火，心經受病，其症必發熱咽干口燥類；屬水，腎經受病，其病必惡寒或盜汗或遺精白濁類。屬金，肺經受病，其症必咳嗽虛怯或氣喘類；屬木，肝經受病，其症必感冒風寒四肢不和類；屬土，脾經受病，必虛黃浮腫瘟疫時氣類。若鬼爻衰弱病必輕，旺必重，安靜則穩然安臥，發動則煎逼急躁。）

Human life has no fixed course, and illness is even more unpredictable. Among all things in the world, birth and death are the greatest. When predicting illness, the "official ghost" line is considered as an evil killer: the severity of the illness and its origin are entirely determined by this line. If only one line stands out in the hexagram, it can be used to infer the situation. If the official ghost belongs to fire, the illness affects the heart meridian, with symptoms mostly including fever, dry throat, and dry mouth; if it belongs to water, the illness affects the kidney meridian, with symptoms mostly including fear of cold, night sweats, and seminal emission or leukorrhea; if it belongs to metal, the illness affects the lung meridian, with symptoms mostly including coughing, weakness, and shortness of breath; if it belongs to wood, the illness affects the liver meridian, with symptoms mostly including colds due to wind-cold and imbalance in the limbs; if it belongs to earth, the illness affects the spleen and stomach, with symptoms mostly including jaundice, edema, and epidemic diseases. If the official ghost is weak, the illness is mild; if it is prosperous and strong, the illness is severe. If it is quiet, the patient can rest calmly; but when it becomes active, the patient suffers greatly, feeling tormented and restless.

若在坎宮，中滿血虛兼溼毒；如當離卦，內虛眼赤及尿黃。（坎象中滿，故主中滿；離象中虛，故主內虛。然坎宮屬水，火鬼主血虛，水鬼主溼毒；離宮屬火，或火宮主眼赤，水鬼主尿黃。）坤腹乾頭，兌必喉風咳嗽；艮足震手，巽須癱瘓腸風。（鬼在坤宮，腹中有病，火鬼必患腹癰；水鬼腹中疼痛；動化財爻或財化水鬼，必患瀉痢；土鬼則是癖塊食積或沙脹蠱症；木鬼絞腸沙痛或大腸有病；金鬼脅肋痛，在上胸隔痛，在下腰痛，此鬼在坤宮斷法，其諸卦仿推之。）

When the official ghost falls in the Kan hexagram, it indicates fullness and distension in the upper abdomen, blood deficiency combined with damp toxicity; if it falls in the Li hexagram, it indicates internal deficiency, red eyes, and yellow urine. The Kan hexagram's image is solid in the center, so it indicates fullness in the middle part of the body; the Li hexagram's image is hollow in the center, so it indicates internal emptiness. The Kan hexagram belongs to water, so fire ghosts indicate blood deficiency, and water ghosts indicate damp toxicity; the Li hexagram belongs to fire, so fire ghosts indicate red eyes, and water ghosts indicate yellow urine. The Kun hexagram governs the abdomen, the Qian hexagram governs the head, the Dui hexagram governs throat disorders and coughing, the Gen hexagram governs the feet, the Zhen hexagram governs the hands, and the Xun hexagram governs paralysis and intestinal disorders. Taking the Kun hexagram as an example: if the official ghost is in the Kun hexagram, it indicates a disease in the abdomen—fire ghosts will cause abdominal abscesses; water ghosts indicate abdominal pain, and if it moves and transforms into wealth or wealth transforms into water ghosts, it will result in diarrhea and dysentery; earth ghosts indicate痞块 (masses), food accumulation, or sand-like distension and蛊症 (parasitic diseases); wood ghosts indicate severe abdominal pain or diseases of the large intestine; metal ghosts indicate pain in the hypochondrium, pain in the chest if it is above, and pain in the lower back if it is below. This is the interpretation for the official ghost in the Kun hexagram; the other hexagrams are interpreted in the same way.

螣蛇心驚，青龍則酒色過度；勾陳腫脹，朱雀則言語顛狂。虎有損傷，女子則血崩血暈；玄武憂鬱，男人則陰症陰虛。（螣蛇鬼則坐臥不安，心神不定；青龍鬼則酒色過度，瘦弱無力；勾陳飽滿腫脹，脾胃不和；朱雀鬼狂言亂語，身熱面赤；白虎鬼跌撲打鬥，傷筋損骨，女人則血崩血暈產後諸症，白虎血神故也；玄武鬼色慾太過，憂悶在心，在水宮主陰虛，化子孫，男子必陰痿，蓋玄武又闇昧之神故也。宜通變。）

When the official ghost (官鬼) is accompanied by the snake (螣蛇), it indicates fear and anxiety; when accompanied by the azure dragon (青龙), it suggests excessive indulgence in alcohol and lust; when accompanied by the hook star (勾陈), it indicates swelling; when accompanied by the vermilion bird (朱雀), it suggests erratic speech; when accompanied by the white tiger (白虎), it indicates injuries from falls or fights, and for women, it may cause blood loss and fainting; when accompanied by the black tortoise (玄武), it indicates depression, and for men, it may lead to internal coldness and deficiency. Specifically, the snake ghost indicates restlessness and mental unease; the azure dragon ghost indicates excessive drinking and indulgence in lust leading to weakness and fatigue; the hook star ghost indicates fullness and discomfort in the upper abdomen and disharmony of the spleen and stomach; the vermilion bird ghost indicates talking nonsense and having a feverish face; the white tiger ghost indicates injuries from falls or fights, causing damage to tendons and bones, and for women, it may lead to blood loss, fainting, and various postpartum conditions—since the white tiger is the god of blood. The black tortoise ghost indicates excessive sexual activity and accumulated worries in the heart; if it falls in the water palace, it indicates internal coldness and deficiency; if it produces offspring, men will surely suffer from impotence—the black tortoise is also the god of darkness. All of these should be viewed flexibly and adaptively.

鬼伏卦中，病來莫覺；（占病遇本宮鬼出現發動，得病之初即曉根源；若本宮官鬼不出現，而他宮官鬼出現者，有病必然久伏在身，今因七情四氣感冒而發也。若本宮他宮皆無官鬼，必隱然得病初莫知何由也。明夷、觀、賁、需、臨，切忌世身入墓；大畜、豐、同人、蠱、夬，莫逢財鬼俱興。）官藏世下，病起如前。（本宮鬼官伏在世下，必是舊病重發。若伏鬼不傷用爻，而用爻反被世克者，前日病輕，今日反沉重。如伏鬼刑傷用爻，而用爻反得世爻生扶者，前日病重，今日輕。用爻妻病看財爻類。）

The official ghost is hidden within the hexagram, and the illness comes without the person being aware. When divining about illness, if the official ghost of the native hexagram appears and moves, then the person knows the root of the illness from the beginning. If the official ghost of the native hexagram does not appear, but the official ghost from another hexagram does, it indicates that the illness has been hidden inside the body for a long time and is now triggered by internal emotional injuries and external influences of the four seasons. If neither the native nor the other hexagram has the official ghost, then the illness came quietly, and the person does not even know the cause. Additionally, if the hexagram is one of Mingyi, Guan, Ben, Xu, or Lin, it is most unfavorable for the world line and hexagram body to be buried. If the hexagram is one of Da Xu, Feng, Tong Ren, Gu, or Gua, it is most unfavorable for the wife's wealth and the official ghost to both be active. If the official ghost is hidden beneath the world line, it indicates a recurrence of an old illness. If the official ghost of the native hexagram is hidden beneath the world line, it certainly means a return of an old illness. If the hidden official ghost does not harm the used line, but the used line is instead harmed by the world line, then the illness was previously mild but has now become severe. If the hidden official ghost harms the used line, but the used line is instead supported by the world line, then the illness was previously severe but has now become mild. The used line is determined according to the person being divined, for example, when divining about a wife's illness, one looks at the wealth line.

若伏妻財，必是傷飢失飽；如藏福德，必然酒醉耽淫。父乃勞傷所致，兄為氣食相侵。（鬼伏財下，必是飲食不節，傷飢失飽，或因財物起因，或因婦人得病。鬼伏子下，必是飲酒過度，或恣行房事，夏或露臥過取風涼，冬或傷暖過穿裘帛，或過用修煉養精等藥所致。鬼伏父下必是勞心勞力，憂慮傷神，或因動土修造，或因尊長得病。鬼伏兄下，必是口舌爭競，停食感氣，或有咒詛，或因賭博爭財得病。）官化官，新舊兩病；鬼化鬼，遷變百端。（本宮官鬼仍伏他宮官鬼之下，必是舊病，或因舊病不謹變生他症，或新舊兩般病，若遇鬼化鬼，其病進退或有變症，或藥石駁雜，或寒熱不定。）

If the official ghost is hidden beneath the wife's wealth, the illness must stem from irregular eating and drinking; if it is hidden beneath the sons and daughters, the illness must result from excessive drinking or indulgence in sexual activities; if it is hidden beneath the parents, the illness is due to overwork; if it is hidden beneath the brothers, the illness is caused by anger and food stagnation. Specifically, if the official ghost is beneath the wife's wealth, the illness is due to irregular diet, alternating between hunger and fullness, or caused by matters concerning money, or due to a woman. If the official ghost is beneath the sons and daughters, the illness is due to excessive drinking, or excessive sexual activity, or sleeping outdoors in the cold during summer, or wearing too much warm clothing in winter, or taking excessive medicinal herbs for cultivation and nourishment. If the official ghost is beneath the parents, the illness is due to mental and physical exhaustion, worry, or due to breaking ground and construction, or due to matters concerning elders. If the official ghost is beneath the brothers, the illness is due to quarrels, food stagnation and anger, or being cursed by others, or due to disputes over gambling money. If the official ghost transforms into another official ghost, it indicates two overlapping illnesses; if the ghost transforms into another ghost, the illness becomes unpredictable. If the official ghost in the native's palace is hidden beneath the official ghost in another palace, it indicates a previous illness; or due to neglect in treating the old illness, new symptoms arise, or both old and new illnesses occur simultaneously. If the official ghost transforms into another ghost, the illness fluctuates, or changes into another condition, or various medicines are used, or the body experiences alternating cold and heat.

化出文書在五爻，則途中遇雨；變成兄弟居三位，則房內傷風。（鬼化父母，必在修造之處得病，若在五爻屬水，則在途冒雨而得也；如化兄弟，必因口舌毆氣，或是傷食，若在三爻屬木，必房中脫衣露體感冒風寒所致；若化子孫，則在僧道寺院或漁獵遊戲所致；若化財爻，多因傷食，或因妻奴，或因買賣交易得病。以上六親化出鬼爻，亦依此斷。）本宮為在家得病，下必內傷；他卦為別處染災，上須外感。（鬼在本宮家中得病，在下三爻，必是內傷症候，不然病亦在內；官在外宮外方得病，更在上三爻，必是外感風邪，不然亦是外科症候；上下有鬼，內傷兼外感症候不一。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Glossary: Xiu Zhao = Construction Jiao Yue = Trade Liu Qin = Six Relations San Yao = Third Line Wu Yao = Fifth Line When the official ghost transforms into documents and falls on the fifth line, the illness is caused by getting wet in the rain on the way. If it transforms into brothers and falls on the third line, the illness is due to catching a cold indoors. If the official ghost transforms into parents, the illness is usually acquired during construction. If this line is also water and the fifth line represents roads, then the illness is due to getting caught in the rain on the way. If the official ghost transforms into brothers, the illness is often due to arguments or eating disorders. If it falls on the third line and is also wood, the third line represents beds and rooms, so the illness is due to getting naked and catching a cold indoors. If the official ghost transforms into children, the illness is acquired in temples, monasteries, or while hunting or traveling. If the official ghost transforms into wife and wealth, the illness is often due to eating disorders, or due to wife, concubine, servant, or trade. Conversely, if these six relations transform into the official ghost, the same principles apply. If the official ghost is in its native palace, the illness is acquired at home. If it is in the lower three lines, it is an internal injury. If the official ghost is in another palace, the illness is acquired elsewhere. If it is in the upper three lines, it is an external infection. If the official ghost is in its native palace, the illness is from home. If it falls in the lower three lines, it is an internal injury. If the official ghost is in another palace, the illness is from outside. If it falls in the upper three lines, it is an external infection. If it is also an external infection, the illness is from outside. If both upper and lower lines have the official ghost, then both internal and external injuries are present, and the symptoms are not single.

上實下空，夜輕日重；（鬼在內宮，病必夜重，鬼在外卦，病必日重；內外有鬼，晝夜不輕。若卦雖有二鬼，一旺一空，或一動一靜，必日輕夜重，或日重夜輕，分上下斷之。）動生變克，暮熱朝涼。（凡占，動爻為始，變爻為終。若卦中動爻生扶用爻，而變爻刑剋用爻者，其病必朝涼暮熱，或日輕夜重也；動克變生反此斷。凡鬼爻化出所喜爻，所喜爻化出鬼爻，亦然。）

The upper trigram is full while the lower trigram is empty, indicating the illness is lighter at night and heavier during the day. If the official ghost is in the inner trigram, the illness will worsen at night; if it is in the outer trigram, the illness will worsen during the day; if there are official ghosts in both inner and outer trigrams, the illness is severe both day and night. If there are two official ghosts in the hexagram, but one is strong and the other is empty, or one is moving and the other is still, then the illness will be lighter in the day and heavier at night, or vice versa, depending on whether they are in the upper or lower position. If the moving line generates and supports the used line, but the changed line harms the used line, the illness will cause fever in the evening and coolness in the morning. In general, the moving line indicates the beginning of a matter, while the changed line indicates its conclusion. If the moving line generates and supports the used line, but the changed line harms the used line, the illness will be cool in the morning and hot in the evening, or light during the day and heavy at night; if the moving line harms and the changed line generates, it is the opposite. The same applies if an official ghost is transformed into a favorable line, or a favorable line is transformed into an official ghost.

水化火，火化水，往來寒熱；（卦爻水動化火，火動化水，不拘鬼爻，但有干犯世爻或主象者，皆是寒熱往來之症，卦有水火二爻俱動亦然。水旺火衰，寒多熱少，水受傷火得助，則常熱乍寒也。坎宮火動，內寒外熱；離宮水動，皮寒骨熱。若帶見辰，必是瘧疾。）上沖下，下沖上，內外感傷。（上下有鬼，病必內外兩感；俱動俱靜，一同受痛。二鬼自相沖者，適感而遂傷也。如內鬼動沖外鬼，先傷後感；外鬼動沖內鬼，先感後傷，要分輕重，以刑合斷之可也。）

When a water line transforms into fire or a fire line transforms into water, it indicates a condition of alternating chills and fever. If a water line is activated and transforms into fire, or a fire line is activated and transforms into water, regardless of whether it is an official ghost, if it affects the world line or the main image, it indicates alternating chills and fever. If both water and fire lines are activated at the same time, it is the same situation. If water is strong and fire is weak, there will be more chills than fever. If water is injured and fire is supported, there will be frequent fever with occasional chills. If fire moves in the Kan trigram, it indicates internal cold and external heat. If water moves in the Li trigram, it indicates skin cold and bone heat. If there is also a Chen line, it is definitely malaria. If the top line conflicts with the bottom line or the bottom line conflicts with the top line, it indicates both internal injury and external infection. If both the upper and lower trigrams have official ghosts, the illness must affect both inside and outside. If two ghosts move together or remain still together, it indicates pain occurring both internally and externally. If two ghosts conflict with each other, it means first suffering from external infection and then injuring the inside. If the ghost in the inner trigram moves to conflict with the ghost in the outer trigram, it indicates first internal injury followed by external infection. If the ghost in the outer trigram moves to conflict with the ghost in the inner trigram, it indicates first external infection followed by internal injury. As for which is more severe, it is determined by the influence of刑 (conflict) and 合 (union).

火鬼沖財，上臨則嘔逆多吐；（火性炎，上財為飲食，故占病遇火鬼動克外財，必是嘔吐，重則反胃不食。若財帶螣蛇吐內兼蟲，財在間爻，則是消渴易飢之症。）水官化土，下值則小便不通。（水官化出回頭土克在本宮內卦，是小便不通；屬陰是大便不通；陽宮陰象，陰宮陽象，二便俱不通。若內卦水克動加白虎，陽爻是尿血，陰爻是瀉血，白虎血神故也。帶刑是痔漏。）若患牙疔，兌鬼金連火殺；（鬼在兌宮口中病，若金鬼化火，或火化金鬼，必患牙疔；不化火爻則是齒痛，金鬼逢沖，齒必動搖。）如生腳氣，震宮土化木星。（鬼在震宮病在足，加勾陳足必腫；加白虎必折傷破損；土鬼化木則患腳氣；木鬼痠疼麻木；水鬼必是溼氣；火鬼必主瘡毒；金鬼是腳骱膝疼骨痛，或刀刃所傷。）

The official ghost of the fire element attacking the wife's wealth in the upper trigram indicates frequent vomiting. Fire rises upward, and the wife's wealth in the upper trigram represents food; if the disease is affected by the fire ghost attacking the outer trigram's wealth, it is certain to be vomiting, and in severe cases, even regurgitation and inability to eat. If the wealth爻 is accompanied by the 'Teng She' spirit, the vomit may contain worms; if the wealth爻 is in the middle position, it indicates excessive thirst and hunger. The official ghost of the water element transforming into the earth爻, if located in the lower trigram, indicates difficulty in urination. The water ghost transforming into the earth爻 and then attacking itself, if in the inner trigram, indicates difficulty in urination; if the official ghost is yin, it indicates difficulty in defecation; if a yang trigram is paired with a yin image or a yin trigram with a yang image, both urination and defecation will be blocked. If the inner trigram's water爻 is attacked and moves, and the 'Bai Hu' spirit is added, a yang爻 indicates hematuria, while a yin爻 indicates hematochezia; since the 'Bai Hu' is the god of blood, if there is also a crime, it indicates hemorrhoids. If suffering from a tooth abscess, it is the gold ghost of the 'Dui' trigram connected with the fire killer. The official ghost in the 'Dui' trigram indicates a disease in the mouth: if the gold ghost transforms into fire or fire transforms into the gold ghost, it is certain to have a tooth abscess; if it does not transform into fire, it is just toothache; if the gold ghost is in conflict, the teeth will definitely loosen. If suffering from foot fungus, it is the earth爻 of the 'Zhen' trigram transforming into the wood star. The official ghost in the 'Zhen' trigram indicates a disease on the feet: if 'Gou Chen' is added, the feet swell; if 'Bai Hu' is added, it is certain to be a fracture or injury; the earth ghost transforming into wood indicates foot fungus; the wood ghost indicates pain, numbness, and tingling; the water ghost indicates dampness; the fire ghost indicates sores; the gold ghost indicates pain in the ankle or knee, bone pain, or injury from a blade.

鬼在離宮化水，痰火何疑；官來乾象變木，頭風有準。震遇螣蛇仍發動，驚悸顛狂；艮逢巳午又交重，癰疽瘡毒。（離宮鬼化水爻，痰火症候，水動化鬼亦然；乾宮鬼化木爻，頭風眩暈，木動變鬼亦然。震在外卦，勿依此斷，可言其病坐臥不安，心神恍惚，蓋震主動故也。更加螣蛇發動、必是顛狂驚癇之症，小兒乃驚風也。逢沖則有逾牆上屋之患，艮象為山，同高故也。更逢火鬼，必患癰疽，若遇變出土鬼，可言浮腫蠱脹等症，餘可類推。）

The official ghost in the Li trigram transforms into a water line, indicating a clear case of phlegm and fire syndrome; the official ghost in the Qian trigram transforms into a wood line, indicating a definite diagnosis of headaches and dizziness. If Zhen trigram is in the outer trigram and the 'Teng Sha' is activated, it indicates sudden fear and mania; if Gen trigram meets the fire lines of Si and Wu and there is a double occurrence, it indicates abscesses and boils. When the official ghost in the Li trigram transforms into a water line, it indicates phlegm and fire symptoms; when the water line is activated and transforms into the official ghost, it is the same. When the official ghost in the Qian trigram transforms into a wood line, it indicates headaches and dizziness; when the wood line is activated and transforms into the official ghost, it is the same. If Zhen trigram is in the outer trigram, it should not be interpreted in the same way, but rather as the patient being restless and confused, because Zhen trigram is originally active. If 'Teng Sha' is also activated, it definitely indicates mania and epilepsy; for children, it indicates wind shock. If there is a conflict, there may also be cases of climbing walls and roof, due to the mountain nature of Gen trigram. If Gen trigram meets the fire official ghost, it definitely leads to abscesses; if it transforms into the earth official ghost, it can be diagnosed as edema and ascites, and so on.

卦內無財，飲食不納；（財主飲食，動化官鬼其病亦因飲酒而得。若遇空亡飲食不納，若不上卦，不思飲食。財臨身世或化財爻雖病重亦能食。）間中有鬼，胸隔不寬。（世應中間，即病人胸隔處也。官鬼臨之必然痞塞不通，金鬼胸肋骨痛，土鬼飽悶不寬，木鬼心癢嘈雜，水鬼痰飲填塞，火鬼多是心痛。若化財爻或財爻化鬼,必是宿食未消，以致胸膈不利。）

In the hexagram, if there is no wife wealth line, the patient cannot eat. The wealth line represents food; if it moves and transforms into official ghost, the illness is due to drinking. If the wealth line falls in kongwang, the patient cannot eat. If the wealth line does not appear in the hexagram at all, the patient has no desire to eat. Conversely, if the wealth line is on the person's line or another line transforms into wealth, the patient may still eat even if the illness is severe. If there is an official ghost on the intermediate line, the patient feels discomfort in the chest. The two intermediate lines between the world and response lines correspond to the chest area of the patient; if official ghost is on these lines, there will be blockage. Metal ghost indicates pain in the chest and ribs, earth ghost indicates fullness and discomfort, wood ghost indicates itching and restlessness in the chest, water ghost indicates phlegm blockage, and fire ghost usually indicates heart pain. If the intermediate line transforms into wealth or wealth transforms into official ghost, it is definitely due to undigested food, causing blockage in the chest.

鬼絕逢生，病體安而復作；（鬼在死絕爻，其病必輕，遇日辰動爻生扶，謂絕處逢生，其病必既輕復重，將安復作也。若財生鬼，必因飲食加重，或因婦人重合故耳。）世衰入墓，神思困而不清。（世爻入墓，病必昏沉；旺相有氣無非懶於行動；衰則不言不語，是怕明喜暗，不思食，愛眠怕起，懶開目，更坐陰宮，必是陰症，用爻入墓亦然。世鬼入墓，鬼墓臨用，皆依此斷。）

The official ghost is originally in the绝 position but meets support, the illness just begins to improve but then recurs. If the official ghost falls on the dead or绝 line, the illness is surely mild; but once it meets the day branch or moving line that supports it, it is called revival in the critical situation, and the illness turns from mild to severe, seeming to improve but then relapsing. If the wealth line supports the official ghost, it is mostly due to diet or sexual activity causing the illness to worsen again. If the world line is weak and enters the墓, the mind becomes confused and unclear. If the world line enters the墓, the illness must be dull and heavy; if the world line is still strong and has vitality, it is just unwilling to move; if it has already weakened, it will not speak, fear light and prefer darkness, lose appetite, like to sleep and dislike to get up, even unwilling to lift the eyelids. If this line is also in a yin palace, it must be a yin illness. If the used line enters the墓, the interpretation is the same; if the world line carries the official ghost into the墓, or the墓 of the official ghost is on the used line, it is also interpreted in the same way.

應鬼合身，纏染他人之症；（應臨官鬼刑剋合世爻，而世爻在交重之位者，必因探訪親友病而纏染也。鬼爻屬土，是時疫。用爻臨應必病臥他家。）世官傷用，重發舊日之災。（大抵鬼爻持世，必然原有舊根；更傷用爻，必是舊病再發。否則必難脫體，須用保禳則吉。卦身持鬼亦是舊病。）

The Response Line's official ghost combines with the Hexagram Body, indicating that someone else's illness has passed. If the Response Line is accompanied by an official ghost and either harms or combines with the World Line, and the World Line is in a position of intersection or repetition, it suggests that the person became infected while visiting a friend or relative who was sick. If the official ghost belongs to the earth element, it indicates an epidemic disease. If a line is attached to the Response Line, the sick person must be staying at someone else's home. If the official ghost on the World Line harms the used line, it means an old illness is recurring. Generally, if an official ghost holds the World Line, the person must already have a pre-existing illness; if it then harms the used line, it indicates a recurrence of the old illness, otherwise it is difficult to cure and requires prayers and rituals for protection. If the Hexagram Body holds an official ghost, it also indicates an old illness.

用受金傷，肢體必然痠痛；主遭木克，皮骨定見傷殘。火為仇，則喘咳之災；水來害，則恍惚之症。（卦中無鬼，以刑沖剋害用爻者斷。如金動來克，則木爻受傷，肢節痠痛；木動來克，則土爻受制，皮肉傷損，餘可類推。）

The useful god is harmed by the metal element, leading to pain in the limbs; if the main element is attacked by the wood element, there will be injuries to the skin, muscles, tendons, and bones. If fire is considered an enemy, there will be illness such as shortness of breath and coughing; if water harms, there will be symptoms of confusion and mental instability. This applies when there is no official ghost in the hexagram: since there is no official ghost to refer to, one should look at which line is punishing, clashing, or harming the useful god. For example, if the metal element is active and harms, the wood element is injured, and since wood represents tendons, there will be pain in the joints and limbs; if the wood element is active and harms, the earth element is restrained, and since earth represents skin and muscles, there will be injuries to the skin and muscles. The rest can be inferred in a similar manner.

空及第三，此病須知腰軟；（第三爻無故自空，為腰軟；有故而空，或旺相而空，為腰痛；不空而遇動爻日辰官鬼克沖者，乃閃腰痛也，動空亦然。鬼在此爻主腰痛。）官傷上六，斯人當主頭疼。（上六大抵不惟鬼爻臨處受病，被傷之處亦有病痛。如克上六，當主頭痛；克間爻則胸隔不利，餘可類推。）

Kongwang falls on the third line, indicating that the illness is related to the waist. The third line corresponds to the waist on the human body. If it falls empty without cause, it indicates weakness in the waist. If it falls empty due to some cause or if it is prosperous and strong yet empty, it indicates pain in the waist. If it is not empty but is affected by the moving line, day branch, or official ghost, it indicates a sudden strain in the waist, and the same applies if it falls empty due to movement. If the official ghost is present on this line, it indicates pain in the waist. If the official ghost injures the sixth line at the top, the person will suffer from headache. Generally, not only the areas where the official ghost is located will have illness, but also the areas injured by the official ghost will experience pain. The top line corresponds to the head, so injuring the sixth line at the top causes headache. Injuring the middle line causes discomfort in the chest and diaphragm. The rest can be inferred in a similar manner.

財動卦中，不吐則瀉；（財在上卦動主吐；在下卦動主瀉；若逢合住，則欲吐不吐，欲瀉不瀉，如嘔逆噁心，裡急後重之例。）木興世上，非癢即疼。（寅卯二爻屬木，寅木主痛，卯木主癢，若在本宮內卦，又是氣不順也。）

The wealth line in the hexagram is active, leading to either vomiting or diarrhea. If the wealth line is in the upper trigram, it indicates vomiting; if it is in the lower trigram, it indicates diarrhea. If the wealth line is restrained by a combination, it results in a desire to vomit but being unable to, or a desire to diarrhea but being unable to, which corresponds to dry heaving and nausea, or a feeling of urgency without relief. If the wood line is active on the world line, it leads to either itching or pain. The yao寅 and 卯 both belong to wood: 寅 wood indicates pain, and 卯 wood indicates itching. If these lines fall within the inner trigram of their own palace, they also indicate an obstruction in the flow of qi.

病體既明症候當決安危，再把爻神搜索，箇中之玄妙，重加參考，方窮就裡之精微。先看子孫，最喜生扶拱合；（子孫能剋制官殺，古人謂解神，又名福德，占病又為醫藥，卦中無此則鬼無制伏，主服藥不效，禱神不靈，所以先宜看此。要生旺有氣，不要休囚死絕，日辰動爻生扶則吉，沖壞則凶。）次觀主象怕逢克害刑沖。（主象即病人，如占夫以官為主，占妻以財為主之類。又自占以世為主，代占以應為主，亦是主象。刑沖剋害，即病人受症候折磨，故怕見之，若得世爻生合旁爻扶持，必不至死。）

Once the symptoms of the illness are clearly understood, the next step is to determine the danger. Then, carefully examine each of the six lines and thoroughly explore their subtleties in order to fully understand the inner essence. The first step is to look at the "ancestors" (子孙). It is most favorable if they are generated by, supported by, or harmonized with other elements. The ancestors can restrain the official ghosts (官鬼), which represent harmful forces. Ancient texts refer to this as the Relief Deity (解神), also called Fortune Virtue (福德). In divination related to illness, it also represents medicine. If the卦 does not contain ancestors, the official ghosts will not be restrained, so taking medicine will be ineffective and prayers to deities will not work. Therefore, it is essential to examine the ancestors first. The ancestors should be strong and vital, not weak or confined; if they are supported by the day branch or a moving line, it is auspicious, but if they are harmed by a clash, it is inauspicious. The second step is to examine the main subject (主象), which is most feared when it is subjected to punishment, harm, conflict, or clash. The main subject refers to the patient themselves: for a husband, the official ghosts are the main subject; for a wife, the wealth lines are the main subject, and so on. When divining for oneself, the world line (世爻) is the main subject, and when divining for others, the response line (应爻) is the main subject. These are all considered the main subject. Punishment, harm, conflict, and clash are equivalent to the patient suffering from the illness, so they are to be avoided. If the main subject is supported by the world line or harmonized with other lines, it will not lead to death.

世持鬼爻，病縱輕而難療；（占病怕鬼持世，必難脫體，大象縱輕亦不易愈。若用爻有氣，子孫當權，目下雖可醫愈，日後必不斷根也。）身臨福德，勢雖險而堪醫。（用爻為身，乃一卦之體，若得子孫臨之，決然無虞，縱然病勢凶險，自可有救，以藥治之必定痊癒。）

The world line holds the official ghost, and even if the illness is mild, it is difficult to cure. In divination about illness, the most dangerous situation is when the official ghost holds the world line, for the illness will cling to the body and be hard to escape. Even if the overall hexagram is not heavy, recovery will not be easy. If the used line has strength and the descendants are in control, the illness can be treated well in the present, but eventually the root cause will not be eliminated. If the hexagram body is accompanied by fortune virtue, although the illness is severe, it can still be cured. The used line represents the body of the patient, which is the main subject of the hexagram; if it is accompanied by descendants, there will be no worries— even if the illness is dangerous, there will be a way to save it, and treatment with medicine will surely lead to recovery.

用壯有扶，切恐太剛則折；（凡占皆喜旺相，惟占病則不喜，蓋人在病中必衰弱，縱或素日強健者，至此必瘦，何旺之有？故凡得時有氣，又遇動爻日辰生扶者，乃太剛則折之兆，至生旺日必凶，若動爻日辰刑剋，則不嫌其旺相。）主空無救，須防中道而殂。（主象若空，占病大忌，必得動爻日辰沖剋謂之有救，蓋沖空則實克空為用故也，否則必死。）

The useful god is already strong and receives support, but it is most feared to be too strong and thus break easily. In general, when divining other matters, it is favorable for the useful god to be prosperous and strong. However, when divining about illness, it is not favorable. A person who is sick must certainly be weak. Even if they were strong and healthy before, they are now thin and weak, so how can they be considered strong? Therefore, if the line representing the useful god is in its season and has vitality, and also meets the moving line or the day branch that generates and supports it, this is a sign of excessive strength leading to breakage. On the day when it becomes strong, it will be dangerous. If the moving line or the day branch has a conflict or arestrain (restriction) on it, then it is not a problem that it is strong. The main line is empty and without support, and one must beware of the patient dying midway. If the main line is empty, it is a major concern in divining illness; it must be saved by a moving line or the day branch that conflicts with or restricts it, because conflicting with an empty line turns it into a real one, and restricting an empty line makes it usable. Otherwise, it will definitely result in death.

祿繫妻財，空則不思飲食；壽屬父母，動則反促天年。（占病以妻財為食祿，父母為壽命，卦中不可無。宜靜不宜動，若主象遇絕或化絕地，財遇之為祿絕，父母遇之為壽絕，大象若凶，此為死兆。卦若無財或落空亡，乃是不思飲食。父母爻動占病大忌，以其剋制福神，官殺能肆其虐故也，主服藥不效，禱神不靈，故云反促天年。）

The禄 and 食 are attached to the wife's wealth. If the wife's wealth is empty, one does not think about food and drink. The lifespan is associated with the parents. If the parents move, it can shorten one's life. In divination about illness, the wife's wealth represents food and禄, and the parents represent lifespan. Both should be present in the hexagram and should remain still rather than active. If the main image falls in the绝 position or transforms into the绝 position, then the wealth爻 encountering this is called禄绝, and the parents爻 encountering it is called寿绝. At this time, even if the overall image of the hexagram is凶, it is a death omen. If the hexagram lacks the wealth爻 or the wealth爻 falls into Kongwang, then one cannot eat. The movement of the parents爻 is especially dangerous in divination about illness, because it restrains the子孙, which is a blessing deity. When the官鬼 loses control, it becomes rampant, leading to ineffective medicine and prayers not being answered. Therefore, it accelerates the shortening of life.

主象伏藏，定主遷延乎日月；（用爻不上卦，其病必難安。蓋出現之爻日辰動爻能生合，若不上卦，雖有生扶著於何地？故其占如此，病亦是恍惚朦朧不爽快之症。）子孫空絕，必乏調理之肥甘。（子孫固為醫又為酒肉，若在空亡，或臨死絕，或不上卦，其病必乏肥甘調理亦纏綿難愈。若日辰應爻上帶子孫生合世爻用爻者，必有饋送禮物資養。）

The main image is hidden and not visible, indicating the illness will persist for a long time. If the use line does not appear in the hexagram, the illness will not be easily cured. Because only when the line appears in the hexagram can the day branch and the moving line generate and support, or harmonize with it; if it does not appear in the hexagram, even though there is generation and support, where would it be effective? Therefore, the diagnosis is of a prolonged illness, and the symptoms are mostly vague and unclear, not clear-cut. If the子孙 (son/child line) falls into kongwang or dead position, there will be a lack of nourishment and regulation. The子孙 line represents both medicine and rich food; if it falls into kongwang, or is in a dead position, or does not appear in the hexagram, the patient will lack care and the illness will be difficult to recover from. Conversely, if the day branch or response line brings the子孙 line to generate and harmonize with the world line and use line, there will certainly be someone sending gifts to help with the care and treatment.

世上鬼臨，不可隨官入墓；（世持官鬼固非吉兆，若遇日辰帶墓爻謂隨官入墓，本命爻隨官入墓亦凶，若世爻用爻化入鬼墓及世爻命爻帶鬼動化入墓者，與用爻命爻世爻持鬼墓發動者，皆主大凶。）身臨福德，豈宜父動來傷？（占病以子孫為解神，身若臨之大吉之兆。如父母動來克傷，仍為不美。）

The world line is afflicted by official ghosts; one must not follow the official to the grave. The world line holding official ghosts is already an ominous sign; if the day branch also brings the grave爻, it is called following the official to the grave. If the fate line is afflicted by following the official to the grave, it is equally dangerous. Moreover, if the world line or the use line is transformed into the grave of official ghosts, or if the world line, fate line, or use line hold the ghost grave and then move, it indicates great misfortune. If the hexagram body is on the fortune virtue, how can it tolerate the parents' movement to harm it? In divination about illness, the sons are considered the relief deity; if the hexagram body is on the sons, it is a great auspicious sign; however, if the parents move to harm it, it is still not favorable.

鬼化長生，日下正當沉重；（鬼爻發動病勢必重，若鬼化入長生，乃一日重一日之象，直過帝旺日然後輕減，鬼在長生爻上發動亦然。若化衰，病一日輕一日，與福化長生皆吉。）用連鬼殺，目前必見傾危。（占病不宜用爻發動，動則病體不安，若又化出鬼爻，謂病人變鬼，卦中更無子孫日辰解救，必死無疑之斷。）

The official ghost transforms into the growth position, indicating the illness is worsening. Once the official ghost is activated, the illness becomes more severe; if it further transforms into the growth position, the condition will worsen day by day, only improving after reaching the prosperity position. If the official ghost is already on the growth position and becomes active, the situation is the same. Conversely, if the official ghost transforms into a declining position, the illness will gradually improve day by day. If the descendants transform into the growth position, it is also favorable. If the useful god is connected with the official ghost and harmful elements, there will be immediate danger. Divination for illness should not involve activated lines, as any movement indicates instability in the illness. If it further transforms into the official ghost, it means the patient will become a ghost, and if the divination lacks descendants or the day branch to rescue, it is a certain death.

福化忌爻，病勢增加於小愈；（子孫發動，制伏官鬼，其病必減，若遇化出忌爻反來傷克用神者，必因病勢少愈，不能謹慎，以致復加沉重。子孫化官爻亦然。）世撓兄弟，飲食減省於平時。（兄弟持世，飲食必減，其病亦是貪食而得，若不動又無氣，而卦中財福爻旺者則不然，乃是氣短力弱之症，不易痊可。）

The子孙 transforms into a Hostile God, indicating that the illness initially improves but then worsens again. The子孙 is capable of controlling the官鬼, so the illness should naturally ease; however, if it transforms into a忌爻 and harms the Useful God, it means the illness has slightly improved, but the patient fails to be cautious, leading to a renewed worsening. Similarly, if the子孙 transforms into the官鬼, the situation is the same. If the World Line is troubled by the brothers, the appetite decreases compared to usual. When the brothers hold the World Line, the appetite is definitely reduced, and the illness itself is likely caused by overeating. However, if the brothers are neither active nor strong, and the财爻 and子孙 are strong in the卦, then this situation is different. It indicates a condition of shortness of breath and weakness, which is difficult to recover from.

用絕逢生，危而有救；（大抵用爻不宜死絕之地，以其一克則倒故也。卦中動爻生助，謂絕處逢生，凶中回吉之象，病必將危有救。）主衰得助，重亦何妨。（用爻雖不宜太旺，亦不宜太弱，弱則病人體虛力怯，卒難痊可，若得日辰動爻生合扶助最吉，縱是十分重病，亦不至死。）

The useful god is originally in a dead position but meets a source of life, indicating a dangerous situation with a chance of salvation. Generally, the useful line should not fall into a dead or dying position, because once it is attacked, it will immediately collapse. If there is a moving line in the hexagram that supports it, this is called finding life in a desperate situation, which is a sign of turning bad into good. Although the illness is serious, it can still be saved. The useful line should not be too strong nor too weak: if it is too weak, the patient will be physically weak and timid, and it will be difficult to recover quickly. If it receives support from the day branch or the moving line, that is the best situation. Even if the illness is extremely severe, it will not lead to death.

鬼伏空亡，早備衣冠防不測；（官鬼一爻固是惡殺，然亦不可無。蓋凡得症因由證候虛實、疾病安危、鬼神情狀，皆決於此，若不上卦即當尋伏，庶可推測。若伏爻又空，其病必不能痊，縱有良醫，亦不能達其病源，縱有鬼神亦無叩告之門，天年命盡。若病輕不在此論。）日辰帶鬼，亟為祈禱保無虞。（不注）

The official ghost is hidden and also falls into the empty void, so one should prepare for the inevitable by having shroud and capping ready. Although the official ghost is an evil force, it cannot be absent from the hexagram: the cause of illness, the reality of symptoms, the danger of the disease, and the nature of spirits all depend on it for judgment. If the official ghost does not appear in the hexagram, one should look for the hidden god, and can still make some rough guesses; but if the hidden god also falls into the empty void, the illness is certain to be incurable— even with a good doctor, the source of the illness cannot be found, and even with spirits, there is no way to appeal. This is a case of the natural span of life being exhausted. If the illness was originally mild, this does not apply. If the day branch carries the official ghost, one should hurry to pray and perform rituals to appease it in order to avoid disaster— this sentence was not annotated in the original text.

動化父來沖剋，勞役堪憂；（卦中動爻化出文書沖剋世爻，宜自在少勞碌，不然病即復來，反加沉重，若化財來沖剋，須防食復，更加玄武宜防色復，若化子孫克沖，被藥誤矣，若化兄弟沖剋，惱氣即復也。以上若日辰帶刑沖，不可依此斷。可言因此而後加沉重，蓋日辰是鬼在也。）日加福去生扶，藥醫則愈。（日辰臨子孫生扶用爻，必得藥力而安也。）

If the moving line transforms into the parent line and clashes and controls, one should worry about the recurrence of fatigue. If the moving line transforms into the official line and clashes with the world line, the patient should be idle and avoid excessive exertion, otherwise the illness will recur and become more severe than before. If the moving line transforms into the wife and wealth line and clashes, one should be cautious of overeating leading to a recurrence; if the black tortoise is also involved, one should be cautious of sexual activity leading to a recurrence. If the moving line transforms into the son and grandson line and clashes, it indicates being wrongly treated with medicine; if the moving line transforms into the brother line and clashes, it means the illness will recur upon a sudden anger. The above points, if the day branch carries punishment and clash, cannot be interpreted in this way, but only that the illness will become more severe—because the official line is sitting on the day branch. If the day branch is accompanied by the son and grandson line and generates and supports the line, taking medicine will lead to recovery: if the day branch is accompanied by the son and grandson line and generates and supports the line, it definitely means the illness will be cured by the power of medicine.

身上飛伏雙官，膏盲之疾；（凡遇卦身持鬼，而本宮官鬼爻又伏世下，或世持官鬼而本宮官伏用爻之下，或自占遇世爻飛伏上下，皆值官鬼，總謂雙官夾身最為不利。若大象不死，亦是沉困之疾，考終之患也。）命入幽明兩墓，泉世之人。（以日時看身隨鬼入墓，命隨鬼入墓，世隨鬼入墓，有卦墓、鬼墓、世墓、主墓，凡遇動出卦中者，人皆見之，其墓為明；變入墓中者人所不見，其墓為幽，不拘幽明，皆非吉兆。大象不死，病亦危困。若大象既凶又逢墓動,或世爻主象俱入墓者，必死。得動爻日辰沖破墓爻，庶幾無事。）

The hexagram body and its flying god and hidden god are all official ghosts, indicating a serious illness that is hard to cure. If the hexagram body holds an official ghost, and the official ghost of its own palace is hidden under the world line; or if the world line holds an official ghost, and the official ghost of its own palace is hidden under the used line; or if, in self-consultation, the flying god and hidden god of the world line are both official ghosts—these are all called double official ghosts surrounding the body, which is most unfavorable. Even if the overall image of the hexagram does not indicate death, it is a heavy and difficult illness, belonging to a terminal condition. The native's destiny has fallen into both the dark grave and the bright grave, meaning the person is already between the underworld and the world. According to the day and hour, there are situations such as the hexagram body following the ghost into the grave, the native's destiny following the ghost into the grave, and the world line following the ghost into the grave. Graves can be divided into several types: hexagram grave, ghost grave, world line grave, and main grave. Any grave that appears from a moving line in the hexagram is visible to everyone and is called a bright grave; any grave that comes from a changing line is invisible and is called a dark grave. Whether it is a dark grave or a bright grave, it is not a good omen: if the overall image of the hexagram does not indicate death, the illness is still dangerous and difficult; if the overall image is already ominous and the grave line is activated, or if the world line and the main line both enter the grave, then death is certain. Unless a moving line or the day branch breaks the grave line, things can bewith difficulty without incident.

應合而變財傷，勿食饋來之物；（應爻動來生合世爻，當有問安之人，帶財福，必有饋送，兄弟清訪而已。若應雖生合而變出妻財反來刑世克世，或應爻生合世爻而刑剋主象，倘有饋送，切宜戒食，否則反能傷害。若上尊長尤宜忌之，或加應值妻財為變爻沖剋主象者亦然。）鬼動而逢日破，何妨見險之虞。（官爻發動，其禍成矣。若得日辰動爻沖之，謂沖散，主其病雖凶，必不至死，忌爻發動遇沖亦吉。若不遇沖而得日辰動爻，或合住，或制克，皆是見險無虞之象。）

The Response Line may come to harmonize, but if the transformed line produces a wealth line that harms me, then the food offered should not be eaten. If the Response Line moves to generate and harmonize with the World Line, it indicates that someone will visit to inquire about my health and offer gifts. If it is accompanied by wealth and descendants, there will be actual gifts; if it is accompanied by brothers, it is just a visit without gifts. However, if the Response Line harmonizes with the World Line but transforms into a wealth line that harms the World Line, or if the Response Line harmonizes with the World Line but harms the main image, then the food offered should be avoided, as it may cause harm. This is especially important for elders and respected relatives. If the Response Line itself is a wealth line and the transformed line conflicts with the main image, the interpretation is the same. Although official ghosts may move, if they are broken by the Day Branch, even though there is danger, it is not harmful. When official ghosts move, misfortunes have already taken shape; if they are countered by the Day Branch or a moving line, it is called dispersing the official ghosts, indicating that although the illness is severe, it is not fatal. If a hostile god moves and is countered, it is also favorable. Even if it is not countered, as long as the Day Branch or a moving line harmonizes with or controls it, it is a situation of danger but without actual harm.

欲決病痊，當究福神之動靜；要知命盡，須詳鬼殺之旺衰。（此二句乃言大略，此處最宜活潑推斷。且如子孫得時旺相更動，就以本爻斷其愈；無氣發動以生旺日月斷；若得子孫安靜不得地賴有扶持為福者，當以扶持之爻斷；如卦中不賴子孫為福，而用所喜之爻相助，以成其吉者，即以所喜之爻斷；又如卦爻凶險，遇殺神忌爻動來傷克，得別爻沖散剋制，或合住救得惡爻無事，即當以制伏惡殺之爻斷；若鬼爻忌爻雖動無氣亦無剋制，而用爻旺相不受傷克者，又當以鬼爻墓絕者斷；若忌爻不動，用爻不傷，而但衰絕無氣者，當以用爻生旺之日斷死期，餘仿此。）

To determine if a sickness can be cured, one should examine the movement of the子孙 (offspring) which is a beneficial deity; to know if the life is already exhausted, one should carefully assess the prosperity and strength of the官鬼 (official ghost) and Inauspicious Sha (dangerous killing). These two sentences only give a general idea, and here the most important thing is to flexibly interpret. Let me give several examples: if the子孙 is in its own season, prosperous and strong, and active, then use the day of its original line to determine the time of recovery; if the子孙 is not in its season but is active, then use the month and day when it is born and strong; if the子孙 is quiet and not in its season, and entirely depends on other lines to support it to become a blessing, then use the line that supports it to determine. If the hexagram does not rely on the子孙 as a blessing, but instead relies on another favored line to bring good fortune, then use that favored line to determine. For example, if the hexagram lines are originally dangerous, and the Inauspicious Sha and Hostile God (hostile deity) are active and harm, but fortunately another line dispels, controls, or combines with the evil line to turn danger into safety, then use the line that controls the evil killing to determine. If the官鬼 and Hostile God are active but not strong, and not controlled by anyone, while the line is strong and not harmed, then use the day when the官鬼 is buried or reaches its end to determine. If the Hostile God is not active, the line is not harmed, but the self is weak and without strength, then use the day when the line is born and strong to determine the time of death. Other cases can be similarly inferred.

病不求醫，全生者寡；藥不對症，枉死者多。欲擇善者而從之，須就蓍人而問也。應作醫人，空則閒亡而不遇；子為藥餌，伏則扦格以無功。（凡占病以子孫為醫藥，占醫藥以應爻為醫人，子孫為藥餌。如卜請醫，應空，醫人必不來，發動生合世，醫必從命；動空化空，必然他出；克世沖世，皆主不來。無子孫服藥無效，空亦無功。）

If one is sick but does not consult a doctor, it is rare to preserve one's life; if the medicine is not appropriate, many people die unnecessarily. If one wants to choose a skilled doctor, one should consult a diviner. In divination, the response line represents the doctor. If the response line falls in kongwang, it means the doctor is away and cannot be found. The descendants represent medicine; if the descendants are hidden, it indicates that the medicine is not suitable and will be ineffective. In divination about illness, the descendants represent medicine; if one is specifically divining about medicine, the response line represents the doctor and the descendants represent the medicine. For example, if one is consulting about hiring a doctor: if the response line falls in kongwang, the doctor will definitely not come; if the response line moves and generates and harmonises with the world line, the doctor will certainly agree to come; if the response line moves and falls into kongwang again, it means the doctor has gone out; if the response line overcomes or conflicts with the world line, it indicates the doctor will not come. If there are no descendants in the hexagram, taking medicine will be ineffective; if the descendants fall in kongwang, the medicine will also be ineffective.

鬼動卦中，眼下速難取效；（占藥要鬼爻安靜無氣為吉，若遇發動其病正熾，雖有良醫妙藥卒難取效，休囚少可，旺則愈凶。待鬼爻墓絕，用藥方有功。或強服藥，病必加重。）空臨世上，心中強欲求醫。（世爻空亡，必不專心求醫，無故自空，決請不成，勉強為之藥亦不效。如占服藥而世空者，乃是藥不對症也。）

If the official ghost moves in the hex, the medicine will not show quick results. When predicting medicine, it is auspicious if the official ghost is quiet and not active; once it becomes active, it indicates the illness is severe, and even with good doctors and effective medicine, the effect will not be immediate. If the official ghost is weak and confined, it is still somewhat better, but if it is prosperous and strong, the situation is even worse. One must wait until the official ghost enters the tomb or reaches the end of its cycle before medicine can be effective. If one insists on taking medicine at that time, the illness may worsen. If the empty void falls on the world line, it indicates a forced desire to see a doctor. If the world line falls into the empty void, the person is not serious about seeking medical help. If the empty void falls without any reason, it means the doctor cannot be invited. Even if one tries to invite a doctor, the medicine will not work. If the hex is about taking medicine and the world line falls into the empty void, it means the medicine is not suitable.

官旺福衰，藥餌輕而病重；（占藥官爻無氣，子孫旺相，藥能勝病庶有效。若子孫休囚，官爻反旺者，乃是藥輕病重，雖或服之，必不能奏功也。）應衰世旺，病家富而醫貧。（世為病家，應為醫家，相合相生非親則友，相沖相剋親不往來。若應旺世衰，病家貧乏醫必富，應衰世旺反此斷。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When the official ghost line is strong and the son line is weak, it indicates that the medicine is weak but the illness is severe. When predicting medicine, if the official ghost line is weak and the son line is strong, the medicine can effectively suppress the illness and will be effective; but if the son line is weak and the official ghost line is strong, then the medicine is weak and the illness is severe, and even if taken, it will not show results. If the response line is weak and the world line is strong, it indicates that the patient is wealthy and the doctor is poor. The world line represents the patient, and the response line represents the doctor: if the two lines generate or harmonize with each other, the doctor and patient are either relatives or friends; if the two lines conflict or control each other, even if they are relatives, they have never communicated before. If the response line is strong and the world line is weak, it indicates that the patient is poor and the doctor is wealthy; if the response line is weak and the world line is strong, it is the opposite.

父母不宜持世，鬼殺豈可臨身？（卦身與世皆不宜臨官父二爻，若有所遇，藥便不中。父母持世，可許經醮保禳；鬼爻持世，可禱鬼神護佑，然後服藥方有驗。）

The parents' line is not suitable to hold the world line. How can the official ghost, this evil force, appear on the hexagram body? Both the hexagram body and the world line should avoid the parents' line and the official ghost line. Once they appear, the remedy is not appropriate. If the parents' line holds the world line, one should first promise to recite scriptures and perform a ritual to seek protection. If the official ghost line holds the world line, one should first pray to the spirits for their protection. Only then will taking medicine be effective.

官化官，病變不一；（醫藥卦中遇官化官，其病必有更變，或症候不一，或病勢不定，用藥亦不見效。）子化子，藥雜不精。（子孫乃占藥用神，只喜一位出現，有氣不空日辰動爻扶持，即上吉之兆；若卦中重疊太過，或子孫又化子孫，乃是醫不精，用藥雜而無功也。）

The official ghost transforms into another official ghost, indicating that the illness changes in various ways. When divining about medicine and the official ghost transforms into another official ghost, the illness must change: either there are multiple symptoms, or the condition fluctuates, and the medicine does not work. If the descendants transform into descendants, the medicine becomes miscellaneous and not refined. Descendants are the useful god in divining medicine, and it is best if only one appears: it has strength, does not fall into emptiness, and is supported by the day branch or the moving line, which is an excellent omen. If there are too many descendants in the hexagram or if the descendants transform into another descendant, this indicates that the doctor is not skilled, and the medicine is mixed and ineffective.

福化忌爻，誤服殺身之惡劑；（世人皆疑，《海底眼》誤服藥之句，殊不知此說極有理，蓋有動則有變，變出父母回頭來克；變出財爻扶持官鬼；變出兄弟藥不精潔；變出官殺藥反助病。子變子乃用藥駁雜，不能見效。此所以不若安靜為妙，若變爻或傷世克用者，必致因藥傷命之禍。）應臨官鬼，防投增病之藥湯。（應臨官必非良醫，更來刑剋身世主象，須防誤藥損人。或化忌爻，或化官鬼，皆不宜此人之藥。）

If the子孙 (offspring) transforms into a Hostile God (hostile god), it will lead to taking harmful medicine that can be fatal. Many people doubt the part about taking harmful medicine in the "海底眼" (The Eye at the Bottom of the Sea), but actually this statement is very reasonable. Once the子孙 moves, it will change. If it changes into父母 (parents), it will turn back to harm the子孙; if it changes into妻财 (spouse's wealth), it will go to support官鬼 (official ghost); if it changes into兄弟 (brothers), the medicine will not be pure; if it changes into官鬼, the medicine will instead worsen the illness. If the子孙 changes again into子孙, the medicine will be mixed and ineffective. Therefore, it is best for子孙 to remain still. If the changing line actually harms the world and克用 (overcomes the useful), then there will be the danger of dying from taking the wrong medicine. If the responding line is on官鬼, one must be cautious as the medicine prescribed may actually worsen the condition. If the responding line is on官鬼, it is certainly not from a good doctor; if it further harms the body and the main elements, one must be careful of taking the wrong medicine that harms people. If the responding line transforms into Hostile God or官鬼, the person should not take the medicine.

鬼帶日辰，定非久病；（鬼帶日辰動出卦中者，必是日下暴得之病；若日辰雖是官鬼不現卦中，則不然，可言其病眼下正熾，必須過此方可用藥。）應臨月建，必是官醫。（應持父母，必是僧道家或兼藝術；應持兄弟，乃是庸醫或先求藥價；持財爻，富貴醫人或女醫；應臨子孫，專門醫士或僧道；應持太歲，必是世醫；持日辰而太歲刑剋者，初學醫；持月建是官醫，更臨子孫，用藥神效，醫人老少，以生旺墓絕推之。）

The official ghost accompanied by the day branch indicates that the illness is not a long-term one. If the official ghost is accompanied by the day branch and is active in the hexagram, it must be an acute illness that has recently occurred. If the day branch belongs to the official ghost but does not appear in the hexagram, we do not make such a conclusion; instead, we can only say that the illness is currently at its peak and that medicine should be taken only after this period. If the responding line is in line with the month builder, then it must be a government physician. The identity of the physician can be determined by the six relations associated with the responding line: if it is associated with the parents, the physician is likely from a Buddhist or Taoist family, or someone who also possesses other skills; if it is associated with the brothers, the physician is an unskilled one, or one who first demands payment for medicine; if it is associated with the wife and wealth, the physician is from a wealthy family or is a female physician; if it is associated with the children, the physician is a specialist or a Buddhist or Taoist practitioner; if it is associated with the year stem, the physician comes from a family that has been practicing medicine for generations; if it is associated with the day branch and the year stem also conflicts with it, the physician is a novice; if it is associated with the month builder, it is an official physician, and if it is also associated with the children, the treatment will be highly effective. As for the age of the physician, it can be determined by the concepts of birth, strength, burial, and decline.

世下伏官子動，則藥雖妙而病根常在；（大抵動爻日辰能生克得飛爻，不能生克得伏神，蓋伏神隱伏之義，占病遇鬼伏世下，其病必不能斷根。雖有子孫發動，但能取效目前，過後伏鬼旺相月日，其病必再發。）衰中坐鬼身臨，則病雖輕而藥力難扶。（卦身臨鬼，病不脫體，衰弱無氣，纏綿難愈淹滯之象。世旺相出現久，臥床禱雖有良醫亦無效。世持及主象身臨持官墓者，皆然。）

The world line is under the influence of official ghosts, so even if descendants are activated, the medicine may be good but the root of the illness remains. Generally, the moving line and the day branch can generate or overcome the flying god, but they cannot affect the hidden god, because the hidden god is by nature concealed. When illness is involved and the official ghost is hidden under the world line, the illness cannot be completely cured: although descendants may be activated, the effect is only temporary. When the hidden official ghost becomes prosperous and strong in a certain month or day, the illness will surely recur. If the hexagram body is also associated with the official ghost and is weak, the illness may be mild, but the medicine will not be effective. If the hexagram body is associated with the official ghost, the illness cannot be removed from the body; if it is also weak and lacks strength, it indicates a prolonged and unresolved condition. At this time, even if the world line is strong and appears, the patient will have been lying in bed for a long time, and even with a good doctor, there will be no effect. If the world line holds the official ghost, or if the hexagram body is associated with the墓 (grave) of the official ghost, the interpretation is the same.

父若伏藏，名雖醫而未諳脈理；（卦有父母子孫，不能專權固非吉卦，然卦中又不可無，宜靜不宜動。何也？蓋人氣脈皆屬父母，故占醫若無此爻，必是草澤醫人，雖能用藥，脈理未明，必以意度者。）鬼不出現，藥縱用而莫識病源。（官鬼固是凶殺，然亦不可無，出現在卦，則子孫剋制日辰刑制，用藥有效；若不上卦，其病隱伏，根因不知，症候莫絕，率意用藥亦難取效。）

If the parents' line is hidden and not visible, the person may have the name of a doctor but lacks understanding of pulse theory. If both parents and children's lines appear in the hexagram, the children's line cannot alone hold power, so it is not a good hexagram. However, the parents' line cannot be absent in the hexagram either; it should remain still and not move. Why? Because human blood, qi, pulse, and breath are all governed by the parents' line. If a divination for medicine lacks the parents' line, it must be a charlatan doctor: although they can prescribe formulas, they do not understand pulse theory and merely guess based on assumptions. If the official ghost line does not appear, even if medicine is used, the root cause of the illness cannot be identified. Although the official ghost is considered an Inauspicious Sha (evil killer), it cannot be missing in the hexagram. If it appears in the hexagram, the children's line can control it, the day branch can restrain it, and the medicine will be effective. If the official ghost line does not appear in the hexagram, the illness remains hidden and undetermined, the root cause is unknown, and symptoms are unclear, making it difficult for random treatment to be effective.

主絕受傷，虛醫難救；（主象在休囚死墓絕之地，而被日辰動爻乘旺刑剋者，其病必死，雖有良醫亦無效，主象變死墓空絕者，亦然。）父興得地，扁鵲無功。（父母發動，子孫受制，藥必不效。若得子孫有氣，日辰動爻沖合父母救得子孫，有用庶幾可活，然亦必須多服為妙，父化子孫，亦是醫人太慢。）

The main subject is in a state of decline and is also harmed by being attacked, so even the best doctor cannot save it. If the main subject is in a weak and confined state, dead, buried, or in a state of absolute decline, and is further attacked by the day branch or the moving line, the condition is certain to be fatal, and even a good doctor will be ineffective. If the main subject changes into dead, buried, empty, or absolute decline, the situation is the same. If the parents are active and strong, even the famous doctor Qian Qie would be of no help. If the parents are active, the sons will be restrained, and the medicine will be ineffective. Unless the sons still have some strength, and the day branch or the moving line can attack or harmonize with the parents, rescuing the sons, then it is possible to survivewith difficulty. However, at this time, it is also necessary to take several doses. If the parents transform into sons, it indicates that the doctor acted too late.

察官爻而用藥，火土寒涼；（火土官爻，其病必熱，宜寒涼藥攻之；金水官爻，其病多寒，必溫熱之劑治之，然火必寒，土必涼，水必熱，金必溫劑可也。又如火鬼在生旺之地，又遇生扶者，必用大寒之藥攻之，休囚死絕則用涼藥；水鬼在生旺之地，又遇合助者，須用大熱之藥，休囚死絕則用溫劑攻之。如火鬼在陰宮陰爻，乃是陰虛火動之症，可用滋陰降火之藥；水鬼在陽宮內卦，乃是血氣虛損之症，可用補中益氣之藥，宜通變，餘仿此。）

To determine the appropriate medication, one should examine the official ghost爻. If the official ghost belongs to fire or earth, it should be treated with cold and cool medicines. Official ghosts belonging to fire or earth indicate a condition of heat, so cold and cool medicines should be used to attack the condition. If the official ghost belongs to metal or water, the condition is usually cold, so warm and hot medicines should be used. More specifically: fire ghosts should be treated with cold medicines, earth ghosts with cool medicines, water ghosts with hot medicines, and metal ghosts with warm medicines. Also consider the strength of the ghost: if a fire ghost is in a flourishing and vigorous position and receives support, then strong cold medicines should be used. If a fire ghost is weak or in a dead or confined position, cool medicines are sufficient. If a water ghost is in a flourishing and vigorous position and has support, then strong hot medicines should be used. If a water ghost is weak or in a dead or confined position, warm medicines are enough. Also consider the yin and yang of the palace: if a fire ghost is in a yin palace and yin爻, it indicates yin deficiency with fire agitation, and medicines to nourish yin and reduce fire should be used. If a water ghost is in a yang palace and inner trigram, it indicates blood and qi deficiency, and medicines to tonify the middle jiao and benefit qi should be used. In general, one should be flexible and adapt accordingly, and the rest can be inferred in the same way.

驗福德以迎醫，丑寅東北。（凡占服藥，看子孫在何爻，便知何處醫人可治。如在子爻，宜北方醫人；丑爻，東北方醫人類。又如寅爻子孫五行屬木，其醫是木旁草頭姓名，或是虎命者，雖非東北皆能醫，餘仿此。）

Check the position of the son and grandson爻 to see where the doctor should be invited. If it falls on the丑 or寅, then go to the Northeast. When predicting the effectiveness of medicine, look at which earthly branch the son and grandson爻 falls on, and you will know which direction the doctor should come from: if it falls on the子爻, invite a doctor from the North; if it falls on the丑爻, invite a doctor from the Northeast; and so on. For example, if the son and grandson爻 falls on the寅爻, which belongs to the Wood element in the Five Phases, then the doctor's name is likely to contain a radical related to wood or a grass radical, or he may be born in the Year of the Tiger. Even if he does not live in the Northeast, he can still cure the illness. The same applies to other cases.

水帶財興，大忌魚鮮生冷；（財為飲食，資以養生，然動則生助鬼爻反為所害。若更屬水，必忌魚鮮生冷，藥始見功。如值木爻忌動風之物，值火爻忌炙煿熱物，值金爻忌堅硬鹽物，值土爻忌油膩滑物。財如不動不可妄言。又忌鬼爻生肖物，如丑忌牛，酉忌雞類，餘仿此。）木加龍助，偏宜舒暢情懷。（青龍為喜悅之神，更臨木爻生合世爻主象，病人必拋卻家事，寬放情懷，然後服藥有效。）

When the wife's wealth, which belongs to the water element, becomes active, it is most undesirable for it to be associated with fresh fish or cold foods. The wealth爻 represents food and is a source of nourishment for health; however, once it becomes active, it tends to generate and support the official ghost, which can be harmful. If the wealth爻 also belongs to the water element, then it is especially important to avoid fresh fish and cold foods, as medicinal treatment will then be effective. By analogy: if the wealth爻 belongs to the wood element, it should avoid foods that cause wind; if it belongs to the fire element, it should avoid fried, roasted, or hot foods; if it belongs to the metal element, it should avoid hard or salty foods; and if it belongs to the earth element, it should avoid oily and greasy foods. If the wealth爻 is not active, then one should not make arbitrary statements. In addition, one should also avoid meat from the zodiac sign associated with the official ghost. For example, if the official ghost is in the ox (丑), then beef should be avoided; if it is in the rooster (酉), then chicken should be avoided, and so on. If a wood element爻 is further assisted by the Azure Dragon, it is most beneficial for the patient to feel at ease and relaxed. The Azure Dragon is a god of joy; if it appears with a wood element爻 to generate and harmonise with the world line or the main element, the patient should set aside household matters and relax their mind, which will make the medicine effective.

財合用神居外動，吐之則痊；（財在外動主吐，若得生合世爻用爻以藥吐之則愈；如在內卦疏利為妙。若財爻動來刑剋世與主象在外，則主服藥不納；在內則主藥後發瀉也。）子逢火德寓離宮，灸之則愈。（子孫屬火又在離宮，宜用熱藥療之，若在他宮又居外卦，必用艾灸則愈。如在內卦或雖在外而繫本宮者，皆依此斷。）

The wealth line combines with the useful god and activates in the outer trigram; using the method of vomiting will result in recovery. When the wealth line activates in the outer trigram, it indicates vomiting; if it comes to generate and harmonise with the world line or the useful line, then one should use a vomiting medicine, and the illness will be cured by vomiting. If the wealth line is in the inner trigram, then it is best to use methods that promote downward movement and elimination. Conversely, if the wealth line activates and harms the world line and the main image: if it is in the outer trigram, it indicates that the medicine will be vomited up and not stay; if it is in the inner trigram, it indicates that after taking the medicine, one will have diarrhea. The offspring line meets fire and resides in the Li trigram; using moxibustion can cure it. The offspring line belongs to fire and is in the Li trigram, so it is suitable to use hot medicine; if it belongs to fire but is in another trigram, and is in the outer trigram, then moxibustion is definitely needed. If it is in the inner trigram, or although in the outer trigram but still belongs to its original trigram, then the same interpretation applies.

坎卦子孫，必須發汗；木爻官鬼，先要疏風。（子孫在坎卦發動，不拘五行皆宜表汗；官鬼屬木，須散風邪，用藥有效。舉其一端，五行八卦皆仿此推之。）用旺有扶，勿再補；（用爻休囚墓絕，必是補藥方效；若得時旺相，又有生扶合助，須克伐之藥治之，若又補則反害。）鬼衰屬水，莫行針。（子孫屬金，利用刀針；鬼爻屬水而用刀針，則金能生水，反助其勢，病必增重。土鬼忌用熱藥，木鬼忌用寒藥。火鬼忌用風藥，金鬼忌用丸藥。）

When the子孙 falls into the Kan trigram, it should be treated with sweating methods; if the official ghost belongs to wood, it is first necessary to disperse wind pathogens. When the子孙 activates within the Kan trigram, regardless of its five phases, it is suitable to use methods of resolving exterior symptoms and inducing sweating; if the official ghost belongs to wood, it is first necessary to disperse wind pathogens, and then medication will be effective. This is just an example; all five phases and eight trigrams can be inferred in the same way. If the useful god is already prosperous and strong with support, there is no need for tonifying treatment. If the line is in a weak or buried state, then tonifying medicine is needed for effectiveness; if it is in its season, prosperous and strong with support, then attacking medicine should be used for treatment, and further tonifying would be harmful. If the official ghost is weak and belongs to water, needles should not be used. If the子孙 belongs to metal, it is suitable to use blade and needle; however, if the official ghost belongs to water and blade and needle are used, metal will generate water, which will strengthen the disease, and the condition will surely worsen. In addition, earth ghosts should avoid hot medicine, wood ghosts should avoid cold medicine, fire ghosts should avoid wind medicine, and metal ghosts should avoid pill medicine.

福鬼俱空，當不治而自愈；子官皆動，宜內補而外修。（占病，子官二爻俱空，乃吉兆，或俱衰靜無沖無並者，其病自愈，不用服藥。若二爻俱動，非藥不對病，乃是神祟間隔故無功，必須服湯藥與祈禱得痊，俗謂外修內補也。）卦動兩孫，用藥須當間服；（卦有二爻子孫發動用藥不必速服，以其分權故也。須多服見效，或用兩般湯藥相間服之則效。如占瘡疽腫毒可言內用托里，外用敷貼。）鬼傷二間，立方須用寬胸。（官鬼動來沖剋間爻，必然胸隔不利，須用寬中湯藥，鬼在二間爻動亦然。間爻逢兄弟發動，則是氣不順也，藥宜調氣。）

When both the子孙 and 官鬼 are in a vacant position, it is a good sign and the illness will heal on its own without treatment. If both the子孙 and 官鬼 are activated, then internal medicine and external rituals should be used. When both the子孙 and 官鬼 are vacant in a divination about illness, it is a good omen. If both lines are weak and quiet, with no clash or conjunction, the illness will also heal naturally without the need for medicine. If both lines are activated, it does not mean the medicine is ineffective, but rather that there are supernatural forces interfering. Therefore, medicine alone will not work, and both internal treatment and external prayers are necessary for recovery. This is commonly referred to as external and internal treatment. If there are two子孙 activated in the hexagram, the medicine should be taken alternately. When two子孙 are activated together, the effect of the medicine is divided, so it is not necessary to take it continuously. It is better to take several doses before seeing results, or to alternate between two types of medicine for better effectiveness. If the divination is about sores and swellings, then internal medicine to support the body and external ointments should be used. If the 官鬼 injures both middle lines, the prescription should include medicine to open the chest. If the 官鬼 activates and clashes with the middle lines, the chest will feel uncomfortable, and medicine to relieve the chest should be used. If the 官鬼 is already activated on both middle lines, it is the same situation. If the middle lines are affected by the brothers, it indicates an obstruction in the flow of qi, and the medicine should focus on regulating the qi.

父合變孫，莫若閉門修養；（卦中福爻空亡，官爻衰靜。若有父母動來生合世身主象者，不須服藥。更化子孫，不若拋棄家事靜養深山，或入寺觀閉門修養，勿藥自安。）五興化福，可用路遇醫人。（子孫出現逢空，而五爻變出子孫卻不空者，不須選求名醫服藥，不如過路草醫反能治之。若子孫不出現，六爻不化出，而日辰帶子孫生合者，不意中自有醫來治也。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When the parents line comes to harmonize with the world line and the hexagram body, but transforms into the sons line, it is better to stay indoors and rest. If the sons line in the hexagram falls into kongwang and the official ghost line is weak and still, then if the parents line becomes active and harmonizes with the world line, hexagram body or main image, there is no need to take medicine. If the parents further transform into the sons line, it is even better to abandon family affairs, retreat to deep mountains for rest, or enter a temple or monastery to cultivate oneself in seclusion, and naturally recover without taking medicine. If the fifth line becomes active and transforms into the sons line, one can consult a doctor encountered on the way. If the sons line in the hexagram is in kongwang, but the transformed sons line from the fifth line is not in kongwang, then there is no need to choose a famous doctor for medicine, but rather a simple village doctor encountered on the way can treat it effectively. If the sons line does not appear in the hexagram and the sixth line does not transform into it, but the day branch brings the sons line to harmonize with the world line, then unexpectedly a doctor will come to treat it.

世應比和無福德，須用更醫；（世應比和，卦無福德，此藥無損無益，服與不服只是一般，須是更換醫人，別求治療，方可得痊。）財官發動子孫空，徒勞服藥。（財官俱動，其勢已凶，子孫又空，服之無益，縱有良醫，必無功效，不如不服之為愈。）

The world and response lines are harmonious, but if the hexagram lacks descendants, a different doctor should be sought. When the world and response lines are harmonious, but the hexagram does not show fortune and virtue, the medicine neither harms nor benefits; taking it or not makes no difference. A different doctor and a different treatment method are necessary to recover. If the wife's wealth and official ghost lines are both active, but the descendants are absent, taking medicine is useless. When wealth and official lines are both active, the situation is already dangerous, and if the descendants are also absent, taking medicine brings no benefit; even if there is a good doctor, there will be no effect, so it is better not to take any medicine at all.

徼福鬼神，乃當今之所尚；禱爾上下，在古昔而皆然。不質正於易爻，亦虛行乎祀典，先看卦內官爻，便知鬼神情狀。旺神衰鬼，方隅乾巽堪推；陰女陽男，老幼旺衰可決。若在乾宮，必許天燈斗願；如居兌卦。定然口願傷神。坎是北朝，艮則城隍宅土；

Worshiping ghosts and spirits to seek blessings is now a common practice among people; praying to heaven above and to the earth below has been the case since ancient times. However, if one does not verify with the Yi hexagrams, the rituals of worship are just empty gestures. In divination, first examine the "official ghost" line in the hexagram to know which kind of ghost or spirit is involved. If the official ghost is prosperous and strong, it is considered a deity; if it is weak, it is considered a ghost. As for the direction, determine it based on the hexagram where the line falls. If it falls in the Qian hexagram, it belongs to the northwest; if it falls in the Xun hexagram, it belongs to the southeast; the rest follow the same pattern. If the line is yin, it is a female ghost; if it is yang, it is a male ghost. The age of the ghost is determined by its strength and weakness. If the official ghost is in the Qian hexagram, it must be a ghost that has made a vow to light a lamp in heaven or to worship the stars and constellations. If it is in the Dui hexagram, it must be a ghost that made a verbal vow but did not fulfill it, thus offending the deity. If the official ghost is in the Kan hexagram, it is the deity of the northern temples; if it is in the Gen hexagram, it is the city god and the land deity of the house.

離為南殿，坤則土地墳陵。震恐樹神，或杖傷之男鬼；巽必縊死，或癲僕之陰人。八宮仔細推詳，諸鬼自然顯應。更值勾陳，必有土神見礙；如臨朱雀，定然咒詛相侵。白虎血亡。玄武則死於不明之鬼；青龍善願，螣蛇則犯乎施相之神。金乃傷司，火定灶神香願；木為枷鎖，水為河伯江神。若見土爻，當分廠類。鬼墓乃伏尸為禍；財庫則藏神不安。修造動土，必然殺遇勾陳；

The official ghost is in the trigram Li, representing the deity of southern palaces; in the trigram Kun, it represents the land god and grave spirits. In the trigram Zhen, it may be a tree spirit or the ghost of a man who was beaten to death; in the trigram Xun, it must be the ghost of a woman who died by hanging or from an epileptic fall. By examining each of the eight trigrams in detail, various spirits will naturally appear and be verified. If the official ghost is associated with Gou Chen, it indicates that the act of breaking ground has offended the earth god; if it is associated with Vermilion Bird, it means the person has been cursed or spoken ill of; if it is associated with White Tiger, it signifies a ghost who died with bloodshed; if it is associated with Black Tortoise, it indicates a ghost who died in a mysterious or unclear manner; if it is associated with Azure Dragon, it means a good wish was made but not fulfilled. If the official ghost belongs to metal, it signifies a department responsible for injuries and wounds; if it belongs to fire, it must be the kitchen god or a spirit related to incense and offerings; if it belongs to wood, it represents a ghost associated with shackles and imprisonment; if it belongs to water, it is the river god or water deity. If the earth element is present, it should be further classified. If the official ghost is in the墓 position, it indicates a corpse causing disturbances; if it is in the wealth repository position, it means a hidden spirit is restless. If misfortune arises from construction and breaking ground, it must be a case of Inauspicious Sha (violent death) combined with Gou Chen.

口舌起因，乃是土逢朱雀。或犯井神，水在初爻遇鬼；或干司命，火臨二位逢官。若在門頭，須犯家堂部屬；如臨道上，當求五路神祗。四遇世沖鬼，必出門撞見；六逢月合神，須遠地相干。鬼克身，冤家債主；身克鬼，妻妾陰人。我去生他，卑幼兒童僧道；他來生我，祖宗尊長爹孃。若無生合克刑，必是弟兄朋友。

If misfortune arises from verbal disputes, it is because the earth element line is accompanied by the Vermilion Bird. If the water element line is in the first line and the official ghost is present, it indicates an offense against the well spirit. If the fire element line is in the second line and the official ghost is present, it indicates an offense against the Director of Destiny and the kitchen god. If the official ghost is located at the position of the door, it indicates an offense against the family shrine and door gods; if it is located at the position of the road, one should worship the five road deities. If the world line on the fourth line conflicts with the official ghost, it indicates an encounter when going out; if the month builder on the sixth line harmonizes with the deity, it indicates trouble brought from a distant place. If the official ghost overcomes the hexagram body, it indicates a quarrelsome person or a debt collector; if the hexagram body overcomes the official ghost, it indicates a female ghost such as a wife or concubine. If I generate it, it indicates a younger relative, child, monk, or Taoist; if it generates me, it indicates ancestors, elders, or parents. If neither generation, harmony, overcoming, nor punishment exists between them, it indicates brothers or friends.

刑不善終；絕刑無嗣。如臨日月，定然新死亡靈；自入墓刑，決是獄中囚犯。旁爻財合，必月下之情人；應位弟生，乃社中之好友。化出鬼爻臨玄武，則穿窬之鬼；變成父母遇螣蛇，則厭魅之精。太歲鬼臨，乃祖傳之舊例；日辰官並，是口許之初心。持世則未酬舊願，伏為有口無心；變財乃不了心齋，空則有頭無尾。

The official ghost accompanied by punishment indicates death by misfortune; if it falls into the绝 position and is also accompanied by punishment, it means the deceased has no one to inherit. If it is adjacent to the day branch or the month builder, it definitely refers to a recently deceased spirit; if it itself falls into the墓 position and is accompanied by punishment, it must be a prisoner who died in prison. If the wife wealth in the adjacent爻 is in harmony with it, it indicates a lover who had an affair under the moon; if the brothers in the responding position generate it, it indicates a good friend from the same community. If the official ghost transforms into another official ghost and is accompanied by the Black Tortoise, it is a thief who can climb walls and flip through roofs; if it transforms into the parents and meets the 螣蛇, it is a spirit causing nightmares and illusions. If the official ghost is adjacent to the heavenly stem of the year, it indicates an old wish passed down from ancestors; if the official ghost is adjacent to the day branch, it indicates a wish made casually at the beginning. If it holds the world, it means the old wish has not yet been fulfilled; if it is hidden, it means it was just spoken of without sincerity; if it transforms into wife wealth, it means a vow was made during a斋戒 but not completed; if it falls into the Kongwang position, it means the matter was started but not finished.

鬼在宅中，住居不穩；官臨應上，朝向不通。兌卦金龍干佛像；坎宮木動犯劃舟。水土交加，在乾宮則三官大帝；火金互動，於兌卦為五道傷官。三空無香火之堂；怪動有不祥之禍。龍遇文書，獨發經文可斷；蛇逢官鬼，屬陰夢寐當推。動入空中值鬼，恐失孝思之禮；靜居宅上臨木，家停暴露之棺。

The official ghost falls in the position of the residence, indicating instability in living there; the official ghost appearing on the response line suggests that the house's orientation is not smooth. The golden line in the "Dui" trigram accompanied by the Azure Dragon indicates an offense against the Buddha image; the wooden line in the "Kan" palace that is active indicates an offense against the dragon boat deity. Water and earth intersecting in the "Qian" palace indicates an offense against the Three Officials; fire and metal interacting in the "Dui" trigram indicates an offense against the five officials of the Five Paths. The third line is empty, indicating the absence of a hall for incense and offerings at home; an odd line being active brings about misfortune. The Azure Dragon meeting with documents, if it is alone active, indicates matters related to reciting scriptures and making vows; the Boa Snake meeting with the official ghost, if it is a yin line, should be associated with dreams and disturbances. If the official ghost moves and falls into an empty position, it is likely that the filial piety of remembering ancestors has been lost; if the official ghost is still and occupies the residence line with wood, it indicates that there is an unburied, exposed coffin at home.

農為國本，食乃民天。五穀不同，孰識異宜？而播種一年所繫，全憑卦象以推詳。旺相妻財，豐登可卜，（妻財乃占農之本，不拘種水旱物，先看主爻現與不現，有傷無傷，便知凶吉。若得出現旺相，有生無損，主其年必成熟，然此一爻雖不可無，亦不宜動，動則官鬼有氣，終有損耗。若得變出福爻，則吉。）

Farming is the foundation of a nation, and grain is the people's livelihood. Different grains vary, and who can distinguish their respective favorable and unfavorable conditions? Sowing relates to the livelihood of the year, so one can only carefully examine the hexagram. If the "wife and wealth" element is prosperous and strong, it can be determined as a bountiful harvest. The wealth element is the fundamental aspect in divination related to farming: whether it is water田 crops or dry land crops, first check if this main element appears, whether it is harmed or not, and the fortune or misfortune will be clear. If the wealth element appears and is prosperous and strong, with support and no damage, it indicates that the year will definitely have a good harvest. However, although this element cannot be missing, it is also not suitable to be activated — once it moves, it is equivalent to the official ghost getting energy, which will eventually lead to loss; unless it transforms into descendants, which would be auspicious.

空亡福德，損耗難憑。（子孫為福德，占田之輔爻，最喜生旺發動為吉。若遇空亡則財無生氣，官鬼當權定多損耗。財爻縱旺，亦不能全收，若得官爻亦不上卦或落空亡，庶幾小吉。如福德空而財爻衰弱，受傷虛度一年，徒勞工本，決無成望。旺空動空，主半收半熟。）

The子孙 falls into Kongwang, causing losses that are unpredictable. The子孙 represents fortune and virtue, and in the branch of divination concerning land, it serves as an auxiliary original god. It is most favorable when it is prosperous and active. If it falls into Kongwang, the wealth hexagram loses its life qi, and the official ghost takes control, leading to certain losses. Even if the wealth hexagram is prosperous and strong, it cannot fully benefit. If at this time the official ghost does not appear in the upper hexagram, or also falls into Kongwang, it is still a minor good omen. But if the子孙 falls into Kongwang while the wealth hexagram is weak and injured, it means the year is wasted, with all the initial investment lost and no hope of success. If the子孙 is strong but falls into Kongwang, or moves into Kongwang, it indicates a harvest of half the yield and half the maturity.

父母交重，耘耔徒知費力。（父母為辛勤勞苦之神，動則必主費力多用，耘耔大要衰弱臨持身世若旺動，財雖有氣亦減分數，蓋子孫被其傷克故也。若在空避之地為吉。）兄爻發動，年時莫望全收。（兄弟劫財，占種為忌爻，大怕發動，縱得福與財旺，亦非全熟年時，若臨世，主治田之人種作不精，不然欠工本。）

The parents' trigrams are heavily involved and active, but plowing and weeding will be in vain. The parents are laborious deities; once they move, it indicates great consumption of human and material resources. The practice of weeding is most affected when the parents are weak. If the parents are strong and active, even if the wealth trigrams have some strength, the harvest will still be reduced because the sons are harmed by them. If the parents are hiding in the Kongwang position, that is actually favorable. If the brothers' trigrams are active, do not expect a full harvest this year. The brothers are deities that seize wealth; in the context of farming, they are considered unfavorable. They should be avoided as much as possible; even if both the sons and the wealth trigrams are strong, it will not be a year of full harvest. If the brothers are present in the current situation, it indicates that the farmers are not working carefully, or that they lack sufficient capital.

鬼在旺鄉，遇水神而禾苗淹腐；（鬼爻發動，所種之初必有損害。若臨水爻其田必被水淹，沖剋身世，蓋必為淹腐也。更逢月建日辰動爻生扶，當有洪水橫流之患，化出福爻生合鬼，必後重生長。化出火來刑剋，恐澇後又遭大旱，若有救，雨雖多無事。）官居生地，加火殺而稼穡焦枯。（鬼在生旺之地，而臨火爻動者，必主缺水，沖剋刑剋恐有焦禾稼之禍。有制伏雖旱不妨，變出水爻刑剋身世，旱後必有苦雨淹沒。）

The official ghost falls in a flourishing place and meets the water deity, causing the crops to be drowned. When the official ghost moves, the crops will initially suffer damage. If it is accompanied by the water line, the fields will be flooded, and if there is further conflict and control towards the self and body, the crops will definitely be ruined by water. If the month builder, day branch, or moving line also supports it, there is a risk of flood disaster. If it transforms into descendants to generate and harmonize, the crops can recover after the flood; if it transforms into a fire line to clash and control, there may be drought after the flood. However, as long as there is another rescue, even with heavy rain, it will not cause disaster. If the official ghost is in a place of birth and accompanied by fire, the crops will wither and dry up. If the official ghost is in a flourishing and strong place and accompanied by a fire line, it will definitely indicate a lack of water; if there is further conflict and control, there may be a disaster of withered crops. If there is another control, even with drought, it will not be a problem; if it transforms into a water line to clash and control the self and body, after the drought, there will be another flood causing damage.

土忌克身，水旱不調之歲；（土鬼發動，必主水旱不調，克世必有傷損。化火，缺水時多，滋潤時少；化水，淹沒時多，干旱時少，蓋土能瀉火之氣，制水之勢故也。又主里社興災，須祈禱則吉，否則田地荒蕪欠熟。）金嫌傷世，螟蝗交括之年。（金鬼發動克世有蟲，傷應臨及六爻或五類中化出者，是蝗蟲。不傷身世財又旺不動，乃經過此地不為害也。）

The official ghost belonging to the earth element is most disliked when it comes to克 the hexagram body, which indicates years of imbalance between drought and flood. When the earth ghost is activated, it will definitely cause imbalance between water and drought; if it also克 the world line, there will be damage. If it transforms into fire, it means there are more days of lack of water and fewer days of moisture; if it transforms into water, it means there are more days of flooding and fewer days of drought—because earth can release the energy of fire and control the power of water. This kind of divination also indicates that the local land deity is causing trouble, and prayers are needed for good fortune, otherwise the fields will be abandoned and the harvest will be poor. The official ghost belonging to the metal element is most disliked when it harms the world line, which indicates a year when locusts and borers are both causing damage. When the metal ghost is activated and克 the world line, there will be pests in the fields; if it harms the response line, or is at the top hexagram line, or is derived from the five relations of the six relations, then it indicates locusts. If it does not harm the world or the world line, and the wealth line is strong and not moving, then it is merely a locust swarm passing through, not causing disaster.

木則風摧，靜須谷秕，生扶合世，方許無虞。（木爻發動傷克世身，所種物必遭惡風摧挫。若化水爻或水化木爻，或與木爻同發，當有風潮顛沒之患。木鬼不動亦主虛秕，蓋木爻五穀主星，更若福盡財衰，必主苗而不秀，或秀而不實，財福動空化空，俱是虛秕，空好看之象。火持鬼爻與土金鬼爻安靜被動爻日辰傷克沖並，皆有虛損，如棉花暗蛀，菽豆延口，荸薺腐爛類。）

The official ghost of the wood element signifies a great wind that breaks and damages crops; even if it remains still, the grain is mostly shriveled. It must be supported and assisted to harmonize with the world line in order to avoid worries. If the wood line becomes active and harms the world line, the crops will certainly be damaged by strong winds. If it transforms into a water line, or if the water line transforms into wood, or if both water and wood lines become active, one should also be cautious of wind and floods that may uproot and submerge the crops. Even if the wood ghost remains inactive, it still indicates shriveled grain, because the wood line is the main star of grain. If there is also a depletion of descendants and a weak wealth line, the crops will only sprout but not bear grain, or they may bear grain but not mature properly. If the wealth and fortune lines become active and fall into emptiness, or transform into emptiness, they also indicate shriveled grain, which only looks good but is not real. In addition, if the fire line holds the official ghost, or if the earth or metal ghosts are quiet but are harmed, attacked, or clashed with by moving lines or the day branch, there will be losses and waste. For example, cotton may be secretly damaged by insects, beans may develop holes, and water chestnuts may rot.

二爻坐鬼，必難東作於三春；五位連官，定阻西成於八月。（以二爻為種作始事，五爻為收成之事。第二爻為內卦之主，第五爻為外卦之主，畫卦自下而上，種作自春而秋收也。以爻象言之，初爻為種子，二爻為秧苗，三爻為人力，四爻為耕牛，五爻為成熟之日，六爻為百事之天時也。凡遇鬼在初爻，種子不對或多敗壞；鬼在二爻，難以耕種或因阻節失時，秧苗有損；鬼在三爻，農力不到欠工；鬼在四爻，牛必有病，難以耕戽；鬼在五爻，收成有阻；鬼在六爻，收時天氣不順。內卦無官方大吉，二爻五爻若被日辰刑傷沖剋，其種作收成之時必有阻節失宜。更看何爻傷克，便知何事阻之，如兄弟為口舌，官鬼為官訟類。且如四月丙戍日卜禾，得大過之困卦，酉官動變午火，旱之兆也，日辰帶財剋制二爻，後將插盯，果為陰人少財而去，逾三四日而天則亢旱難用矣，此上海孫西疇所卜，依此斷之萬無一失。）

The second line has the official ghost sitting on it, indicating that spring plowing will certainly be difficult; the fifth line connected to the official ghost means that the harvest in August will certainly be obstructed. Here, the second line represents the beginning of sowing, and the fifth line represents the harvest: the second line is the main line of the inner trigram, and the fifth line is the main line of the outer trigram. Drawing the hexagram from bottom to top is like the process of sowing from spring to autumn harvest. According to the distribution of lines: the first line is the seed, the second line is the seedling, the third line is human labor, the fourth line is the ox, the fifth line is the time of maturity and harvest, and the sixth line is the whole year's weather. If the official ghost is on the first line, the seed is not suitable or has mold; if it is on the second line, plowing is difficult or there is an obstacle in the farming season, or the seedlings are damaged; if it is on the third line, there is insufficient labor and lack of effort; if it is on the fourth line, the ox is sick and cannot plow or water the fields; if it is on the fifth line, the harvest is obstructed; if it is on the sixth line, the weather during harvest is unfavorable. If there is no official ghost in the inner trigram, it is considered a great good omen. If the second or fifth lines are harmed or controlled by the day branch, there will certainly be obstacles and delays in the time of sowing and harvest; looking at which line is harming or controlling, one can know what kind of thing is causing the obstruction—for example, brothers represent disputes, and the official ghost represents lawsuits. For example, on the fourth month, on the day of Bingxu, one divines about the crops and gets the hexagram of Da Guo changing into Kun. The metal official ghost is activated and changes into the fire trigram, indicating a drought; the day branch brings wealth and controls the second line. Later, when they were about to plant the seedlings, it was indeed stopped because the woman gave less money. After three or four days, there was a great drought, making it impossible to plant the seedlings. This hexagram was divined by Sun Xichou in Shanghai. Using this method for divination, there is no chance of error.

初旺則種子有餘，（初爻旺相種子有餘，衰則不多，空則欠少。占種旱物二爻空者，主重種；動空化空者，出後有損。三爻旺相，人齊力到；休囚空絕，芟鋤欠工。以上俱要生扶，皆嫌傷克。若卦有子孫而初爻空者，種必不出非無也，二爻空，秧必缺少。）四空則耕牛未辦。（四爻旺相牛必強壯，衰則不濟，空則未有。兄化鬼，鬼化兄，與人合牛；空動化出子孫或化丑爻而與應爻作合，多是租佃他人之牛也，五爻空亡，收成多阻，更遇財福死絕兄鬼旺動者，大凶之兆，所望一空，必無收穫。六爻空亡，必有驚怪非常之變，蓋天無空脫之理故也。餘以應爻同看，極有準。）

The first line being prosperous and strong means there is an abundance of seeds. If the first line is prosperous and strong, the seeds are sufficient; if it is weak, there are not enough; if it falls into kongwang, there is a shortage. If the second line falls into kongwang when divining for dry land crops, it is mainly necessary to replant once. If the second line moves and becomes kongwang again, there will be some damage after the seedlings emerge. If the third line is prosperous and strong, there are enough people and strength; if it is weak or falls into kongwang, there will be a lack of labor for weeding and thinning. All these lines need support and fear being harmed or being overcome. If the hexagram contains the grandson line and the first line falls into kongwang, it means the seeds have been planted but will not sprout, not because there are no seeds; if the second line falls into kongwang, the seedlings will definitely be insufficient. If the fourth line falls into kongwang, the ox has not yet been secured. If the fourth line is prosperous and strong, the ox is strong; if it is weak, it is not useful; if it falls into kongwang, there is no ox yet. If the brother line transforms into the official ghost line, or the official ghost line transforms into the brother line, it indicates using one ox together with others. If the fourth line is kongwang and moves, transforming into the grandson line, or transforming into the chou line and combining with the responding line, it is mostly renting an ox from someone else. If the fifth line falls into kongwang, the harvest will be obstructed; if it also encounters wealth and happiness lines in a dead state, while the brother and official ghost lines are strong and active, it is a great凶 omen, and whatever is expected will fall into kongwang, resulting in no harvest. If the sixth line falls into kongwang, there will certainly be unexpected and abnormal changes, because there is no such thing as an empty space in the heavens. Other lines, if viewed in relation to the responding line, are also very accurate.

應爻生合世，天心符合人心。（當以應為天，以世為地，應爻生合世爻，治田遇好天，沖剋世爻，則凡有所作為非風即雨。如丙子日予卜棉花，得無妄之訟卦，應爻沖剋世爻，自始至終，凡遇耘耕收穫，輒遇雨，未當得快作幾日也）

The Response Line supports and harmonizes with the World Line, indicating that the will of Heaven aligns with the will of mankind. In this method, the Response Line represents Heaven and the World Line represents Earth: when the Response Line generates and harmonizes with the World Line, farming is accompanied by good weather; when the Response Line clashes and controls the World Line, any time one attempts to work, it is either windy or rainy. For example, on a Bingzi day, I divined about cotton and obtained the hexagram "Wuwang" changing to "Song." The Response Line directly clashed and controlled the World Line. As a result, from beginning to end, whenever I engaged in plowing, tilling, or harvesting, it rained continuously, preventing me from working efficiently for several days.

卦象迭財爻，多壅爭如少壅。（卦中財爻重疊太過，不宜多加堊壅。財爻無壞不空，卦中兄弟不動，而遇子孫發動者，多壅多收，少壅少收，無壅無收也。）日帶父爻，一倍工夫一倍熟；（父母若臨日辰或坐世上，必主辛勤勞苦，若非勤作，決主少收，蓋一倍工夫耘耔，則有一倍熟也。子旺動父死絕，則不費工夫而自熟。）財臨帝旺，及時耕種及時收。（凡遇財在胎、養、長生爻上，不宜種作太早，早則不利，蓋胎、養、長生一日有氣一日。雖遲不妨。帝旺雖有氣，過此則一日衰一日，故宜早種，在帝旺衰爻上不宜種遲。）

In the hexagram, if the wealth爻 is repeated, applying more fertilizer is not as effective as applying less. If the wealth爻 is repeated too much, it is not advisable to add too much manure. On the contrary, if the wealth爻 is neither damaged nor empty, and the brothers爻 do not move, but the sons爻 do move, then more manure leads to more harvest, less manure leads to less harvest, and no manure leads to no harvest. If the day branch carries the parents爻, then one must put in double effort to get a single harvest. If the parents爻 is on the day branch or sits on the world line, it will certainly mean hard work; if one does not work hard, the harvest will be small. If one puts in more effort in cultivating the land, one will get more mature crops. If the sons爻 is strong and active, and the parents爻 is in a dead or dying state, then little effort is needed and the crops will naturally mature. If the wealth爻 is in the prosperity position, one should sow and reap in time. If the wealth爻 is in the positions of fetal stage, nurturing, or growth, it is not advisable to sow too early, because fetal stage, nurturing, and growth are stages of increasing vitality, so sowing slightly later is not a problem. However, the prosperity position has vitality, but after prosperity, vitality decreases day by day, so one should sow early. If the wealth爻 is in the prosperity or decline positions, it is not advisable to sow too late.

要知終始吉凶，但看動爻變化；（動爻變財福吉，變兄鬼凶。兄化兄偷盜損折；鬼化鬼蟲害殘傷。父化兄鬼，辛勤不熟；父化財福，辛勤有收。財化兄，子化官，始則暢茂，終則空虛；兄化財，官化子，先遭傷損，後必稱意。五爻財旺化兄爻，年穀豐登而價賤。）欲識栽培可否，須詳子位持臨。（凡占種植何物，以子孫推之。如臨金水，宜種水物，臨火土，宜種旱物，臨木爻，水旱皆宜。子孫能生財克官，故不看財。若不上卦，方以財論。）

To know the overall fortune and misfortune from beginning to end, one should look at how the moving line changes. If the moving line transforms into wife's wealth or descendants, it is auspicious. If it transforms into brothers or officials and ghosts, it is inauspicious. Brothers transforming into brothers indicate theft or loss; officials and ghosts transforming into officials and ghosts indicate pests or damage. Parents transforming into brothers or officials and ghosts indicate hard work with no harvest; parents transforming into wife's wealth or descendants indicate hard work with a good harvest. Wife's wealth transforming into brothers or descendants transforming into officials and ghosts indicates initial prosperity but eventual failure; brothers transforming into wife's wealth or officials and ghosts transforming into descendants indicates initial damage but eventual satisfaction. If the fifth line has a strong wife's wealth line transforming into brothers, it indicates a good harvest but low grain prices. To know what to plant, one should carefully observe where the descendants line falls. For any divination regarding what to plant, one should refer to the descendants line: if the descendants line is associated with metal or water, it is suitable for planting water-based crops; if associated with fire or earth, it is suitable for planting dry-land crops; if associated with wood, it is suitable for both water and dry-land crops. Descendants can both generate wealth and restrain officials, so in this case, one does not look at the wealth line; only when the descendants line is not present in the hexagram, does one use the wealth line for analysis.

世值三刑，農須帶疾；（世為治田之人，被日辰動爻刑沖剋害者，最為不利。如財爻傷克，必有陰人財物事。福爻傷克，必有小口六畜僧道事，故有妨農事。兄弟為口舌爭鬥，父母為尊長、文書、屋宅事情，官鬼為病訟火盜類。若帶白虎三刑，農夫必然帶疾，世持官爻亦有疾，否則必有職役在身。加朱雀恐是官訟。世持父母，慣知農業。持兄弟必欠工本或種作不精。持財福或得財生福合，皆大吉，自空化空，農夫有大難，不然其田必種不成，種亦必不利也。）爻逢兩鬼，地必同耕。（凡卜種作，卦有兩鬼出現，其田必與人合種。世爻空動而鬼臨應上動來作合，必有人包種此田，日辰帶鬼爻合住亦然。世爻空亡而被兄弟沖並，皆是包攬與人種也。）

The World Line encountering the Three Punishments indicates that a farmer will certainly be ill. The World Line represents the farmer, and if it is punished or clashed with by the Day Branch or a moving line, it is very unfavorable. If the Wealth Line harms the World Line, there will be disputes involving women or money; if the Descendant Line harms the World Line, there will be matters concerning children, livestock, monks, or Taoists, which will hinder farming. Brothers represent disputes and arguments, Parents represent elders, documents, or houses, and Officials and Ghosts represent illness, lawsuits, fires, or theft. If the World Line carries the White Tiger and encounters the Three Punishments, the farmer will certainly be sick; if the World Line holds Officials and Ghosts, it also indicates illness, otherwise it means the farmer is burdened with official duties. If the White雀 is added, there may be legal troubles. If the World Line holds Parents, it indicates an experienced farmer; if it holds Brothers, the farmer definitely lacks capital or is not skilled in farming; if it holds Wealth or Descendant, or if Wealth or Descendant harmonize with the World Line, these are all very favorable. If the World Line is empty or transforms into emptiness without cause, the farmer will certainly face great difficulties, or the land will not be able to be farmed, and even if it is farmedwith difficulty, it will be unfavorable. If there are two Officials and Ghosts in the divination, the land is definitely farmed in partnership. Any divination about farming that shows two Officials and Ghosts indicates that the land is farmed with others. If the World Line is empty and moves, and Officials and Ghosts on the Response Line move to harmonize with it, someone will definitely take over the land to farm it; if the Day Branch carries Officials and Ghosts and harmonizes with it, it is the same. If the World Line falls into Kongwang and is clashed by Brothers, it indicates that the land is farmed by someone else.

父在外爻水輔，地雖高而潮溼；父居內卦日生，田固小而膏腴。（父母為田段，在外卦其田必高，在內卦其田必低。生旺田肥，墓絕田瘦。臨木田形必長，臨土田形必短。臨火是干旱地，水是潮溼地，金是白沙地。日辰沖剋人不顧戀，日辰生合必是好田，大家要種。依此斷之，萬無一失。）父化父，一丘兩段；（父動化父，必是一丘兩段之田，卦有兩父亦然，或是種作兩處。卦身出現重迭，必然兩處耕種。）沖並沖，七坎八坑。（日辰動爻克沖父母，其田必不平坦。非七高八低，則主人不照僱，田不值錢，或六畜損傷，或行人踐踏類。）

The parents represent the fields. If the parents are in the outer trigram and there is a water line supporting them, the land may be high but damp. If the parents are in the inner trigram and receive support from the day branch, the field may be small but fertile. The parents in the outer trigram indicate high land, while those in the inner trigram indicate low land. If the parents are strong and flourishing, the field is fertile; if they are in decline or buried, the field is poor. If the parents are accompanied by wood, the field is narrow and long; if by earth, it is short and square; if by fire, it is dry; if by water, it is damp; if by metal, it is sandy. If the day branch or moving line clashes with the parents, the field is not wanted by anyone. If the day branch or moving line supports the parents, it is a good field that everyone wants to cultivate. Using this method for judgment is certain and reliable. If the parents change into other parents, it indicates a field divided into two parts. If the parents move and change into other parents, it indicates a field divided into two parts; if there are two parents in the hexagram, it also indicates fields in two places or cultivated in two areas. If the hexagram body appears and overlaps, it also indicates cultivation in two places. If there are repeated clashes, the field will be uneven and full of pits. If the day branch or moving line clashes with the parents, the field is definitely uneven; either it is high in some places and low in others, or the owner does not take care of it, the field is not valuable, or it is damaged by livestock or pedestrians.

陽象陽爻此地必然官科則；（父母在陽宮陽爻是官田；在陰宮陰爻是民田。若陽宮陰爻，原官田今改民田。陰宮陽爻，原民田今改官田科則也。）或空或動，其田還恐屬他人。（父母空亡，田種不成，否則必非己產。臨世發動，其田必有更變，化入空亡或空合應爻，當賣與人，世臨勾陳動，亦主田有更變。此一節百發百中，無不應驗。如乙亥日卜種水田，得既濟之屯卦，父母空亡果種不成。又如卜種麰麥，得姤之乾卦，世上父動化空，至正月果被原主回贖。又如辛亥日卜觀之訟，世上父母動化出午火生合應爻，又遇官鬼旺動，遂與鄰人構訟，其田果應賣與他人。又如癸巳日卜頤之噬嗑，世臨勾陳土財發動，其田果因田主自種而不得成也。）

Heavenly stems pair with heavenly lines, and this piece of land must certainly be taxed as official land. If the parents fall in a yang palace and a yang line, it is official land; if they fall in a yin palace and a yin line, it is civilian land. If the parents fall in a yang palace but a yin line, it was originally official land but has now been changed to civilian land; if they fall in a yin palace but a yang line, it was originally civilian land but now is taxed according to the official land's regulations. If the parents are in an empty palace or are activated, this land is likely not one's own. If the parents fall in kongwang, the land cannot be cultivated, or if it is not one's own property. If the parents are on the world line and are activated, the land will certainly undergo changes; if they transform into kongwang or if the empty line combines with the response line, it will be sold to someone else. If the world line is on 'gou chen' and is activated, it also indicates that the land will change. This section is always accurate and will surely come true. For example, on yihai day, divining about planting water rice and getting the hexagram 'ji ji' changing into 'zhun', the parents fall in kongwang, and indeed the land was not planted. Another example, divining about planting barley and getting the hexagram 'guo' changing into 'qian', the parents on the world line are activated and transform into kongwang, and indeed the land was redeemed by the original owner in the first lunar month. Another instance, on xinhai day, getting the hexagram 'guan' changing into 'song', the parents on the world line are activated and generate and harmonise with the response line, and also encounter a strong and active official ghost, thus a dispute with the neighbor occurs, and the land was indeed sold to someone else. Another case, on guisi day, getting the hexagram 'yi' changing into 'shi he', the world line is on gou chen and the earth wealth is activated, and indeed the land could not be rented because the landowner wanted to cultivate it himself.

坐落胎養，開闢未久；（父母安靜，若遇卦中胎養爻動來沖起者，乃是新闢之田，父在胎養動亦然，否則必是新置者，若父持太歲月建，乃是祖遺產業，卦無父母從世化出，自己置買。若財化出，妻家妝奩，從兄化出，合戶之田，從鬼化出，官家田地，不然乃官科則也。應爻化出，必是他人之田。）變成福德，溝洫分明。（父母動化出子孫，必然溝洫分明，其地亦善。化財亦吉，其田必得高價，化兄田不值錢，或未分析或與他家之田合段，若係卦身，則是與人合種也，化官其田不美，分五行取之，如化金鬼，必多瓦礫，化木鬼必是雜草，化水鬼溝道不明，水難洩瀉，化火鬼必有尸骸燒化，或蕩田，或廢宅，化土鬼必有伏尸古墓，或溝勝畦圻莫辨，或浮土難為耕種，或有六畜踐踏，或官吏人田，否則不然也。化官空亡不妨。）

The parents are sitting in the positions of the胎 (womb) and 养 (nurturing), indicating that the land has not been cultivated for long. The parents are originally quiet, but if the胎爻 or 养爻 in the hexagram move and conflict with them, it signifies newly cultivated land. If the parents themselves are in the胎 or 养 positions and move, it is the same situation. Otherwise, it must be land recently acquired. If the parents are held by the 太岁 (celestial stem of the year) or Month Builder (month builder), it indicates inherited property from ancestors. If the parents do not originally appear in the hexagram but are generated by the World Line (world line), it means the land was bought by oneself; if generated by the 财爻 (wealth line), it is a dowry from the wife's family; if generated by the 兄弟 (brother line), it is shared land among the clan; if generated by the 官鬼 (official ghost line), it is land owned by the government, or land subject to official taxes; if generated by the 应爻 (response line), it must belong to someone else. If the parents transform into the 子孙 (son and grandson), the fields have clear ditches. If the parents move and transform into the 子孙, the ditches are well-arranged and the land is good. If they transform into 妻财 (wife's wealth), it is auspicious, indicating the land can be sold at a high price. If they transform into 兄弟, the land is not valuable, or perhaps the family has not yet divided, or the land is connected with another family's land; if this line is exactly the Hexagram Body (hexagram body), it means the land is shared with others. If they transform into 官鬼, the land is not good, and it must be further analyzed according to the Five Phases: transforming into 金鬼 (metal ghost), there are many broken tiles in the field; transforming into 木鬼 (wood ghost), there are many weeds; transforming into 水鬼 (water ghost), the ditches are blocked and water cannot be drained; transforming into 火鬼 (fire ghost), there must be places where bodies were burned or the land is wasteland or abandoned house foundations; transforming into 土鬼 (earth ghost), there must be hidden corpses and ancient tombs, or the ditches, ridges, and boundaries are unclear, or the topsoil is difficult to till, or there are domestic animals trampling the land, or it is land handled by officials. If the transformed 官鬼 falls into Kongwang (void), it is not a problem.

若是坎宮，必近江湖之側；（父在乾宮，其田必高；縱在內卦，亦非窪下低田。父在坎宮，田必傍江河；父在離宮，田邊窯冶；父在艮宮，田在山林左右；父在震巽宮，田邊必有樹木；父在坤宮，田在郊外田心之田也；父在兌宮，田邊有官溝，或傍池沼，或以八方定其種所。）若伏兄弟，乃租鄰里之田。（此條為租種而言，若父母出現，看父爻本宮所伏之神，則知何人家之田，如官伏父下，為職役人家田之類。卦無父母，須看伏在何爻之下，則可知矣，如伏兄下，為鄰里人家之田類。若無父而動爻有化出者，即是其人之田也，如財爻化出婦人之田，餘仿此。）

If the parents are in the Kan trigram, the field must be near rivers or lakes. If the parents are in the Qian trigram, the field must be on high ground, even if it is in the inner trigram, it is not a low-lying field. If the parents are in the Kan trigram, the field is beside a river or lake. If the parents are in the Li trigram, the field is near a kiln or foundry. If the parents are in the Gen trigram, the field is beside mountains or forests. If the parents are in the Zhen or Xun trigrams, the field is beside trees. If the parents are in the Kun trigram, the field is in the central area of the outskirts. If the parents are in the Dui trigram, the field is beside an official ditch or near a pond. One can also directly determine the location of the field by the direction associated with each of the eight trigrams. If the parents are hidden beneath the brothers, it means the field is rented from a neighbor. This refers specifically to renting. If the parents appear in the hexagram, look at the father line and see what deity is hidden beneath it in its own trigram, and you will know whose field it is. For example, if the official ghost is hidden beneath the parents, it is the field of someone who serves the government. If there are no parents in the hexagram, look at which line they are hidden beneath, and you can determine the same. For example, if they are hidden beneath the brothers, it is the field of a neighbor. If there are no parents in the hexagram, and they are generated by a moving line, then it is the field of that type of person. For example, if it is generated by the wealth line, it is the field of a woman. The rest can be determined in the same way.

既言種植，合論蠶桑。採飼辛勤，只為絲綿而養育；吉凶眩惑，因憑卜筮於蓍龜。（蠶桑一占，諸家皆忌坎宮之卦，意以坎象屬水故也。殊不知育蠶惟以春季，何忌之有？凡占蠶當以財福為主，不須以卦宮論。）

Since we have already discussed farming, we should now proceed to talk about sericulture. The hard work of gathering leaves to feed silkworms is all for the sake of obtaining silk, so they are carefully raised in this way. Good and bad fortune can be confusing, so we rely on divination with yarrow stalks, tortoise shells, and other methods to make decisions. When it comes to divination about sericulture, old traditions all avoid the Kan hexagram, because the Kan symbol represents water. In reality, raising silkworms only occurs in spring, so why should water be considered an omen to avoid? When divining about sericulture, one should focus on the "Wife and Wealth" and "Descendants" lines, without relying on the hexagram's palace.

初論火爻，得地則蠶苗必利；（凡占蠶必看火爻者，蠶為蜀女所化故也。昔蜀人殺馬曝皮於庭，忽見其女飛去掛於桑上，遂化為蠶，食葉作繭，後人取其繭為絲，遂傳其種，塑女像以祀之，名馬頭娘即是蠶也。故諸家皆取巳午爻為蠶。命卦無火爻蠶必不旺；出現發動，乃為吉兆。更臨財福或持身世大吉之兆也。）

First, we should consider the fire lines. If the fire lines are strong, the silkworms will certainly thrive. Divination for silkworms always focuses on the fire lines because of a legend that says silkworms were transformed from a woman in Shu. In ancient times, a Shu person killed a horse and hung its skin in the courtyard, and suddenly saw his own daughter being lifted by the horse's skin and hung on a mulberry tree, where she transformed into a silkworm, eating mulberry leaves and spinning silk. Later people took the cocoons to make silk, and the silkworms' seeds were passed down. They also made images of the woman to worship, calling her the Horse-Head Mother, referring to the silkworm. Therefore, every household uses the巳 and 午 fire lines to represent silkworms. If a divination for silkworms lacks fire lines, the silkworms will not thrive. If fire lines appear and are active, it is a good omen. If they are accompanied by the wife and fortune lines or hold the main line and the person's line, it is a very good omen.

坎尋水位，當權則寒溼多災。（大抵蠶性喜干惡溼，喜熱惡寒，自蟻至繭皆然。故育之者則有火倉之制，推卜易書不離此義。所以占蠶遇水爻當權發動，必有寒溼之病，其蠶必難旺盛，若或空亡死絕皆凶，可依此斷。）

Then one should look for the water line on the Trigram Kan. If the water line is in authority, there will be more disasters of cold and dampness. Generally, silkworms prefer dryness to dampness and warmth to cold, and this is true from the time they emerge from their eggs to when they form their cocoons. Therefore, silkworm farmers need to set up fire rooms to keep warm. The principles of divination are not different from this. Therefore, if a fortune telling about silkworms encounters a water line that is in authority and active, the silkworms will certainly suffer from cold and damp diseases and find it difficult to thrive; as for the line that determines the silkworm's fate, if it falls into Kongwang or death and decay, it is all ominous, and one can judge accordingly.

福德要興，更喜日辰扶助；（子孫為蠶，命卦中用神也。有氣發動，蠶必興旺，更得日辰動爻生扶合助，大吉之兆，雖有鬼爻亦不妨害。古人云：有神制殺，雖動無妨，惟怕父母及日辰刑傷，蠶必有損。又子孫宜臨火土二爻，木爻次之，大忌金水爻。）妻財怕絕，尤嫌動象刑沖。（占蠶以財為絲綿桑葉，凡遇休囚死絕或日辰動爻刑沖剋害，利必微薄。更若子孫衰空不動，必無好繭亦無好絲，又主葉缺；須得生旺有氣，不受傷克大吉。）

For the prosperity of the descendants, it is especially favorable if the day branch supports them. The descendants represent silkworms, which are the useful god in this hexagram. If the silkworms have vitality and are activated, they will certainly thrive; further supported by the day branch and moving line generating and assisting them, this is a great auspicious sign. Even if there are official ghosts in the hexagram, they will not harm the silkworms. Ancient people said that if a fortunate god restrains a harmful ghost, the harmful ghost may move but it will not cause harm; the real concern is if the parents or the day branch punish or injure the silkworms, which will certainly result in losses. Additionally, the descendants are most suitable when they are on the fire or earth lines, and on the wood line is secondary; they must avoid being on the metal or water lines. The wife's wealth is feared to fall into a dead position, especially if the moving line harms or clashes with it. In divination about silkworms, the wife's wealth represents silk and mulberry leaves: if the wife's wealth is weak, confined, or dead, or is harmed by the day branch or moving line through punishment or clash, the profit will be minimal; if in addition the descendants are weak, fall into an empty position, and do not move, there will be neither good cocoons nor good silk, and it also indicates a shortage of mulberry leaves. It is only great auspiciousness if the wife's wealth is strong, vital, and not harmed or restrained.

兄弟扶身，葉費而絲還微薄；（兄弟發動，必主多費桑葉，又主其年葉貴。克世傷世，必然缺飼異日作繭必薄，絲綿必少。最不宜持世發動，縱財爻旺相，亦不稱心。）父母持世，心勞而蠶必難為。（父母傷子，蠶必難為，不易養育，須看五行，則知有何傷損，當依官鬼同斷。若臨身世，難或安靜，亦非佳兆。然父母又勞勤之神，衰靜空亡制伏，庶幾蠶苗不勞自旺，否則必費收拾，倍加勤勞，然後可望三分，雖日月不宜值之。）

Heavenly Stem brothers support the hexagram body, but the cost of mulberry leaves increases while the silk produced decreases. If brothers are activated, it indicates a large consumption of mulberry leaves and high prices for them during the year. If they also harm the world or injure the world, then feed will be insufficient, leading to thin cocoons and less silk in the future. It is especially bad if brothers are in the world position and are activated, as even if the wealth爻 is prosperous, it will not be satisfactory. If parents are in the world position, great effort will be needed but the silkworms will still be difficult to raise. If parents harm or control the子孙, the silkworms will be hard to raise and not survive easily; by looking at their five phases, we can determine the type of damage, and the method of interpretation is the same as for official ghosts. If parents are on the body or world, even if they are quiet, it is not a good omen. However, parents are also the toil gods: if they are weak, quiet, falling into voids, or controlled, then the silkworm seedlings may thrive without much effort; otherwise, there will be much trouble and double the hard work, and only a third of the harvest can be expected. It is also not advisable for the day branch or month builder to be on parents.

五行如遇官爻，必遭傷損；（官鬼發動屬金，蠶必多食桑葉，或有霧露沖絕，以致蠶多僵死；屬木桑葉必費，或門窗不謹，蠶冒風寒，以致落簇變蛹之類。屬水須防鼠耗，或食溼葉以致蠶瀉，或火倉不熱，以致寒溼相承蠶苗遲長；屬火克世須防火災。不然則是火倉太熱不通風氣，或曬照閃爍以致蠶眠遲起慢頭黃難脫之病；屬土及鬼寒暖失宜，飼葉不勻眠起不齊，或分抬遲緩以致蠶沙發熱蒸傷；若鬼臨太歲當有常例未還，日辰帶鬼沖剋世爻，或日辰值鬼發動，或太歲動變鬼爻，或世持官鬼，皆有願心祈之則吉。）

Among the Five Phases, if an official ghost appears, the silkworms will surely suffer damage. If the official ghost is of the metal element, the silkworms will eat a lot of leaves or be attacked by mist and dew, leading to many deaths. If it is of the wood element, the mulberry leaves will be consumed in large quantities, or the windows and doors are not properly closed, causing the silkworms to catch a cold and suffer from diseases such as falling from the cocoon and turning into pupae. If it is of the water element, one must beware of mice damaging the silkworms, or feeding them damp leaves causing them to have diarrhea, or the heat chamber being too cold and suffering from cold and dampness, leading to slow growth of the silkworms. If it is of the fire element and controls the world line, one must beware of fire, otherwise it is due to the heat chamber being too hot and not well ventilated, or excessive sunlight and glare, causing the silkworms to sleep late and rise slowly, suffering from yellow head disease. If it is of the earth element, then it is due to improper temperature, uneven feeding of leaves, irregular sleeping and rising, or slow separation of the silkworms, leading to the silk frame becoming hot and scalding the silkworms. In addition, if the official ghost is present at the Tai Su, there will surely be unfulfilled vows from previous years. If the day branch carries the official ghost and clashes with the world line, or the day branch is the official ghost and is active, or the Tai Su moves and transforms into the official ghost, or the world line holds the official ghost itself, it indicates unfulfilled vows. Praying and fulfilling vows will bring good fortune.

一卦皆無鬼殺，方始亨佳。（占蠶以初爻為蠶種，臨財福蠶種必好，蟻出必齊；臨死絕必不齊；臨父母一半出；臨鬼死絕處，已變亦不能出。二爻臨鬼下，蟻必難長盛，雖已黑其頭亦有損害；臨父母亦然，若動而化出，則頭眠起後有損，三爻臨鬼，停眠時有損。若三爻得吉神生扶，二爻遇凶殺剋制者，始雖不旺，後日則盛。四爻臨鬼，蠶女人眠必多損失；無故自空，前功俱廢；臨財化空，食加而葉缺。五爻臨鬼上，箔有損；鬼帶水爻簇汙；鬼帶木爻必多遊走；鬼帶土爻必多腐爛；鬼帶金爻白僵死；鬼帶火爻繭必輕薄。六爻臨鬼，絲必難織蛾必難出。以上六爻須當互看，大抵皆怕空絕，皆要財福，皆忌官父持克。）

The entire hexagram does not show the presence of officials, ghosts, or harmful forces, which indicates smoothness and auspiciousness. When divining about silkworms, each line corresponds to a specific aspect: the first line represents the silkworm eggs. If the first line is accompanied by wife wealth and descendants, the eggs are of good quality, and the young silkworms emerge uniformly. If it is in the dead or declining phase, the emergence is uneven. If it is accompanied by parents, only half emerge. If it is accompanied by officials and in the dead or declining phase, even if the color changes, the silkworms cannot emerge. If the second line is below officials and ghosts, the young silkworms will not thrive, even if their heads have turned black, there will be damage. If it is accompanied by parents, the same applies. If it moves and transforms, there will be damage after the first molt. If the third line is accompanied by officials and ghosts, there will be damage during the pause in molting. If the third line is supported by favorable spirits and the second line is restrained by harmful forces, the silkworms will not thrive at first but will become stronger later. If the fourth line is accompanied by officials and ghosts, the silkworm women will suffer significant losses during the major molt. If the fourth line is empty without cause, all previous efforts are wasted. If it is accompanied by wealth and transforms into emptiness, the silkworms will eat more but there will not be enough mulberry leaves. If the fifth line is accompanied by officials and ghosts, there will be damage on the mulberry mats. If officials and ghosts are accompanied by water lines, the mulberry clusters will be damp. If accompanied by wood lines, the silkworms will be restless. If accompanied by earth lines, there will be more rot. If accompanied by metal lines, the silkworms will die from white僵 disease. If accompanied by fire lines, the cocoons will be thin. If the sixth line is accompanied by officials and ghosts, the silk will be difficult to weave and the moths will not emerge. The six lines should be considered together. Generally, they all fear emptiness and decline, and they all prefer to be accompanied by wife wealth and descendants. They all dislike officials, ghosts, and parents to be present, restraining, and attacking.

日主沖身，切忌穢人入室；（世身遇日辰相沖，或應爻動克，須防穢汙人帶魔入室，觸犯蠶花，以致變壞；世帶水土動沖子孫，乃蠶婦自身不潔，非他觸也。）世爻合應，必然汙婦臨蠶。（世爻為養蠶婦，墓庫老年婦，胎養長生少年女子，臨太歲財爻，必是慣家；臨子孫必然精制。臨兄老年懶飼；臨父母雖多辛勤，然恐多傷蠶苗；臨官鬼蠶姑必有病；世爻無故自空，或化死墓絕空，蠶姑當有大難，不然必懶於抬飼；若帶自刑身亦病；臨胎化胎，必有孕。日辰相沖，將及分娩。若與鬼爻應爻及日辰作合者，蠶婦必與外人有情，遇有沖剋其事已露；世在陽宮又臨陽爻，是蠶主淫亂非蠶婦也。）

The day branch clashes with the hexagram body, so one must beware of an unclean person entering the silk-rearing room. If the world line or the hexagram body is clashed by the day branch, or if the response line is activated to control them, one should be cautious of an unclean person bringing filth into the room, clashing with the silkworm deity, leading to damaged silkworms. If the world line carries water or earth and is activated to clash with the sons, then it is the silkworm-rearing woman herself who is unclean, not an outsider causing the clash. If the world line and the response line are in harmony, it must be an unclean woman taking care of the silkworms. The world line represents the silkworm-rearing woman: if it falls into the storage position, it is an old woman; if it falls into the fetal, nurturing, or growth positions, it is a young woman; if it is near the year's master or the wealth line, it is a skilled silkworm-rearer; if it is near the sons, it is certainly a woman with fine skills; if it is near the brothers, it is an old woman who is lazy in feeding the silkworms; if it is near the parents, although she is diligent, she fears harming the silkworm eggs; if it is near the official ghosts, the silkworm-rearing woman must be ill. If the world line is empty without reason, or transforms into death, storage, end, or emptiness, the silkworm-rearing woman will face great difficulties, or she will be lazy in lifting the silk-reeling screens to feed the silkworms; if it carries self-punishment, she will also be ill; if it is near the fetal line and transforms into the fetal line, she is pregnant, and if the day branch clashes again, she will soon give birth. If the world line is in harmony with the official ghosts, the response line, or the day branch, the silkworm-rearing woman must have an affair with an outsider; if there is a clash or control, the affair has already been exposed. If the world line is in the yang palace and is a yang line, it is the male of the household who is lustful, not the silkworm-rearing woman's fault.

子受暗沖，每遇分抬須仔細；（子孫為蠶身，出現不動而被動爻日辰暗沖者，主分抬時不加仔細，蠶多傷損，蓋沖福之爻不遇父母官鬼非吉神故也。動而逢沖，蠶多遊走，無沖然後為吉。）財逢傷克，凡占物價必騰增。（凡占葉價貴賤，但看財爻，若遇動爻日辰相剋，去後必然葉貴，或財空亡，或衰無氣，或化入死墓空絕，皆主葉貴；若財爻旺相兄弟不動，則葉必賤。凡遇兄弟發動，葉必不敷。）

The子孙 is being secretly disturbed, so one must be especially careful whenever dividing mulberry leaves and lifting silkworms. The子孙 represents the silkworm body; it appears in the hexagram but does not move, yet is secretly affected by a moving line or the day branch. This indicates that during the process of dividing mulberry leaves and lifting silkworms, there is insufficient care, leading to many silkworms being harmed. The line that is secretly affecting the子孙, even if it is not the parents or officials, is not a favorable deity. If the子孙 was already moving and then is affected by a conflict, the silkworms will scatter everywhere; only if it is not affected is it favorable. If the wealth line is harmed or restrained, then whenever asking about prices, the price will definitely rise. When divining the price of mulberry leaves, only the wealth line is considered: if it is harmed or restrained by a moving line or the day branch, the price of mulberry leaves will definitely increase. If the wealth line falls into kongwang, or is weak and lacks vitality, or transforms into death, burial, kongwang, or decline, it also indicates that mulberry leaves will be expensive. If the wealth line is prosperous and strong, and the brothers do not move, then the price of mulberry leaves will definitely be low. Whenever the brothers move, there will definitely be insufficient mulberry leaves.

兄弟值空亡，絲番白雪；（凡遇財福旺相，豐稔可推，然有兄弟父母官鬼，亦難許為吉兆。必得三者死絕空伏不動，方成大吉之象，則蠶無所傷，利有所望，而絲亦好也。）卦身臨巳午，繭積黃金。（巳午臨身，蠶命得地，更會財福大吉之卦，世爻臨之亦好。）

The brothers fall into kongwang, and the silk spun is as white as snow. If the wealth lines and descendants are prosperous and strong, it can be interpreted as a bountiful harvest; however, as long as the hexagram still contains brothers, parents, and officials, it remains difficult to consider as a favorable omen. It can only be considered a great auspicious sign when these three elements all fall into death and decay, kongwang, or are hidden and unmoving. In such a case, the silkworms will not be harmed, there will be hope for profit, and the quality of the silk will be good. If the hexagram body is on the巳 or 午 fire lines, the cocoon pile will be as golden as gold. When巳 or 午 are on the hexagram body, the silkworms have a favorable position; if they also combine with wealth lines and descendants, it becomes a very auspicious hexagram. If the world line is on巳 or 午, it is also favorable.

父動化財，不在許多勤苦；（父動克子，本非吉兆，若化財爻，則主辛勤終有成望，化子亦吉；父化父，廣養薄收；父化官，徒自辛勤必多傷損；父化兄，兄化父，鬼化父，財化兄，日後必賤；財化鬼，子化官，先吉後凶，如蠶雖旺入箔則多變爛類；兄化兄則主折本。）官興變福，亦遭幾度虛驚。（官鬼發動，必有損耗，若化子孫庶幾無事，亦有虛驚。鬼化財雖損有收，父化財亦然；兄化財多費桑葉則有利；子化子蠶不旺；財化財絲必薄；子化財，財化子，則稱心也。大抵子孫太過，財爻無氣，多養少收；子孫旺相財爻太多，多收少價；子孫死絕財爻太旺，葉多蠶少；財爻死絕子孫太旺，蠶多葉少；若官父兄太過反不為凶。）

When the parents' element is activated and transforms into wife's wealth, there is no need for so much effort. If the parents' element suppresses the sons and daughters, it is not a good omen; but if it transforms into wealth, it indicates that after hard work there will be hope. If it transforms into sons and daughters, it is also favorable. When the parents' element transforms into parents, it means more breeding but less harvest; when it transforms into officials and ghosts, it indicates white labor with much loss. When the parents' element transforms into brothers, or brothers transform into parents, or officials and ghosts transform into parents, or wife's wealth transforms into brothers, the silk price will definitely drop. When wife's wealth transforms into officials and ghosts, or sons and daughters transform into officials and ghosts, it is first favorable then unfavorable, like silkworms that grow strong but most rot when they are placed on the silk frame. When brothers transform into brothers, it indicates loss. When officials and ghosts are activated and transform into sons and daughters, it only means some false alarms. When officials and ghosts are activated, there will be loss; if they transform into sons and daughters, there will be no major problems, but some false alarms. When officials and ghosts transform into wife's wealth, there will be some loss but still a harvest; when parents transform into wife's wealth, it is the same. When brothers transform into wife's wealth, it means more silk leaves are used but still profitable. When sons and daughters transform into sons and daughters, the silkworms are not strong; when wife's wealth transforms into wife's wealth, the silk is thin; when sons and daughters transform into wife's wealth or wife's wealth transforms into sons and daughters, it will be satisfactory. In general: if sons and daughters are too strong and wife's wealth is weak, it means more breeding but less harvest; if sons and daughters are strong and wife's wealth is too much, it means more harvest but low price; if sons and daughters are weak and wife's wealth is too strong, it means more leaves but fewer silkworms; if wife's wealth is weak and sons and daughters are too strong, it means more silkworms but fewer leaves. As for officials and ghosts, parents, and brothers being too strong, it is not actually bad.

水出乾宮，若養夏蠶偏吉利；（乾兌宮卦子孫屬水，其性皆逆，春蠶必難興旺，故利夏蠶。蓋春與夏不同，春蠶怕冷大忌水爻，夏蠶要涼不忌水爻，春蠶若冷多病難養，夏蠶若涼少病易旺，所以夏蠶宜子孫屬水。）母居刑地，如言蠶室定崩摧。（蠶房以父母論，生旺有氣修治整齊，死絕刑害、崩損破敗。帶水自刑蠶室必漏，水化父，父化水，皆作前斷。看臨何爻便知何時有雨，如在初爻生蟻時，多被陰雨傷蠶，餘仿此。）

The water line comes from the Qian hexagram, and it is beneficial for raising summer silkworms. The Qian and Dui hexagrams have the sons belonging to water, which is contrary to the nature of silkworms. Therefore, spring silkworms will have difficulty thriving, so it is only favorable for summer silkworms. Spring and summer are different: spring silkworms fear cold and especially dislike the water line; summer silkworms need coolness and do not mind the water line. Spring silkworms suffer from cold and become sickly and hard to raise, while summer silkworms benefit from coolness and become less sickly and more vigorous. Therefore, raising summer silkworms is suitable when the sons belong to water. If the parents fall in a position of punishment, it indicates that the silkworm house will definitely be damaged. The silkworm house is judged from the parents line: if the parents are strong and vigorous, the house is well maintained; if the parents are weak or suffer punishment and harm, the house will be broken and in disrepair. If the parents carry water and are self-punished, the silkworm house will definitely leak. If water transforms into parents or parents transform into water, the judgment is the same as above. Now look at which line the parents are on, to determine when it will rain. For example, if the parents are on the first line, it is during the time when the silkworms are hatching, and they are easily harmed by rain. The same applies to the other lines.

蠶繭獻功三合，會財福而旺相；卦宮定位六爻，隨動靜以推詳。（卦有三合，最怕會成父、兄、官局大力不利，蓋會起之爻，不論四時皆為有氣，以彼有二爻扶持故也。旺相遇之其勢愈甚，故占蠶得三合財福二局大吉之兆。更若凶殺有制，可作十分吉斷。）

Silkworm cocoons require the presentation of merit, and the key lies in whether the Triple Harmony forms a wife and fortune or descendants structure that is prosperous and strong. The hexagram palace is arranged according to the positions of the lines, and then each line's movement and stillness should be carefully examined. If the hexagram contains a Triple Harmony, it is most dangerous if it forms a parents, brothers, or officials and ghosts structure, which is highly unfavorable. This is because the lines involved in the combination have vitality in all seasons, relying entirely on the support of the other two lines. If such structures also meet the condition of being prosperous and strong, their momentum becomes even stronger. Therefore, when divining about silkworms, having a Triple Harmony in the fortune or happiness structure is a great auspicious sign. If harmful forces are present but are restrained, it can be interpreted as extremely favorable.

道形萬物，理總歸於一心；易盡三才，占豐遺乎六畜？惟能精以察之，自得明而著矣。（凡占六畜，專以財福為主，不可依諸家以分宮本命斷推，蓋本命分宮，古人為家宅內看吉凶，故立此例。今人不究其理，雖止占一物，亦以分宮斷之，則失其旨，學者詳之。）

The Way is manifested above all things, and its principles ultimately converge into one mind. The Yi Classic exhausts the three elements of heaven, earth, and humanity, and its scope of divination is so broad that how could it possibly overlook domestic animals? As long as one can carefully observe and examine, the truth will naturally become clear. When divining about domestic animals, one should specifically focus on the "wife and wealth" and "sons and descendants" lines, and not follow the old method of using the division of palace positions and the person's own birth year for interpretation. The concept of dividing palace positions and birth years was originally established by ancient diviners when predicting the fortune of a family home, to examine various aspects of fortune and misfortune within the family. Modern people do not investigate the origin of this method, yet even when divining about a single animal, they still apply the palace division method, thereby losing the original meaning. Scholars should clearly discern this.

命在福神，若遇興隆須長養；（禽蟲六畜之命皆屬子孫，旺相有氣不空，必然長養易大；休囚墓絕決然不濟。若不上卦或落空亡，未買勿置，已蓄勿蓄。）利歸財位，如逢囚死定輕微。（大抵此占惟牛馬為力，其他為利，然力與利同歸財爻，最怕休囚死絕去後財利必薄，雖力氣亦不多，旺相不空方為大吉。）

The lives of livestock depend on the fortune god of descendants. If descendants are prosperous and strong, it is easy to raise the animals. The lives of birds, insects, and domestic animals are all governed by the descendant爻. If the descendant is prosperous and strong with vitality and not in empty void, it is certain that the animals will be easy to raise. If the descendant is weak and confined or falls into the墓 or绝, then the animals will certainly not be raised well. If the descendant is not in the upper trigram or falls into empty void, then do not buy animals, and if already raising them, do not need to add more. Profit comes from the wife's wealth position. If the wealth爻 meets囚 or死, the profit will be minimal. Generally speaking, in this area, cattle and horses are judged by their strength, while other livestock are judged by profit. Both strength and profit are related to the wealth爻. The most feared situation is when the wealth爻 is weak, confined, dead, or in绝. Then future profits will be thin, and even the strength will be insufficient. If the wealth爻 is prosperous and strong without falling into empty void, it is a great blessing.

二者不可相無，一般皆宜出現。（無福則難養，無財則利少。財福不空俱出現，禽蟲六畜總相宜。）財旺福衰，雖瘦弱而善走；財空福動，縱遲鈍而可觀。（凡占牛馬，子孫爻旺相主肥，休囚主瘦，動則強健輕跳，必有可觀。財爻旺相，則主有力，又主善走，後亦有益；休囚則無力而不善走，亦不濟。財若空亡，愈見遲鈍不濟。）

Wealth and happiness are both essential, and it is most favorable for both to appear in the hexagram. Without descendants, it is difficult to sustain; without wife wealth, profits are limited. If both wealth and happiness are present and not in an empty state, then regardless of birds, insects, or domestic animals, they are all suitable. If the wealth爻 is strong but the descendants are weak, the livestock may be thin but still agile. If the wealth爻 is empty but the descendants are active, although slow, it is still acceptable. When divining about cattle and horses: strong and prosperous descendants indicate fat and healthy animals; weak and confined descendants indicate thinness; if the descendants are activated, they are strong and quick, definitely impressive. If the wealth爻 is strong and prosperous, it indicates strength and speed, and there will be future benefits; if the wealth爻 is weak and confined, it indicates lack of strength and slow movement, making it useless; if the wealth爻 falls into an empty state, it becomes even more sluggish and ineffective.

財若空亡，雖利暫時無遠力；（財爻發動，亦是善走之象，但不宜化入空亡，則主有頭無尾，先勤後惰，必無久遠之力。若財爻旺空動空，又是用不兩全之象，非無長力，如牛則善車戽，不善犁耙，馬善疾行，不善緩行類。）福臨刑害，若非齾鼻定凋肥。（子孫爻帶自刑或化敗病等爻，其畜主有破相，如凋齾穿蹄，破脊單照類。）

If the wealth hexagram falls into kongwang, there may be some small profit at first, but there is no lasting strength. When the wealth hexagram is active, it indicates movement, but it is not suitable for it to transform into kongwang; once it transforms into kongwang, there will be a beginning without an end, starting with diligence and then laziness, and certainly no lasting strength. If the wealth hexagram is strong but empty, or active but empty, this indicates that the usefulness cannot be fully realized. It is not that there is no lasting strength, for example, a cow can pull a cart and draw water, but it is not good at plowing and harrowing; a horse is good at running fast, but not at slow movement. If the sons hexagram is afflicted by punishment and harm, the livestock will either have a broken nose or some kind of injury. If the sons hexagram carries self-punishment, or transforms into bathing or illness hexagrams, the livestock will have some kind of disfigurement, such as a split lip, missing nose, split hooves, broken back, or only having one eye.

相合相生必主調良且善；相沖相剋，定然頑劣不馴。（子孫生合世爻，六畜馴善於我有益；若來刑沖剋害，必主性劣不馴。如牛則縮車縮犁，馬則前失後失類。）要知蹄足身形，須看臨持八卦；欲別青黃白黑，須參生克六神。（乾為頭，坎為耳，震為前足，艮為後足，巽為腰，離為目，坤為腹，兌為口。青龍色青，白虎色白，朱雀赤，玄武黑，勾陳螣蛇色黃。凡占以子孫所臨為本身顏色，以他動來生克者，斷別處有異色。如子孫臨玄武在乾宮，而被坤宮動克之，乃是黑身黃足；若被艮宮白虎動克，可言黃身白足，他仿此。凡克處多於生處，衰處少於旺處，自宜通變。）

The descendants (representing livestock) harmonizing and generating with the world line indicate that the animals will be docile and kind; if they clash or control the world line, the animals will be stubborn and difficult to manage. If the descendants generate and harmonize with the world line, the livestock will be gentle and beneficial; if the descendants punish or clash with the world line, the animals will be stubborn and uncooperative, like a bull pulling a cart that hesitates or a horse losing its footing in front or behind. To determine the animal's hooves and body shape, look at the trigram it is associated with; to discern its color, refer to the six spirits and their generating or controlling relationships. The eight trigrams correspond to body parts: Qian represents the head, Kan represents the ears, Zhen represents the front legs, Gen represents the back legs, Xun represents the waist, Li represents the eyes, Kun represents the abdomen, and Dui represents the mouth. The six spirits correspond to colors: "Qinglong" is green, "Baihu" is white, "Zhuque" is red, "Xuanwu" is black, and "Gouchen" and "Tengshe" are yellow. When divining, determine the animal's base color based on the six spirits associated with the descendants, then examine which line is moving to generate or control it, to identify any additional colors. For example, if the descendants are associated with Xuanwu and located in the Qian trigram, and are controlled by a moving line from the Kun trigram, the animal will have a black body and yellow legs; if controlled by a moving line from the Gen trigram's Baihu, it will have a yellow body and white legs, and so on. Generally, the areas that are controlled will have more mixed colors than the areas that are generated, and the areas that are weak will have fewer colors than the areas that are strong and prosperous, so one must be flexible and adaptable.

陰陽有雌雄牝牡之分，（鳥曰雌雄，獸曰牝牡，以子孫屬陰屬陽。如陽爻子孫，占牛為牡牛，占馬為牡馬，騾叫牡騾類。）胎養為駒犢羔雛之類。（馬子曰駒，牛子曰犢，羊子曰羔，雞鴨子曰雛。凡遇子孫在胎養爻上，必是此類。若以口齒，長生是三齒，冠帶四齒，帝旺是斬齊口，墓庫則老矣。）

The yao (lines) differentiate yin and yang, which correspond to the male and female distinctions in animals. Birds are referred to as male and female, while beasts are called male and female, and this classification depends on whether the子孙 (offspring) line is yin or yang. The子孙 line is a yang yao; if it represents a cow, it indicates a male cow; if it represents a horse, it indicates a male horse; if it represents a mule, it indicates a male mule, and so on. If the子孙 line falls on the胎 (fetus) or养 (nurturing) position, it refers to young animals such as foals, calves, lambs, and chicks. The young of a horse is called a驹, of a cow a犊, of a sheep a羔, and of chickens and ducks a雏; whenever the子孙 line falls on the胎爻 or养爻, it indicates such young animals. If we look at the teeth, the position of the子孙 line determines the age: if it falls on Growth (growth), it indicates three teeth; if it falls on Capping (capping), it indicates four teeth; if it falls on Prosperity (prosperity), it indicates fully developed teeth; and if it falls on Storage (storage), it indicates an old animal.

身生子胎，必是受胎之六畜；（如占牛子孫在胎爻上，必童牛自生；子孫在胎爻上，則是牛有胎，原非童牛也；化出胎爻或子孫沖胎，動於卦中者亦然；子化子，則是子母牛也。）福臨鬼墓，須知有病於一身。（福臨鬼墓，畜必有病。如臨病爻或被鬼爻沖剋，皆主有病也。）

If the hexagram body goes to the position of the child's birth (胎爻), it indicates that the animal is already pregnant. For example, if you are divining about a cow and the child's position falls on the birth position, it means the cow is already pregnant, not a young cow that has not yet given birth. If another birth position is formed in the hexagram, or if the child's position moves to clash with the birth position, the interpretation remains the same. If the child also forms another child position, it indicates two cows, one mother and one child. If the child's position is on the grave of the official ghost, it means the animal is sick. If the child's position is on the grave of the ghost, the animal is certainly ill; if it is on the sickness position, or if it is clashed by the official ghost, it also indicates illness.

父動有傷，子絕則徒勞碌；（父母發動，必傷用神，必有損失。更遇子孫墓絕無氣，必主死亡，雖能牧養，亦徒勞碌。得子孫在空避之地,方為吉。）兄興不長，財空則反生扶。（兄弟發動，六畜不長。若得財值空爻，不受傷克，則反生扶子孫，其畜必然易養，利亦不失。）

If the parents'爻 moves, there will be injury; if the descendants fall into a dead position, even the effort in raising livestock is in vain. When the parents'爻 moves, it necessarily harms the useful god, and livestock will surely suffer loss. If at the same time the descendants fall into a墓 or绝 position without vitality, it will surely lead to death. Even if one puts in effort to raise the livestock, it will be in vain. Only if the descendants are hiding in the empty position (空亡) to avoid danger, it will be auspicious. If the brothers'爻 moves, the livestock will not grow well. However, if the wealth爻 falls into the empty position, the brothers will turn to support the descendants. When the brothers'爻 moves, the livestock will not grow. But if the wealth爻 happens to fall into the empty position without being harmed or attacked, the brothers have no wealth to seize, and instead they will support the descendants. In this case, the livestock will be easy to raise, and the benefits will not be lost.

世若空傷，到底終須失望；（世爻無故自空，必不稱意，大象若凶，則有大難。）鬼如發動，從來弗克如心。（鬼爻發動，占畜大忌，或六畜自有疾病，或因事而起禍端，日後必不如願，詳具於下。）逢金生旺，當慮齧人；值土交重，須憂病染。（金鬼發動，有蹼脾之患，若克世爻必難觸犯，亦且傷人；木鬼發動，主有草結之病，若在外卦，毛色不善，更加螣蛇，必有惡毛旋螺，有礙相法；水鬼發動，主有寒病，如激心黃瀉薄糞之類；火鬼發動，必主畏熱，或有熱結病類；土鬼發動，須防瘟病類。或曰鬼在初爻足有病；在二爻臀髀有病；三爻腰股有病；四爻前脾背脊有病；五爻頭項峰領有病；六爻頭上有病。若在震坎二宮，上橋下水，皆宜仔細。）

If the world line falls into the empty position and is harmed, in the end one will be left disappointed. If the world line falls into the empty position without cause, it is certain that things will not go as desired; even if the overall卦 is very凶, there will be great difficulties. If the official ghost is activated, there will never be anything that goes smoothly. The activation of the official ghost is a major concern for livestock: either the livestock itself is sick, or there will be trouble caused by some event, and in the future, things will certainly not go as intended, as detailed below. If the official ghost belongs to metal and is in a favorable and strong position, one should be concerned about it biting people. If the official ghost belongs to earth and is activated repeatedly, one should worry about contracting an epidemic disease. If the metal ghost is activated, there may be hoof diseases. If it also harms the world line, this animal should not be touched, and it may even injure people. If the wood ghost is activated, it indicates a disease related to grassy growths. If the wood ghost is in the outer trigram, the animal's coat will be poor, and if combined with the 'Teng Sha' element, there will be harmful hairs or twisted hairs, which will interfere with the method of judging the animal's appearance. If the water ghost is activated, it indicates a cold disease, such as a feeling of cold in the chest and loose yellow diarrhea. If the fire ghost is activated, it indicates a fear of heat or the development of heat-related diseases. If the earth ghost is activated, one should be cautious of epidemics. There is another way of dividing according to the position of the line: if the official ghost is in the first line, there is a disease in the feet; in the second line, in the hips and buttocks; in the third line, in the waist and legs; in the fourth line, in the front legs and back; in the fifth line, in the neck and shoulder area; and in the sixth line, in the head. If the official ghost falls in the trigrams of Zhen or Kan, one should be especially careful when crossing bridges or going into water.

官加蛇雀，必因成訟成驚；（日帶螣蛇發動，異日此畜必有怪異驚駭，若臨朱雀，必因此致口舌爭訟，臨玄武防偷盜，臨白虎防跌撲，如七月乙巳日，因雞瘟卜得噬嗑之頤卦，日辰並起子孫，果應不死，後因夜啼而妻病作。予初不知，及後八月收養蜜蜂，壬寅日卜得屯之坤卦，兄鬼發動，卦無財凶不必言，未半日，群蜂滿身攢聚，驚惶無措，因驗之。乃知前者螣蛇鬼動，而雞夜鳴，今亦螣蛇鬼動，而致此異也。況孟月四爻，仲月五爻，正臨怪爻發動，所以然也。自後屢驗皆應，始知螣蛇真怪異之神也。）福變兄財，可驗食粗食細。（子孫化出兄弟，主口嬌食細；化出財爻，主食粗口雜。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) The combination of official ghost and "Teng Sha" and "Zhu Que" indicates that a problem will certainly arise from this animal, leading to legal trouble or being startled. If the official ghost is accompanied by Teng Sha and is activated, there will certainly be strange and terrifying events involving this animal in the future. If it is accompanied by Zhu Que, it will certainly bring about disputes and arguments. If it is accompanied by Xuan Wu, one must be cautious of theft. If it is accompanied by Bai Hu, one must be cautious of falls or accidents. For example, on the day of Yisi in the seventh month, a divination was made due to a chicken plague, resulting in the hexagram "Shi He" changing to "Yi." The day branch was in conjunction with the sons and was supported, and indeed the chickens did not die. However, later in the night, the chickens called out, and the wife subsequently fell ill. I did not understand the cause at first. In the eighth month, when raising bees, on the day of Renyin, the hexagram "Zun" changed to "Kun." The brothers and official ghosts were activated, and there was no wealth in the hexagram, so the danger was evident. Within half a day, the bees gathered all over the body, causing people to be in a state of panic. After this experience, I finally understood that the previous case was due to the activation of Teng Sha and official ghost causing the chickens to cry at night, and this case was also due to the activation of Teng Sha and official ghost causing such strange occurrences. Moreover, in the first month, the strange line is in the fourth line, and in the second month, it is in the fifth line. These are exactly the lines that are activated, hence such occurrences happen. After repeated trials and verifications, I finally realized that Teng Sha is indeed the deity governing strange occurrences. If the sons change into brothers or wife's wealth, it can be used to determine whether they eat refined or coarse food: if the sons change into brothers, it indicates a picky eater who only eats fine food; if they change into wealth lines, it indicates a person who eats coarsely and eats anything.

財連兄弟，乃芻豢之失時；（子化兄，是口嬌不食；財化兄乃人之豢養失時，以致飢餓，非不食也。）子化父母，必勞心之太過。（子孫發動，其畜必良。若化父回頭來克，又是人不愛惜，過勞力以致其傷。）福連官鬼，須防竊取之人；鬼化子孫，恐是盜來之畜。（子孫化鬼，畜其日後必被人盜去，否則必主病死；若官化子，則主其畜是人盜來者。生世合世必有利益；沖世克世必受其累。然必卦中原無子孫方可斷。）

The wife's wealth is connected to the brothers, indicating that the timing of feeding is wrong. The sons and daughters transforming into brothers suggests that the animal is picky and refuses to eat. When the wife's wealth transforms into brothers, it means the person is not feeding the animal on time, thus starving it, not because the animal refuses to eat. When the sons and daughters transform into parents, it indicates that the animal is being overworked. When the sons and daughters are active, the animal is naturally good; but if it transforms into parents and then turns back to harm, it means the owner is not caring enough and overworking it, leading to its exhaustion. When the sons and daughters are connected to the officials and ghosts, one should beware of theft. If the officials and ghosts transform into sons and daughters, it suggests that the animal was stolen. When the sons and daughters transform into officials and ghosts, the animal will surely be stolen or will certainly die from illness. Conversely, if the officials and ghosts transform into sons and daughters, it indicates that the animal was stolen from someone else. If the animal is harmonious with the world, it may bring some benefit; but if it conflicts with the world, it will cause trouble. However, this interpretation is only valid if the hexagram originally does not contain the sons and daughters.

官兄交變，難逃口舌之相侵；（卦中兄動變鬼鬼變兄，或二爻俱動，必因此畜而有是非口舌。若文書亦動，必然成訟，世爻入墓，恐有牢獄拘禁之禍。）日月並刑，豈免死亡於不測。（月建日辰動爻帶殺俱來，刑剋子孫而無救者，必死，要知何故而死，以刑剋子孫者斷。如金為蹼脾死，木為草膨死，水為寒凍死，土為瘟病死。如鵝鴨等則丑為牛踏，寅為鷹搏，申為狐竊，戌為犬咬死類。若被世爻刑剋，則是人自傷之死也。）

The official ghost and the brother爻 interact and transform into each other, leading inevitably to disputes and verbal conflicts. If the brother爻 moves and transforms into the official ghost, or the official ghost moves and transforms into the brother爻, or both lines move at the same time, it is certain that this animal will cause trouble and disputes. If the document line also moves, a lawsuit is sure to follow. If the world line is also in a墓, there may be the danger of imprisonment. If both the day branch and the month builder come to刑 the animal, how can it escape a sudden death? If the month builder, day branch, and moving line all carry Inauspicious Sha and刑克 the子孙, with no one to rescue, the animal will surely die. To know the cause of its death, look at which type of line is刑克 the子孙: if it is metal, it dies from hoof and spleen disease; if it is wood, it dies from overeating grass; if it is water, it dies from cold; if it is earth, it dies from plague. If the divination is about geese or ducks, then the丑 indicates being trampled by a cow, the寅 indicates being taken by an eagle, the申 indicates being taken by a fox, and the戌 indicates being bitten by a dog. If it is the world line that刑克 it, then it is the owner who caused its death.

若占置買，亦宜福動生身；（凡占置買六畜，子孫發動，出產必多，要來生合世爻，必然好買易成；與世沖剋，定難置買。應爻空亡，則無主人。應爻生合世爻而子孫或空或伏者，牙人與我最相契，而無畜可買也。兄鬼發動不惟買之不利，且有禍患不宜買之。）若問利時，最怕妻興化絕。（財爻出現，不空有氣，持世生合，世不受傷克不變兄鬼，即為有利；若不出現，或落空亡，或化死墓絕空，或被兄克弟劫，皆主不利。）

If divining about buying livestock, the子孙 (offspring line) should also be activated to generate the hexagram body. When divining about buying animals, the activation of the子孙 line indicates a plentiful supply. If it further generates and harmonizes with the world line, it definitely means a good purchase and an easy transaction. If it clashes and controls the world line, buying will certainly be difficult. If the response line falls into kongwang (void), there will be no seller to be found. If the response line generates and harmonizes with the world line, but the子孙 line falls into kongwang or is hidden, this means that the broker and I are very compatible, but unfortunately there is no livestock to buy. If the brothers or officials and ghosts are activated, it will not only be unprofitable to buy but will also bring misfortune, and purchasing is not advisable. If asking about profit, the most feared situation is when the wealth line is activated and transforms into the绝 (decline) position. If the wealth line appears in the hexagram, it does not fall into kongwang, has vitality, holds the world line or generates and harmonizes with it, and the world line is not harmed or controlled, then it is favorable. If the wealth line does not appear, or falls into kongwang, or transforms into death, tomb, decline, or void, or is controlled and taken away by brothers, it indicates unfavorable outcomes.

或賭或斗，皆宜世旺財興；（北人好鬥鵪鶉、雞、羊，南人好鬥促織、黃頭鳥。凡占此要世爻有氣克應，子孫發動，即是我勝，世雖不克、得月建日辰動爻，刑剋應爻亦勝；若世被應克，子孫空伏，官鬼發動，日月動爻反來刑剋，是他勝；最怕父母帶殺旺動，則禽蟲有鬥死之患。財爻持世生合皆吉。兄鬼持世是我輸。世應比和，六爻安靜，子孫空伏，賭斗不成。世應俱空，亦賭不成。）或獵或漁，總怕應空福絕。（凡占漁獵，要應生世，世克應，子孫生財，便主有得；若應爻空亡，子孫受克，或臨死絕，必然空出空回，無所獲也。鬼爻旺動克世，須防猛獸害人。兄弟發動，雖有不多。得子孫動臨身世則吉。）

Whether it is gambling or fighting insects or birds, it is favorable for the World Line to be prosperous and strong, and the Wealth Line to be active. Northerners like to fight quails, roosters, and sheep, while southerners like to fight crickets and yellow-headed birds. When divining such matters, if the World Line has strength and can overcome the Response Line, and the descendants are active, then I will win. Even if the World Line cannot overcome the Response Line, as long as the Month Builder, Day Branch, or a moving line go to刑克 the Response Line, it is still a win. If the World Line is instead overcome by the Response Line, and the descendants are empty or hidden, while the officials and ghosts are active, and the day and month lines along with the moving lines go back to刑克 me, then the opponent will win. Most dangerous is when the parents are accompanied by Inauspicious Sha that are strong and active, for the birds and insects may die in the fight. If the Wealth Line holds the World Line or comes to generate and harmonize with it, it is auspicious. If the Brothers or Officials and Ghosts hold the World Line, then I will lose. If the World and Response Lines are harmonious, and the six lines are quiet with the descendants empty and hidden, then the gambling or fighting will not happen. If both the World and Response Lines are empty, it is also impossible to gamble or fight. As for hunting and fishing, it is always feared that the Response Line is empty or the descendants are in death. When divining hunting and fishing, if the Response Line generates the World Line, the World Line overcomes the Response Line, and the descendants generate the Wealth Line, then there will be a gain. If the Response Line is empty, the descendants are overcome, or they are in death, then one will go out empty-handed and return empty-handed, with nothing gained. If the Officials and Ghosts are strong and active and come to overcome the World Line, one must beware of being injured by fierce animals. If the Brothers are active, even if there is some gain, it will not be much. If the descendants are active and are on the World Line, then it is auspicious.

乳抱者宜胎福生旺而無傷；（凡占畜養、母豬、羊及抱雞鴨鵝卵類，要胎福二爻生旺不受刑剋，便無損失；若自空或帶鬼必難生育；化空絕化鬼，則主後有損；旺空一半無事；福旺財空，雛出好而利輕。）醫治者要父官衰絕而有制。（六畜有病占醫治療，要子孫旺相，有氣不落空亡，不遭刑剋而父母官鬼休囚墓絕，或雖動而有制，不死。若子孫無故自空。或化死墓空絕，或化官鬼，或父母帶殺乘旺動克，皆不能救，雖用醫治亦必死。應爻空亡及被世克者，醫必不來。）

Divination regarding the rearing of young animals, such as nursing or hatching, should focus on the胎爻 (fetus line) and子孙 (offspring line) being prosperous and strong without being harmed. When divining about the breeding of sows, ewes, or poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese incubating eggs, both the胎爻 and福爻 (blessing line) should be prosperous and strong without being subjected to punishment or conflict. Otherwise, there will be losses. If these two lines are empty by themselves or accompanied by官鬼 (official ghost), it will be difficult to have offspring. If they transform into empty or terminal states, or produce官鬼, there will certainly be damage in the future. If the line is prosperous but empty, then half of the cases will be fine. If the子孙 is prosperous but the财爻 (wealth line) is empty, then the young will be born well, but the profit will be limited. When divining about medical treatment, the parents and官鬼 should be weak and terminal, while being restrained. When divining the treatment of sick livestock, the子孙 should be prosperous and strong, not empty, and not subjected to punishment or conflict, while the parents and官鬼 should be weak and terminal, or even if they are active, they should be restrained by other lines. Then the livestock will not die. If the子孙 is empty without reason, or transforms into death, tomb, empty, or terminal states, or produces官鬼, or the parents are accompanied by Inauspicious Sha (evil killing) and are active and strong to attack, then it cannot be saved, even with treatment, the animal will surely die. If the Response Line (response line) is empty or is attacked by the World Line (world line), then the veterinary doctor cannot be called in.

書讀五車，固欲致身於廊廟；胸藏萬卷，肯甘遁跡於丘園。要相國家當詳易卦，父爻旺相，文成擲地金聲；鬼位興隆，家報泥金喜捷。（凡占功名，以父為文章，鬼為官職，二者一卦之主，缺一則不成。若父爻旺相，文章必佳；官鬼得地，功名有望。古人及第，以泥金灼字附家書以報，謂之喜信，故借引之，非以鬼為音信也。讀是篇者，勿以辭害義可也。）

Reading five carriages of books was originally to enter the court; with thousands of volumes in one's chest, how could one be content to live in the mountains? To assist the country, one must carefully examine the Yi hexagrams. If the "parents" line is prosperous and strong, the written article will have the weight of gold and stone upon hitting the ground; if the "official ghost" position is flourishing, the family will receive a joyful message written in golden mud. In divination regarding official rank, the "parents" represents the written article, and the "official ghost" represents the official position. These two are the main elements of the hexagram; lacking either one makes it incomplete. If the parent line is prosperous and strong, the article will certainly be excellent; if the official ghost is in a favorable position, there is hope for official rank. In ancient times, after passing the examination, people used golden mud to write messages and send them with family letters to report good news, called a joyful message. Therefore, here it is used metaphorically, not taking the official ghost as a message. Those who read this passage should not be misled by the words.

財若交重，休望青錢中選；福如發動，難期金榜題名。（財福二爻，凡占皆喜見之，惟卜功名反為惡殺，蓋財能克父，子能克鬼故也，但宜休囚安靜則吉，當權發動決無成望。）

If the wife's wealth and the official wealth are both activated, one should not expect success as reliable as copper coins; if the descendants are activated, it is difficult to hope for success in the imperial examination. The wealth and fortune lines are generally welcomed in other divinations, but in matters of official rank they become harmful influences, because the wife's wealth can overcome the parents and the descendants can overcome the officials. These two lines are only auspicious when they are weak and inactive; once they become active and powerful, success in official rank is impossible.

兄弟同經，乃奪標之惡客；（五行同類者為兄弟，求名見之，乃是與我同經之人。若不上卦，或落空亡死絕大象遇吉者，必中魁首；如發動或月建日辰俱帶兄弟，則同經者多必能奪我之標，不得中矣，縱大象可成，名亦落後。）日辰輔德，實勸駕之良朋。（日辰為卜卦之主，能成事亦能壞事。如父母官鬼無氣，事必難成，若得日辰扶起剋制惡殺，仍舊有望，故曰輔德。或世爻衰靜，得日辰生合，或世爻空亡，得日辰沖實，主其人必不上前求名，而有親友勸其進取，或資助盤費，輔其前往求名也。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Glossary: Month Builder = Yuejian World Line = Shi Yao Upper Trigram = Shang Gua Day Branch = Ri Chen Generate and Harmonise = Sheng He Five Phases = Wu Xing Kongwang = Empty Wasteland Brothers represent competitors who are in the same field as me, and they are harmful guests who seek to take the top position. If the Five Phases and the World Line are of the same type, then it is Brothers. When Brothers appear in a divination for seeking official rank, it indicates competitors who are studying the same subject and are in the same field. If Brothers are not in the Upper Trigram, or if they fall into Empty Wasteland or Dead and Absolute positions, and the overall image of the divination is favorable, then one will certainly win the top position. However, if Brothers are activated, or if the Month Builder and Day Branch both include Brothers, it indicates many competitors in the same field, and they will certainly take my position, causing me to fail the exam. Even if the overall image is favorable, my rank will still be lower. If the Day Branch supports my virtue, it is a good friend who encourages me to proceed. The Day Branch is the main element of the divination, capable of both success and failure. For example, if Parents and Officials are weak, the matter is difficult to succeed, but if the Day Branch supports them and controls the harmful forces, there is still hope, which is called supporting virtue. Another example is when the World Line is weak and still, and the Day Branch generates and harmonises with it, or when the World Line falls into Empty Wasteland but the Day Branch conflicts and solidifies it, this indicates that the person is originally unwilling to seek fame, but is encouraged by friends or receives financial support to go forward and take the exam.

兩用相沖，題目生疏而不熟；（求名卦以官父為用爻，喜合而不喜沖，若見兩官兩父相沖，主出題生澀不熟也。）六爻競發，功名恍惚以難成。（占官六爻皆喜安靜，只要父母官鬼有氣不空，月建日辰不來傷克則吉，如有一爻發動，便不順利，且如財動則傷父，子動則傷官，兄動則他人有所先，鬼動則事體有變，父動則文不純正。凡動則有變，變出之爻又有死墓空絕刑剋等爻，皆為破敗，故凡亂動，卦不必仔細推究，其不吉大概可知矣。）

When two useful gods clash, the questions asked will be obscure and unfamiliar. For a divination concerning fame, the official ghost and the parent are considered the useful lines; they are preferred to be harmonious rather than conflicting. If two official ghosts or two parents mutually clash, it indicates that the questions will be difficult and unfamiliar, as they have not been thoroughly studied. If all six lines are active, the success in fame will be uncertain and difficult to achieve. For divination concerning official positions, it is best if all six lines are quiet. As long as the parent and official ghost lines have vitality and are not empty, and the month builder and day branch do not harm or suppress them, it is auspicious. If any one line is active, it will lead to difficulties: if wealth moves, it harms the parent; if the child moves, it harms the official ghost; if the brother moves, it means being preempted by others; if the ghost moves, it indicates changes in the matter; if the parent moves, it suggests that the writings are not pure. Any active line will change, and if the changed line falls into death, burial, emptiness, decline, or is accompanied by punishment and suppression, it is a sign of failure. Therefore, whenever a divination shows all six lines in motion, there is no need to examine it in detail; one can generally know it is inauspicious.

月克文書，程式背而不中；（父旺不空，動爻日辰又不沖剋，其文字字錦繡；若遇兄弟刑沖，文章陳腐無鮮麗之句；妻財傷克，必多破綻；子孫刑害，乃是弄巧成拙；不宜月建沖剋，其文自行已意，必不中試官之程式也。凡帶父刑害敗病等爻，及化出者，其文皆有敗破，不能錄取。）世傷官鬼，仕路窒而不通。（世乃求名之人，大忌財福臨之，必難稱意。若持官鬼或得官鬼生合，方有指望；若臨子孫剋制官鬼，是仕路未通，徒去求謀無濟也。）

When the month builder (月建) harms the official (父母), the written work will deviate from the proper format and not be selected. If the official is prosperous and strong without falling into emptiness, and the moving line does not clash or control the day branch (日辰), then the writing will be exquisite word by word. If brothers (兄弟) clash or clash and control, the writing will be stale and lack fresh expressions. If the wife's wealth (妻财) harms, there will be many flaws in the writing. If the descendants (子孙) clash and harm, it will be a case of trying too hard and failing. It is most undesirable for the month builder to clash with the official, as the writing will be overly self-centered and not conform to the examiner's format. If the official is accompanied by lines of punishment, harm, bathing, or illness, or if these lines are derived from them, the writing will have flaws and will not be accepted. If the world line (世爻) is harmed or controls the official, the official career will be blocked. The world line represents the person seeking fame, and it is most undesirable for wife's wealth or descendants to be present on it, as it will be difficult to achieve one's goals. If the world line is accompanied by the official or receives support from the official, there is hope. If the world line is accompanied by descendants and controls the official, the official career is not yet open, and all efforts will be in vain.

妻財助鬼父爻空，可圖僥倖；（父母空亡，名不可望，若得財爻發動，生扶鬼爻有氣，其事僥倖可成，然須子孫安靜，則可許，蓋財不嫌發動者，以文書在空故也。）福德變官身位合，亦忝科名。（卦無官鬼，若得子孫發動，變出官鬼，生合世身，事亦有成，然須得文書，有氣無損則吉。此二條名雖有望，皆不可許其高中魁甲，蓋以卦象不出自然故也。）

The wife's wealth goes to support the official ghost, while the parents' line falls into kongwang. It is still possible to achieve something. The parents falling into kongwang indicate no hope for official rank; however, if the wealth line becomes active and supports the official ghost, giving it strength, the matter might still succeed, but only if the sons' line remains quiet. At this time, the movement of the wealth line is not considered bad, because the documents have already fallen into kongwang, and the wealth line has no parent to restrain it. If the sons' line transforms into the official ghost and harmonizes with the hexagram body, it can still be considered as obtaining an official rank. If the hexagram originally does not have the official ghost, and the sons' line becomes active and transforms into the official ghost to harmonize with the world line and hexagram body, the matter can still succeed; however, it is still required that the documents have strength and are not damaged. Although these two possibilities offer some hope, they cannot be allowed to result in winning the top rank, because the hexagram is not naturally formed.

出現無情，難遂青雲之志；（卦中官父俱全，固是吉兆，若不臨持身世，或不生合世身，或被世爻沖剋，或被日月破壞，或臨死墓空絕，皆謂無情，雖在卦中，與我無益，所以難遂青雲之志也。）伏藏有用，終辭白屋之人。（官父不全，功名難望，但看所伏者有用無用斷之。如飛神不遇沖開，伏神不遇提起，謂之無用，決主不成；若飛神沖剋得開，伏神提挈得起謂之有用，終是可成。若得月建提起最吉，日辰次之，動爻又次之，更得伏上飛爻在空，尤妙。）

The useful god may appear but remains indifferent to me, making it difficult to achieve lofty aspirations. Although the official ghost and parents are all present in the hexagram, which is a good omen, if they do not affect the world line or do not generate and harmonize with the world line, or if they are instead clashed with or controlled by the world line, or if they are destroyed by the day branch or the month branch, or if they fall into death, tomb, void, or extinction, this is called being indifferent. Although they are present in the hexagram, they are of no benefit to me, so my lofty aspirations remain unfulfilled. The useful god may be hidden but still be useful, and this person will eventually leave the humble background. If the official ghost and parents are not all present, official titles are unlikely, and we must look at the hidden line. If the flying god is not opened by a clash and the hidden god is not lifted, it is called useless, and official titles will certainly not be achieved. If the flying god is clashed and opened, and the hidden god is lifted, it is called useful, and eventually success will be achieved. Raising the hidden god is most favorable with the month builder, then the day branch, then the moving line; if the flying line that covers the hidden god happens to fall into void, it is even better.

月建克身當被責，（月建為考試官，若在身爻發動，刑剋世爻，而官父失時者，必遭杖責；若化子孫必遭斥逐；若化兄弟，廩膳生最忌之，輕則革糧，重則追罰。）財如生世必幫糧。（卦中父母避空，而財爻發動，生合世爻者，必有幫糧之喜。月建帶財化財，或官化財生合世爻，皆吉。大抵廩生小試最不宜兄弟發動。或臨卦身世爻，或臨日辰月建，皆是革糧之兆，財爻無故自空亦然。若得財臨身世，或伏世下，雖不稱情，糧必如舊。）

The month builder is attacking the hexagram body, indicating that the examinee will face punishment on the examination day. The month builder represents the chief examiner; if it acts on the hexagram body and harms the world line, and if the official ghost and parents are not in their proper season, the person will certainly be punished with a cane. If the month builder transforms into a son, the examinee will be expelled and sent away; if it transforms into a brother, this is the most unfavorable situation for a stipend student, leading to the revocation of the grain allowance at the very least, and possibly even confiscation of property. If the wealth line supports the world line, the examinee will certainly receive an increase in the grain allowance. If the parents are hiding in the empty void and the wealth line acts to support and harmonize with the world line, there will be good news of an increased grain allowance. If the month builder brings wealth and transforms into wealth, or if the official ghost transforms into wealth and supports the world line, these are favorable signs. Generally, a stipend student should take the small examination, and it is most unfavorable for the brother line to be active. If the brother line is on the hexagram body, the world line, or the day branch, or the month builder, it is a sign of losing the grain allowance. If the wealth line falls into the empty void without reason, it is also a sign of losing the grain allowance. If the wealth line is on the body or the world line, or is hidden beneath the world line, although it is not very satisfactory, the grain allowance will remain the same.

父官三合相逢，連科及第；（卦有可成之象，而又有三合爻動，會成官鬼局者，必主連科第，大吉之兆；會成父局亦吉；會成財福二局不利，會成兄弟局者，惟廩生忌之，餘皆無損益。）龍虎二爻俱動，一舉成名。（青龍白虎俱在卦中，動來生合世爻，必中魁選，若持官父或持身世尤妙，此固非理，但借虎榜之象耳，然亦有驗。）

If the parents and official ghosts meet the triple harmony, they can achieve successive success in the imperial examinations. If the hexagram originally shows a favorable omen and the third line combines with others to form an official ghost group, it will certainly indicate consecutive success in the exams, which is a great auspicious sign; if it forms a parents group, it is also favorable; if it forms a wife wealth or sons group, it is unfavorable; if it forms a brothers group, it only affects those who are merely registered scholars, while others are neither harmed nor benefited. When both the azure dragon and white tiger lines are activated, one can achieve fame at once. If both the azure dragon and white tiger are present in the hexagram and activate to harmonize with the world line, one will certainly be selected as the top scholar; if they hold the official ghost, parents, or the self and world lines, it is even better. This reasoning may not make sense in theory, but it is merely using the imagery of the imperial examination's tiger list. However, it has indeed proven to be accurate.

殺化生身之鬼，恐發青衣；（占官以子孫為殺，乘旺發動必遭斥退，若得本宮官鬼伏在世下，或卦身持鬼，或子孫自化鬼爻生世，終不脫白無過降青衣而已。卦有財動合住子孫，可用此財謀干庶復舊職。）歲加有氣之官，終登黃甲。（太歲乃天子之爻，凡占功名，最喜見之。若臨鬼爻是人臣面君之象，更得生旺有氣，必然名姓高標。）

The Inauspicious Sha produces an official ghost that comes to life and may only be reduced to a common servant. When predicting official positions, the子孙 represents the Inauspicious Sha; if it is strong and active, it will certainly result in dismissal. However, if the official ghost is hidden beneath the world line, or if the hexagram body holds the official ghost, or if the子孙 itself transforms into the official ghost to support the world line, then one cannot escape being a common servant, but only as a low-ranking servant. At this time, if the wealth line is active and combines with the子孙, one can use this wealth to bribe and possibly regain the old position. If the sovereign (太岁) is combined with an official ghost that has strength, one can eventually achieve a high rank. The sovereign is the line representing the emperor; in divination regarding official titles, it is most favorable to see it. If the sovereign is combined with the official ghost, it signifies a minister approaching the emperor. If it is strong and has vitality, one's name will certainly be prominently listed on the examination list.

病阻試期，無故空臨於世位；（動爻日辰不傷世爻，而世爻自落空亡者，謂無故自空，大凶之兆。試前占去不成，強去終不利，輕則病，重則死。如在本宮內卦，在家即病；在三四爻，出門病；在五爻，途中病；在六爻，到考處病；在應爻又屬他宮，則臨考有病，不得入試。若試後占其事，必不成大象，吉名成身喪。）喜添場屋，有青龍合於身爻。（青龍主喜慶事，若大象既吉，更得龍動來生合世身，必然別有喜事並臨，不但成名而已。若空動為虛喜。）

Because of illness, the examination date was postponed, and the World Line fell into Kongwang without cause. The moving line and the day branch did not harm the World Line, yet the World Line fell into Kongwang on its own, which is called self-induced Kongwang, a very ominous sign. If this is divined before the examination, then one cannot go; even if one tries to go, it will ultimately be unfavorable, leading to minor illness or, in severe cases, death. According to the position of the lines: if the World Line is in the inner trigram of its own palace, then illness occurs at home; if in the third or fourth lines, illness occurs upon leaving home; if in the fifth line, illness occurs on the way; if in the sixth line, illness occurs at the examination site; if in the Response Line and belonging to another palace, then one collapses before the examination and cannot enter the site. If this is divined after the examination, then it will also certainly not succeed; even if the overall situation is favorable, it will result in success in official matters but death of the person. If joy is added to the examination site, it is when the Azure Dragon and the Hexagram Body are in harmony. The Azure Dragon signifies joyful matters; if the overall situation of the hexagram is favorable and the Azure Dragon is activated to generate and harmonize with the World Line, there will certainly be other joyful events occurring at the same time, not just passing the examination. However, if the Azure Dragon is empty and moving, it will only result in empty joy.

財伏逢空，行糧必乏；（六爻無財，本宮伏財又居空地，其人必乏路費，若世爻更在衰弱之鄉，則是貧窮之士。如逢月建日辰動爻生合扶助，必得親友資其費用。若得應爻動來生合，多是妻家看覷周全。）身興變鬼，來試方成。（卦遇不成之兆，而得卦身或世爻變出官鬼有氣，而本宮父母不壞者，今雖未成，下次必然中試也。）

The hidden wealth line is in an empty position, indicating a definite lack of funds for travel. In the six lines of the hexagram, there is no wealth line, and the hidden wealth line falls in an empty position, meaning the person will certainly lack money for the journey. If the world line is also weak, then this person is poor. If the month builder, day branch, or moving line generates and harmonises with it, the person will surely receive financial help from friends and relatives. If the response line moves to generate and harmonise with it, it is mostly the wife's family that will support the person. If the hexagram body becomes active and transforms into a ghost line, the person will pass the examination next time. Although the hexagram already shows a sign of failure, as long as the hexagram body or the world line transforms into a ghost line with vitality, and the parents line of the hexagram is not damaged, then although the person does not pass this time, they will certainly pass the next examination.

卦值六沖，此去難題雁塔；爻逢六合，這回必佔鰲頭。（凡事遇合則聚，逢沖則散，故占功名得六沖卦必難求，六合卦必易得也。然大體須以衰旺動靜參之，不可執滯。）父旺官衰，可惜劉賁之下第；父衰官旺，堪嗟張奭之登科。（父母官鬼皆要有氣無損，然後可成，若父雖旺相，官鬼空亡或不上卦，是其人文字雖好，奈命無官星，亦不能中，如劉賁之錦繡文章，竟不登第也。若父雖衰弱，得官爻旺動扶起文書，是其人文字雖平常，而命中官星發現，可許有成，如張奭之文章，雖欠精美反登高第也。若官旺父空，決至下第。）

When the trigram forms a Six Clashes, this journey will be difficult to achieve success in the雁塔 (a metaphor for official examination); when the trigram forms a Six Harmony, this time one is sure to be the top scorer. In general, when things meet a harmonious condition, they gather and succeed, but when they meet a clash, they scatter and fail. Therefore, if one gets a Six Clashes trigram in divination for official rank, it is difficult to achieve success, but if one gets a Six Harmony trigram, it is easy to succeed. However, in general, one must still refer to the state of prosperity and decline, and the condition of movement and stillness, and not stick to one rule. If the parents (representing the person's origin or family) are strong but the official ghost (representing authority or examination) is weak, it is unfortunate like Liu Kui who failed the examination. If the parents are weak but the official ghost is strong, it is regrettable like Zhang Shi who unexpectedly passed the examination. Both parents and official ghost must have strength without damage, then official rank can be achieved. Even if the parents are strong, if the official ghost falls into Kongwang (a void) or is not in the trigram, then although the person's writings are good, there is no official star in his fate, so he will not pass the examination — this is the reason why Liu Kui, a Tang poet, wrote a brilliant essay but failed the examination. Conversely, if the parents are weak but the official ghost is strong and active, supporting the documents (writings), then although the writings are ordinary, the official star appears in his fate, and he may succeed — this is the reason why Zhang Shi, a Tang poet, had ordinary writings but passed the examination. If the official ghost is strong but the parents fall into Kongwang, then he will definitely fail.

應合日生，必資鶚薦，動傷日克，還守雞窗。（父官死絕，名必不成，若應爻動爻或月建日辰扶起官鬼，必須浼人推薦或用財禮買求，方許有成。若遇月日動變傷克，縱然官爻有氣，亦是難求。）世動化空用旺，則豹變翻成蝶夢；（求名以官父用爻，若得旺相不遭刑剋，必中科第；如遇世爻發動變入死墓空絕，恐名成後不能享福。游魂卦死於途中，歸魂卦到家而死，墓絕是太歲逾年而死也。）

The Response Line comes to join, and the Day Branch comes to generate, which surely indicates reliance on someone's recommendation; if the Moving Line harms and the Day Branch controls, then one must still study hard by the window. If the parents and official ghost lines fall into death or decay, success in official rank is certain to fail. If the Response Line, Moving Line, or Month Builder and Day Branch support the official ghost line, then one must rely on recommendations or spend money to make things go smoothly to achieve success. If the Month Builder, Day Branch, or Changing Line harms or controls, then even if the official line has some strength, it is still difficult to achieve. If the World Line moves and changes into Kongwang while the Useful God is strong, then the tiger transforms into a literary figure, but it turns out to be a dream of a butterfly. For seeking official rank, the official ghost and parents are the Useful Lines. If they are prosperous and not harmed or controlled, one will surely pass the exams. However, if the World Line moves and changes into death, tomb, Kongwang, or decay, then one might obtain official rank but not enjoy the benefits: the wandering soul hexagram indicates death on the way, the returning soul hexagram indicates death upon returning home, and falling into tomb or decay means death after the New Year or during the year of the superior power.

身官化鬼月扶，則鵬程連步蟾宮。（卦身為萬事之體，功名尤宜看之，最怕臨財臨福，便不容易，如得官父臨之，必有成望。更若出現發動又化官爻，而得月建生合者，大吉之兆，必主聯科及第，非特京省一捷而已。）更詳本主之爻神，方論其人之命運。（本主者，求名本人之主爻也。自占固以世爻論，若代占則看是何人，如子侄求名看子，朋友看兄類。此爻最怕化出忌殺，雖大吉象未可易許，其餘世爻同看，如此搜索吉凶，自然應驗。）雖賦數言，總論窮居之得失；再將八卦，重推致用之吉凶。

The hexagram body's official ghost again transforms into official ghost, and with the month builder supporting it, this indicates a long journey with great success, advancing step by step to the moon palace. The hexagram body is the main subject of all matters, especially when predicting success in official positions, it is especially important to examine it. It is most feared if it is accompanied by wife wealth or descendants, as this makes success difficult. If official ghosts or parents are present on the hexagram body, success is certain. If the hexagram body appears and moves, transforming again into official ghost, and the month builder supports and harmonizes with it, this is a great auspicious sign, indicating continuous success in examinations, not just passing one local or provincial exam. One must also carefully examine the main subject's爻, in order to judge this person's fate. The main subject refers to the main爻 of the person seeking official position: if one is consulting for oneself, the world line is used; if consulting for someone else, one must look at the person in question— for a son or nephew seeking official position, the descendants'爻 is used; for a friend seeking official position, the brothers'爻 is used, and so on. This爻 is most feared if it transforms into a hostile god or Inauspicious Sha, even if the overall situation is very auspicious, one should not easily promise success. The rest is examined in the same way as the world line. By carefully searching for auspicious and inauspicious signs, one can naturally achieve accurate results. The above, although only a few lines of赋文, has explained the gains and losses of a person of humble origin. Below, we will use the eight trigrams to re-examine the actual applications of auspicious and inauspicious signs.

為國求賢，治國之本；致身輔相，祿養為先。旺相妻財，必得千鍾之粟；（未仕求名，不要財爻；已仕貴人，要見財爻。蓋有爵必有祿，未有無俸而得官者。故凡占官員得此爻旺相，俸祿必多；休囚定然微薄。卦中無財或落空亡，未得俸祿；財動逢沖，任後因事減俸，或日辰月建沖財而刑害世爻及官爻者，恐有停俸罷職之患。）

Seeking virtuous talents for the state is the fundamental aspect of governing a country; serving the sovereign and assisting the ruler must first have a salary for sustenance. When the "wife and wealth" element is prosperous and strong, one will certainly receive a generous salary of a thousand measures of grain. Those who have not yet entered officialdom and are seeking fame and status should not focus on the wealth element; however, those who have already taken office should see the wealth element—because having an official rank implies having a salary, and there has never been a case of holding an office without receiving a salary. Therefore, when divining about officials, if the wealth element is prosperous and strong, the salary will be abundant; if it is weak and confined, the salary will be meager. If the divination lacks the wealth element or if the wealth element falls into kongwang, it indicates that the salary has not yet been received. If the wealth element is activated and meets a clash, it suggests that after taking office, the salary may be reduced due to some affairs. If the day branch and month builder clash and control the wealth element, and also punish and harm the world line and the official element, there is likely to be a risk of having the salary stopped or being dismissed from office.

興隆官鬼，定居一品之尊。（鬼為官爵，旺相有氣，官高爵大；休囚死絕官小職卑，發動生合世爻或得月建日辰生扶，必有升擢遠播都下；安靜不動而被月建日辰克害者，或世爻刑沖剋害者，必無聲名聞望。）

The "Official Ghost" is flourishing, indicating a high official rank. The "Official Ghost" represents official titles; when it is prosperous and strong, the official rank is high and the status is prominent, but when it is weak and confined, the official rank is low and the position is humble. If it activates to generate and harmonize with the World Line, or receives support from the Month Builder or Day Branch, there will certainly be promotion and the reputation will reach the capital. Conversely, if it remains quiet and is harmed by the Month Builder or Day Branch, or is punished and controlled by the World Line, then the person will certainly have no reputation or influence.

子若交重，當慮剝官削職；（子孫乃傷官之殺，最喜空亡墓絕，尤宜安靜受制則吉。若在卦中發動，所謀必不遂意，未仕則不能除選；已仕則有奪官褫職之禍。鬼爻更若無氣，必至除名落籍，非但貶責降罰而已也。）兄如發動，須防減俸除糧。（兄弟乃劫財之神，空亡不上卦或臨死絕安靜則吉。若發動，未免費財，多招誹謗，俸祿亦不稱意，更與子孫同發或就化子孫，必有除糧減俸之事也。持世臨身皆不利。）

If the子孙 (offspring) and the 兄弟 (brothers) both become active in the divination, one should be cautious of losing official position or being dismissed from office. 子孙 represents an Inauspicious Sha (malevolent force) that harms the 官鬼 (official ghost), and when predicting official positions, it is most favorable if it falls into Kongwang (void) or 墓绝 (grave and end). It is especially good if it is quiet and controlled by others. If 子孙 becomes active in the hexagram, the endeavors will not be satisfactory: those who have not yet obtained an official position will not be selected, while those already in office may face the loss of their position or dismissal. If the 官鬼 also lacks vitality, the result may be more severe, such as being removed from the official records, not just punishment or demotion. If 兄弟 becomes active, one should beware of reduced salary or loss of food allowance. 兄弟 is a god that seizes the wealth line, and it is favorable if it falls into Kongwang, does not appear in the hexagram, or is quiet and in a dead or exhausted state. If 兄弟 becomes active, there will inevitably be financial loss and much slander, and the salary will not be satisfactory. If it activates at the same time as 子孙, or if it generates 子孙 itself, there will certainly be issues with reduced salary or loss of food allowance. If 兄弟 holds the world line or is present on the person's side, it is unfavorable.

父母空亡，休望差除宣敕；（父母為印緩文書、誥牒宣敕、奏疏表章，卦中不可無，宜旺不宜衰，扶世最吉。若持太歲有氣生合世爻，主有朝廷宣召；如加月建，多是敕制及上司獎勵之類；最怕沖空化空，則多不實；衰靜空亡，必無宣敕亦無差除；卦無父母休望遷選。）官爻隱伏，莫思爵位升遷。（官爻為占官之象，若得臨持身世，或來生合世爻，不受月建日辰沖剋者，凡有謀望必然稱意；若不上卦，或落空亡，雖出現墓絕無氣及受剋制，皆不如意，世身沖剋亦凶。）

The parents falling into Kongwang mean one should not expect any official appointment. Parents represent official documents, imperial edicts, and memorials, and they are essential in the hexagram. They should be strong rather than weak, and if they support the world line, it is most auspicious. If the parents are connected to the year's stem and have strength, and they generate or harmonize with the world line, it indicates a royal summons. If they are added by the month builder, it is likely an imperial edict or a reward from superiors. The worst situation is when the parents are in conflict or fall into Kongwang, which usually means the matter will not materialize. If the parents are weak and fall into Kongwang, there will be neither an edict nor an appointment. If there are no parents in the hexagram at all, there is no hope of promotion or selection. If the official ghost is hidden and not present, there is no expectation of promotion. The official ghost is the main symbol for official positions. If it is on the self or the world line, or if it generates or harmonizes with the world line and is not conflicting with the month builder or the day branch, then any endeavor will be successful. If the official ghost is not present in the hexagram or falls into Kongwang, even if it appears but is in a state of decline, burial, or lack of strength and is controlled by other elements, it will not be successful. If the official ghost conflicts with the world line or the hexagram body, it will also be dangerous.

月建生身，當際風雲之會；歲君合世，必承雨露之恩。（太歲乃人君之象，月建是執政之官。若得生合世身爻，必有好處；惟怕沖剋世身，必遭貶謫。如月建扶出官爻世爻者，必是風憲之職；太歲加父母扶出官鬼及世爻者，必有天恩，更得日下生旺之地尤美，衰絕逢空無用。）

The month builder generates the hexagram body, which is a time of meeting of winds and clouds; the sovereign year and the world line are in harmony, indicating receiving the grace of the sovereign. The sovereign year represents the sovereign, and the month builder represents the official in power: if they generate and harmonize with the world line and the hexagram body, there will be benefits; however, if they clash and control the world line and the hexagram body, there may be demotion. If the month builder supports the official line and the world line, the person will hold a position of oversight; if the sovereign year combines with the parents to support the official ghost and the world line, the person will receive heavenly grace; if it falls in a place of birth and strength, it is even better. If they are weak, dying, or empty, then they are not effective.

世動逢空，官居不久；（未任者卦中世動，必無京官牧守；若是出巡之職，反為順利。已任遇之官居不久，更遇日辰動爻相沖，必不久任政事。）身空無救，命盡當危。（世爻無故自空，不拘已任未任，必有大難，甚至死亡。若欲求謀幹事，則主不成。）

The world line moves and meets the empty, this official position won't last long. Those who haven't yet taken office, if the world line moves in the hexagram, will not be appointed as central government officials or local governors; however, if they are on a temporary assignment outside, they will proceed smoothly. Those already in office who encounter a moving world line meeting the empty, their position will not last; if further met by the day branch or moving line conflicting, they will certainly not be able to hold the position for long and will have to resign. If the hexagram body falls into the empty without rescue, their lifespan is over, and their situation becomes dangerous. If the world line falls into the empty without cause, whether or not they are already in office, they will certainly face great difficulties, possibly even death; if they intend to do something, it will all fail.

鬼化福沖當代職，（出巡官宜鬼爻發動，牧守官宜鬼爻安靜。若鬼動化子，必有別官代職，不然亦被他人所先也；子動化鬼，則先難後易，或先凶後吉，官福皆動，亦主有官替代。）財臨虎動必丁憂。（凡占官不可無財，亦不可發動。若鬼爻有氣而得財動扶起，必須用財謀干，方得升遷。若父母衰弱而遇此爻，加臨白虎旺動者，必有丁憂之事，財化子，子化財，或財臨世動，或子動而父母無故自空者，皆主丁憂。）

The official ghost transforms into descendants and then comes to clash, indicating that someone will take over the position. Officials who are on official tours should have the official ghost activated, while officials who govern and manage the people should have the official ghost quiet. If the official ghost moves and transforms into descendants, there must be another official coming to replace the position, otherwise it will be taken by someone else first; if the descendants move and transform into the official ghost, it will be difficult at first but easy later, dangerous at first but fortunate later. If both the official ghost and descendants move, it also indicates that someone will come to replace the position. If the wealth爻 is accompanied by the White Tiger and activates, there will certainly be a mourning event for a parent. In all divinations concerning official positions, there should not be a lack of the wealth爻, but it is also not advisable for it to activate. If the official ghost has strength and the wealth爻 activates to support it, then one must spend money to bribe and be promoted. If the parents are weak and encounter the wealth爻 accompanied by the active and strong White Tiger, there will certainly be the death of a parent, leading to mourning and mourning period. In addition, if wealth transforms into descendants, or descendants transform into wealth, or if the wealth爻 is accompanied by the world爻 and activates, or if the descendants activate while the parents are unexpectedly empty, all these indicate mourning events.

日辰沖剋，定然誹謗之多招；（日辰刑沖剋世，必招誹謗，依五類推之。如帶兄弟，因貪賄賂或徵科太急；帶財爻，因無調度或財賦不起；帶子孫，嗜酒好遊怠於政事；帶父母，因事繁劇不能料理；帶官鬼，非酷刑則同僚不和。以上皆招誹謗，聲名必不能振。若得世臨月建，雖有誹謗，不能為害。）鬼殺傷身，因見災殃之不免。（官鬼發動生世爻為用神，傷克世爻為鬼殺。用神扶世，必有進取；鬼殺傷身，必有凶禍，以化出六親斷之，如化子有貶謫之憂，化財有陰人之禍，化兄主失財，化父憂小口類。以上不然，則自身決有災病，得世爻空避不妨。）

The day branch clashes and controls, which will certainly bring about much slander. If the day branch is punished or clashes with the world line, it will surely cause public criticism. Then, according to the five categories of the six relations, we can determine the cause: if the day branch is accompanied by brothers, it is due to bribery or excessive tax collection; if accompanied by wife and wealth, it is due to financial difficulties or failure to collect taxes; if accompanied by descendants, it is due to excessive drinking and traveling, leading to neglect of duties; if accompanied by parents, it is due to heavy official work that cannot be managed; if accompanied by officials and ghosts, it is either due to excessive use of punishment or conflicts with colleagues. These situations will all lead to slander and damage to reputation. If the world line is exactly at the month builder, although slander may occur, it will not harm him. If the official and ghost causes harm to the hexagram body, disaster is inevitable. If the official and ghost is activated and generates the world line, it is called the useful god; if activated and harms or controls the world line, it is called ghost killing. If the useful god supports the world line, there will be advancement; if ghost killing harms the body, there will be misfortune. The specific event depends on the six relations it transforms into: transforming into descendants indicates the risk of demotion, transforming into wife and wealth indicates trouble with women, transforming into brothers indicates financial loss, and transforming into parents indicates concern for young people. If it is not any of these, then it must be due to personal illness; as long as the world line is properly placed in the kongwang position to avoid it, there will be no problem.

兄爻化鬼無情，同僚不協；（兄弟為僚屬之官，卦中鬼動化出兄弟，沖剋世爻，主同僚不和，或兄弟化鬼，刑沖剋害，或兄帶三刑六害，傷世皆然，世克兄爻，是我欺他而不和也。）太歲加刑不順，貶責難逃。（太歲出現，動傷世爻，必遭貶責。更加刑害虎蛇等殺，必有鎖扭擒拿之辱。世爻入墓必受囚繫，得動爻日辰有救，庶幾無事。但怕化出子孫，罪終不免，月建同看。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) White Tiger = White Tiger Month Builder = Month Builder World Line = World Line Moving Line = Moving Line Day Branch = Day Branch Three Punishments = Three Punishments Punishment and Clash = Punishment and Clash Punishment and Harm = Punishment and Harm Clash and Control = Clash and Control Brothers transform into officials and spirits but show no mercy towards me, leading to discord among colleagues. Brothers represent colleagues and subordinates; if the official and spirit line moves and transforms into brothers to clash and control the world line, it indicates discord among colleagues. Alternatively, if brothers transform into officials and spirits with punishment and clash, or if brothers bring three punishments and six harms to injure the world line, the interpretation remains the same. If it is the world line that controls brothers, then I am oppressing my colleagues and causing discord. If the sovereign star also brings punishment and is not favorable, dismissal is inevitable. If the sovereign star appears in the hexagram and moves to injure the world line, one will certainly face dismissal. If it is further combined with punishment and harm along with White Tiger and Boa Snake, one will surely suffer disgrace and be taken into custody. If the world line is buried, one will be imprisoned; unless rescued by a moving line or the day branch, one will be in trouble. One should fear that it transforms into descendants, for the guilt will eventually be unavoidable. The interpretation of the month builder is the same as that of the sovereign star.

卦靜世空，退休之兆；身空殺動，避禍之徵。（凡遇世爻空亡，未任未有選期；已任若六爻安靜，月日歲君傷克而遇之，乃是休官改政之象。若鬼爻發動，月日歲君傷克而遇之者，是避禍脫災之兆。卦靜日沖，欲歸而不放；殺動日合，欲避而不能。）身邊伏鬼若非空，頭上烏紗不脫。（凡遇凶兆或得鬼爻臨身持世，或本宮鬼伏世下，雖見責罰，官職猶在，若不臨持身世，或不伏於世下，或雖伏仍遇空亡者，必革官帶為民，非止罪責。）

When the hexagram is still and the world line falls into kongwang, it indicates a sign of retirement; when the hexagram body falls into kongwang and malevolent forces are activated, it indicates a sign of avoiding misfortune. Whenever the world line falls into kongwang: for those who have not yet taken office, the appointed time is not yet determined; for those who have already taken office, if all six lines are quiet and the month builder, day branch, and year ruler come to harm or control the world line, it indicates a sign of resigning and changing occupation. If at this time the official ghost is activated and the month builder, day branch, and year ruler also come to harm or control, it indicates a sign of avoiding misfortune and escaping disaster. If the hexagram is originally quiet but the day branch comes to clash, it indicates a desire to resign but not being allowed to do so; if malevolent forces are activated and the day branch comes to join, it indicates a desire to avoid but being unable to escape. Any official ghost hidden within the hexagram, as long as it does not fall into kongwang, will not be removed from office. Whenever encountering ominous signs, if the official ghost is present on the person or holds the world line, or if the official ghost of the original palace is hidden beneath the world line, then even though one is punished, the official position remains. If the official ghost is not present on the person or world line, nor is it hidden beneath the world line, or if it is hidden but falls into kongwang, then one will certainly be dismissed from office and become a commoner, not just suffering punishment.

財空鬼動，聲名振而囊篋空虛。（凡得官鬼動來生合世爻，日月動變又無沖剋者，為官必有聲名聞望。更得財爻生扶合助，有氣不空，則既會做官，又會賺錢，內實貪賂，外不喪名。若財爻或空或伏或臨死絕，則主聲名雖有，賄賂卻無也。）官旺父衰，職任高而衙門冷落。（父母旺相衙門必大，休囚衙門必小。若官旺父衰，又非小去處，乃是冷落閒靜衙門，蓋官旺則職高故也。官衰父旺，則主職雖卑微，卻在大衙門中治政。官父俱衰，職卑衙小，必非風憲之地。）

The wealth line falls empty while the official ghost line becomes active, indicating a loud reputation but empty pockets. Whenever the official ghost line becomes active and generates or harmonizes with the world line, and the day branch, month builder, and changing line do not clash or control, one will certainly have a good reputation in officialdom. If further supported by the wealth line generating and supporting the world line, with vitality and not falling empty, then one will both hold an official position and gain wealth, secretly accepting bribes while maintaining a good public image. If the wealth line falls empty, is hidden, or is in a dead or exhausted state, then there is only a loud reputation but no actual income from bribes. When the official ghost line is strong but the parents line is weak, it indicates a high position but a quiet and inactive office. When the parents line is strong, the office is large; when weak, the office is small. If the official ghost line is strong and the parents line is weak, it is not a small place, but rather a quiet and peaceful office, because a strong official ghost line indicates a high position. Conversely, if the official ghost line is weak and the parents line is strong, then although the position is low, one works in a large office. If both the official and parents lines are weak, then the position is low and the office is small, and it is certainly not a place of strict law enforcement.

職居風憲，皆因月值官爻；（大抵官鬼旺相，不臨月建，定非風憲之職；若臨月建又得扶出世爻，決是風憲之任，必非府縣官也。更在日下生旺之地，尤為風憲。如帶刑爻，多是鎮守邊陲之職，或掌兵權，或居刑部，在外亦是司刑之職。）官在貳司，只為鬼臨旁位。（鬼在世應爻上，或帶月建日辰者，必是掌印正官；若被世合或在旁爻，則是佐貳之職。六爻無鬼而動爻有化出者，亦然。）

One holds a position in the wind and law, because the month builder coincides with the official ghost. Generally, although the official ghost is prosperous and strong, if it does not coincide with the month builder, it is certainly not a position in the wind and law; if it coincides with the month builder and supports the world line, then it must be a position in the imperial censors' office, definitely not a position in a prefecture or county. If it is further located in a place of birth and prosperity, it is even more so a position in the wind and law. If it carries a penal line, it is mostly a position of garrison command, or holding military power, or serving in the Ministry of Punishment; even if serving outside, it is a position involving penal duties. The official rank is only at the deputy level, because the official ghost is located in an auxiliary line. If the official ghost is on the world line or response line, or accompanied by the month builder or day branch, it must be a principal official holding the seal; if it is only combined with the world line or located in an auxiliary line, it is a deputy or secondary position. Even if the official ghost is not originally present in the six lines but is generated by a moving line, it is still judged in the same way.

撫綏百姓，兄動則難化愚頑；（凡任牧民之職，要財爻旺而不動，父母扶而不空，必是豐富地方；財爻空絕，父爻受制，則地瘠民貧。父母動臨世上，政必繁劇。兄弟持世，財賦不起。日帶兄爻沖剋世爻，手下人必要侮文弄法，壞我政事。若兄在旁爻動來沖剋，則主頑民難治。兄化子，子化兄而刑剋世身，恐有下民訟我之兆。更若世應沖剋，與鄉宦亦多不睦。）巡察四方，路空則多憂驚險。（欽差出巡或封王採木，皆怕世應逢空。若路爻空之卦，主途中驚險。世在五爻自空，須防身死於外，有沖剋則不然。凡遇世在五爻動及游魂卦世動者，皆是出巡之職。）

Calming the people, if brothers move, it will be difficult to reform the stubborn and ignorant. For officials who govern the people, if the wealth line is strong and not moving, and the parents support without falling into emptiness, it must be a prosperous place; if the wealth line falls into emptiness or decline, and the parents are restrained, it is a place of poor land and impoverished people. If the parents move and are on the world line, government affairs will certainly be burdensome; if brothers hold the world line, taxes will not be collected. If the day branch brings brothers to clash with the world line, the subordinate officials will surely resort to legal trickery and ruin my governance; if brothers on the adjacent line move to clash, it indicates difficult and unruly people. If brothers transform into descendants and descendants transform into brothers while they clash with the world line, there may be signs of people accusing me; if the world and response lines also clash, there will be much discord with local gentry. When touring the four directions, if the line representing the roads falls into emptiness, there will be much worry and danger. When an imperial envoy travels or is ordered to confer titles or procure timber, they fear that the world and response lines meet emptiness. If the line representing the roads falls into emptiness, it indicates danger on the way; if the world line is on the fifth line and empties without cause, one must beware of death away from home, but if it has another clash, this is not the case. Whenever the world line is on the fifth line and moves, or when the ghost line is active and the world line moves, it indicates a position of touring outside.

出征剿捕，福德興而寇賊殲亡；（凡在將帥之職，或征討之官，平居卜問不宜子孫發動，主有降調貶責；亦不宜應動克世，主有不測變故。若歲君月建沖動官鬼，或世爻，主有敕命征討之事，如臨敵卜問則喜。子孫發動，必成剿捕之功，更得歲君月建生合，仍有升賞。官鬼不作爵位，當作賊寇論之，世克應亦吉。）鎮守邊陲，卦爻靜而華夷安泰。（鎮守地方，不拘文官武職，皆宜六爻安靜，世應生合比和，日辰月建不相沖克，則鼾睡邊庭，安然無警，世應空亡亦吉。若遇官鬼發動，世應沖剋，必多侵擾，宜通變斷之。）

When sending troops to suppress bandits, if the descendants (representing offspring or descendants) are prosperous, they can successfully eliminate the bandits. For those holding military positions or responsible for campaigns, it is not advisable for the descendants to be activated on ordinary days, as this indicates a possible demotion or punishment. Similarly, if the response line (representing the opposing force or response) is activated and attacks the world line (representing the main subject or ruler), this suggests unexpected changes. If the heavenly stem (too shi) or month builder (yue jian) activates the official ghost (representing authority or military force) or the world line, it indicates an imperial decree for military action. However, when casting a divination during an actual battle, it is favorable to see the descendants activated, ensuring success in the suppression. If the heavenly stem and month builder also generate and harmonize with the situation, there will be rewards and promotions. At this time, the official ghost should not be viewed as a title of honor but as bandits. It is also favorable for the world line to attack the response line. For those defending the borders, if all six lines are quiet, both inside and outside will be peaceful. Officials in charge of a region, whether civil or military, should prefer quiet lines, with the world and response lines generating, harmonizing, or being in harmony with each other, and the day branch and month builder not conflicting or attacking. In such cases, they can rest securely in the border region without worry. If the world and response lines fall into kongwang, it is also favorable. However, if the official ghost is activated and the world and response lines conflict, there will be more disturbances on the border, and the interpretation should be adjusted according to the hexagram.

奏陳諫諍，那堪太歲刑沖；（凡欲奏對、陳疏、上章、諫諍及赴昭面君類，皆忌動沖剋太歲，亦忌刑剋世爻。若太歲月建生合世爻，必見詳允，一來沖剋，須防不測之禍。歲君衰靜不帶刑害虎蛇，主不見取用，非有大害。動空化空，亦是虛驚，或有制伏沖散合住，必得大臣申救。應動沖剋世爻，更防人奏劾。）僧道醫官，豈可文書發動？（僧道醫官及陰陽官，皆要子孫出現有氣不空為吉。父母發動必有災悔。父帶太歲月建日辰，則非身有災病，乃外來禍也。子孫自空，亦有大難，然子孫只宜安靜，官鬼不宜空伏，雖兩全，仔細為妙。）但隨職分以推詳，可識仕途之否泰。

When making a petition or giving advice to the emperor, one must be careful not to have a moving line that clashes or controls the Tai Sui (year stem). Such actions are to be avoided in matters like presenting memorials, submitting petitions, or being summoned to court. If the Tai Sui and the month builder generate and harmonize with the world line, the memorial will be approved. However, if they clash or control it, unexpected troubles may arise. If the Tai Sui is weak and quiet, and does not bring punishment or harm, or is not accompanied by the White Tiger or the Snake, then the memorial may not be accepted, but there will be no major harm. If the Tai Sui moves but falls into an empty position or transforms into an empty one, it will only cause a false alarm. If there is another force that controls, disperses, or harmonizes with it, then officials must intervene to save the situation. If the response line moves to clash with the world line, one should also be cautious of someone filing a complaint. Monks, Taoist priests, and physicians cannot tolerate the movement of the document line. Officials related to monks, Taoists, physicians, and divination must have descendants that are active, strong, and not empty. If the parents line moves, there will be disaster or regret. If the parents line is accompanied by the Tai Sui, the month builder, or the day branch, then the trouble is not from within but from outside. If the descendants line is empty without cause, there will be great difficulties. In summary, these types of officials should have descendants that are calm and stable, while official ghosts should not be empty or hidden. Even if both are present, one should still examine carefully. As long as one considers according to their own duties, they can clearly see the smoothness or obstacles in their official career.

居貨曰賈，行貨曰商。總為資生之計，蓍所以筮，龜所以卜，莫非就利之謀，要問吉凶，但看財福。（財為利息，福為財源，二者占財用神。）

Accumulating goods and waiting for buyers is called Jia, while transporting goods across the country is called Shang. Both are merely plans for making a living. Using yarrow stalks for divination and turtle shells for oracle bone divination are also just calculations for seeking profit. To inquire about fortune and misfortune, one should look at the two lines "Wife's Wealth" and "Descendants": the Wealth line represents the interest gained, and the Descendants line represents the source of wealth. These two are the useful gods for divining wealth.

財旺福興，無問公私皆稱意；財空福絕，不拘營運總違心。（凡遇財爻旺相，子孫發動，便是吉卦，不拘公私，財皆得稱意。二者若財空，爻或臨墓絕，即是凶卦，不拘作何買賣，皆違心願也。）

When the wealth line is prosperous and strong and the sons line is active, whether it is public or private money, one can achieve one's desires. If the wealth line is empty and the sons line is in a state of decline, no matter what business one engages in, things will not go as intended. Whenever the wealth line is prosperous and the sons line is active, it is a favorable hexagram, and one can obtain wealth through both public and private means. Conversely, if the wealth line is empty, or if both the wealth and fortune lines are in the墓绝 (grave and decline) state, it is an unfavorable hexagram, and no matter what kind of business one undertakes, things will not go as desired.

有福無財，兄弟交重偏有望；（財為用神，而不上卦，必無可望，若得兄弟發動，無財可劫則反生扶福德，財源有氣，仍舊有望，但主遲滯耳。兄動而財空，謂之避空，過旬生旺日，財亦可得。財若不空不伏而遇兄劫，則為下卦。）有財無福，官爻發動亦堪求。（子孫藏伏，財無生氣，一遇兄弟便被劫盡。須得卦有官動，或日辰是鬼剋制兄爻，則用神無損，亦可求謀。卦有子孫而官鬼動，則有阻節，反不易矣，此象鬼爻生旺日得財。）

There are descendants but no wealth line, and if brothers are strongly activated, there may still be hope. Wealth is the useful god, and since it is not in the upper trigram, there was originally no hope. However, if brothers are activated and there is no wealth to be seized, it turns to support the descendants. The source of wealth then has vitality, and there is still hope, though it comes later. If brothers are activated and the wealth line is empty, this is called avoiding emptiness. After this ten-day period, when the wealth line is strong and prosperous, wealth can still be obtained. If the wealth line is neither empty nor subdued, but is seized by brothers, that is a poor卦. If there is a wealth line but no descendants, and officials or ghosts are activated, it can still be sought. If descendants are hidden, the wealth loses vitality, and when brothers appear, the wealth is completely seized. At this time, the卦 must have officials or ghosts activated, or the day branch is an official or ghost to restrain brothers, so the useful god is not harmed, and it can still be sought. Conversely, if the卦 originally has descendants but officials or ghosts are activated, there will be obstacles, and it will be more difficult. This卦 pattern can only obtain wealth on the day when officials or ghosts are strong and prosperous.

財福俱無，何異守株而待兔？（財福二爻占財，主象有財無福，財必有限，有福無財，財必不實；財福俱無，焉能有望？守株待兔喻妄想也，空亡亦然。）父兄皆動，無殊緣木以求魚。（父母為絕源殺，兄弟為劫財神，二者發動，財福俱傷。用神既損，求之必如緣木求魚，必不可得。父化兄，兄化父亦然。）

There is neither wealth nor fortune, which is just like waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit. The second lines represent the main indicators of wealth: having wealth but no fortune means wealth is limited; having fortune but no wealth means wealth is not genuine; if both are absent, there is no hope at all. Waiting by a tree stump is a metaphor for foolish hope; if these two lines fall into kongwang, the situation is the same. If both parents and brothers are activated together, it is like trying to catch fish by climbing a tree. Parents are an Inauspicious Sha that cuts off the source of wealth, and brothers are the gods that seize wealth. When these two lines are activated, descendants and wife-wealth are both harmed. Since the useful god is already damaged, seeking wealth is like climbing a tree to catch fish, which is certainly unattainable. Parents transforming into brothers and brothers transforming into parents is the same situation.

月帶財神，卦雖無而月中必有；（月建為提綱，若帶財爻得時有氣，縱遇兄弟衰不敵旺，必主財利厚。雖卦中無財，月中必然有，得出現尤妙。）日傷妻位，財雖旺而當日應無。（財爻旺相生合持世，乃是必得之象，若被日辰剋制，其財縱現，必然無有，須過此日，然後有得。）

The Month Builder carries the Wealth God; even if the fortune chart does not show wealth, there will certainly be wealth during this month. The Month Builder is the main theme of a hexagram; if it brings the Wealth爻 and is strong and vital, even if brothers come to compete, the brothers will be weak and unable to overcome the prosperous and strong Month Builder, which will certainly indicate abundant wealth. Therefore, even if the fortune chart does not show wealth, there will certainly be wealth during this month; if the Wealth爻 also appears in the hexagram, it will be even better. If the Day Branch harms the position of the妻财, the wealth is strong but cannot be obtained on that day. When the Wealth爻 is strong and vital and comes to generate and harmonise with the World Line or holds the World Line, it is a sign of certain gain; but if it is restrained by the Day Branch, the wealth is right there but cannot be obtained, and one must wait until after that day to get it.

多財反覆，必須墓庫以收藏；（卦中財只一位，有氣不空，生合持世皆美。若三五重太過，其財反覆難求，必須卦中有財庫爻發動，謂財有庫藏，必得厚利。財化財，亦主反覆不定。）無鬼分爭，又怕交重而阻滯。（無鬼之卦，兄必專權，財雖有氣，亦多虛耗。兄更發動，必有爭奪買賣，分散財物之患。然雖不可無官，又不宜動，動則必有阻隔，若有剋制或被沖散，或被合住，雖阻不妨。）

If there are too many wealth lines in the hexagram, they will cause instability and fluctuation, and it is necessary to have a storage line to contain them. If there is only one wealth line in the hexagram, and it has vitality without falling into emptiness, and it generates and harmonizes with the world line or holds the world line, then it is favorable. However, if there are three or five wealth lines, it is considered excessive, and wealth will be difficult to obtain; in such cases, the hexagram must contain a storage line for wealth that is activated, so that wealth can be stored and thus achieve substantial gains. If wealth lines generate other wealth lines, it also indicates instability and fluctuation. If the hexagram lacks official ghost lines, there will be competition from people, but if official ghost lines are repeated and activated, they may cause obstruction. In a hexagram without official ghost lines, brothers will inevitably dominate, and even if wealth has vitality, it will mostly be wasted; if brothers are activated, there will certainly be competition for business and dispersion of wealth. Therefore, official ghost lines should not be absent, but they should not be activated either, because once they are activated, they will cause obstruction. Unless they are restrained by others, dispersed by conflict, or restrained by harmony, then even if there is obstruction, it will not be a problem.

兄如太過，反不克財；（兄弟乃占財忌殺，若有一位旺動，最為不利。若月日動變，俱帶兄弟，重疊太過則不專一，反不克劫，至財爻生旺日可得。）身或兄臨，必難求望。（卦身一爻，占財體統，若持兄弟，不拘作何買賣，問何財物，皆無利益。持世亦然。惟臨財福方為吉兆。臨父主勞祿，若占六畜，血財，則有損失。臨官大利公門求財，餘皆險阻不利。）

If there are too many or excessive brothers, they may not be able to overcome wealth. Brothers are considered the Hostile God (hostile god) and Inauspicious Sha (malevolent killer) in relation to wealth. If even one brother is strong and active, it is very unfavorable. However, if the month builder, day branch, moving line, and changing line all carry brothers, and they overlap excessively, their power becomes scattered and not concentrated. In such a case, they may not be able to overcome the wealth line, and even if the wealth line is strong and prosperous, one can still obtain wealth. If the hexagram body (卦身) is occupied by brothers, there is little hope. The hexagram body is the overall indicator for wealth. If it is occupied by brothers, no matter what kind of business or what kind of property is being asked about, there will be no benefit. It is the same if the brothers are in the world position. Only when the hexagram body is occupied by wife wealth or children does it indicate a good omen. If the hexagram body is occupied by parents, it indicates hard work and toil. If the question is about live animals (such as livestock), there will also be losses. If the hexagram body is occupied by officials or ghosts, it is most favorable for seeking wealth in government offices, but it is not favorable for other purposes.

財來就我，終須易；我去尋財，必是難。（凡遇財爻生合世爻，克世持世，皆謂財來就我，必然易得；若雖動出財爻，而與世爻不相干者，謂我去尋財，必難望也。）身遇旺財，似取囊中之物；世持動弟，如撈水底之針。（世為求財之人，若臨財爻，雖或無氣，亦主易得，旺相更美；若臨兄弟，雖或安靜，亦主難得，發動尤甚。）

If the wealth element comes to me, it will be easy to obtain; if I go to seek wealth, it will certainly be difficult. Whenever the wealth element is generated and harmonized with the world line, or when it overcomes or holds the world line, it is called wealth coming to me, and it will be easy to obtain. However, if the hexagram shows the movement of the wealth element, but it has nothing to do with the world line, then it is as if I am going to seek wealth, and it will be hard to expect success. If the hexagram body meets a prosperous and strong wealth element, it is as easy as taking something from a bag. But if the world line is occupied by the moving brothers, it is like trying to fish a needle from the bottom of the water, which is in vain. The world line represents the person seeking wealth. If the world line is associated with the wealth element, even if it has no strength, it still indicates an easy acquisition; if it is strong and prosperous, it is even better. If the world line is associated with the brothers, even if it is quiet, it indicates difficulty in obtaining wealth; if it moves, it becomes even harder.

福變財生，滾滾財源不竭；（占財得子孫發動，利必久遠，更化財爻，生合身世，乃綿綿不絕之象，盡求則盡有也，財化子亦妙。）兄連鬼克，紛紛口舌難逃。（兄弟變出官鬼，刑沖剋世，不惟無財，且有口舌。父爻更動，必訟於官，若有救制，庶幾無害。鬼化兄，或兄鬼皆動亦然。朱雀臨兄鬼動變，有口舌。）

The子孙 changes into the wealth爻 to generate and harmonise, indicating a continuous and abundant source of wealth. When predicting wealth, if the子孙 is activated, it suggests long-term benefits; if it further generates the wealth爻 to harmonise with the hexagram body and the world line, it signifies an unending flow of wealth, with as much as desired available. When the wealth爻 changes into the子孙, it is also beneficial. If the brothers are connected with the official ghost to attack, disputes are inevitable. If the brothers change into the official ghost to punish and clash with the world line, there will be no wealth and disputes will arise; if the parents爻 is also activated, legal disputes are certain. Unless there is another saving element to control and suppress it, the harm is only slight. If the official ghost changes into the brothers, or if the brothers and official ghost are both activated, the situation is the same; if the Vermilion Bird is also present along with the brothers and official ghost and they are activated and change, there will be even more disputes.

父化財，必辛勤而有得；（父化財，不自然而得，必勤勞後得；兄化財先散後聚，或利於後不利於前；官化財，最利公門謁貴及九流藝術之人，求財十分有望，私財則先驚後喜，或先阻後得。）財化鬼，防耗折而驚憂。（財化官最凶，主損折虛耗，又有驚險。更傷世爻，切恐因財致禍。財化兄，主與人分利或先聚後散，或利於前不利於後。財化父，主得後艱辛，或只許一度。財化死墓空絕，是有虛名無實利之象，若得生合世爻，則上前有功，稍遲則無也。）

When the parents change into the wealth line, it indicates that one must work hard to gain wealth. Wealth obtained through parents is not easily come by; it must be earned through diligence. When brothers change into the wealth line, it suggests that wealth may first be dispersed and then gathered, or that benefits will come later rather than earlier. When officials and ghosts change into the wealth line, it is most favorable to seek wealth through official channels, visiting noble people, or consulting those in the arts. There is a high chance of success; however, if seeking private wealth, there may be initial alarm followed by joy, or initial obstacles followed by eventual success. When the wealth line changes into officials and ghosts, one should be cautious of losses and worries. Wealth changing into officials and ghosts is the most dangerous, indicating loss and waste, along with danger. If it also harms the world line, there is a risk of trouble caused by wealth. When wealth changes into brothers, it mainly indicates sharing profits, or that wealth may first be gathered and then dispersed, or that benefits will come earlier rather than later. When wealth changes into parents, it suggests that after obtaining wealth, there will still be hardship, or that this is only a one-time gain. When wealth changes into death, tomb, void, or decline, it indicates empty reputation without real profit. If it can still generate and harmonize with the world line, one should act quickly to achieve success; any delay will result in failure.

財局合福神，萬倍利源可取；（卦有三合會成財局，而子孫亦在合中動者，上吉之卦，主財利綿綿不竭。更得財旺，可許萬倍財利。會成福局，而財爻又在合中動來生合世爻者亦然。若會鬼局，則多阻隔。會成兄局則主分散。會成父局艱辛難得。）歲君逢劫殺，一年生意無聊。（凡占久遠買賣，最怕太歲臨持兄弟，主一年無利，出現變動，必然損耗，歲持官鬼，一年驚憂。持父一年艱辛。歲持財福，生意滔滔一年順利也。）

The triple harmony of the wealth hexagram also combines with the sons and grandsons, which are auspicious deities of fortune, thus bringing a hundredfold profit. When the hexagram forms a wealth hexagram through triple harmony, and the sons and grandsons are also active within this hexagram, it is an extremely auspicious hexagram, indicating continuous and endless wealth and profit. If the wealth hexagram is strong, it can be expected to bring a hundredfold profit. If the hexagram forms a sons and grandsons hexagram, and the wealth hexagram is also active within the hexagram to generate and harmonise with the world line, the situation is the same. If the hexagram forms an official and ghost hexagram, there will be many obstacles; if it forms a brothers hexagram, it indicates the dispersion of wealth; if it forms a parents hexagram, it indicates hardship and difficulty in obtaining wealth. If the year's ruler meets the evil killer of wealth, the business for that year will be unprofitable. When predicting long-term business, the most feared is the year's ruler being the brothers, which indicates no profit throughout the year; if it appears and changes, there will certainly be losses. If the year's ruler is the official and ghost, there will be many worries and anxieties throughout the year; if it is the parents, there will be many hardships throughout the year; if it is the wife's wealth or the sons and grandsons, then the business will be prosperous and smooth throughout the year.

世應二爻空合，虛約難憑；（世空有財難得，應空難靠他人，世應俱空艱辛無準實，空動帶合謂之虛約。化入空亡，亦是心口不相應之象。）主人一位刑傷，往求不遇。（主人如求貴人，財鬼為主，求婦人財，財為主類。若主人遇動爻日辰刑剋，或自空化空，皆主不遇，遇亦不利，須得生合世爻，財為契愛，求必易得，主人化出財爻，生合世爻，最吉。不知主人以應爻論之。）

The World Line and Response Line both falling into Kongwang but harmonizing with each other indicate a false agreement that is unreliable. If the World Line falls into Kongwang, there is wealth but it cannot be obtained; if the Response Line falls into Kongwang, one cannot rely on others. When both the World and Response Lines fall into Kongwang, it means effort without certainty. If both lines are in Kongwang and move with a harmonizing aspect, it is still a false agreement. If they transform into Kongwang, it indicates inconsistency in intention. If the person being sought is harmed or injured, seeking them will result in not being able to meet. The term 'owner' refers to the object of the inquiry: when seeking a nobleman, the official ghost line is the owner; when seeking a woman's wealth, the wealth line is the owner, and so on. If this line is harmed or restrained by the moving line or the day branch, or if it falls into Kongwang or transforms into Kongwang, it indicates that the person cannot be found; even if found, it is not beneficial. It is only when this line generates and harmonizes with the World Line that there is mutual compatibility and ease in seeking. If it transforms into the wealth line to generate and harmonize with the World Line, this is most auspicious. If it is unclear which line is the owner, then the Response Line is used as the reference.

世持空鬼，多因自己遲疑；（鬼爻持世，財必相生，凡求必易，若遇空亡，乃是自不上前，遲疑退懶，故無成也，世持空財亦然。）辰合動財，卻被他人把住。（要財動來生合，固是易得之兆，若被動爻日辰合住，其財必有人把持，主張不能與我也。要知何人把持，以合爻定之，如父母合住，為尊長把持類。卦若無財，看伏何爻下，亦可推之，如伏官下，為貴人把持之類。）

The World Line holds an empty official ghost, which usually indicates hesitation and lack of initiative. When the official ghost holds the World Line, wealth will surely generate and support it, and any request is likely to be fulfilled. However, if the official ghost falls into an empty position, it shows reluctance to take action and hesitation, so things cannot be accomplished. Similarly, if the World Line holds an empty wealth line, the same situation applies. If the Day Branch combines with the activated wealth line, then the wealth is controlled by others. Normally, when the wealth line activates and combines with the World Line, it is a sign of easy acquisition. But if the wealth line is combined by a moving line or the Day Branch, then the wealth is definitely controlled by someone else and cannot be controlled by me. To know who is controlling it, look at which line is combining with it. For example, if it is combined by the parents, it means it is controlled by a superior. If there is no wealth line in the hexagram, look at which line it is hidden under. The same principle applies. For example, if it is hidden under the official ghost, it means it is controlled by a nobleman.

要知何日得財，不離旺衰生合；（財爻有氣，合日得財，或本日得財，太旺墓庫日得，休囚生旺日得，太過收藏日得，合住入墓破合破墓日得，旺空過旬日得，伏藏提起日得。財爻死絕而得子孫動來扶起，即以子孫爻斷。卦無財爻而得兄弟生扶子孫財源者，即以兄弟爻斷，更宜通變。）欲決何時有利，但詳春夏秋冬。（占貨物何時得價，以財臨五行斷，如木財春月得價，一陽後亦好。土財夏月有利，六月更美，餘仿此。又如財臨辰土，二月不如三月；財臨酉金，七月不如八月，餘亦仿此。又如財主日下長生之地，此貨一日得價一日，若坐帝旺眼下正及時，稍遲則賤而無利。）

To determine a favorable day for gaining wealth, one must consider the strength and harmony of the wealth element. If the wealth element is strong, choose a day that harmonizes with it or the same day. If the wealth element is too strong, choose a day when it enters its storage phase. If the wealth element is weak and confined, choose a day when it regains strength. If the wealth element is excessive, choose a day when it is collected and stored. If the wealth element is restrained by another element or has already entered its storage phase, choose a day that breaks the restraint or the storage. If the wealth element is strong but falls into the empty phase, choose a day after the current cycle. If the wealth element is hidden, choose a day when it is revealed. If the wealth element has already reached its dead or critical phase, and the子孙 element is active to support it, then use the子孙 element to determine the day. If there is no wealth element in the hexagram, but the brothers element supports the子孙 element as the source of wealth, then use the brothers element to determine the day. In general, one must be flexible and adaptable. To determine a favorable time, simply observe the seasons. For predicting when goods can be sold at a good price, judge based on the five elements associated with the wealth element: wood wealth gains value in spring and after the winter solstice; earth wealth benefits in summer, especially in June; other elements follow similar patterns. For example, if the wealth element is on the辰 earth, March is better than February; if it is on the酉 metal, August is better than July; other cases follow the same logic. If the wealth element is currently in its growth phase, the price of the goods will rise day by day. If it is in its prosperity phase, now is the best time to sell, as any delay will result in a drop in price and loss of profit.

合夥不嫌兄弟，（凡占合夥買賣，若世應俱財爻，必然稱意，兄臨卦身，世爻安靜不妨，蓋合必至分財故也。動則不宜，世應兩動，必合不久，空亡亦然。相沖相剋，後必不睦。化出兄官，必多私心。世應生合而被動爻日辰刑沖剋害者，必有挑唆破說也。）

When engaging in business partnerships, the presence of brothers in the hexagram is not a concern. When divining about partnerships in business, if both the world line and the response line are wealth lines, the outcome will be satisfactory. If the brothers are on the hexagram body and the world line is still, it is not a problem—since partnerships inherently involve sharing profits, and brothers symbolize this aspect. However, if the brothers move, it is not advisable: if both the world and response lines move, the partnership will not last long; if both lines fall into kongwang, it is the same. If the world and response lines clash or control each other, there will certainly be discord later. If they transform into brothers or officials, each person will likely have private intentions. If the world and response lines originally generate or harmonize with each other, but are harmed by a moving line or the day branch through punishment, clash, control, or harm, then there will certainly be someone who meddles and causes disruption.

公門何慮官爻？（占財皆忌官動，主有阻隔，惟求公門之財，必然倚托官府，若無鬼爻或落空亡，則雖財爻有氣，亦難到手，必得旺相生合世身則吉。刑剋世爻，主有杖責，死絕亦不濟事，須得財鬼兩全，方為大吉。）

When seeking wealth in an official office, why worry about the official ghost爻? Usually, when divining wealth, one avoids the official ghost爻 being active, as it indicates obstacles. However, when seeking money from the government, one naturally relies on the authorities, so the official ghost爻 is actually essential. If the卦 lacks the official ghost爻, or if the official ghost爻 falls in kongwang, then even if the wealth爻 has strength, it will still be difficult to obtain. Only when the official ghost爻 is prosperous and strong and comes to harmonize with the world line and the body, can it be considered auspicious. If the official ghost爻 harms or overcomes the world line, it indicates being punished; if it falls in death or decline, it is also not helpful. Ultimately, both wealth and official ghost爻 must be present for great auspiciousness.

九流術士，偏宜鬼動生身；（百工九流，求財以鬼爻為主顧，無鬼最不利。出現發動生合世爻，必然稱意，更化財爻決得大利。須忌刑剋世爻或化兄，皆主惹是招非，不能遂意，應空尤不吉。大抵空手求財，雖要官爻，然須財爻旺相，兄弟不動，方主有財，否則空好看，終無財利。）六畜血財,尤喜福興持世。（凡占販賣牲口，蓄養六畜，皆要子孫旺相不空則吉，持世臨身尤好。父母發動則有傷損，化出土鬼，須防瘟死。福旺財空。六畜雖好而無利。）

Those who rely on their skills for a living, such as the nine streams of craftsmen, are particularly suitable when the official ghost (官鬼) is activated to generate the hexagram body. For all artisans and various tradespeople seeking wealth, the official ghost represents the client. If the hexagram lacks the official ghost, it is most unfavorable. When the official ghost appears and is activated to generate and harmonize with the world line, it will certainly bring satisfaction. If it further produces the wealth line, great profit is certain. However, it is to be avoided if the official ghost harms or restricts the world line, or if it produces the brother line, which indicates causing trouble and not achieving one's wishes. If the response line is empty, it is even more inauspicious. In general, although relying on the official ghost is necessary for seeking wealth without resources, true profit is only achieved when the wealth line is prosperous and strong, and the brother line is not active. Otherwise, it is just superficial activity with no real benefit. For businesses involving the sale of livestock, especially, it is particularly favorable if the descendants line is flourishing and holds the world line. In all divinations concerning the sale or breeding of livestock, the descendants line must be prosperous and not empty for it to be auspicious. If the descendants line is strong but the wealth line is empty, then although the livestock may be good, no profit will be made.

世應同人，放債必然連本失；（凡放私債，最忌世應值兄弟，必無討處，財爻更絕，連本俱失，世應值空亦然。須應爻生合世爻，妻財有氣，子孫發動則吉。間臨兄鬼動，恐放頭抽分財利。卦中無財而官爻變出者，必訟於官府而後可取。）日月相合，開行定主有人投。（開行牙人占財，世應要不空，財福要全備，官鬼要有氣，父兄要衰靜，斯為上吉卦，更得月建日辰動爻生合世爻，則近悅遠來人皆投我，財利必順。卦若無財而世得月日動爻生合者，不過門頭鬧熱無實利，鬼旺財空亦然，動出兄官，常有是非口舌，恐有惡人攪擾，世應空開不成。）

The World Line and Response Line both being brothers indicate that lending money will certainly result in losing the entire principal. In private lending, it is most unfavorable for the World Line and Response Line to be brothers, as there will be no place to collect the debt; if the wealth line also falls into a dead position, both principal and interest will be lost. If the World Line and Response Line fall into Kongwang, it is the same situation. It is essential for the Response Line to generate and harmonize with the World Line, and for the wife wealth line to be strong, while the sons line is active, then it will be favorable. If the intermediate line has brothers or officials and ghosts and is active, it is likely that the middleman in lending will take a share of the profit. If there is no wealth line in the hexagram but the official line transforms into wealth, then one must go to court to recover the debt. If the day branch and month builder harmonize with the World Line, then those who start business will certainly have people coming to them. For those who run pawnshops or act as brokers seeking wealth, the World Line and Response Line should not fall into Kongwang, and both wealth and fortune should be present, the officials and ghosts should be strong, while the parents and brothers should be weak and quiet, which is the best fortune. If further the month builder, day branch, or moving line generates and harmonizes with the World Line, then those nearby will be pleased and those far away will also come, everyone will come to rely on me, and the wealth and profit will be smooth. If there is no wealth line in the hexagram and the World Line only receives support from the day and month branches and moving lines, then there will be only noise at the door but no real profit; if the officials and ghosts are strong and the wealth line falls into Kongwang, it is the same. If the lines move to brothers or officials and ghosts, there will often be disputes and conflicts, and there is also a fear of wicked people causing trouble; if both the World Line and Response Line fall into Kongwang, then this business cannot be started at all.

應落空亡，索借者失望。（求索假借不宜應空應動，動則更變，空則不遇，生合世爻慨然不吝。必得物爻不空為妙。如衣服經史看父爻，六畜酒器看福爻，其餘財物看財爻；又如花果看木爻，磚瓦看土爻類亦是。）世遭刑剋，賭博者必輸。（凡占賭博，要世旺應衰，世動應靜。世克應我勝，應克世他勝。兄鬼動來刑剋世爻，或臨兄弟，或臨自空，皆主不勝。世應靜空，賭博不成，世坐官爻，防他合謀騙我。間爻動出兄弟官鬼，多主爭鬥，內外俱無財亦不能勝。更遇世應空動，必是賭賒。兄鬼化財，先敗後勝，財化兄鬼先勝後敗。坐方宜財福之地，世變財福，更宜易換賭色，大怕卦身臨兄弟，任換賭色，終是輸兆。）

The Response Line falling into Kongwang means that the person asking to borrow something will end up disappointed. Whenever someone is seeking help or borrowing items, it is not advisable for the Response Line to fall into Kongwang, nor should it be activated: if it moves, the other party will change their mind, and if it is empty, the person will not be found. If the Response Line generates and harmonises with the World Line, the other party will be generous and not reluctant. In addition, the line representing the item being borrowed should also not fall into Kongwang. For clothes and books, look at the Parents Line; for livestock and wine vessels, look at the Children Line; for other items, look at the Wealth Line. Further细分, fruits and vegetables look at the Wood Line, bricks and tiles look at the Earth Line, following the same principle. If the World Line is harmed or restrained, gamblers will definitely lose. When divining about gambling, the World Line should be strong while the Response Line is weak, the World Line should be active while the Response Line is still. If the World Line restrains the Response Line, I will win; if the Response Line restrains the World Line, the other person will win. If the Brothers or Officials and Ghosts lines are activated and harm the World Line, or if the World Line itself is occupied by the Brothers or falls into Kongwang, it indicates that I will not win. If both the World and Response Lines are quiet and fall into Kongwang, the gambling will not take place. If the World Line is occupied by Officials and Ghosts, be cautious of the other party conspiring to deceive me. If the Intermediate Line is activated and produces Brothers or Officials and Ghosts, it often indicates disputes. If both the Inner and Outer Trigrams lack Wealth, it is also impossible to win. If the World and Response Lines are empty but active, it means the gambling is on credit. If Brothers and Officials and Ghosts transform into Wealth Lines, it means first losing then winning; if Wealth Lines transform into Brothers and Officials and Ghosts, it means first winning then losing. The favorable direction should be where Wealth and Happiness are located. If the World Line transforms into Wealth or Happiness, it is also advisable to change the gambling method. Most dangerous is when the Hexagram Body is occupied by Brothers, which indicates a sure sign of losing no matter how the method is changed.

鬼克身爻，商販者必遭盜賊；（販賣經商，要世應生合，鬼爻空伏，動爻、日辰不傷乎我，則安然無事。更得財旺福興，大吉之兆。遇兄鬼發動，玄武交重，必遇劫竊之人。更克世爻，決有大禍，世若空亡庶可迴避。鬼動五爻，途中仔細。）間興害世，置貨者當慮牙人。（買貨者，應要生合世爻，必然易成；刑剋世必難置買。物爻太過，其貨必多，物爻不及，其貨必少，物爻空伏，其貨必無。物爻者，六畜看子孫，五穀看財爻，絲綿布帛看父母類。最怕兄鬼交重，須防光棍誆騙。在間爻則是牙人虛詐不實，或有口舌爭競。傷克世爻，當慮牙人謀劫財物，出路買賣，應空多不順利。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Officials and ghosts (offensive forces) attacking the hexagram body indicate that merchants will certainly encounter thieves. For those engaged in trade, the world line and response line should be mutually generating and harmonizing. If officials and ghosts fall into kongwang or are hidden, and the moving lines and day branch do not harm me, then everything will be safe and trouble-free. If wealth is strong and descendants are active, this is a great auspicious sign. If brothers or officials and ghosts are activated and "Xuanwu" (Black Tortoise) appears repeatedly, one will certainly meet robbers and thieves. If they further attack the world line, there will certainly be great misfortune, unless the world line falls into kongwang, in which case it can be avoided. If officials and ghosts move on the fifth line, one must be especially cautious on the way. If an intermediate line is activated and harms the world line, those who are buying goods should be cautious of brokers. For those buying goods, the response line should generate and harmonize with the world line for the transaction to be smooth. If the response line harms or attacks the world line, the goods will be difficult to obtain. The line representing the goods, if excessive, indicates there will be a lot of goods; if insufficient, there will be little; if it falls into kongwang or is hidden, there will be no goods at all. The term "wu yao" (matter line) refers to livestock being represented by descendants, grain by wealth, silk and cloth by parents, and so on. The most dangerous situation is when brothers and officials and ghosts are activated repeatedly. One must be cautious of dishonest people deceiving and cheating. If they fall into an intermediate line, it indicates that the broker is dishonest or there will be disputes. If they further harm or attack the world line, one should be concerned that the broker may take one's property. As for those doing business away from home, if the response line falls into kongwang, it is likely to be unsmooth.

停榻者，喜財安而鬼靜；（積貨不宜財動，亦不宜空亡，又不宜動爻日辰克劫。更得坐於胎養長生爻上，後必得利。若遇兄官交變，或俱發動，須防竊盜。兄弟獨發，則多耗折。水爻父母刑剋世爻，主被雨水淹腐。財化死墓空絕，後必價賤。）脫貨者，宜財動而身興。（脫貨財動，則主易脫；應空無人置買。世空自賣不成；動變日辰俱來生合，有人爭買，若遇刑沖，則主多破阻難成，財在內動宜在本處賣；在外動宜向他處脫之。動而遇合將成不成；動而逢空欲賣不賣。卦無官鬼亦是難成之象。）

A person holding goods for sale prefers the wealth line to be stable and the official ghost line to be quiet. Accumulated goods should not have the wealth line activated, nor should it fall into kongwang, and it is even worse if it is attacked by the moving line or the day branch. If the wealth line is seated on the growth, nurturing, or birth positions, it will certainly bring profit. If brothers and official ghosts change into each other or both activate, there is a risk of theft. If only brothers activate, there will be much loss and possible loss of capital. If the water line parents punish the world line, the goods will be ruined by rain. If the wealth line changes into death, tomb, kongwang, or destruction, the price will certainly be low. For someone selling goods, it is favorable if the wealth line is activated and the hexagram body is vigorous. When selling, if the wealth line is activated, the goods will be easy to sell; if the response line falls into kongwang, no one will buy them; if the world line falls into kongwang, the seller will not be able to sell. If the moving line, changing line, and day branch all generate and harmonize with each other, there will be people competing to buy; if there is punishment and clash, there will be many obstacles and difficulties in the transaction. If the wealth line is activated within the inner trigram, it is better to sell locally; if activated in the outer trigram, it is better to transport and sell elsewhere. If the wealth line moves and meets a harmonizing line, it seems about to succeed but fails; if it moves and meets kongwang, it seems like wanting to sell but hesitating to do so. If there is no official ghost in the hexagram, it is also a sign of difficulty in success.

路上有官，休出外；（五爻為路，臨官發動，途中必多驚險，出外求財大宜避之。要知有何災咎，以所臨六神斷，如白虎為風波，玄武為盜賊類。路爻空亡亦不宜出外，惟臨財福則吉。）宅中有鬼，勿居家。（二爻為宅，在家求財鬼動，此爻必然不利。以所臨五行斷，如火鬼忌火燭，水鬼忌盜賊類。得子孫持世發動，庶幾無害。宅爻空亡，只宜出鋪。）

The line representing the road has the official ghost above it; one should not go out. The fifth line represents the road; if it is in the officialdom and activates, there will be many dangers on the way, and it is best to avoid going out to seek wealth. To know what misfortune one will encounter, look at which of the six spirits it is associated with — if it is associated with the White Tiger, there will be trouble; if it is associated with the Black Tortoise, there will be thieves; and so on. If the line representing the road falls into the empty void, it is also not advisable to go out; only when it is associated with the wife wealth or the children will it be auspicious. If the line representing the house has the official ghost above it, one should not stay at home. The second line represents the house; if one is seeking wealth at home and this line has the official ghost activating, it will certainly be unfavorable. To know what to avoid, look at what element it belongs to — fire ghosts dislike fire and candles, water ghosts dislike thieves, and so on. Only if the children are holding the world and activating will it bewith difficulty harmless. If the line representing the house falls into the empty void, then it is only suitable to go out and open a shop.

內外無財伏又空，必然乏本；（六爻無財，本宮財爻又伏空地，其人雖欲經營，必無資本，勉強為之亦無利息，若得動爻化出，主有小小財利。）父兄有氣財還絕，莫若安貧。（父兄二爻占財，大忌有發動，刑沖剋害利必不多。財爻更弱，恐防折本故不若安貧守分之為高也。）生計多端，占法不一，但宜誠敬以祈求，自可預知其得失。

The outer and inner trigrams do not show wealth, and the hidden god is in an empty position, which certainly means there is no capital. In the six lines, there is no wealth line, and the wealth line hidden in its own trigram is also in an empty position. Even if a person wants to engage in business, he cannot provide the necessary capital; if he tries to do sowith difficulty, there will be no profit. If a moving line transforms into a wealth line, there might be some small profit. However, if the parents and brothers are in a strong position while the wealth line is in a dead position, it is better to remain poor and simple. The parents and brothers lines are major obstacles in fortune divination, and they are most feared when they become active. Once they are punished, clashed, or harmed, the profit will be minimal. If the wealth line is also weak, there is a risk of loss, so it is better to remain poor and content. There are many ways to make a living, and various methods of divination; as long as one sincerely and respectfully seeks guidance, one can naturally know the gains and losses in advance.

創基立業，雖本人之經緯；關風斂氣，每由宅以肇端。故要知人宅之興衰，當察卦爻之內外。內為宅，外為人，詳審爻中之真假。（凡內卦初爻為宅基，二爻為宅舍，三爻為門外，外卦四爻為父母，五爻為兄弟，六爻為妻財。內卦宅生人吉，外卦宅克人凶。）

Establishing a foundation requires personal effort and planning, but controlling wind direction and gathering earth energy often begins with the residence. Therefore, to understand the prosperity or decline of a person and their dwelling, one should examine the inner and outer trigrams and their lines. The inner trigram represents the residence, while the outer trigram represents the person living there. Further analysis should focus on the truth or falsehood and reality or emptiness of each line. The assignment of lines is as follows: the first line of the inner trigram represents the foundation of the house, the second line represents the buildings, and the third line represents the gate. The fourth line of the outer trigram represents the parents, the fifth line represents the siblings, and the sixth line represents the spouse. If the residence trigram generates the person trigram, it is auspicious; if it overcomes the person trigram, it is inauspicious.

合為門，沖為路，不論卦內之有無。（合為門，沖為路，卦爻內不必明見沖合，且如天風姤卦二爻，辛亥水為宅，寅與亥合以寅為門，已亥相沖以巳為路，卦內本無寅巳，二爻不明，見姤屬金，以寅木為財，巳火為鬼，殺如化財，此亦吉凶相半之兆。）

The earthly branch that harmonizes with the dwelling line represents the door, and the earthly branch that conflicts with the dwelling line represents the road. This applies regardless of whether these branches appear in the hexagram. To determine the door and the road does not require that the lines of the hexagram explicitly show harmony or conflict. For example, in the hexagram Gou (Heaven and Wind), the second line is Xinhai water, representing the dwelling. Since寅 (Yin) harmonizes with亥 (Hai), it is taken as the door; and since巳 (Si) conflicts with亥 (Hai), it is taken as the road. The hexagram itself does not contain lines for寅 or巳, and this relationship is not directly visible on the second line. However, Gou belongs to the metal palace, and寅 wood in the metal palace is妻财 (wife and wealth), while巳 fire in the metal palace is官鬼 (official and ghost), which is a position of Inauspicious Sha (danger and killing). Thus, this indicates a mixture of good and bad omens.

龍德貴人乘旺，嶽嶽之侯門；官星父母長生，潭潭之相府。（青龍、印緩、官星、貴人、太歲、天德、月德、月建、日辰、歲德、臨宅爻、身命爻上，生旺有氣，主有官職之家，宜以分別高下，貴人即天乙貴人，官星即甲見辛類是也。）

The Azure Dragon, Heavenly Virtue, and Nobleman all come together in a strong position, indicating a grand and noble family; the official star and parents sitting on the position of Growth signify a deep and broad official residence. Whenever the auspicious deities such as Azure Dragon, official seal, official star, Nobleman, sovereign year, Heavenly Virtue, Monthly Virtue, Month Builder, Day Branch, and Annual Virtue appear on the dwelling爻 or the person's fate爻 and are strong and vital, it indicates a family with official status. As for the rank of the official position, further distinctions are needed. Here, the term Nobleman refers to Tianyi Nobleman, and the official star refers to the proper official seen by the day stem, such as辛 for 甲 day.

門庭新氣象，重交得合青龍；（交重青龍在日辰旬內，得長生帝旺，主鼎新創造；生旺在休囚之中，主修舊合新門之象。臨財新修舊廚庭，臨父新修舊堂，臨兄新修門戶，臨子新修房舍，臨官新修廳堂屋宇。）堂宇舊規模，宅舍重侵白虎。（白虎交重在日辰旬外，休囚絕無生旺，主遠年遷造，破舊不整。休囚在生旺之中，亦主拆舊換新，若臨兄舊門戶，臨子舊牆壁，臨官階除破損，臨父舊堂宇，臨財舊廚庭，或破古戶牖低土地。化空移高就低，水爻池塘填也。）

The family courtyard shows a new appearance, which is indicated by the intersecting and repeated lines combined with the "Azure Dragon." When the line associated with the Azure Dragon meets the intersecting and repeated lines and becomes active, and if it is within the current ten-day cycle of the day branch, and also has the strength of growth and prosperity, it indicates that the house is newly built. If it is strong and prosperous but is located in an area of weakness and confinement, then it means the old house has been renovated to look new. Now look at which of the Six Relations it is associated with: if it is associated with the wife and wealth, it indicates a new kitchen and courtyard; if associated with the parents, it indicates a new hall; if associated with the brothers, it indicates new gates; if associated with the children, it indicates new housing; if associated with the official ghosts, it indicates a new hall and building. If the hall and building are still in their old scale, it is because the house line is overlaid by the "White Tiger." When the line associated with the White Tiger meets the intersecting and repeated lines and becomes active, but is outside the current ten-day cycle of the day branch, and is in a state of weakness and confinement without any strength or prosperity, it indicates the house was built many years ago and is in disrepair. If it is in a state of weakness and confinement but is located in an area of strength and prosperity, it also indicates renovation. Now look at which of the Six Relations it is associated with: if associated with the brothers, it indicates old gates; if associated with the children, it indicates old walls; if associated with the official ghosts, it indicates broken steps; if associated with the parents, it indicates an old hall; if associated with the wife and wealth, it indicates an old kitchen and courtyard, or broken windows and doors, or a low foundation. If it transforms into Kongwang, it indicates moving something from a high place to a low place; if associated with a water line, it indicates filling in a pond.

土金發動，開闢之基；（土化金，金化土，為開闢之基。土化土，為墳之基。土化空，移高就低，餘仿此。）父母空房，租賃之宅。（父母為文書，逢空為無氣，更逢應爻為得，日辰動爻化文書與宅相生相合，主是租賃之地。）

The earth line and metal line are activated, indicating a newly established base. When earth transforms into metal or metal transforms into earth, it signifies a newly built foundation; when earth transforms into earth, it indicates a plot converted from a tomb; when earth transforms into kongwang, it means leveling high ground and moving it to low ground, and so on. If the parents line falls into kongwang and the house is empty, it means the residence is rented. The parents line represents documents and contracts; when it falls into kongwang, it indicates a lack of vitality. If it also falls on the response line, it suggests the property rights belong to someone else. If the day branch or moving line generates a document line that harmonizes and supports the house line, it indicates that the land is leased.

門庭熱鬧，財官臨帝旺之鄉；（財鬼龍德貴人，乘旺長生之位臨宅身命世爻，主家門熱鬧。）家道興隆，福祿在長生之地。（福即福德，祿即祿元，同龍貴在生旺之位，臨宅生身命世爻，主家宅興隆。財鬼龍旺臨宅身命世爻，主一家熱鬧，交重發旺亦美。）

The family is lively because the wealth line and official line are in the Prosperity position. The wife's wealth, official ghosts, along with the Azure Dragon and Heavenly Virtue, and the Nobleman are all in a prosperous and strong position, or are in the Growth position, and are also on the dwelling line, hexagram body, original destiny, and world line. This indicates a thriving family. The family's prosperity is due to fortune and禄 sitting in the Growth position. Here, fortune refers to the Fortune Virtue, which is the descendants, and禄 refers to the禄元; they are in the same prosperous and strong position as the Azure Dragon and the Nobleman, supporting the dwelling line and assisting the body, destiny, and world line, indicating a flourishing family residence. When wealth, ghosts, and the Azure Dragon are prosperous and strong and are on the dwelling line and body and destiny lines, it indicates a lively family. If they meet and activate again and are in a prosperous position, it is also favorable.

交重生克，重新更換廳堂；（生為父，父為堂，克為官，官為廳，且如乾金土為父為堂，火鬼為廳，帶日辰交重，主更改再換。）

When a爻 is involved in a complex interaction with another爻, it may either generate or overcome another. If this occurs with the day branch, the hall needs to be rebuilt. What generates me is the parent, and the parent represents the hall; what overcomes me is the official ghost, and the official ghost represents the hall's structure. For example, the Qian hexagram belongs to metal. Earth generates metal, so the earth爻 is the parent, representing the hall; fire overcomes metal, so the fire爻 is the official ghost, representing the hall's structure. If these two elements, along with the day branch, interact and activate simultaneously, it indicates that the hall needs to be rebuilt.

世應比和，一合兩般門扇。（比和乃兄弟，世應化兄弟俱臨宅爻，或世應為兄弟爻，俱合宅爻，主一合兩般門扇。）門路與日辰隔斷，偏曲往來；宅基與世應交臨，互相換易。（且如巽卦辛亥水為宅，以寅合為門，以巳沖為路，日辰與動爻臨卯辰二位隔斷，寅巳二位主偏門戶，曲折還魂路也。宅臨之爻在世，世臨之爻在日，宅並日辰動爻，主換易宗族之家基地，應臨之爻在宅，宅臨之爻在應，並日辰動爻易換外人基地。）

The World Line and Response Line are harmonious, meaning that one door frame needs to have two door panels. When they are harmonious, it indicates brothers. If the World Line and Response Line turn into brothers and both are related to the dwelling line, or if the World Line and Response Line themselves are brothers and both harmonize with the dwelling line, it indicates that one door will have two panels. The door and path are blocked by the day branch, so one has to detour to enter or exit. The dwelling line and the World Line and Response Line are adjacent, so property will be exchanged. For example, in the卦 of Wind, if the dwelling is represented by Xinhai water, then the combination of寅 and亥 indicates the door, and the opposition between巳 and亥 indicates the path. If the day branch and moving line fall exactly on卯 and辰, blocking寅 and巳, then the door will be misaligned and the path will become winding. Another example is when the branch of the dwelling line falls on the World Line, and the branch of the World Line falls on the day branch. If the day branch and moving line are connected to the dwelling line, it indicates exchanging land with relatives. If the branch of the Response Line falls on the dwelling line, and the branch of the dwelling line falls on the Response Line, and the day branch and moving line are connected to the dwelling line, then it indicates exchanging land with outsiders.

世與日辰克宅，破祖不寧；（世爻與日辰同去克宅爻，主破祖不寧。）宅臨月破克身，生災不已。（月建相沖為月破，若動克世爻，及繫占人身命爻，主生災未已，若臨宅臨用破，即當破家。）應飛入宅，合招異姓同居；（應爻外飛入宅爻，主有異姓人同居合住。）宅動生身，決主近年遷住。（宅爻動日辰之位，在旬中主世身，必主近年遷住。）

If the world line and the day branch both go to attack the dwelling line, it will lead to the loss of ancestral property and unrest in the family. If the dwelling line meets the month breaker and attacks the hexagram body, misfortunes will follow continuously. Being attacked by the month builder is called the month breaker; if this line becomes active and attacks the world line, or attacks the person's life line, it indicates that misfortunes will keep arising. If the month breaker falls directly on the dwelling line or the utility line, the family will suffer loss. If the response line flies into the position of the dwelling line, it will bring in a relative from another family to live together. If the dwelling line becomes active and generates the hexagram body, it certainly indicates that moving house will happen soon. If the dwelling line becomes active and falls on the day branch position, and is within the current ten-day period controlling the world line and hexagram body, it definitely indicates that moving house will happen soon.

門逢三破，朽敗崩頹；（三破，為年月日辰沖破也，並動爻臨宅，或克宅，主破舊崩頹；臨官，主廳破；臨父，主堂屋破或蓋覆傾頹；臨兄，主門戶破牆壁毀；臨子財，主房舍廂廊煙廚破壞也。）宅遇兩空，荒閒虛廢。（卦體宅爻在日辰旬之空，更在命旬之空亡，主荒閒虛廢，或是逃亡死絕之屋。白虎刑刃，劫殺耗神，喪門弔客。大殺主大凶。）

If the door encounters three breaks, the house will decay and collapse. The term "three breaks" refers to the conflict between the year stem, the month builder, and the day branch. If these three also combine with the moving line affecting the house line, or if they go on to overcome the house line, it indicates the house is in disrepair and about to collapse. Further distinguishing by the six relations: if the house line is affected by the officialdom ghost, it indicates damage to the hall; if affected by the parents, it indicates damage to the main hall or collapse of the roof; if affected by the brothers, it indicates destruction of the entrance and collapse of walls; if affected by the sons or wife's wealth, it indicates damage to the side rooms, corridors, and kitchen. If the house line encounters two instances of kongwang, the house will be abandoned and unused. If the house line falls within the kongwang of the day branch's ten-year cycle and also within the kongwang of the person's own ten-year cycle, it indicates the house is abandoned or left behind by a family that has fled or disappeared. If further afflicted by Inauspicious Spirit such as white tiger, crime, yangren,劫杀,耗神,The Mourning-and-Condolence spirit,吊客, especially the great killer, it indicates a major disaster.

世臨外宅，離祖分居；（宅爻與正卦世臨之爻相同，或與變卦世臨之爻相同。如明夷卦二爻己丑為宅，世臨四爻，發為世臨外宅。又如離姤卦己丑為宅，外卦世在辛丑，亦為世臨外宅。以上二卦為例，餘仿此，動則離祖分居，不動則主偏宅。）應入中庭，外人同住。（應爻為宅爻，或宅爻為應臨之爻相同。且如巽卦變離卦，內卦辛亥水為宅，外卦應居己亥水，故為應入中庭；應臨宅爻為應爻相同，如剝卦內坤印臨二爻乙巳火，又如離卦變巽辛亥臨宅，之卦內離己亥臨印應，為應入中庭，主外人同居日辰，同臨為寄居也。）

The world line falls in the position of the outer residence, indicating the need to live apart from the ancestral home. This refers to the situation where the branch of the residence line matches the branch of the world line in the primary hexagram, or matches the branch of the world line in the resulting hexagram. For example, in the hexagram Mingyi, the second line Jichou is the residence, but the world line falls on the fourth line, which is called the world line in the outer residence. Another example is the hexagram Guo in the Li trigram, where Jichou is the residence, and the world line in the outer trigram falls on Xinchou, which is also called the world line in the outer residence. These two hexagrams are examples, and the rest can be inferred similarly. When this line moves, it indicates leaving the ancestral home to live separately; if it does not move, it indicates having another courtyard or separate residence. The response line entering the central courtyard indicates the presence of outsiders living together. This refers to the situation where the response line itself is the residence line, or the branch of the residence line matches the branch of the response line. For example, in the hexagram Xun changing to Li, the inner trigram Xinhai water is the residence, and the response line in the outer trigram falls on Jihai water, which is called the response line entering the central courtyard. Another example is the hexagram Bo, where the inner trigram is Kun, and the official seal falls on the second line Yisi fire. Also, in the hexagram Li changing to Xun, Xinhai is the residence, and the resulting hexagram Li's inner trigram Jihai also falls on the official seal response line, which are also examples of the response line entering the central courtyard, indicating the presence of outsiders living together. If only the day branch matches, it indicates temporary lodging.

宅合有情之玄武，門庭柳陌花街；木臨無氣之螣蛇，宅舍茅簷蓬戶。（宅爻鴛鴦合玄武，門庭桃花動爻，主女人淫慾，如花街柳陌人也。寅午戌兔從茆裹出之類是。螣蛇木爻死氣臨宅，主甕牖繩樞之地。）鬼有助而無制，鬼旺人衰；（且如木命人占乾兌卦，以火為官，木能生火為鬼有助，若卦體無水生命為鬼無制，主人衰弱。卦無子孫財爻兩動，亦為鬼有助而無制也。若金命人助離宮水鬼，水命人助坤宮木鬼，火命人助坎宮土鬼類。）宅無破而逢生，宅興財旺。（歲月日三破不臨宅爻，更逢三件動爻生宅爻，與財爻旺相有氣，為宅興財旺。）

The domestic line is entangled and harmonized with the Black Tortoise, indicating that the family becomes a place of licentiousness and debauchery like a pleasure district. If a line of wood is accompanied by the powerless Qingsha, the dwelling becomes a humble hut. When the domestic line harmonizes with the Black Tortoise in a pair, and the door is also marked by the Taohua line, it indicates that women in the family are licentious, like those in a pleasure district. For example, those born in the years of Yin-Wu-Xu take the卯 (Mao) as Taohua, meaning the rabbit emerges from the grass, which is of this kind. If the Qingsha is on a wood line that has already become dead Qi and falls on the dwelling, it indicates a poor family with broken jars used as windows and ropes tied to doors. Officials and ghosts are assisted by others but not restrained, so when the ghosts are strong, people become weak. For example, if someone with a wood destiny draws a hexagram from the Qian or Dui trigrams, fire in the metal trigram is the official ghost, and wood can generate fire, meaning the ghost is assisted. If the hexagram lacks water to nourish the destiny, the ghost is not restrained, and the person becomes weak. If the hexagram lacks descendants and the wealth line is active in two places, it is also a case of the ghost being assisted without restraint. Other cases, such as a metal destiny assisting the water ghost in the Li trigram, a water destiny assisting the wood ghost in the Kun trigram, and a fire destiny assisting the earth ghost in the Kan trigram, are all similar. If the domestic line is not broken but receives support, the dwelling prospers and wealth increases. If the Tai Su, the Month Builder, and the Day Branch do not affect the domestic line, but instead bring moving lines that support the domestic line, and the wealth line is strong and has vitality, this is the sign of a prosperous dwelling and abundant wealth.

有財無鬼，耗散多端。（有財則生鬼，無鬼不聚財，若無鬼爻，為宅無氣，必主家中財物耗散。）有鬼無財，災生不已。（鬼不宜動，財不可無。若鬼動無財爻，更克世身克宅爻，主連生災咎。）有人制鬼，鬼動無妨。（且如木命人占得坎卦，以土為鬼，木命人克土鬼殺，如或化木鬼，雖重而無害。金命人則制坤艮宮木鬼，但以本命克鬼為制，乃無害也。）

If there is wealth but no official ghost, family wealth will scatter everywhere. Wealth can generate the official ghost; without the ghost, wealth cannot be retained. If the hexagram lacks the official ghost, the dwelling will lack vitality, and family wealth will certainly be lost. If there is an official ghost but no wealth, misfortunes will follow continuously. The official ghost should not be activated, but the wealth line is essential. If the official ghost is activated and the hexagram lacks wealth, it will then harm the world line and the hexagram body, as well as the dwelling line, leading to continuous misfortunes. If someone can control the official ghost, then even if the ghost is active, it will not cause harm. For example, a person with a wood destiny who draws the Kan hexagram, where earth in the water palace is the official ghost, and since wood can control earth, the ghost is restrained. Even if the hexagram produces another wood ghost, it will not cause harm. Another example is a person with a metal destiny who can control the wood ghosts in the坤 and 艮 palaces. In general, using one's destiny's Five Phases to control the official ghost is called being controlled, and thus there will be no harm.

助鬼傷身，財多何益？（以金命人占得乾卦，以火為鬼，以木為財，木能生火，火能克金，有財為助鬼傷身，縱然財多何益？況鬼動財興，金在何益？）忌鬼爻交重臨白虎，須防人眷刑傷；（異鬼爻變，乃克身之鬼，並白虎交重發動，值喪門弔客，主人眷災殃。）催尸殺身命入黃泉，大忌墓門開合。（鬼動克身命，為催尸殺，動逢死氣為黃泉路，鬼克身命逢死氣，忌身命爻沖開墓門，一沖一合日辰動爻合墓，為墓門開合。凡卦中必見墓爻，若暗墓一沖一合便是，如甲子生人甲子日卜是也。）

The wealth爻 helps the official ghost爻 to harm me, so even if there is more wealth, it is of no use. For example, someone born in the metal element who draws the Qian hexagram, where fire represents the official ghost and wood represents wealth; wood can generate fire, and fire then harms metal. Therefore, this wealth actually assists the official ghost to injure me. Even if there is abundant wealth, it brings no benefit. Moreover, when the official ghost moves and the wealth爻 becomes strong, a person with a metal destiny can gain nothing. The most dangerous situation is when the official ghost爻 meets the White Tiger in a repeated manner. This indicates that family members may suffer injuries. The transformed official ghost爻 is the one that harms me, and if it coincides with the White Tiger in a repeated manner, and also meets the Mourning-and-Condolence spirit and the Guest spirit, it foretells misfortune for family members. The killer of the corpse forces the life to descend into the underworld. The most dangerous thing is when the墓门 opens and closes. When the official ghost moves to harm the life, it is called the killer of the corpse. If it moves and also falls on the death qi, it indicates the path to the underworld. When the official ghost harms the life and meets the death qi, it is feared that the life爻 will open the墓门, and if the day branch or the moving line joins this墓, then there is a conflict between opening and closing, which is called the opening and closing of the墓门. Every divination must clearly show the墓爻; even if it is an invisible墓, as long as there is a conflict and a joining, it counts. For example, a person born in the year of Jiazi, who starts a divination on the day of Jiazi, is like this.

木金年命，最嫌乾兌卦之火爻；（木金年命人占得乾兌卦，以火為鬼爻，木生火爻為鬼能助火克金為殺傷身，但本命生鬼為助。本命受鬼克為傷身，金年木命皆然。木命人忌震巽宮鬼，水命忌坎宮鬼是也。）水火命人，不怕震巽宮之金鬼。（水火命人占得震巽卦，以金為鬼，金能生水，火能克金，故水火命人不怕二宮之鬼也。）

Those born in the year of wood or metal are most afraid of the fire lines in the Qian and Dui trigrams. For a person of wood or metal destiny, if they draw a hexagram from the Qian or Dui trigram, fire in the metal trigram is considered official ghost. Wood gives birth to fire, which is like helping the ghost; fire also overcomes metal, directly harming the metal destiny. If one's destiny gives birth to the official ghost, it is called assisting the ghost; if the official ghost overcomes one's destiny, it is called harming the body. Those born in the year of wood or metal fall into this category. Similarly, people of wood destiny fear the official ghosts in the Zhen and Xun trigrams, and people of water destiny fear the official ghosts in the Kan trigram. Those born in the year of water or fire are not afraid of the official ghosts in the Zhen and Xun trigrams. For people of water or fire destiny, if they draw a hexagram from the Zhen or Xun trigram, gold in the wood trigram is considered official ghost; however, gold can generate water, which benefits the water destiny, and fire can overcome gold, which does not harm the fire destiny. Therefore, these two types of destiny are not afraid of the ghosts in these two trigrams.

官星佩印居玉堂，乃食祿之人；（玉堂乃天乙貴人，官星乃甲用辛為，官印乃三傳之印緩。應爻之數，若有官有貴人有祿有印綬，並太歲生身，命登金門而步玉堂之人，身命受制，主先寵後辱。親月建外郡官，親日辰縣宰官，有印無祿，有官無俸，有官無印，有祿無任人，日辰並子孫動，主官有剝削之失。日辰並財爻動，主遷擢升職之變也。）貴刃加刑控寶馬，必提兵之將。（貴，貴人；刃，羊刃、飛刃；刑，三刑。貴人同得吉星相輔，刃加三刑臨貴人之位，受太歲之生，旁爻有馬，乃提兵將帥也。）

The official star is accompanied by the seal and occupies the position of the Jade Hall, indicating someone who receives salary from the court. The Jade Hall refers to the Tianyi Nobleman, the official star refers to the proper official seen by the day stem, such as Jia seeing Xin. The seal refers to the seal in the transmission. Look at the configuration of the response line: if there is both the official star, the nobleman, the salary, and the seal, and the sovereign year generates and supports the person's destiny, then this person will be promoted to the Golden Gate and step into the Jade Hall; however, if the person's destiny is restrained, it indicates receiving favor first and then disgrace. These auspicious deities are close to the Month Builder, indicating an official in an outer prefecture; close to the day branch, indicating a county magistrate. Having the seal but not the salary indicates holding an official position without salary; having the official but not the seal indicates having salary without an actual position. If the day branch and the sons' line are both activated, it indicates the official position being removed; if the day branch and the wealth line are both activated, it indicates promotion or transfer. The nobleman, the Yangren, and the Feiren combined with the Three Punishments and controlling the post-horse, certainly indicates a military general. Here, the nobleman refers to the nobleman, the Yangren and Feiren refer to the Yangren and Feiren, and the punishment refers to the Three Punishments. The nobleman is further assisted by auspicious stars, the Yangren combined with the Three Punishments is located on the nobleman's position, and is supported by the sovereign year, with the auxiliary line having the post-horse, this is the image of a military commander.

財化福爻，入公門多致淹留；（日辰三合，得財爻而無上選，子孫為元祿，蓋財生鬼財為正選，無財則無正選。子孫制鬼，若財化子，不利仕官公門之人。）貴印加官，在仕途必然遷轉。（官帶印，貴人臨世，並日辰旬中發動，在仕途必然遷轉之喜兆也。）

The wealth line transforms into the sons line, indicating that going to the government office to handle affairs is likely to result in delays and difficulty in achieving success. The day branch and the hexagram form a triple harmony, obtaining the wealth line, yet there is no proper position. Although the sons line is the original official position, the wealth line should be used to generate the official ghost line to achieve the proper position. Once there is no wealth line, there is no proper position. Moreover, the sons line also restrains the official ghost line, so the transformation of wealth into sons line is unfavorable for those seeking official positions or working in government offices. If the nobleman, the official seal, and the official star are present, there will certainly be promotion and transfer in the official career. The official line carries the official seal, the nobleman is located on the world line, and if it is activated within the ten-day cycle corresponding to the day branch, this is a favorable sign for career changes.

子承父業，子有跨灶之風；（子命爻臨五爻之位，臨父母之身，相生相合，主有跨灶之風；相剋相刑，主有悖逆不孝，或不肖，不能克紹箕裘之業。父母之命爻臨子孫爻之身，主子承父蒑。生合刑剋依此斷之，萬無一失。）妻奪夫權，妻有能家之兆。（妻命臨夫身五爻之上，與夫相生相合，得內助能家之兆；若妻剋夫爻，主妻凌夫或破夫家也。）

The son inherits his father's profession and possesses a spirit surpassing his father. If the son's destiny line is located on the fifth line and also coincides with the father's destiny line, and if they generate and harmonise with each other, then this son is expected to surpass his father, showing a trend of surpassing the previous generation. However, if they mutually control and harm each other, it indicates rebellion and lack of filial piety, or failure to inherit the family business. Conversely, if the father's destiny line is located on the son's destiny line, it also indicates the son inherits the father's profession. The principles of generation and harmony, as well as mutual control, are applied in the same way as mentioned above, ensuring accurate interpretation. When the wife takes over the husband's authority, it is a sign that the wife can manage the household. If the wife's destiny line is located on the fifth line where the husband's destiny line is, and if they generate and harmonise with each other, it indicates the wife provides internal support and helps the family flourish. However, if the wife's destiny line controls the husband's destiny line, it indicates the wife surpasses the husband, possibly leading to the decline of the husband's family.

弟紾乃兄之臂，身命相傷；（弟身爻起臨兄之命爻，或兄身爻起臨弟之命爻，若相刑相剋，主不友不恭；若相生相合，主兄弟怡怡如也。）婦僭姑嫜之爻，家聲可見。（二為媳婦之命爻，臨姑之身爻，相刑相沖，主凌尊上悖逆不孝；相生相合，主順婦道也。）

The younger brother twisted his elder brother's arm, which indicates that the body line and life line are mutually harmful. If the younger brother's body line is on the elder brother's life line, or the elder brother's body line is on the younger brother's life line, and they are mutually harmed or conflicting, it indicates that the elder brother is not friendly and the younger brother is not respectful. If they are mutually generating or harmonious, the brothers will be harmonious and friendly. If the daughter-in-law oversteps the position of her mother-in-law, the family's conduct becomes evident. The second line is the daughter-in-law's life line; if it conflicts with the mother-in-law's body line, it indicates that she is overstepping her elders and rebellious and disrespectful. If they are mutually generating or harmonious, it indicates that she is respectful and follows the proper conduct of a woman.

妻犯夫家之殺，妻破夫家；（夫家破耗二殺所臨之位，妻身命爻犯之剋夫身命爻，主破夫家也。）夫臨妻祿之爻，夫食妻祿。（祿乃甲祿在寅，食乃甲食丙之類。如甲子生妻祿在寅，夫身命爻臨之，遇食神乃食祿順食，不逢空鬼破耗等殺，更值生旺有氣者，主夫食妻祿。若逢梟神羊刃空鬼耗破殺，雖食妻祿亦無用矣。）

If the wife's fate comes into conflict with the husband's Inauspicious Sha, it will lead to the downfall of the husband's family. When the positions of the husband's破 and 耗 are occupied by these Inauspicious Sha, and the wife's fate exactly coincides with these positions, and further harms the husband's fate, it indicates that the wife will cause the downfall of the husband's family. If the husband's fate is connected to the wife's禄, it means the husband relies on the wife's wealth and fortune for living.禄 refers to the dry branch's禄, for example, the禄 of 甲 is in 寅; 食 refers to 食神, for example, the 食神 of 甲 is 丙. For instance, if a wife was born in the year of 甲子, her禄 is in 寅, and if the husband's fate is exactly in 寅 and also meets 食神, it indicates a harmonious relationship between the wife's fortune and the husband's. As long as it does not meet Kongwang, 官鬼, 破, 耗 and other Inauspicious Sha, and is in a prosperous and vital state, it indicates that the husband lives off the wife's wealth. However, if it encounters 枭神, 羊刃, 空亡, 官鬼, 耗, 破 and other凶杀, then even if it is connected to the wife's禄, it will be of no use.

交重兄弟克妻身，再理絲絃；（妻身爻起臨兄弟之爻，發動傷身命，或夫臨兄弟爻克妻之身命，主琴絃再續也。）內外子孫生世位，多招財物。（內外子孫發動並日辰生身世之財爻，無空破沖剋，多招財物，有氣必有不期而會也。）

The brothers' hexagram lines intersect and activate, attacking the wife's hexagram line, indicating the need to remarry. If the wife's hexagram line is positioned on the brothers' hexagram line, and the brothers' line activates to harm her hexagram line; or if the husband's line is on the brothers' line and attacks the wife's hexagram line — these situations all indicate the need to remarry and take another wife. If the sons of both inner and outer hexagrams come to support the world position, there will be more wealth. If both inner and outer hexagrams' sons activate together, and the day branch supports the wealth hexagram line, and these lines are not empty, not broken, not conflicting, or not attacked, then there will be much wealth coming in; if they also have strength, there may be unexpected additional income.

世為日辰飛入宅，鵲據鳩巢；（如乾之艮卦，內卦甲寅木爻為宅，外卦丙寅爻持世發動，或並日辰與鬼飛入宅爻，主他人之屋，不是祖居自創之屋，或租賃之宅。假如大過卦內巽辛亥為宅，外兌丁亥持世發動是也。）應臨父母動生身，龍生蛇腹。（應臨父母，居偏下之爻，占者身爻臨之，得本爻生之，或即動生子身命，主偏生庶出，或隔胎之子，前後父母生也。身命俱臨父母，重拜雙親。）

When the world line or the day branch moves into the residence line, it is like a magpie taking over a sparrow's nest. For example, in the hexagram Qian with the trigram Gen, the inner trigram Jiayin wood is the residence line, and the outer trigram Bingyin holds the world line and moves; or when the day branch and the official ghost both move into the residence line, it indicates that the person is living in someone else's house, neither inherited from ancestors nor self-built, mostly rented. Another example is the hexagram Da Guo, where the inner trigram Xun's Xinhai is the residence line, and the outer trigram Dui's Dinghai holds the world line and moves, which also falls into this category. If the response line is on the parents and moves to generate the hexagram body, it is like a dragon born in a snake's belly. If the response line is on the parents and is in a lower position, and the person's world line is on it, or it generates the person's world line, or it moves to generate the person's life line, it indicates that the person is born from a secondary wife or is a child from a previous mother, or born from two different mothers. If both the world and life lines are on the parents, then a double bow to both parents is required.

世應隔異，兄弟多因兩姓。（如晉卦己酉金是世。假如乙未應隔甲字，之遁卦壬甲金應真兄弟，假如晉卦之遁卦外離，為假子何也？離己酉金假弟，遁卦外有乾卦，壬甲金持世是真兄弟，假又如姤之明夷卦，壬申金是真兄弟，明夷外卦有癸亥水是假，不合中旬酉字亦為隔異之間，並日辰應有親兄弟，或日月建動爻隔斷，亦依此斷，姤卦應隔兄弟，明夷卦應隔兄弟是餘皆仿此。）應爻就妻，相合外人入舍為夫；（應爻飛入宅，與妻身命相生相合，主招外人入舍為夫。）假宮有子，飛來異姓過房作嗣。（假如子孫帶占身命，或日辰是假宮，飛來伏在身命爻下，主為人異姓過房之子，帶日辰旬真宮飛來，主過人家之子，飛動應爻過房與人也。）

The world and response lines are separated and belong to different positions, indicating that brothers are from different families. For example, in the hexagram "Jin" (Progress), the world line is Jiyou metal, and the response line Yiwei is separated from the world line by the character Jia; when it changes to the hexagram "Dun" (Retreat), the response line Renshen metal is the true brother. Again, in the hexagram "Jin" changing to "Dun," the outer trigram is "Li" (Fire), and Jiyou metal is considered a false brother; but in the hexagram "Dun," the outer trigram is "Qian" (Heaven), and Renshen metal holds the world line, which is the true brother. Another example is the hexagram "Gou" changing to "Mingyi" (Darkness), where Renshen metal is the true brother, and the outer trigram of "Mingyi" is Guihai water, which is false. The character You in the current ten-day period does not match, indicating separation. In all these cases, if the day branch is compatible with the response line, it indicates brothers; if separated by the day branch, month builder, or moving line, it is also determined in the same way. In the hexagrams "Gou" and "Mingyi," the response lines are separated by brothers, and the rest are similar. If the response line is close to the wife line, it indicates a husband from outside the family coming in. If the response line flies into the dwelling position and is compatible and harmonious with the wife's line, it indicates a husband from another family being married in. If there is a son in the false position, it indicates a son adopted from another family. For example, if the son carries the body and life line of the person, or if the day branch belongs to the false position and flies down to be under the body and life line, it indicates that the person is a son adopted from another family. If it carries the day branch and flies from the true position, it indicates that the person is adopted into another family. If it moves to the response line, it indicates that the child is adopted into another family.

妻帶子臨夫位，引子嫁人；（妻命帶子孫動臨夫位日辰，主妻引子嫁人是也。）夫身起合妻爻，將身就婦。（夫身爻起，臨妻命爻，或夫命爻動並日辰為之，將身就婦也。）本命就中空子，見子應遲；（子孫同我生之爻，在日辰命旬之空，主見子遲。若胎絕，主孤害刑剋也。）身爻合處逢妻，娶婚必早。（夫身爻起處合妻之命爻，見妻必早；妻身爻起合夫之命爻，婦嫁必早。）

The wife's official爻 carries the sons and daughters and comes to the husband's position, indicating that she will remarry with her children. If the wife's official爻 carries the sons and daughters and also comes to the husband's position and the day branch, it indicates that she will remarry with her children. If the husband's official爻 rises to harmonize with the wife's official爻, it indicates that he will marry into her family. If the husband's official爻 rises exactly to the position of the wife's official爻, or if the husband's official爻 rises and joins with the day branch to harmonize with her, it indicates that he will go to live with her. If the sons and daughters fall into the empty position of the ten-day cycle where the person's birth day is located, then having children will be delayed. The sons and daughters are the person's own children. If they fall into the empty position of the day branch or the person's birth day cycle, it indicates that having children will be late; if they also fall into the胎 or 绝 positions, it indicates being alone, or being harmed by the five elements. If the official爻 rises exactly to meet the wife's official爻, marriage will certainly be early. If the husband's official爻 rises to meet the wife's official爻, he will marry early; if the wife's official爻 rises to meet the husband's official爻, she will marry early.

夫婦合爻見鬼，婚配不明；（夫合之爻，妻合之爻見鬼，主婚姻不明，但有合爻見鬼是也。）子孫絕處刑傷，兒多不育。（子孫逢死絕爻，更受刑傷克害，主子多不育。）夫妻反目，互見刑沖；兄弟無情，互相凌制。（夫身爻並日辰動刑妻命，主夫不和妻；妻身爻並日辰動刑夫命，主妻不和夫，或妻命沖夫身，夫命沖妻身，主夫妻反目。如風天小畜九三爻是也。兄帶日辰克弟身命爻，弟帶日辰克兄身命爻，主兄弟不和，互相凌虐。）

If the official ghost appears on the line that harmonizes with the spouse, the marriage is unclear. If the line that harmonizes with the husband shows the official ghost, or the line that harmonizes with the wife shows the official ghost, then the marriage is unclear. If the line that harmonizes with the spouse has the ghost, it is always considered as such. If the descendants are in the绝 position and suffer punishment or injury, the children are unlikely to survive. If the descendants fall on the死 or绝 lines and are further punished or harmed, it indicates that most of the children will not live. If husband and wife are at odds, it is due to mutual punishment and clash. If brothers are unkind, it is due to mutual oppression. If the husband's body line together with the day branch attacks the wife's life line, it indicates discord between husband and wife. If the wife's body line together with the day branch attacks the husband's life line, it indicates discord between wife and husband. If the wife's life line clashes with the husband's body line, or the husband's life line clashes with the wife's body line, it also indicates discord between husband and wife, as shown in the third line of the hexagram Xiao Xu. Regarding brothers, if the elder brother uses the day branch to attack the younger brother's body or life line, or the younger brother uses the day branch to attack the elder brother's body or life line, it indicates discord and mutual oppression between brothers.

日將與世身相生，當主雙胎；身命與世應同爻，多應兩姓。（身世起合與日辰動爻同位兩生命者，主雙胎同年之子，或雙頂是也。身臨世命臨應，是身命兩臨世應，主有兩姓。）妻財發動，不堪父值喪門；父母交重，最忌子臨死絕。（上有父母，不堪財爻發動，更兼父母值喪門弔客爻，主有克害之患。）

If the day branch and the world line and hexagram body mutually generate each other, it indicates the birth of twins. If the hexagram body line and the life line share the same line as the world and response lines, it mostly relates to two surnames. If the hexagram body line and the world line are in harmony and also share the same position as the day branch and moving line, producing two lives, it indicates twins born in the same year or two whirls on the head. If the life line is on the world line and the life line is on the response line, with the life and life lines separately on the world and response lines, it indicates that this family involves two surnames. When the wife and wealth line is activated, it is most vulnerable to the parents line also being at the mourning-and-condolence spirit. When the parents line is strong, it is most忌 for the sons and daughters line to be in the dead or exhausted state. If there is a parent in the family, it cannot bear the activation of the wealth line. The wealth line already harms the parents line; if the parents line is also at the mourning-and-condolence spirit and the guest spirit, there will be harm and conflict.

妻克世身重合應，妻必重婚；（妻爻動剋夫命，主剋夫。並日辰又與應相合，主妻再嫁。若帶咸池與應爻相合，並日辰動爻帶亡，劫刑刃等殺。剋夫身命爻，主妻與外人謀殺夫主。臨交爻主未來之事。）夫刑妻命兩逢財，夫當再娶。（妻身命臨夫家刑殺之爻，更逢克處兩財，主夫克兩妻，並日辰合傍爻之財，主再娶。夫並日辰動爻，帶劫刃刑等殺傷妻命爻，主遭夫毒手也。）

The wife's line is attacking the husband's line and is also strongly in harmony with the response line, indicating that the wife will remarry. If the wife's line is activated and attacks the husband's life line, it indicates that the wife will harm the husband. If it also harmonizes with the day branch, it indicates that the wife will remarry. If it combines with Xianchi and harmonizes with the response line, while the day branch and moving line bring Wangshen, Jiesha, Sanxing, and Yangren, it indicates that the wife is colluding with outsiders to harm the husband. If this line meets the intersecting line, it means the event has not yet occurred. If the husband's line is attacking the wife's life line and the hexagram shows two wealth lines, the husband will remarry. If the wife's life line is in the position of the husband's punishment and the attacked position has two wealth lines, it indicates that the husband will kill two wives. If the day branch also harmonizes with another wealth line, it indicates that the husband will remarry. Conversely, if the husband, along with the day branch and moving line, brings Jiesha, Yangren, and Sanxing to attack the wife's life line, it indicates that the wife will die at the hands of the husband.

妻與應爻相合，外有私通；（妻身命爻，與應相合咸池玄武桃花，主妻有外情夫。並日辰克妻與應爻，主獲妻姦夫。並世應在三合之爻，主從良為娼，日辰臨交爻，主心意未絕。妻帶財生應爻，妻以財誘外人；應帶財生妻爻，外人以財誘妻。應自外宮來，主遠方人；應自內來，近親之人。世爻動帶鬼隔斷，為家人間阻；應爻動帶鬼隔斷，為外人間阻其情。）男臨女子互爻，內多淫慾。（男身爻起臨女命爻，女身爻起臨男命爻，謂互尊卑失序，主有淫亂事。若夫妻互相合，主先奸後娶。據理而詳可也。）

The wife's line combines with the response line, indicating there is an affair outside. If the wife's line combines with the response line and also carries Xianchi, Black Tortoise, or Taohua, it indicates the wife has another lover outside. If the day branch simultaneously overcomes both the wife's line and the response line, it means the husband catches the lover on the spot. If the wife's line forms a triple harmony with the world and response lines, it indicates she was originally virtuous but became a prostitute. If the day branch is on the intersecting line, it means her feelings have not yet been cut off. If the wife's line carries wealth to generate the response line, it means the wife uses money to seduce someone else. If the response line carries wealth to generate the wife's line, it means someone else uses money to seduce the wife. If the response line comes from the outer trigram, it indicates someone from afar; if it comes from the inner trigram, it indicates a close relative. If the world line moves and carries official ghosts to block the response line, it means family members are interfering. If the response line moves and carries official ghosts to block the world line, it means outsiders are interfering. If the man's line is on the woman's life line and they cross each other, there will be more immorality in the family. If the man's line is on the woman's life line and the woman's line is on the man's life line, it indicates a reversal of hierarchy, leading to immorality in the family. If the couple's lines combine, it means they had an affair before marriage. Following this principle carefully will lead to accurate conclusions.

青龍水木臨妻位，多獲奩財。（如財臨青龍，水木有氣，夫命臨之，更有氣，主得妻財多。命帶玄武財爻有暗來妻財，如辛丑日下得恆觀卦是。）玄武桃花犯命中，荒淫酒色。（身命帶玄武桃花，主貪酒色，男則粘紅綴綠，女則葉人牽惹。）

The term "Qinglong" combined with water and wood lines in the wife's position often indicates receiving dowry and wealth. If the wealth line is accompanied by Qinglong and belongs to water or wood with vitality, and the husband's line also joins it with vitality, it signifies that marrying will bring substantial wealth. If the life line carries "Xuanwu" and the wealth line is nearby, the wife's wealth comes secretly, for example, when divining on Xinchou day, the hexagram "Heng" transforms into "Guan." If Xuanwu and Taohua are involved in the fate, it leads to indulgence in alcohol and lust. If the life or fate line carries Xuanwu and Taohua, it indicates a person's obsession with alcohol and lust: men will be unfaithful and women will be involved with many men.

世應妻爻三合，當招偏正之夫。（為世應財爻三合，妻爻更逢兩鬼。合身命，主有偏正之夫。）財交世應六沖，必是生離之婦。（妻身命爻值鬼爻，與世應並日辰動破合，重重相沖，與財兩合，或妻身命爻與世應動爻相沖，或日辰相沖，主是生離之婦也。）

The World Line and the Response Line together with the妻爻 form a Triple Harmony, indicating that this woman will have a husband besides her official husband. If the World Line, Response Line, and Wealth Line form a Triple Harmony, and the妻爻 is also joined by two officials, it indicates that she has both an official husband and a secondary husband. If the Wealth Line and the World Line and Response Line form a Six Clashes, then she is certainly a woman who has left her husband. If the wife's fate line is occupied by an official, and it together with the World Line and Day Branch breaks the original harmony, causing multiple clashes but still forming a connection with the Wealth Line; or if the wife's fate line clashes with the World Line or is clashed by the Day Branch — all these indicate that she is a woman who is separated from her husband.

世應為妻爻相隔逢沖，必招外郡之人；（世應在日辰旬中隔斷妻爻，或與夫爻相隔，在日辰旬外逢沖，主是外郡之人；夫隔妻爻，妻動在游魂世應之外，主他州人也。）夫妻與福德相逢帶合，必近親鄰之女。（男與財爻相近，俱在本宮或卦中，主婚姻近處就中；合見子孫，主因親致親，或故親為媒。）

The World and Response Lines separate the wife's line in the middle and encounter a clash, indicating the wife will be from another prefecture. If the World and Response Lines cut off the wife's line within the ten-day cycle of the Day Branch, or separate the husband's line, and then encounter a clash outside of this cycle, it indicates the wife will be from another prefecture. If the husband's and wife's lines are separated, and the wife's line moves out of the World and Response Lines in the Ghostly Soul Hexagram, it further indicates the wife will be from another region. If the husband's and wife's lines meet the descendants' lines and there is a harmonious relationship, the wife will be from a nearby neighborhood. If the husband's line is close to the wealth line, and both are within the same palace or hexagram, it indicates the marriage will take place nearby. If there is also a meeting with the descendants, it suggests the marriage is arranged through relatives or by an old relative as the matchmaker.

命逢死氣，最嫌煞忌當頭；（身臨命家日家逢死氣，若日辰動爻並殺，倘克身命，主有世亡之禍。）鬼入墓鄉，尤忌身爻濺血。（命爻帶鬼入墓，怕身爻帶殺或受刑，最不吉之兆。）

When the life line encounters death qi, it is most unfavorable for malevolent spirits and hostile gods to confront directly. If the life line is located in the native's house or the day branch's house and also meets death qi, and at this time the day branch and moving line bring malevolent forces to overcome the life line, it indicates a danger of death. When official ghosts enter the tomb, it is especially worrying if the life line also encounters blood-related signs. If the life line along with official ghosts enters the tomb, it is most inauspicious if the life line also brings malevolent forces or suffers punishment, which is the worst omen.

惡莫惡於三刑迭刃，（刑無刃不能傷人，刃無刑禍亦不大。若刑刃兩全帶殺，克身臨官，主犯官符刑憲事；玄武傷財，劫賊圖財致命之事。世並日辰動爻，克應帶殺，主我傷他人；應並日辰動爻帶殺克世，主他人殺我；為官掌生死之權，名揚夷夏，若漁獵技藝之人。禍當滅沒，否則疲癃殘疾之人，若龍德發動，則凶中有吉之象。）凶莫凶於四虎交加。（日家應家白虎即胎神，月破白虎，六神白虎，太歲白虎，命家白虎即日神，白虎化白虎，重重臨宅克身，主刑剋伏制之事，若帶鬼殺重重並喪吊凶神，舉家遭禍。死亡十幾八九，若卦中龍德動，主喜事至則稍輕，是悲喜相半之兆。）

The worst situation is when the Three Punishments and Yangren overlap repeatedly. Punishment alone cannot harm a person without Yangren, and Yangren alone does not cause much harm without punishment; once both punishment and Yangren are present along with Inauspicious Sha, they attack the personal line and officialdom ghosts, indicating violation of laws and suffering from legal punishment. If the Black Tortoise harms the wealth line, it signifies robbery and murder for profit. If the personal line, along with the day branch and moving line, carries Inauspicious Sha to attack the response line, it indicates that I harm others; if the response line, along with the day branch and moving line, carries Inauspicious Sha to attack the personal line, it indicates that others harm me. This pattern, if falling on someone in power who controls life and death, may bring fame and reputation; but if it falls on someone in fishing, hunting, or handicrafts, it will bring great misfortune, possibly leading to death or disability. However, if the Azure Dragon and Heavenly Virtue are active in the hexagram, it indicates a mixture of misfortune and good fortune. The most dangerous situation is when four White Tigers overlap and attack each other. The White Tiger in the home of the day branch and the response line is the fetal spirit; there are also White Tigers of the month breaker, the six spirits, the year's ruler, and the White Tiger of the personal destiny, which is the day spirit. If White Tigers overlap again and attack the home, it indicates legal punishment and being oppressed by others. If they are accompanied by multiple ghosts and Inauspicious Sha, along with the Mourning-and-Condolence spirit and other Inauspicious Spirit, the whole family will suffer misfortune, with death being almost certain. However, if the Azure Dragon and Heavenly Virtue are active in the hexagram, good fortune will slightly reduce the bad fortune, indicating a mixture of sorrow and joy.

四鬼貼身，防生災咎；（貼身鬼帶破碎殺，主有破相之疾；乾主頭面小腸喘急咳嗽之疾；坎主兩耳腎間之疾；艮主背肋手指之疾；震主下部腰足痛之疾；巽主兩股兩腿頭髮血氣之疾；離主眼目心經之疾；坤主腸間脾胃之疾，兌主口齒及唇之疾。餘仿此。）三傳克世，易惹災危。（三傳太歲月建日辰，帶殺帶鬼，克世身命，主宅丁人眷災危，太歲，連年之禍，月建主累月之災殃也。）

Four official ghosts closely attached to the body indicate the need to beware of calamities. If the official ghosts closely attached to the body carry the broken fragments and killing stars, it signifies a physical ailment involving disfigurement. According to the division of the hexagram's palace, the parts affected are as follows: Qian (Heaven) governs the head, face, small intestine, and respiratory issues like coughing; Kan (Water) governs the ears and kidneys; Gen (Mountain) governs the back, ribs, and fingers; Zhen (Thunder) governs the lower body, waist, and leg pain; Xun (Wind) governs the thighs, legs, hair, and blood circulation; Li (Fire) governs the eyes and heart meridians; Kun (Earth) governs the stomach, intestines, and spleen; Dui (Lake) governs the mouth, teeth, and lips. Other areas follow the same pattern. If the Tai Su, the Month Builder, and the Day Branch all simultaneously attack the World Line, it easily brings about disaster and danger. If these three carry凶杀 (fierce killing) or official ghosts to attack the World Line and the person's life, it indicates that all family members are in danger. The Tai Su signifies calamities over several years, while the Month Builder signifies disasters over several months.

劫亡兩賊傷身，青草墳頭之鬼；身命兩空遇殺，黃泉路上之人。（身命逢絕，在旬中空亡，亡神劫殺帶鬼，傷身克命，主有死亡之患。）勾陳傷玄武之身財，女多凶禍，白虎損青龍之官鬼，男忌死亡。

The凶 stars劫杀 and Wangshen both injure the body, indicating a lonely ghost at a grassy grave; if both the body and life lines fall into emptiness and are attacked by凶 stars, it signifies a traveler on the Yellow Springs path. When both the body and life lines fall into a dead end and also fall into emptyness within the current ten-day period, and further combined with Wangshen and 劫杀 bringing in official ghosts to injure the body and harm the life, it indicates a danger of death. If Gou Chen injures the body line and wealth line governed by Black Tortoise, there will be misfortune for female members in the family; if White Tiger damages the official ghost line governed by Azure Dragon, there will be a risk of death for males.

葬埋之禮，乃先王之所設，雖為送死而然風水之因，特後世之所興，禍福吉凶攸繫，故墳占三代，穴有定爻。一世二世子孫出王侯將相之英，後嗣主富貨繁華之茂。絕嗣無人，端為世居五六；為商出外，只因世在游魂八純。凶兆歸魂（游魂）亦作凶推，吉兆相生相合亦將吉斷。穴騎龍，龍入穴，穴正龍真；山帶水，水連山，山環水抱。交重逢旺氣，聞雞鳴犬吠之聲；世應拱穴爻，有龍皤虎踞之勢。三合更兼六合，聚氣藏風；來山反作朝山，回頭顧主。死絕之鬼，邊有荒墳；長生之爻，中有壽穴。合處與應爻隔斷，內外之向不同；穴中為日沖開，左右之穴相反。看已形之即往，察過去之未來。事與世應互同，可見卦中之體用；動與日辰相應，方知爻內之吉凶。

The ceremony of burial was established by the ancient kings, originally intended to send off the deceased; however, the practice of seeking auspicious风水 (fengshui) became popular in later generations. Indeed, fortune and misfortune, good and bad fortune, are closely related to it. Therefore, when selecting a burial site, one must consider the three generations, and the specific position of the grave is determined by the hexagram. The world line (世爻) located in the first or second position indicates that descendants will produce talents such as kings, dukes, and generals, and the family will be prosperous and flourishing. If there are no descendants, it is because the world line is located in the fifth or sixth line. If someone leaves their hometown to engage in business, it is because the world line is in the wandering soul hexagram or one of the eight pure hexagrams. If the hexagram indicates a凶兆 (unfavorable omen) but it is a returning soul or wandering soul hexagram, it should still be judged as unfavorable. If the hexagram indicates a吉兆 (favorable omen) and the lines are mutually generating and harmonious, it should be judged as favorable. If the grave is situated on the dragon ridge and the dragon ridge enters the grave, then the grave is correct and the dragon is genuine. If the mountain is accompanied by water and the water connects back to the mountain, it forms a favorable situation where the mountains encircle and the water embraces. If the lines meet in a complex hexagram and are in a prosperous period, one can hear the sounds of chickens and dogs nearby. If the world and response lines support the grave line, it indicates a situation where dragons are coiling and tigers are crouching. If triple harmony is combined with six harmony, it means gathering energy and sheltering the wind. If the coming mountain becomes a facing mountain, it forms a shape of looking back to the main mountain. If the official ghost line is in the dead or绝 (declining) position, there will be abandoned graves nearby; if the line is in the growth position, there will already be a prepared grave. If the harmonious position is blocked by the response line, the internal and external directions will not align. If the grave line is conflicting with the day branch, the left and right grave positions will be opposite. To observe current situations that have already taken shape, one must also examine future developments that have not yet appeared. If the situation and the world and response lines are the same, one can discern the body and use in the hexagram. If the moving line corresponds with the day branch, one can understand the fortune and misfortune in the lines.

捐金饌食教養，雖賴乎嚴君，明善復初啟發，全資於先覺。凡求師傅，須究文書。（文書即卦中父母，此爻為師道，為書籍，為學館，而又有尊長之意，故為主象。）

To raise children and provide them with food and education, it is necessary to have a strict father; but to make them understand goodness, restore their true nature, and gain enlightenment, it is entirely dependent on wise and enlightened teachers. When seeking to hire a teacher, one must examine the lines of the document. The document corresponds to the 'parents' in the hexagram: this line represents the teaching of the teacher, as well as books and the study hall, and also implies respect for elders. Therefore, it is used as the main image.

如居弱地，必範不範而模不模；若在旺鄉，則矜可矜而式可式。（父母休囚，其師必然畏懼侷促，不能為人之模範，旺相有氣，則魁梧雄偉堪為學者矜式。）臨刑臨害，好施檟之威；（檟楚儆頑之杖，父帶刑害白虎，其師性暴少慈，必好笞撻，旺動尤甚。臨青龍，則是儆戒弟子非妄撻。）

If the parents are in a weak and confined position, the teacher will not be a good role model; if they are in a prosperous and strong position, then the teacher will have a dignified and noble bearing, worthy of students to emulate. When the parents are weak and confined, the teacher will be timid and restricted, unable to serve as a proper example; when the parents are prosperous and strong, the teacher will be tall and robust, worthy of respect and emulation by scholars. If the parents are afflicted by刑 and 害 along with the White Tiger, the teacher will be easily provoked and prone to using the rod on mischievous students. The rod is a wooden stick used to punish unruly students; if the parents are afflicted by刑, 害, and the White Tiger, the teacher will be impetuous and lacking in kindness, and will be inclined to punish students, and the punishment will be even harsher when the condition is strong. If the parents are in the presence of the Azure Dragon, then the punishment will be just and appropriate, and not arbitrary.

逢歲逢身，業擅束脩之養。（父母卦身或持太歲，其師專以教訓為業，務得束脩以為養家者。）兌金震巽，雜學堪推；離火乾坤，專經可斷。（凡推師之專經雜學，當以父母在震巽艮坎兌五卦為雜學，乾坤離三宮為專經。蓋巽兌二卦屬陰，而陽爻反多，震艮坎三卦屬陽而陰爻反多，雜而不純所以雜學之師，離雖不純而有文書之象，乾坤則不雜而有資生資始之功，所以為專經。若父母在乾坤離卦之中，縱或雜學亦是良師；不在乾坤離卦之內，縱是專經，亦非才士。）

If the parents'爻 fall on the Tai Su or the Hexagram Body, the person is a tutor who relies solely on teaching for a living. If the parents'爻 fall on the Hexagram Body or are held by the Tai Su, this teacher treats teaching as a profession, relying entirely on tuition fees to support his family. If the parents'爻 fall on the Hexagram Dui, Zhen, or Xun, it indicates that his knowledge is varied and miscellaneous; if they fall on the Hexagram Li, Qian, or Kun, it suggests he specializes in one particular field. To distinguish between specialized knowledge and miscellaneous learning, if the parents'爻 fall on the Hexagrams Dui, Zhen, Xun, Gen, or Kan, it indicates miscellaneous learning; if they fall on the Hexagrams Qian, Kun, or Li, it indicates specialized knowledge. The reasoning is as follows: the Hexagrams Xun and Dui are originally yin hexagrams but contain many yang lines, while the Hexagrams Zhen, Gen, and Kan are originally yang hexagrams but contain many yin lines. These hexagrams are mixed and not pure, hence they represent teachers with miscellaneous knowledge. The Hexagram Li is also not pure, but it has the image of civilization and literature. The Hexagrams Qian and Kun are pure and not mixed, with the function of initiating and nurturing life, hence they represent teachers with specialized knowledge. If the parents'爻 fall within the Hexagrams Qian, Kun, or Li, even if their knowledge is varied, they are still considered good teachers. If they do not fall within these three hexagrams, even if they specialize in one field, they cannot be considered truly talented individuals.

本象同鄉在內，則離家不遠；本宮異地在外，則隔屬須遙。（本宮父母本鄉人氏，外宮父母外郡人。在本宮而居外卦，雖是本鄉離家必遠；在他宮而居內卦是外郡必不遙遠，亦是鄰邦。他仿此。）與世相生，非親則友；（與世父爻相生相合，其師必與求師之家有親；若係他宮外卦或與世爻不同宮者，相識朋友。父爻持世，亦是非親則友。）

The parents'爻 belong to the same palace and are located in the inner trigram; the teacher is from the same town and lives nearby. If the parents'爻 belong to another palace and are located in the outer trigram, they are from a distant county, and the journey is long. Parents in the same palace are from the same town, while those in another palace are from another prefecture. If the parents'爻 belong to the same palace but are located in the outer trigram, although they are from the same town, they are far away from home. If the parents'爻 belong to another palace but are located in the inner trigram, although they are from another prefecture, the distance is not far, and they are likely from nearby counties. The rest can be inferred in the same way. If the parents'爻 and the world line are mutually generating, the teacher is either a relative or a friend. If the parents'爻 and the world line are mutually generating and harmonizing, the teacher must be related to the family seeking the teacher. If the parents'爻 belong to another palace and the outer trigram, or if they are not in the same palace as the world line, then the teacher is an acquaintance. If the parents'爻 hold the world line, it is either a relative or a friend.

與官交變，不貴亦榮。（父化官爻其師異日必貴。卦無父母而鬼帶貴人化出，多是生員，不帶貴人或臨衰絕，必是吏人。加白虎或帶刑害，則是有病人。父持月建更加青龍，必有前程在身。父臨生旺又得月建日辰生扶者，今雖未貴，後必榮達，若化空亡雖貴不願。）靜合福爻，喜遇循循之善誘；動加龍德、怕逢凜凜之威嚴。（父母與子孫作合最吉，必能博文約禮，循循善誘，甚得為師之道。必主師徒契合，惟怕發動，則克子孫，更加白虎刑害，必然難為弟子。若不旺相而得青龍輔之，雖動不妨，但主其師剛毅方正，凜然不可少犯。）

The parents and official ghosts change and transform with each other; this gentleman will not achieve high status but will certainly achieve success. If the parents transform into the official ghosts, the gentleman will certainly rise to prominence. If the hexagram lacks parents but the official ghosts with a nobleman are present, then it is likely a scholar. If the official ghosts lack a nobleman or are in a declining or dead position, then it is certainly a government clerk. If further accompanied by the white tiger or involving punishment and harm, then it is a sick person. If the parents are supported by the month builder and accompanied by the azure dragon, the person must already have an official title. If the parents are in a prosperous and strong position and receive support from the month builder and day branch, although he is not yet prominent, he will certainly achieve success in the future. If the parents transform into the empty void, then even if he becomes prominent, he will not be satisfied. If the parents are quiet and combine with the descendants, it is good to meet a kind and patient teacher. If the parents are active and accompanied by the azure dragon and heavenly virtue, it is bad to meet a strict and unyielding superior. The parents combining with the descendants is the most auspicious; the gentleman will certainly enable his students to study widely and practice with discipline, be patient and gentle, and deeply understand the way of teaching, thus achieving harmony between teacher and student. However, if the parents are active and immediately harm the descendants, then the students will suffer. But if the parents are not prosperous and strong but are supported by the azure dragon, then even though they are active, it is not harmful, only indicating that the gentleman is upright and strict, commanding respect and fear.

父入墓中，邊孝先愛眠懶讀；（父爻入墓，其師惟愛安逸，懶於教訓，逢空化墓皆然，得日辰沖破墓爻，又主聰察。）財臨身上，李老聃博古通今。（凡求師，以財為師之才學。六爻無財，必欠學問；若得財臨卦身，或居生旺之地，其師必多才學；更得父爻有氣，乃非常之師。）

The father's爻 enters the墓, and the teacher becomes like Bian Shao, who was lazy and fond of sleeping. Once the father爻 enters the墓, the teacher only seeks comfort and is unwilling to teach; if it meets the空 or transforms into the墓, the situation remains the same. If the day branch breaks the墓爻, it indicates the teacher is intelligent and observant. The wealth爻 is on the hexagram body, and the teacher becomes like Lao Dan, who was knowledgeable in ancient things. When seeking a teacher, the wealth爻 represents the teacher's learning. If there is no wealth爻 among the six lines, the learning is certainly lacking. If the wealth爻 is on the hexagram body or in a favorable and thriving position, the teacher is certainly well-versed. If the father爻 also has strength, then it is an exceptional teacher.

母化子孫，必主能詩能賦；（父化福爻，其師善作雜文；帶刑害敗病等爻，雖能作文必多破綻。子帶月建又加青龍，必然出口成章；子孫休囚，得月建日辰生扶，其文必得改削潤色而後可觀，若子孫胎養爻上與父作合，其師必有小兒帶來。）鬼連兄殺，定然多詐多奸。（凡遇兄動化鬼，鬼動化兄，皆主其師奸詐；刑剋世爻，必有是非口舌。卦中兄鬼皆動或父化兄鬼傷世者，俱不可用；若不傷世，則主奸詐非凶也。）

If the father's line transforms into the son's line, the gentleman is certainly skilled in poetry and prose. When the father's line transforms into the son's line, the gentleman is good at composing various types of poetry and literature; if it is accompanied by the elements of punishment, harm, bathing, or illness, then although the writings can be composed, they will have many flaws. If the son's line is accompanied by the month builder and the azure dragon, the person is certainly able to compose poetry effortlessly. If the son's line is weak and confined but receives support from the month builder and the day branch, his writings will need to be revised and polished before they can be presented. If the son's line falls on the nurturing or infancy positions and is in harmony with the father's line, the gentleman will certainly come accompanied by a child. If the official ghost is connected to the brother, this person is certainly both cunning and deceitful. Whenever the brother moves and transforms into the official ghost, or the official ghost moves and transforms into the brother, it indicates that the gentleman is deceitful. If they also harm the world line, they will certainly cause disputes and conflicts. If both the brother and the official ghost are active in the hexagram, or if the father's line transforms into the brother or official ghost to harm the world line, such a gentleman should not be used; if they do not harm the world line, they are merely cunning, but not necessarily dangerous.

心是口非，臨空亡而發動；（父母一爻宜靜不宜動，宜旺不宜空，動空不誠實，靜空懶教訓，化空始嚴終怠，旺空羊質虎皮，外有餘內不足，避空則不然。）彼延此請，持世應而興隆。（世應俱持父母，主有兩家爭延之象。世動應靜我先請，應動世靜，彼先請；兩爻俱動重爻先請；一旺一空，旺邊可成；兩爻俱空皆不成。若止有一爻父母而世應俱動生合，亦主兩家爭請；或一爻父母而世應比合同者，是兩家合延一師也。父母與世同宮設帳於此；與應同宮設帳於彼。）

Speaking with one's mouth but thinking otherwise, indicates that the parents' line is adjacent to the empty void and is active. The parents' line should be still and not active, should be strong and not empty: if it becomes active and falls into the empty void, it signifies that the person is not honest. If it is still but falls into the empty void, it signifies that the person is lazy in teaching. If it transforms into the empty void, it signifies that the person was strict at first but later became lax. If it is strong but falls into the empty void, it signifies that the person is like a tiger covered with sheepskin, appearing sufficient on the outside but lacking within. If the parents' line enters the empty void to avoid trouble, then it is not considered in this way. If there are many people offering to marry, it indicates that both the world line and the response line hold the parents' line and are strong. When both the world and response lines hold the parents' line, it signifies that there are two families competing for the marriage. If the world line is active and the response line is still, it indicates that my side will propose first. If the response line is active and the world line is still, it indicates that the other side will propose first. If both lines are active, the one with the more active line will propose first. If one is strong and the other is empty, the strong one will succeed. If both are empty, neither will succeed. If there is only one parents' line in the hexagram, and both the world and response lines are active and harmonize with it, it also signifies that there are two families competing for the marriage. If there is only one parents' line and both the world and response lines are harmonious and in harmony with it, it signifies that both families will jointly invite one teacher. If the parents' line shares the same palace as the world line, the teacher will set up his school here. If it shares the same palace as the response line, the teacher will set up his school there.

應值母而生世，須知假館；（父臨應上而世爻動來生合者，必館於他家而欲附學也。）父在外而福合，必是擔囊。（凡卜求師，若子弟自占，以世為生徒不看福爻；父兄來占，以子孫為生徒不看世爻。若父在外卦，又係他宮安靜，而子孫動來相合，必遊學他方。擔囊負笈以從師也；若父爻發動或子孫逢合住，皆不然也。）

The Response Line has the parents, and the World Line goes to generate and harmonise with it, which means borrowing someone else's study hall to attend. If the parents are on the Response Line and the World Line moves to generate and harmonise with them, it indicates setting up the study hall in someone else's home and going to study there. If the parents are in the Outer Trigram and the sons and daughters harmonise with them, then one must carry a book bag and go out to study. When seeking a teacher, if the student himself is the one asking the question, the World Line represents the student, and the sons and daughters are not considered; if the father or elder brother is asking on his behalf, the sons and daughters represent the student, and the World Line is not considered. If the parents are in the Outer Trigram, belong to another palace and are still, while the sons and daughters move to harmonise with them, it means going to study elsewhere, carrying a bag and going to follow a teacher. If the parents move or the sons and daughters are harmonised with, then this interpretation does not hold.

鬼化文書克世，則訟由乎學；（鬼動固凶，若又化出父母刑剋世爻，異日必至爭訟。父化鬼爻或官父皆動有傷世者，懼是爭訟之象，若有沖散或得合住或遇制伏或化空亡，則雖欲興詞，終有和釋必不成訟。）月扶福德日生，則青出於藍。（大抵求師不可專看父爻，須得子孫有氣不空，又遇月建日辰動爻生合，則學有進益；若父爻反衰，弟子反勝於師，如青出於藍而青於藍。父旺子衰，徒學而已，必不長進，子孫自空當有大難。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Officials and ghosts transforming into documents to attack the world line indicate legal disputes arising from reading. Officials and ghosts already being active are ominous; if they further transform into parents to attack the world line, disputes will surely arise. If parents transform into officials, or if officials and parents both move and harm the world line, these are signs of disputes. However, if another line disperses it, or holds it in harmony, or controls it, or it transforms into Kongwang, then even if one wants to file a lawsuit, it will eventually be resolved and no actual lawsuit will occur. If the month builder supports descendants and the day branch also generates them, the student will surpass the teacher. Generally, seeking a teacher should not only look at the parent line; descendants must have strength and not fall into Kongwang, and also receive support from the month builder, day branch, or moving lines to generate and harmonize, then academic progress is possible. If the parent line is instead weak, that means the student surpasses the teacher, just as blue is taken from indigo but becomes bluer than indigo. Conversely, if the parent line is strong and the descendant line is weak, then it is only about repeating what is taught, with no progress; if descendants fall into Kongwang without cause, there will be great difficulties.

刑剋同傷父子必罹其害；合生為助官鬼莫受其扶。（父為師，子為徒，受傷皆不利，如鬼爻來傷，因學成病；父爻來傷，因師有禍；福爻來傷，因徒惹災；兄爻來傷，則有是非口舌或多費財物，不然則學無進益，惟遇生扶則吉。然兄鬼有扶，又為不利，助桀為虐故也，異日賓主不投，師徒不合，或有口舌官訟，皆由乎此。縱不傷世，亦非吉兆。若世與父爻生合，則賓主自投，乃閒人誣喋間阻而已。）

When both punishment and restriction come together to harm, both teacher and student will suffer. Assistance and union are beneficial, but officials and ghosts should not receive such support. Parents represent teachers, and children represent students; if either is harmed, it is not favorable. If officials and ghosts are harmed, it is due to illness from over-studying; if parents are harmed, it is due to trouble caused by the teacher; if children are harmed, it is due to disaster brought by the student; if brothers are harmed, there will be disputes or arguments, or excessive spending, or no progress in studies. Only when there is assistance and support is it favorable. However, if the brothers or officials and ghosts receive assistance, it is actually unfavorable, as it is like helping the wicked. Later on, there will be a lack of harmony between host and guest, or between teacher and student, or even legal disputes, all originating from here. Even if this line does not harm the world line, it is still not a good omen. If the world line and the parent line are mutually supportive and harmonious, then host and guest are originally in harmony, but there may be idle people stirring up disputes and obstructing things.

或擊或沖父母、逢之不久；（父母雖要有氣，然不宜動變，動則必不久。若在宮內卦或臨世上而有此象，乃見師無坐性非不永也，值游魂卦或化入游魂者，尤甚。游魂化游魂，則一年遷一館。）或空或陷世身，見之不成。（世身空亡，延師不成；父母無故自空，亦難成；或父與世爻相沖相剋，或應爻自空，皆見難成之象。）

If the parents' line is hit or冲 (conflicted), and meets the condition, the situation will not last long. Although the parents should have some strength, they should not be activated, as once they move, the situation will not last. If the parents are in the inner trigram of the hexagram or are on the world line with such an indication, it simply means the person is impatient and not staying long, not that the situation will not last. If it also coincides with a wandering soul hexagram or transforms into a wandering soul, it becomes more serious—wandering souls transforming into wandering souls mean changing locations every year. If the world line or the hexagram body falls into kongwang (void), it will result in failure. If the world line or hexagram body falls into kongwang, it will be impossible to find a teacher. If the parents line falls into kongwang without reason, it is also difficult to succeed. If the parents line conflicts or controls the world line, or if the response line falls into kongwang, these are all signs of failure.

財化父爻，妻族薦之於不日；（凡占求師，以他宮外卦之財爻為師之學問，以本宮內卦之財爻為酬師之束脩，及主人之妻妾。若卦有父母，遇本宮財爻，又化一重父母者，不日間妻家又薦一師來也。兄弟化出則朋友薦來，動爻是重已薦過矣，動爻是交將薦來也。生旺日斷之卦，無父母而遇動爻有化出者，不可言又有先生薦來。本宮其師即是其人薦者，如子孫化出，為僧道薦之類，他仿此。）母藏福德，僧家設帳於先年。（卦無父母，當看伏神可知消息。如父爻伏在子爻下，其師前年必設帳於僧房道觀；如伏在官下，必會在職役人家教授之類。若與世爻同宮，必與其家相近；與世比和則與其主人相識；或生或合，非親則友。，父伏世下必是舊師。）

The heavenly stem Jia represents the first, Yi the second, Bing the third, Ding the fourth, Wu the fifth, Ji the sixth, Geng the seventh, Xin the eighth, Ren the ninth, and Gui the tenth. The earthly branches are Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. The trigrams are Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), and Kun (Earth). If the wealth line transforms into the parent line, it indicates that within a few days the wife's family will recommend a teacher. When seeking a teacher, the wealth line in the outer trigram represents the teacher's knowledge, while the wealth line in the inner trigram represents the payment for teaching and the wife and concubines of the host. If the parent line is already present in the卦 and the wealth line of the same trigram transforms into another parent line, then within a few days the wife's family will recommend another teacher. If the transformation comes from the brother line, it means a friend will recommend the teacher. If the moving line is heavy, it means the recommendation has already been made. If the moving line is intersecting, it means the recommendation is about to happen. To determine the timing, use the day of birth and prosperity. If there is no parent line in the卦, but a moving line transforms into one, it means there will not be another teacher recommended. When the transformation comes from within the same trigram, the teacher is recommended by the line that transforms. For example, if it is transformed from the descendant line, the teacher is recommended by a monk or a Taoist. The same applies to other lines. If the parent line is hidden beneath the descendant line, the teacher once taught in a monastery. If the parent line is not present in the卦, look at the hidden line to find the information. If the parent line is hidden beneath the descendant line, the teacher must have taught in a monastery or temple in the past. If the parent line is hidden beneath the official ghost line, the teacher must have taught in a household where someone was in service. If the hidden line is in the same trigram as the world line, the family is close to the host's family. If the hidden line is harmonious with the world line, the teacher is known to the host. If the hidden line is generated or harmonized with the world line, the teacher is either a relative or a friend. If the parent line is hidden beneath the world line, the teacher was a former teacher.

搜索六爻，無過求理；思量萬事，莫貴讀書。（凡求師，不可專指道學之師，如欲投學，百工技藝及拜僧道為師類皆是。但師之主象不異父母，而學者主象則不可專取子孫一爻，當以世爻看之。如隔手來占，須問是何人；如是來占者之朋友兄弟，則以兄爻為主類，皆要師弟。二主相生相合則吉，相沖相剋則凶。父母要旺用不空有助，而月建日辰動爻無傷者，不拘是何藝業，必是高手，臨月建則是聞名者，衰則不濟，空則難成。世應宜生合，卦身宜旺，二主不可傷，兄鬼不可動，如此則吉兆無疑矣。若父母不臨，本藝之人必非專門名家，如學薦拳光棍及木匠類。不臨本爻或震宮是也。父化兄或兄持世，必先盡謝禮而後可成，間動生合，必須用變，化出文書須立契券。）

Divination through the six lines involves seeking the truth; weighing all matters thoroughly, nothing is more valuable than reading. When seeking a teacher, one should not limit it to scholars who teach philosophy; learning various trades or apprenticing under monks or Taoists also falls under this category. The main image of the teacher is always taken from the parents, and this remains unchanged; however, the main image of the student should not be fixed solely on the sons and grandsons line, but should be determined by the world line. If someone else is acting on behalf of the seeker, one must clarify who is being divined; if it is a friend or a brother, then the brothers line becomes the main image, and so on. In summary, the main images of teacher and student should be mutually generating and harmonizing for good fortune, and if they conflict or control each other, it is ominous. The parents should be strong, useful, not empty, and have support, while the month builder, day branch, and moving lines should not harm them. If this is the case, regardless of the field of study, the teacher is certainly skilled. If the parents are in the month builder, the teacher is well-known; if they are weak, they are not useful, and if they are empty, it is difficult to succeed. Additionally, the world and response lines should be mutually generating and harmonizing, the hexagram body should be strong, the main images of teacher and student should not be harmed, and the brothers and officials should not be activated—when these conditions are met, it is a clear sign of good fortune. If the parents are not on the line corresponding to the person's profession or skill, then the person is not a specialist. For example, a thug who learns boxing or a carpenter with rough skills is not a specialist, which is because the parents are not on the corresponding line or are not in the zhen palace. If the parents transform into the brothers or the brothers hold the world line, then one must first offer a proper gift before the matter can be discussed. If the intermediate line is activated and generates and harmonizes with the parents, a mediator must be involved. If it transforms into a line related to documents, a written contract must be established.

學得明師，可繼程風於滿座；師非良館，難期賈粟之盈倉。故欲筆耕，先須蓍筮。世為西席，如逢父母必明經；（凡占書館以世爻為西席之位，如臨父，其先生是明經之人，世在乾坤離三宮亦然。臨官帶貴或本宮官伏世下，多是秀才。）

If a student finds a good teacher, the whole class can continue the scholarly tradition of Chengmen; but if a teacher cannot find a good position, it will be hard to fill the granary with rice. Therefore, if one wishes to make a living through writing, one should first cast a divination with the yarrow stalks. In this type of divination, the World Line represents the private tutor. If the World Line is connected to the parents, the teacher must be well-versed in the classics. If the World Line is on the parents, the teacher is a learned scholar; if it falls in the three palaces of Qian, Kun, or Li, it is the same. If the World Line is on the officialdom and accompanied by a nobleman, or if the officialdom in the native palace is hidden beneath the World Line, then the person is likely a scholar.

應乃東家，若遇官爻須作吏。（應爻為占館東家主人，若臨官必是官吏戶役人家；加白虎則是病人。在三爻現，病在床，休囚受制，則有孝服在身；加玄武必與盜賊往來。應臨父母加勾陳，種田人家，加朱雀讀書人家；加白虎宰殺人家；加螣蛇工藝人家。應臨子屬金，僧道作主，加朱雀玄武是打獵人家，不然則後生輩也。應臨財爻，更在陰宮，又臨陰爻而卦無官鬼者，必是婦人作主，有官則是富貴人家；財化財，財化子，做買賣人家。若被月建日辰動爻制伏，乃是奴僕為主，應臨兄弟平常人家，加朱雀，賭博人家，繫本宮，弟兄姊妹家。繫他宮，朋友鄰里家。若論住宅依家宅章斷。）

The response line represents the host of the eastern household. If it meets the official ghost, then the family is likely to be composed of officials. The response line represents the host of the host family; if it meets the official ghost, it must be a family of officials or those who serve in official capacities. If it also has the white tiger, there is a sick person in the family. If this line is the third line, the sick person is bedridden. If it is weak and confined and is restrained, there is someone in the family mourning. If the response line meets the official ghost and also has the black tortoise, there must be dealings with thieves. If the response line meets the parents and has the hook chariot, it is a farming family. If it has the vermilion bird, it is a scholarly family. If it has the white tiger, it is a butchering family. If it has the snake, it is a family of artisans. If the response line meets the sons and belongs to metal, it is a family run by monks or Taoists. If it also has the vermilion bird and the black tortoise, it is a hunting family, otherwise it is a young man's family. If the response line meets the wealth line, and it is in a yin palace and is a yin line, and there is no official ghost in the hexagram, it must be a woman who is the head of the household. If there is an official ghost, it is a wealthy family. If the wealth line transforms into wealth or transforms into sons, it is a family engaged in trade. If the wealth line is restrained by the month builder, the day branch, or the moving line, then it is a family where servants are in charge. If the response line meets the brothers, it is an ordinary family. If it also has the vermilion bird, it is a family that gambles. If this line belongs to its own palace, it is the family's own brothers and sisters. If it belongs to another palace, it is friends or neighbors. As for the condition of the other family's house, refer to the chapter on home affairs for interpretation.

臨官兮少壯，休囚則貧乏之家；墓庫兮高年，旺相則富豪之主。（應爻臨官帝旺爻，主人必然強壯。如臨墓庫必是高年。五行無氣其家貧乏，五行旺相其家富厚，重加財福，必然鉅富。德性以五類六神參斷。）值土火空，無父母；逢金水絕，少兒孫。（卦中六親即人六親，然有兩人繫於一卦者，則彼此六親宜不同矣。又當何以定之？不過生之理而已，且如占館以應為東家，應爻屬土，火能生土，不拘卦中有無，亦不拘是財官父子，皆作父母斷，生我者故也。應爻屬金，金能生水，不拘卦中有無，亦不拘財官父兄皆作子孫斷，我生故也。如火爻旺空、沖空、動空，主父母不全，衰空必無父母，火化火兩重父母。帶官鬼旺以貴斷，衰以病言。帶兄弟，其父好賭博，無廉恥，欠學問。帶財爻，其父不富厚則業貿易。帶子孫，其父則甚慈善，慷慨有為，餘皆仿此。但不可以六爻總看，當以在應宮者為彼六親，在世宮者皆我六親也。一宮三爻止餘二爻，此宮不現者，不可遂斷為有無，惟空亡乃是真無也。其貴賤壽夭，性情容貌，依常例推之。他如兄弟妻親子息，亦仿此推之。）

The Response Line falling in the Officialdom position indicates the person is in the prime of youth; if it is weak and confined, it signifies a poor family. If it falls in the Storage position, the person is old; if it is prosperous and strong, it indicates a wealthy family. If the Response Line is in the Officialdom or Prosperity positions, the person is certainly strong and healthy; if it is in the Storage position, the person is definitely old. If the five elements of the Response Line are weak, the family is poor; if they are prosperous and strong, the family is wealthy. If there are also wife and children, it is certainly extremely wealthy. Regarding the person's virtue and temperament, refer to the Six Relations and Six Spirits for interpretation. If the Earth Line meets a Fire Line that is in the empty position, there are no parents in the family; if the Earth Line meets a Water Line that is in the critical position, there are few descendants. The Six Relations in the hexagram are based on the person being questioned; however, when interpreting for two people in one hexagram, their Six Relations naturally differ. The principle is simply mutual generation. For example, when divining about a landlord, the Response Line represents the landlord. If the Response Line is Earth, and Fire generates Earth, then regardless of whether there is a Fire Line in the hexagram or whether it is considered as wealth, officialdom, parent or child in the original hexagram, it is treated as the landlord's parent, because Fire generates the Response Line. If the Response Line is Metal, and Metal generates Water, then regardless of whether there is a Water Line in the hexagram or whether it is originally considered as any of the Six Relations, it is treated as the landlord's child, because the Response Line generates it. In this way, if the Fire Line is strong and empty, or conflicting and empty, or moving and empty, it indicates the landlord's parents are incomplete; if it is weak and empty, the parents are definitely both dead; if the Fire Line turns into Fire, there are two sets of parents. If the Fire Line is strong and accompanied by ghosts, it is considered as a noble person; if it is weak, it is considered as illness. If it is accompanied by brothers, the father is a gambler, lacks morality, and is uneducated; if it is accompanied by wife and children, the father is either wealthy or a merchant; if it is accompanied by children, the father is very kind and generous. The rest can be interpreted in the same way. However, the Six Lines should not be considered in a general way; the Six Relations of the family should be calculated based on the position of the Response Line, and the Six Relations of the family should be calculated based on the position of the World Line. Each position has only three lines, excluding the original position, only two lines remain. The lines not appearing in this position should not be considered as non-existent; only those that fall in the empty position are truly absent. Regarding status, longevity, death, temperament, and appearance, follow the usual rules. Other matters such as brothers, spouse, and children should also be interpreted in the same way.

不拱不和，決定主賓不協；相生相合，必然情意相投。（世應二爻刑沖剋害，異日賓主不合，加以兄官發動大凶之兆。若得生合比和，情意必相投，生而化克，始和終不和；沖而化合，始疏而後密。世與子亦宜生合，則師弟間恩義兼盡，若見沖剋，亦多不睦也。）

If the two lines do not support each other nor harmonize, the host and guest will certainly not get along; if both lines generate and harmonize with each other, their feelings will definitely be in harmony. If the World and Response lines suffer from punishment, clash, control, or harm, the host and guest will certainly not be harmonious in the future; if furthermore the brothers or officials are activated, it is a sign of great misfortune. If the two lines generate, harmonize, or are in harmony with each other, their feelings will certainly be in harmony. If the first line generates but later turns into control, it means they start harmonious but eventually become discordant; if the first line clashes but later harmonizes, it means they start distant but later become close. The World Line should also generate and harmonize with the sons line, so that the teacher and student will have mutual affection and righteousness; if there is a clash or control, the teacher and student will often have discord.

財作束脩，不宜化弟；（占館以妻財為束脩，旺相多，休囚少。要知斤兩，以生成數推之，生旺倍加，絕死減半。在陽宮以生數斷，在陰宮以成數斷。今人但言水一、火二、木三、金四、土五，而不言六七八九十，是舉其生數而遺其成數也。獨怕兄弟發動，或財化兄，主束脩不皆入己，必有人抽分費用，不然則有名無實，亦不能盡取之也，財爻無氣而遇月建日辰動爻生扶者，束脩雖不多，四季節禮反周備也。易云：天一地二，天三地四，天五地六，天七地八，天九地十，生也。）

The wife财爻 represents tuition fees, and it is not advisable for it to be transformed into brothers. When divining about a school, the wife财爻 represents tuition. If it is prosperous and strong, then the amount is more; if it is weak and confined, then the amount is less. To calculate the exact amount, use the generating numbers and completed numbers of the Five Phases: if it meets a generating and strong condition, double the amount; if it meets a dying and absolute condition, reduce it by half. In a yang palace, use the generating numbers; in a yin palace, use the completed numbers. Nowadays people only mention water as one, fire as two, wood as three, metal as four, and earth as five, but they do not mention six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. This is only taking the generating numbers and missing the completed numbers. This aspect is most afraid of brothers being activated or the wife财爻 transforming into brothers, which indicates that the tuition cannot all belong to oneself, and someone will take a share in between; or it is just a name without reality, and it cannot be fully obtained. If the wife财爻 itself has no strength, but is supported by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, then although the tuition is not much, the seasonal gifts throughout the four seasons will be complete. The Great Treatise in the Book of Changes says: "Heaven is one, Earth is two; Heaven is three, Earth is four; Heaven is five, Earth is six; Heaven is seven, Earth is eight; Heaven is nine, Earth is ten," which refers precisely to these generating and completed numbers.

父為書館，豈可逢空？（占館不可以父母為師，當作書館論之，旺相有氣則有好書館；卦無父或落空，必無書館，事亦難成。若占其年書館有無，全要此爻出現，有氣不空必然有得，更得應來生合世爻，自有人來延請；世爻生合應爻及父爻，必須自去訪求無人相請。卦無父而動爻有化出者，不意中有人推薦也。若父化父必有兩處書館，卦有兩爻亦然。館有定期而遇父化父，館必兩處，本宮化入他宮，由近及遠；他宮化入本宮，自外以及內也。）

The parents represent the library, how can it be empty? When divining about a library, the parents should not be considered as teachers, but rather as the library itself. If the parents are prosperous and strong, there will be a good library available; if the parents are absent or empty, there will be no library, and the matter will not succeed. If one is divining whether there will be a library this year, the entire matter depends on this line. If it is strong and not empty, there will certainly be a place. If the response line comes to generate and harmonise with the world line, naturally people will come to hire someone. If it is the opposite, with the world line generating and harmonising the response line and the parent line, then one must go to seek out the opportunity, and no one will come to invite. If the original hexagram has no parents but they are generated by a moving line, this indicates an unexpected recommendation. If the parents generate parents, there will certainly be two libraries; if there are originally two parent lines, it is the same. If someone has already arranged a fixed position and the parent line generates another parent line, the two libraries exist together: if the line originates from its own palace and moves into another, it is from near to far; if it originates from another palace and moves into its own, it is from outside to inside.

鬼動合身，須得貴人推薦；（官鬼發動，當有間阻，然來生合世身，又主其館必得貴人推薦，而後可成；應如克世父或落空，雖薦不成。）兄興臨應，決多同類侵謀。（凡占學館，應持兄動，必有同道之人爭謀其館；兄臨卦身亦然；若在間爻動沖剋世，則主有破說，其事難成。）

The official ghost moves to harmonize with the hexagram body, which requires the recommendation of a nobleman. Normally, when the official ghost moves, there should be some obstruction; but if it instead generates and harmonizes with the world line and hexagram body, it indicates that this place must be recommended by a nobleman in order to be secured. If the response line instead attacks the world line, or if the parents are empty, then even if someone recommends it, the matter will not succeed. If the brothers move and are located on the response line, there will certainly be others who come along to compete for this place. Whenever the response line holds the brothers and moves, there will definitely be competitors for this position; if the brothers are located on the hexagram body, it is the same. If it moves on the intermediate line to clash and control the world line, then someone is likely to spread bad words, making the matter difficult to succeed.

官如藏伏，應無督集之人；（鬼能生扶父母，故占主以此爻為糾率子弟之人，若不出現或落空，必館無人聚集生徒以成學館，其事難成，又主無人推薦；若空而逢沖，伏而提起，必須央凂其人，方許出來糾集。）應若空亡，未有招延之主。（應爻空亡，無人延請，更若父不出現或落空，必難成就；應爻動空化空，是假言作主也，不然亦主不終其事。凡遇父母臨身，或遇動來生合世身，大吉之兆，主其館易成；有此象而應空鬼動，雖有糾集之人而無招延之主，宜自開館。若鬼爻空伏而應來生合，雖有延請之家，而無糾集之人，宜有招致。）

If the official ghost is hidden and not visible, there will be no one to gather students. The official ghost can generate and support the parents, so within this context, it represents the person who gathers students for study. If it does not appear or falls into kongwang, there will be no one to collect students and form a school, making the matter difficult to achieve, and also no one to recommend. If it is empty but meets a conflict, or if it is hidden but is later mentioned, then one should request this person to appear and gather students. If the response line falls into kongwang, there will be no one to invite. If the response line falls into kongwang and the parents also do not appear or fall into kongwang, it will be even more difficult to achieve the matter. If the response line moves and falls into kongwang or transforms into kongwang, it indicates that someone is pretending to take charge, or that the matter will have a beginning but no end. If the parents are on the hexagram body or move to generate and harmonize with the world line and hexagram body, it is a great auspicious sign, indicating that the school will be easily established. If there are such auspicious signs, but the response line falls into kongwang and the official ghost moves, it means that someone is willing to gather students but there is no proper host to invite, so it is advisable to start the school oneself. Conversely, if the official ghost falls into kongwang or is hidden, but the response line generates and harmonizes, it means that someone is willing to invite but there is no one to gather students, so it is advisable to go and recruit students oneself.

動象臨財，難稱意；（文書為占館用神，若遇財動，則被克壞，未成者，不能成，已成者不遂意。世身日月皆忌臨之，若得父持月建或臨生旺，庶亦可成。）空爻持世，豈如心？（卦中父母出現，應來生合而世爻空亡者，非館不成，乃是自不上前，或雖成不去也；應不生合，父母重迭，而世爻空亡者，為有別館，故不成此事；無故自空必不可成，雖成終不如意。）

When the moving line is over the wealth line, things will not go as desired. The document line is the useful god for this situation, and when the wealth line moves, it is harmed: those not yet discussed cannot be discussed, and those already discussed will not be satisfactory. The world line, hexagram body, day branch, and month builder all dislike being over the wealth line; unless the parents are held by the month builder or are in a prosperous place, it can only bewith difficulty achieved. If the empty line holds the world line, how can one achieve their wishes? If the parents appear in the hexagram and the response line also generates and harmonises, but the world line falls into empty, then the shop will not be opened, or it is the person who does not take the initiative, or even if it is discussed, they do not go. If the response line does not generate and harmonise, and the parents appear repeatedly, while the world line falls into empty, then there is another shop, so this one will not be achieved. If the world line falls into empty without reason, then it will definitely not be achieved; even if it is achieved, it will still not be satisfactory.

身位受傷，雖成不利；（世身被月建日辰動爻刑剋雖有可成之象，日後亦不稱意，如鬼爻刑剋有官非疾病類。）間爻有動，縱吉難成。（間爻動，事多阻隔故難成。）

If the position of the hexagram body is injured, even if the negotiation is successful, it will be unfavorable. If the world line and hexagram body are harmed by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, although the hexagram may show a favorable outcome, it will not be satisfactory in the future. For example, if it is harmed by official ghosts, there may be troubles such as lawsuits or illness. If the intermediate line is activated, even if the hexagram is favorable, it will be difficult to achieve the goal. Once the intermediate line moves, there will be more obstacles, making it hard to succeed.

鬼或化兄，備禮先酬乎薦館；（凡遇鬼爻動出兄弟，必得禮物先酬薦館之人，則可成。兄臨世身亦主先費財物；兄臨應上，則是東家好利，必得禮儀饋送，而後可成也。）世如變鬼，央人轉薦於東家。（鬼爻出現而世又化出者，必須再得推薦乃可成；卦無官而動爻有化出者，初未有人推薦，亦必待央人薦之則可成。若鬼化鬼爻又主反覆難成。）

When the official ghost changes into brothers, one must first present a gift to thank the person who recommended the place. Whenever the official ghost moves and turns into brothers, it is necessary to first offer a gift to the person who recommended the place in order for the matter to succeed. If brothers are on the world line or the hexagram body, it indicates that one must personally bear the cost. If brothers are on the response line, it means the host loves money and one must present a gift to the host in order for the matter to succeed. If the world line changes into the official ghost, one must ask someone else to recommend again to the host. If the hexagram already contains the official ghost and the world line also changes into one, then one must again ask someone else to recommend. If the hexagram originally does not contain the official ghost, but only the moving line changes into one, it indicates that there was no one to recommend at first, and one must again ask someone else to recommend. If the official ghost changes into another official ghost, it indicates indecision and difficulty in succeeding.

世無生合，請看白眼之紛紛；（凡遇應不克世，父母不空，兄鬼不動而月建日辰動爻，並不生合世爻者，其事可成，但主人不欽敬，皆以白眼待之也。）福或興隆，會見青衿之濟濟。（占館以福爻為門生，旺相多，休囚少，空亡不上卦，雖是其人作主，未必其家子弟也。子化子，生徒必多。帶殺動來克世，日後恐有操戈入室者。）

If the world line is not supported or harmonized, one can expect to be looked down upon. If the response line does not attack the world line, the parents are not empty, and brothers or officials do not move, but the month builder, day branch, and moving line all fail to support the world line, then although the position may be obtained, the master will not respect you and will look at you with contempt. If the descendants are prosperous, then there will be many young scholars. In divination for a position, descendants represent students: if they are prosperous and strong, there will be many students; if they are weak and confined, there will be few. If the descendants are empty or not in the hexagram, even if someone offers to take charge, the people coming may not be the master's own descendants. If descendants generate descendants, there will certainly be many students. If descendants with Inauspicious Sha (malevolent forces) move to attack the world line, there may be trouble in the future where students might trouble the teacher.

衰逢扶起，日加鼓篋之徒；（子孫旺相，卻被日辰動爻刑剋，主生徒始雖多集在館，日後漸自減少；子孫休囚卻繫日辰動爻生合扶起，則主始雖不多，開館後日漸增進。）動遇沖開，時減執經之子。（子孫動爻，固是吉兆，若被日辰動爻沖散，其徒必有背師而去者；如被世沖散，是先生叱退其徒，非弟子自背其師也。子孫動一空亡，，則弟子中有半途而廢者，是歇學非叛去。）

The descendants, though weak, if supported by people, will have more students coming to study each day. If the descendants are originally strong and prosperous, but are harmed by the day branch or moving line, this indicates that students initially gather in large numbers, but later gradually disperse. If the descendants are originally weak and confined, but are supported and harmonized by the day branch or moving line, this indicates that students start off in small numbers, but increase day by day after opening the school. If the descendants move and are confronted, the number of students carrying scriptures will decrease day by day. The movement of the descendants is a good omen, but if it is dispersed by the day branch or moving line, some students will leave the teacher. If it is dispersed by the world line, it means the teacher is driving the students away, not the students leaving on their own. If the descendants move and fall into kongwang, there will be students who drop out halfway, which means they stop studying, not leaving on their own.

逢龍則俊秀聰明，遇虎則剛強頑劣。（子臨青龍，其徒必然聰明俊秀；更逢月建日辰生合，而又臨金水爻者，必有穎悟非常之子。若臨白虎則多頑劣不馴；發動其性必野難以教訓。凡遇青龍必有禮貌；遇白虎必不盡禮。）陽卦陽爻居養位，座前有劉恕之神童；陰宮陰象化財爻，帳前列馬融之女樂。（子孫在陽宮陽爻，面臨胎養及金水二爻旺相不空有扶者，其徒必有出類拔萃如劉恕之神童在門；若在陰宮陰爻，而又化財者，必有女兒受學，不化財爻而在兌宮者，亦有女徒。）兩福自沖，鬼谷值孫臏龐涓之弟子；子孫皆合，伊川遇楊時游酢之門生。（卦有兩爻子孫俱動相沖，弟子中，必多不合，更加白虎螣蛇，數有爭鬥，若來傷世，必然責及先生；如遇二爻俱來生合世爻則門生自盡弟子之禮，尊師重傳，必不輕背其師也。）

When the子孙 (student) is accompanied by the Azure Dragon (Azure Dragon), the student is intelligent and talented; if it meets the White Tiger (White Tiger), the student tends to be strong-willed and unruly. If the子孙 is under the Azure Dragon, the student is certainly intelligent and outstanding; if it also meets the Month Builder (Month Builder) and Day Branch (Day Branch) which generate and harmonize, and is accompanied by the 金爻 (Metal line) and 水爻 (Water line), then there will certainly be an exceptionally gifted student. If the子孙 is under the White Tiger, the student is likely to be stubborn and disobedient; once it activates, the nature becomes even more wild and difficult to discipline. Students under the Azure Dragon are sure to be polite, while those under the White Tiger are unlikely to be respectful. If the子孙 is in a yang palace and yang line, and is in the 胎 (fetus) or 养 (nurturing) position, there will be a child prodigy like Liu Su of the Song dynasty beneath it; if it is in a yin palace and yin line and transforms into the 财爻 (wealth line), there will be female musicians like Ma Rong in front of it. If the子孙 is in a yang palace and yang line, and is in the 胎, 养 positions along with the 金爻 and 水爻, it is prosperous and strong without being empty, and is supported, then there will certainly be outstanding students like Liu Su of the Song dynasty. If the子孙 is in a yin palace and yin line and transforms into the 财爻, there will be female students; even if it does not transform into the 财爻, as long as it is in the 兑宫 (Lake palace), there will still be female students. When two 子孙 lines conflict with each other, it is like the disciples of Guiguzi, Sun Bin and Pang Juan, who had conflicts; when two 子孙 lines harmonize with each other, it is like the disciples of Cheng Yi, Yang Shi and You Zuo, who were harmonious. If both 子孙 lines are activated and conflict with each other, there will be many conflicts among the students; if combined with White Tiger and 螣蛇 (Green Snake), there will be frequent quarrels; if they harm the World Line (World Line), the teacher will certainly be blamed. Conversely, if these two lines both generate and harmonize with the World Line, the students will all fulfill their duties as disciples, respect the teacher, and will never easily abandon the teacher.

世動妻爻，決主親操井臼；（世臨財動，是自炊非供膳也，若占供膳，又主供得膳成。惟怕兄動或雖不動而持身世者，皆主供不成。大凡占館遇財爻持世，又主西席家眷同占。）應生財值，定然供膳饔餐。（財爻臨應生合世身，定主供膳，財為飲食故也。若月建日辰動爻俱帶妻財，必非一家東道供膳，乃諸生輪流供也。財爻旺相款待必厚，休囚款待必薄，財化子必豐潔，財化鬼無美味，財化父必淡薄，財化兄常食而已。）

The world line has the wealth line moving, indicating that the person must cook themselves. When the world line is on the wealth line and it moves, it means the person starts the fire, not the host providing meals. If the question is specifically about the host providing meals, then the meal supply will be successful. However, if the brothers move or if the brothers are present even without moving and hold the world line or the body of the hexagram, then the meal supply will not be successful. Generally, when the wealth line holds the world line in a lodging divination, it indicates that the teacher's family will also go along. If the response line has the wealth line generating and harmonizing with the world line and the body of the hexagram, then the host will definitely provide meals, since wealth represents food. If the month builder, day branch, and moving line all carry the wealth line, then it is not just one family providing meals, but the students' families taking turns. When the wealth line is prosperous and strong, the hospitality will be generous; when it is weak and confined, the hospitality will be meager. If the wealth line transforms into the sons line, the food will be abundant and clean; if it transforms into the officials line, the food will lack flavor; if it transforms into the parents line, the food will be simple; if it transforms into the brothers line, it will be just regular home cooking.

如索束脩，可把妻財推究；若居伏地，還求朋友維持。（凡占取索束脩，以財爻為主。若不出現，不拘伏在何爻下，皆主費力難索，必須浼求朋友同行取討，財或可得，蓋凡伏藏，須得月建日辰動爻提起伏神如同飛神，然後得出為用故也。）出現不傷旺相生身，名曰吉；入空無救休囚化絕，號為凶。（凡占束脩，得財爻出現，旺相不空，而月建日辰動爻不帶，兄弟傷克，財不缺欠，更得財爻生世合世大吉之兆；若財雖出現，卻被克劫或居絕地，或空亡，或變出死墓絕爻，皆不遂意，世持兄克尤難取討，得子孫旺動亦好。）

If you want to seek tuition fees, you should examine the wife and wealth line. If the wealth line is hidden, you need to ask friends to help. In all cases of seeking tuition fees, the wealth line is the main focus. If the wealth line does not appear, regardless of where it is hidden, it indicates difficulty in obtaining the money, and you must ask friends to go with you to collect it, as money may then be obtained. This is because any hidden line must be lifted by the month builder, day branch, or moving line, so that it appears like a flying line and can be used. If the wealth line appears without being harmed, is prosperous and strong, and supports the hexagram body, this is considered favorable. If the wealth line falls into an empty position without support, is weak and confined, and transforms into a dead, tomb, or critical position, this is considered unfavorable. In divination regarding tuition fees, if the wealth line appears, is prosperous and not in an empty position, and the month builder, day branch, and moving line do not bring brothers to harm or overcome it, then the money will not be lacking. If the wealth line also supports the world line and forms a harmonious relationship with it, this is a very favorable omen. If the wealth line appears but is overcome or taken away, or falls into a critical position, or an empty position, or transforms into a dead, tomb, or critical line, then the outcome will not be satisfactory. If the world line holds brothers and harms the wealth line, it will be even more difficult to obtain the money. In such cases, if the descendants are strong and active, it will be somewhat better.

變出父爻，書債必然償貸物；（財動化父，或父動化財，主束脩必無金銀寶物，多是貨物準折，乃有名無實之象，卦中兄弟更動，雜貨物亦不盡得。）化成兄弟，硯田定主欠收成。（兄弟乃劫財之神，若發動或持世，皆難入手，財化兄有名無實，或得一半，卦若無財遇兄化出，則主有人抽分。）

When the爻 changes to represent parents, it indicates that the debt for books must definitely be settled with physical goods. If the wealth爻 moves and changes to parents, or if the parents爻 moves and changes to wealth, it suggests that there are no actual gold or silver in the tuition fee, and mostly goods will be used to settle the debt, which is a sign of something named but not real. If the brothers爻 also moves in the卦, even those miscellaneous goods cannot be fully obtained. If it changes to brothers, the land for writing (砚田) will have a poor harvest. Brothers are the spirits that seize property; if they move or hold the main position, money will be difficult to obtain. If the wealth爻 changes to brothers, it indicates something named but not real, or only half can be obtained. If there is no wealth in the original卦, but it is produced by brothers, it means someone is taking a share from the middle.

身空應空財福空，必成虛度；（凡占束脩，遇卦身應爻及子孫妻財或空或不上卦，主束脩無得，蓋財為用神，身為事主，應為諸生父兄，而子孫又生財之神，今皆空休，其能取乎？故成虛度。）日克月克動變克，恐受刑傷。（月建日辰動變諸爻，皆來刑剋世爻者，占館必不可成，占束脩恐被諸生父兄呵責，宜慎之。）

The hexagram body falls into the void, the response line falls into the void, and the wealth and sons also fall into the void; this year is certainly wasted. Whenever divining about tuition fees, if the hexagram body, the response line, and the sons and wealth lines fall into the void or are not included in the hexagram, it indicates that no tuition fee will be obtained. Because the wealth line is the useful god, the hexagram body is the main subject of the matter, the response line represents the parents and elders of the student, and the sons are the gods that generate wealth; now all these lines fall into the void and are exhausted, how can one expect to obtain anything? Therefore, it is judged as a wasted year. The day branch and the month builder both attack, the moving line and the changing line also attack; one is likely to suffer injuries. If the month builder, day branch, moving line, and changing line all attack the world line, when divining about a teaching position, it is certainly impossible to obtain; when divining about tuition fees, one may also be scolded by the parents and elders of the student, and one should be cautious.

鬼化財生，非訟則學金休矣；（卦中無財，而遇兄鬼文書亂動，有化出財爻，生合世爻者，必須訟訴公庭，然後可得束脩。官爻獨發生世合世，亦然。）子連父合，因學而才思加焉。（凡占學館，世若衰絕無氣，而遇子孫動化、父母生扶、合起世爻者，主先生才學本不克不贍，因教訓子弟而其才思日加進益；卦有財動則不然。）

The official ghost transforms into the wealth line to generate and harmonize with the world line, meaning there is no hope of getting this tuition fee without going to court. The divination originally has no wealth line, but if brothers, official ghosts, and documents are all active in confusion, and among them the wealth line is transformed to generate and harmonize with the world line, then one must go to court to get the tuition fee back. If the official ghost alone becomes active to generate and harmonize with the world line, the situation is the same. The descendants are connected to the parents and harmonize with the world line, so the teacher actually gains wisdom through teaching the students. When divining about a school, if the world line is weak and declining, but the descendants become active and transform, and the parents also generate and support the world line and harmonize with it, this indicates that the teacher originally did not have sufficient knowledge, but through teaching the students, his wisdom increases day by day. However, if the wealth line is active in the divination, this situation cannot be said.

小忍不懲，必至爭長競短；大虧既負，寧不訴枉申冤？欲定輸贏，須詳世應。（事中世應，即狀中原被告人，須看此則兩邊勝負可知。）應乃對頭，要見休囚死絕；世為原告，宜臨帝旺長生。（占訟以世為原告，應為被告，若被告占以世為自己，應為對頭。應旺世衰，他強我弱；世旺應衰，我強他弱。逢兄遇鬼，雖強理短；臨財持福，雖弱理長。）

A person who is unwilling to tolerate small matters will inevitably argue over details; after suffering great losses and injustice, how could they not seek redress? To determine the outcome, one must carefully examine the World and Response Lines. In the hexagram, the World and Response Lines correspond to the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit; by observing these two lines, one can discern the outcome between the two parties. The Response Line represents the opponent, so it is best if it is weak and confined. The World Line represents the plaintiff, so it is most favorable if it is in a state of prosperity or growth. In divination regarding lawsuits, the World Line is the plaintiff and the Response Line is the defendant; if the defendant is the one consulting the divination, then the World Line represents themselves and the Response Line represents the opponent. If the Response Line is strong and the World Line is weak, it indicates that the opponent is stronger and the self is weaker; if the World Line is strong and the Response Line is weak, it indicates that the self is stronger and the opponent is weaker. However, one must also consider whether the case is just or unjust: if the line has brothers or encounters officials and ghosts, although the power is strong, the case is unjust; if the line has wife and wealth or holds sons, although the power is weak, the case is just.

相剋相沖，乃是欺凌之象；（世爻刑剋應爻，未必我勝，乃是欺我之象，必得鬼克應爻，方為我勝；應爻刑剋世爻，未必他勝，乃是欺他之象，必須鬼克世爻，方為他勝。世應遇三刑六害六沖，兩爻俱動者，是鷸蚌相持之勢，兩不相讓之象。）相生相合，終成和好之情。（世應生合，原被有和釋之意。世生應，我欲求和；應生世，他欲求和。世應雖生合而變爻刑沖者；口和心不和也；世應雖沖剋而變爻相合者，始不和，而終和也。生中帶刑合中帶克，而動空化空者，俱是假意言和，未嘗信任之也。）

When lines clash and control each other, it indicates mutual bullying. If the world line harms the response line, it does not necessarily mean I win; it is just a sign of mutual bullying. Only when the official ghost line harms the response line can it be considered as my victory. If the response line harms the world line, it does not necessarily mean he wins; it is also just mutual bullying. Only when the official ghost line harms the world line can it be considered as his victory. If the world and response lines encounter three punishments, six harms, or six clashes, and both lines are active, it indicates a situation where both parties hold on to their positions, neither yielding. When lines generate and harmonize with each other, they will eventually reconcile. If the world and response lines generate and harmonize, both the plaintiff and defendant show a willingness to reconcile: if the world line generates the response line, it means I want to reconcile; if the response line generates the world line, it means he wants to reconcile. Even if the world and response lines generate and harmonize, but the changing line harms or clashes with them, it means they only reconcile verbally but not in heart. Even if the world and response lines clash and control each other, but the changing line harmonizes with them, it means they were initially not in harmony but eventually reconcile. If generation is accompanied by punishment, or harmony is accompanied by control, or if the lines are active but fall into kongwang, these are all signs of fake reconciliation, not genuine intentions.

世應比和官鬼動，恐公家捉打官司；（世應比和亦是和解之象，卦無財或落空，是財用不給而欲和也，但得子動月建日辰不相刑剋，必成和好；若世應生合比和而官鬼卻動者，主官府捉打官司不依和議，鬼爻休囚是主詞人刁蹬，若有制終成和議。）卦爻安靜子孫興，喜親友勸和公事。（世應生合比和，而六爻安靜者，不勸自和。世應雖不生合，而子孫發動者，必有勸和之人和釋兩邊也，與世同宮及世爻化出是我親友；與應同宮及應爻化出，是彼親友；在間爻則是中證人也。若被世應動克，或鬼旺福衰，雖或勸和不能依允，卦無子孫及落空亡，必然無人兜留。）

The world line and response line are harmonious, indicating a possibility of reconciliation; however, if the official ghost is active, there is a fear that the authorities will still arrest the person for investigation. The harmony between the world and response lines is a sign of reconciliation; if there is no wealth in the hexagram or the wealth is in an empty position, it is because of financial difficulties that the desire for reconciliation arises. As long as the descendants are active, and the month builder and day branch do not harm or restrict, reconciliation is certain. However, if the world and response lines are harmonious but the official ghost is active, it indicates that the authorities will still proceed with the case, ignoring the reconciliation efforts. If the official ghost is weak and confined, it is merely the plaintiff being difficult, but as long as it is restrained by something else, reconciliation is still possible. If all six lines are quiet and the descendants are strong, it is good that friends and relatives will intervene to help resolve the case. If the world and response lines are mutually generating, harmonizing, or harmonious, and all six lines are quiet, there is no need for someone to intervene; reconciliation will happen naturally. Even if the world and response lines are not generating or harmonizing, as long as the descendants are active, someone will surely intervene to mediate between the two sides. This mediator: if it is in the same palace as the world line or derived from the world line, it is a relative on my side; if it is in the same palace as the response line or derived from the response line, it is a relative on the other side; if it is in the middle line, it is a neutral party or witness. If this line is attacked by the world or response lines, or if the official ghost is strong and the descendants are weak, then even if someone tries to mediate, it will not be effective. If there are no descendants in the hexagram or if the descendants are in an empty position, there will be no one to intervene.

世空則我欲息爭，（世空我欲息爭，應空他欲息爭，世應俱空，兩願消散未成訟。世空告不成，應空事無頭緒。初告狀世空，必有悔心或遇變故，官司不理；應空到頭走閃，不成訟。世空恐無主意，不能取勝；應空人不能齊或對頭躲閃，不能結訟。）應動則他多機變。（世動我必使心有謀，若化鬼或化兄，回頭刑剋反為失計；應動他有謀略加月建，必有貴人倚靠，反傷世必致大禍，宜世空避之則吉。）

The world line is empty, which means I want to avoid conflict. If the world line is empty, it means I want to stop; if the response line is empty, it means the other party wants to stop. If both the world and response lines are empty, both sides are willing to part ways, and the lawsuit will not proceed. If the world line is empty, the lawsuit cannot be filed. If the response line is empty, the matter lacks clarity. If just about to file a lawsuit but the world line is empty, it is likely that I have changed my mind or something unexpected has happened, and the court will not accept it. If the response line is empty, it means the other party has disappeared in the end, and the lawsuit cannot proceed. If the world line is empty, I may lack resolve and lose the case. If the response line is empty, people may not gather, or the opponent may hide, and the case cannot be resolved. If the response line is active, it means the other party is cunning and quick to change. If the world line is active, it means I am thinking and planning. However, if it turns into official ghosts or brothers coming back to harm me, it will be counterproductive. If the response line is active, it means the other party is strategic. If it is combined with the month builder, there will certainly be a nobleman to rely on. If it instead harms the world line, I will certainly face great misfortune. In this case, it is best for the world line to be empty to avoid trouble.

間傷世位，須防硬證同謀；鬼克間爻，且喜有司明見。（間爻為中證人，生世合世必然向我；生應合應則必向他。與世沖剋，與我有仇；與應沖剋，與彼有隙。若旺爻生應，衰爻合世，是助彼者有力，助我者無功；或靜生應動克世，是向彼者雖不上前，怪我者偏來出頭也。若沖剋之爻反去生應合應或與應爻比和，須防彼與中證人同謀陷害；若得鬼爻剋制或被日辰沖散合住，是官府不聽其言，我得無事。間爻若受三刑六害沖剋，中證必遭杖責。）

If the intermediate line harms the worldly position, we should be cautious of the other party colluding with hard evidence to frame us. If the official ghost line goes on to control the intermediate line, this is actually good because it shows the authorities are clear-sighted. The intermediate line represents intermediaries and witnesses: if it generates the worldly line and harmonizes with it, it will certainly support us; if it generates the response line and harmonizes with it, it will certainly support the other party; if it conflicts or controls the worldly line, it indicates enmity with us; if it conflicts or controls the response line, it indicates a rift with the other party. If a strong and prosperous intermediate line goes on to generate the response line, while a weak intermediate line harmonizes with the worldly line, this means it is beneficial to the other party and unhelpful to us; if the still line generates the response line while the moving line controls the worldly line, this means the one supporting the other party is reluctant to act, while the one hating us is eager to come forward. If the line that conflicts and controls us turns around to generate and harmonize with the response line, or harmonizes with the response line, we should be cautious of the other party and the witnesses colluding to frame us. At this time, if the official ghost line controls it or the day branch disperses and harmonizes with it, it means the authorities do not listen to them, and we can be safe. If the intermediate line is subjected to three punishments, six harms, or conflicts and controls, the intermediaries and witnesses will certainly be punished.

身乃根因事體，空則情虛；（卦身一爻，乃詞訟根由，旺則事大，衰則事小，動則事急，靜則事緩。空亡不出現，皆是虛捏事故，飛伏俱無毫釐不實，旺相空亡一半真假。要知為何起訟，以所臨六親斷之，如臨父母，是田房樹木或為尊長起訟；臨兄爭財鬥毆，門戶役事或為兄弟朋友起訟；臨子是漁獵六畜僧道醫藥卑幼起訟；臨財，是婚姻財物妻妾奴僕起訟；臨宮，是撇青放火人命賊盜官災或功名徭役起訟。婦人占必為夫事，若臨螣蛇則是被人牽連之事，持世切己事，臨應他人事。）父為案卷文書，伏須未就。（卦無父，案卷未成；父母旺空，文書未就；休囚空亡，其事不成。如帶刑爻或臨敗病，必多破綻，化財亦然；化兄還欠筆削；死墓衰絕，皆不濟事。若被月建太歲沖剋，上司必要駁；太歲月建作合，上司必吊卷；有沖散或克破，皆不依允。）

The hexagram body represents the root cause and nature of a lawsuit; if it falls into kongwang, the case is false. The hexagram body is the origin of the lawsuit: if it is strong, the matter is serious; if it is weak, the matter is minor; if it is active, the matter is urgent; if it is still, the matter is slow. If the hexagram body falls into kongwang or does not appear, it indicates fabricated reasons; if neither flying god nor hidden god can be found, then there is nothing real at all; if it is strong but falls into kongwang, then half is true and half is false. To know the reason for the lawsuit, look at the six relations it is associated with: if it is associated with parents, the matter is about land, houses, trees, or disputes with elders; if it is associated with brothers, the matter is about fighting over property, quarrels, household disputes, or conflicts with brothers and friends; if it is associated with descendants, the matter is about fishing, hunting, livestock, monks, Taoists, medicine, or disputes with younger generations; if it is associated with wife and wealth, the matter is about marriage, property, wives, concubines, or servants; if it is associated with officials and ghosts, the matter is about arson, murder, theft, official troubles, or fame and labor service. If a woman seeks divination, it must be about her husband's affairs; if the hexagram body is associated with tengshe, she is involved in someone else's case. If the hexagram body holds the world, it is a personal matter; if it is associated with the responding line, it is someone else's matter. Parents represent documents and records; if they are hidden, it means the case is not yet completed. If there are no parents in the hexagram, the case is not yet completed; if parents are strong but fall into kongwang, the documents are not yet finalized; if parents are weak and fall into kongwang, the case cannot be completed. If it carries a criminal line, or is associated with bathing, illness, the documents will have many flaws; if it transforms into a wealth line, it is the same; if it transforms into a brother line, the case still needs revision; if it falls into death, tomb, decline, or extinction, it is not useful. If parents are attacked by the month builder or the year ruler, the superior authority will reject the case; if they are harmonized by the year ruler or the month builder, the superior authority will request the documents; if they are scattered or broken, the case will be rejected altogether.

鬼作問官克應，則他遭杖責；（官為聽訟官，克世我遭責，訟必他勝；克應他遭責，訟必我勝。世應俱被傷，原被皆受責，若鬼爻雖刑剋，而文書卻有情杖責，須有罪名則無。）日為書吏傷身，則我受刑名。（日辰能救事，能壞事，原被皆要此爻有情，則必有人看顧。若臨庭爭訟，則當以此爻為書吏，吏合世爻於我有益；生合應爻於彼有益。沖剋應沖壞彼事，沖剋世沖壞我事。又如鬼動克世而得日辰剋制，沖散合住者，是官府有怒於我，卻得傍人一言解之，而得寬宥也。）

The official representing the case is the official of the court, and if it goes to control the response line, then the other party will be punished. The official of the court is the one who investigates the case: if it controls the world line, I will be held responsible, and the case will be won by the other party; if it controls the response line, the other party will be held responsible, and the case will be won by me. If both the world and response lines are harmed by the official, both the plaintiff and defendant will be held responsible. However, even though the official comes to control and harm, if the document line is favorable to me, then even though I am punished, the charge may not be established. The day branch represents the clerk of the court, and if it harms the hexagram body, I will be subjected to official punishment. The day branch can both help and harm the case; both the plaintiff and defendant need it to be favorable in order to be supported. If the case has already reached the court for trial, this line should be treated as the clerk: if it harmonizes with the world line, it is beneficial to me; if it generates and harmonizes with the response line, it is beneficial to the other party; if it clashes and controls the response line, it will ruin the other party's case; if it clashes and controls the world line, it will ruin my case. For example, if the official of the court moves to control the world line, and the day branch controls, disperses, or harmonizes it, then the official was originally angry with me, but due to a word of mediation from someone else, the case was leniently handled.

逢財，則理直氣壯；（占訟以財為理，臨世我有理；臨應他有理。臨世而休囚死絕，我雖懦怯，有濟；臨應而鬼來刑害，彼雖有理，而官府不聽，若遇兄則主不能分辨。如占下狀，則財為忌爻，或發動，或持世，或值日辰，或帶月建皆主不成。）遇兄，則財散人離。（兄弟，破敗耗散之神，若在身世爻上，事必干眾，動則廣費資財，更化兄或加白虎，必主傾家蕩產，財散人離，臨應爻則以彼斷之。）

When a wealth yao is on a line, it is straightforward. In a divination about a lawsuit, the wealth yao represents the reason. If the wealth yao is on the world line, it means I have the right side; if it is on the response line, it means the other party has the right. If the wealth yao is on the world line but is weak and confined, although I may be timid, the matter will eventually be resolved. If the wealth yao is on the response line and the official ghost yao also harms it, even though the other party has the right, the authorities will not listen. If there is a brother yao, it indicates that the case will not be clear. However, if the divination is about submitting a complaint, the wealth yao becomes a hostile god. If it is active, holds the world line, or is on the day branch or accompanied by the month builder, it indicates that the complaint cannot be submitted. When a line encounters a brother yao, it leads to the dispersal of wealth and separation of people. The brother yao is a god of destruction and loss. If it is on the hexagram body or the world line, the case will involve many people. If it becomes active, it will cause great loss of wealth. If it transforms into a brother yao or is accompanied by the white tiger, it will definitely lead to the ruin of the family, dispersal of wealth, and separation of people. If the brother yao is on the response line, the judgment will be made in favor of the other party.

世入墓爻，難免獄囚之繫；（世爻入墓化墓，或臨鬼，墓卦象凶者，必有牢獄之禍。墓爻衰弱，是箍禁籠中，臨白虎在獄有病；自空化空，死於獄中。）官逢太歲，必非州縣之詞。（鬼在本宮內卦，本州本縣詞，本宮外卦，事在本府，第五爻撫按三司、六爻事干省部。外宮外卦必發於外縣他州，宮問官逢太歲，必干朝廷，逢月建必涉臺憲。）

If the world line falls into the墓 position, it is likely to suffer from imprisonment. If the world line enters or transforms into the墓, or is adjacent to the墓 of official ghosts, and the hexagram is ominous, imprisonment is certain. If the墓爻 is weak, it is as if being held in a cage; if it also meets the White Tiger, it indicates illness in prison. If the world line is empty by itself or transforms into the empty position, it means death in prison. If official ghosts meet the year stem, the case cannot be settled at the county level. If official ghosts are in the inner trigram of their own palace, the case is local; if in the outer trigram, it involves the prefecture. If it falls on the fifth line, it involves the governor, the inspector, and the three departments. If it falls on the sixth line, it involves the provincial and central government. If it is in the outer palace's outer trigram, the case originates from another county or state. If official ghosts meet the year stem, it involves the imperial court; if it meets the month builder, it involves the advisory and supervisory offices.

內外有官，事涉一司終不了。（官不上卦，無官主張。內外有官權不歸一，主事體反覆必經兩司然後了事，不然則有舊事再發，或被他人又告。官化官亦然，空則勿斷。）上下有父，同興兩度始能成。（官父二爻不宜重見，主有轉變不定之象，其事必主纏綿，率難了結。如占告狀，遇有此象，再告方成。若月日動變，諸爻俱帶文書，重疊太過者，雖告數次亦不能成。）

The inner and outer trigrams both contain the official ghost line, indicating that the case will only pass through one government office and will not be resolved. If the official ghost line is not present in the trigram, there will be no official to handle the case. When both inner and outer trigrams contain the official ghost line, authority is not centralized, leading to repeated occurrences of the matter. It will require going through two government offices to resolve, or else it may be a reopened case or a new accusation from someone else. If the official ghost line transforms into another official ghost line, it is the same situation. However, if it falls into the kongwang position, this interpretation does not apply. If both upper and lower trigrams contain the parents line, the matter will not be resolved until it is litigated twice. The official ghost and parents lines should not appear more than once; if they do, it indicates instability and the matter will be prolonged and difficult to resolve. If this situation appears in a divination about a lawsuit, it suggests that another lawsuit will be necessary for resolution. If the month builder, day branch, moving line, and changing line all carry documents and overlap excessively, then even after multiple lawsuits, the matter will not be resolved.

官父兩強，詞狀表章皆准理；妻財一動，申呈訴告總徒勞。（凡欲上表申奏，申呈告訴等事，皆要官父兩全，有氣不空，則准理；缺一便不成，最怕財動則傷父，必不可成，若父雖旺相，財爻持世，或父動化財，皆主詞理未善，宜更改可成。卦無財爻月建日辰帶財，亦不能成。）父旺官衰，雀角鼠牙之訟；（父旺相官休囚，詞狀幞頭雖大事實細，故乃鼠才雀角之訟。父旺官空或有父無官，主同狀雖善，官府印不放告受詞。）

When both the official ghost and the parents are strong, the official documents and petitions will be accepted and processed. However, if the wife's wealth moves, all the petitions and lawsuits will be in vain. For any matters involving submitting petitions or lawsuits, both the official ghost and the parents must be present, strong and not empty, in order for the case to be accepted. If either is missing, the matter cannot be handled. The most dangerous situation is when the wife's wealth moves to harm the parents, which will definitely result in failure. If the parents are strong but the wife's wealth holds the main position, or if the parents move and transform into the wife's wealth, this indicates that the petition is incomplete and needs revision before it can succeed. Even if the hexagram does not contain the wife's wealth, but the month builder or the day branch carries the wife's wealth, the matter will still fail. If the parents are strong but the official ghost is weak, it is a small legal dispute like a sparrow's tooth and a mouse's tooth. If the parents are strong and the official ghost is weak, the petition may appear grand but the matter is actually trivial, hence called a sparrow's tooth and a mouse's tooth lawsuit. If the parents are strong but the official ghost is empty, or if there are parents but no official ghost, then the petition may be well written, but the court has sealed the seal and will not accept the case or listen to the petition.

變衰動旺，虎頭蛇尾之人。（凡世應旺動，是有併吞六國之勢，若變入死墓空絕，乃先強後弱，虎頭蛇尾之象。應以彼言，世以己言斷之。）世若逢生，當有貴人倚靠；應衰無助，必無奸惡刁唆。（世爻衰弱，遇月建日辰，動爻生合，必有貴人扶持，彼亦無可奈何。應爻遇之，是彼有人扶持，我亦不能制勝於彼也。間爻生合，可得中證人力。鬼生合，得官府中人力也。）無合無生，縱旺何殊獨腳虎；有刑有克，逢空當效縮頭龜。（應爻旺動，若無一點生合者，彼雖剛強有謀，乃是獨腳之虎，不足畏也。世無生合，是我一孤無助，若遇月日動變，刑剋世爻，其象最凶。得世在空爻，謂空避，如訟未成，不告為上，若已成訟，當效縮頭之龜，勿與對理可也，否則必遭罪責。應逢刑剋而避空者，是彼有躲避之計，我亦不能施其謀也。）

The original line is strong but the changing line turns weak, indicating a person who starts strong but ends weak. If both the world line and the response line are strong and active, they originally have the momentum to conquer six states. However, once they change into death, tomb, emptiness, or decline, they become a person who starts strong but ends weak, like a tiger's head and a snake's tail. The response line should be considered from the perspective of the other side, and the world line should be considered from the perspective of oneself. If the world line meets something that supports it, there will be a nobleman to rely on; if the response line is weak and lacks support, there will be no wicked person to incite trouble. Even if the world line is weak, if it receives support from the month builder, day branch, or the moving line, there will be a nobleman to help, and the other side will not be able to harm me. If the response line receives such support, then the other side has someone to back it, and I will not be able to defeat them. If the intermediate line supports or harmonizes with it, I can get help from a neutral person. If the official ghost line supports or harmonizes with it, I will get support from the authorities. If there is neither support nor harmony, even if the line is strong, it is just a single-legged tiger. If there are both punishments and restrictions, I should avoid the situation by falling into emptiness and becoming a turtle with its head retracted. If the response line is strong but moving without any support or harmony, the other side, although strong and cunning, is just a single-legged tiger, not worth worrying about. Conversely, if the world line has neither support nor harmony, I am isolated and without help. If it is further punished or restricted by the month builder, day branch, moving line, or changing line, it is the most dangerous situation. At this time, if the world line falls into the empty line, it is called empty avoidance: if the lawsuit has not yet started, it is best not to sue; if it has already started, I should act like a turtle with its head retracted, avoid confrontation, otherwise I will certainly suffer punishment. If the response line is punished or restricted and hides into emptiness, it means the other side has a plan to avoid, and my schemes cannot be carried out.

兄在間中，事必干眾；（兄弟在間爻，詞內干犯牽連眾多，動則中證人貪索賄賂，沖剋應爻索彼之財物也；兄弟逢空，事雖干眾，到官者少，化官傷世，若不用財買囑他人，必被其害。）父臨應上，彼欲興詞。（父母為文書，臨世我欲告理，臨應他欲申訴。動則事已行矣，化入死墓空絕，必不成事。若逢合住剋制，必有阻留者。）

The brothers are in the middle line, indicating that this case will involve a large number of people. If brothers are in the middle line, the list of people involved in the lawsuit will be numerous; once they are activated, it means that middlemen and witnesses are demanding bribes. If brothers clash and control the response line, it suggests that the party is demanding money. If brothers are empty, although many people are involved, few will actually go to court. If brothers transform into officials or ghosts that harm the world line, then without paying money to bribe others, one will surely be harmed. If parents are on the response line, it indicates that the other party wants to file a lawsuit. Parents represent documents; if they are on the world line, it means I will file a lawsuit; if they are on the response line, it means the other party will file a complaint. Once activated, it means the lawsuit has already been filed; if it transforms into death, tomb, emptiness, or decline, then the lawsuit will not proceed. If parents are restrained or controlled, there will certainly be someone obstructing or holding back.

父動而官化福爻，事將成而偶逢兜勸；父空而身臨刑殺，詞未準而先被笞刑。（凡占告訴，遇官父兩動，其事可成，若父化子傷克官，或官化子刑沖父，必主身到公門將投詞而有人兜勸。若父化空亡，墓絕，官鬼刑剋世爻，或帶自刑，或被日辰沖剋，告狀且不准，先遭杖責也。若官父皆旺，而有此象，雖被杖責，事必可成。）妻動生官，須用資財囑託；（父母有氣，不帶刑害，不臨敗病，不被沖剋，則詞理中式，事必可成。若鬼休囚死絕，亦難准理，遇有財動生扶，可用資財謀干，然後有望。若訟已成，卦有此象，必須用財囑託官吏，姑待鬼爻生旺月日，方能成事。更遇子孫發動，仍復無氣，雖費資財，亦無所益。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Parents move and officials transform into sons and grandsons, indicating the matter seems about to succeed but someone intervenes to stop it. If parents fall into emptyness and the hexagram body is afflicted by punishment, the case is not yet decided but the person is already punished. In all cases of litigation, if both officials and parents move, the matter is likely to succeed. However, if parents transform into sons and grandsons to harm officials, or officials transform into sons and grandsons to punish parents, it means the person has already arrived at the court gate, about to file a case, but someone intervenes to stop them. If parents transform into emptyness or reach their tomb and death, and officials punish the world line, or the world line carries self-punishment, or is punished by the day branch, then the case will not be accepted and the person will be punished first. However, if both officials and parents are strong and have such an image, even though the person is punished, the matter will eventually succeed. If wealth moves to support officials, it means money must be spent to bribe someone. If parents are weak, without punishment or harm, not in the state of bathing or illness, and not punished or conflicted, then the petition is proper and the matter will succeed. If officials are weak and in death, the petition is unlikely to be accepted; at this time, if wealth moves to support them, money can be spent to seek help, and there is hope. If the lawsuit has already begun and the hexagram shows this image, money must be given to officials, and then wait for the month and day when officials become strong, to resolve the matter. If at the same time sons move, officials remain weak, then the money spent is useless.

世興變鬼，必因官訟亡身。（世持鬼我失理，應持官他失理。世變鬼，恐因官事而喪命；應變鬼，以彼斷之，無故自空，亦有大難。若世臨鬼爻，克應或應臨鬼克世，主兩邊俱有罪責，鬼在世我做招頭，鬼在應他做招頭也。）子在身邊，到底不能結證；官伏世下，訟根猶未芟除。（卦身臨福德，其事必不見底，出現發動，隨即消散。若占散事得子動或世空，皆吉。惟怕本宮鬼伏世下，則訟根常在，目下雖不成訟，至官旺相月日，仍舊舉發也。）

The world line is active and changes into officialdom, which suggests danger from this lawsuit, possibly leading to death. If the world line holds officialdom, it indicates my side is at fault; if the response line holds officialdom, it indicates the other side is at fault. If the world line changes into officialdom, there is a risk of death due to the lawsuit; if the response line changes into officialdom, then the interpretation should be based on the other side. If the world line falls into kongwang without cause, there may be great difficulties. If the world line meets officialdom and attacks the response line, or if the response line meets officialdom and attacks the world line, it indicates both sides are at fault. If officialdom is in the world line, I am the one who starts the lawsuit; if officialdom is in the response line, the other side is the one who starts the lawsuit. If the descendants are near the hexagram body, the case will not be resolved. If the hexagram body meets descendants, the matter will certainly not have a conclusion; if descendants appear and become active, the lawsuit will quickly be resolved. If the divination is about concluding the matter, having descendants become active or the world line falling into kongwang is considered auspicious. However, if the officialdom is hidden beneath the world line in the same trigram, the root of the lawsuit remains unresolved: although there may be no conflict now, when the month and day of officialdom's prosperity and strength arrive, the conflict will still occur.

墓逢日德刑沖，目下即當出獄；歲掣福神生合，獄中必遇天恩。（世墓鬼墓爻動，皆是入獄之象，若得日辰刑沖剋破，目下即當出獄，不久禁錮也。在獄占卜，最喜太歲生合世爻，主有天恩赦宥，月建生合，上司審出，日辰生合，有司饒恕，父母生合必須申訴而後獲免也。）若問罪名，須詳官鬼；（凡卜罪名輕重，以鬼爻定之。旺則罪重，衰則罪輕。帶刑加白虎旺動克世金，受極刑，火主充軍，木主笞杖，水土徒罪，須以衰旺有制無制斷之，不可執滯。）

If the墓爻 is punished or clashed by the Day Branch's virtuous deity, the person will be released immediately. If the Sovereign Year influences the descendants and generates and harmonizes with it, the person will receive Heavenly Grace. If the墓 of the World Line or the墓 of the Official Ghost is activated, it indicates imprisonment. If the Day Branch punishes, clashes, or overcomes it, the person will be released soon and will not be imprisoned for long. When a lesson is cast while in prison, the best situation is when the Sovereign Year generates and harmonizes with the World Line, indicating Heavenly Grace and pardon. If the Month Builder generates and harmonizes, it means the superior official will review the case and release the person. If the Day Branch generates and harmonizes, it means the local official will show leniency. If the Parents generate and harmonize, it means the person must first submit a petition before being released. To determine the specific crime, one must carefully examine the Official Ghost. The severity of the crime is determined by the Official Ghost: if it is strong, the crime is severe; if it is weak, the crime is light. If the Official Ghost is strong, carries punishment, and is accompanied by the White Tiger to overcome the World Line, then if it belongs to metal, the punishment is capital punishment; if it belongs to fire, it is exile; if it belongs to wood, it is caning or beating; if it belongs to water or earth, it is imprisonment. One must also judge based on its strength and weakness and whether it is restrained, without being rigid.

要知消散，當看子孫。（要知消散日期，若福動鬼靜，以子孫生旺月日斷；鬼動福靜以官墓月日斷。二爻俱靜，若鬼旺福衰，以鬼爻墓絕日斷；福旺鬼衰以沖動福爻日斷。二爻俱動，若福有制伏，則看鬼爻；鬼有制伏，則看制伏之爻。見官日期，專看鬼爻；出獄日期則看破墓月日，或生合世爻月日。）卦象既成，勝負瞭然明白；訟庭一剖，是非判若昭彰。

To determine when a legal case will be resolved, one should look at the子孙 (offspring) line. There are several methods to determine the date of resolution: if the子孙 line is active and the官鬼 (official ghost) line is inactive, take the month and day when the子孙 line is in a strong and harmonious state. If the官鬼 line is active and the子孙 line is inactive, take the month and day when the官鬼 line enters its Storage (storage). If both lines are inactive, and the官鬼 line is strong while the子孙 line is weak, take the month and day when the官鬼 line enters its Storage or reaches its绝 (end) state. If the子孙 line is strong and the官鬼 line is weak, take the month and day when the子孙 line is disturbed. If both lines are active, and the子孙 line has another controlling factor, then look at the官鬼 line instead; if the官鬼 line has another controlling factor, then look at the line that controls it. As for the date when the case is heard in court, it is determined by the官鬼 line. As for the date of release from prison, it is determined by the month and day when the Storage is broken or when there is a harmonious relationship with the World Line (world line). Once the卦象 (divination diagram) is set, the outcome is clear; once the court makes a decision, the truth becomes evident.

人有窮通，世有否泰。自嗟薄命，適當離亂之秋；每嘆窮途，聊演變通之易。因錄已驗之卦爻，為決當今之倭寇。（承平日久，莫識亂離之苦，不幸海倭竊發，橫行吳越之間，剽掠村落，縱肆淫殺，不忍見聞，數年以來人情洶湧，避亂不暇，有在家而遭焚燒劫者，有在途而被其擄掠者。或死非命，或致傷殘，或夫妻之不顧，或父子而相離。割恩舍愛，惟命是逃。然則伯道之棄兒，豈虛語乎！予賴卜筮，未嘗遭遇，此因不幸中之萬幸也。因以平日所驗者，錄述此篇，以為十倭張本。而凡以患難之慾避者，亦仿其占，雲須憑五類，勿論六神。世之占者，皆以玄武為倭賊。予則以官論玄武倘臨福德，亦作倭斷耶，故憑五類勿論六神。）

People have times of hardship and times of success; the world has periods of disorder and periods of peace. Now we are in a time of turmoil and chaos. I lament my poor fate, often feeling that I have no way out. So I have used this system of flexible divination to predict the future. I have recorded the instances where the divination has already come true, in order to judge the current threat of倭寇. People have lived in peace for a long time and do not know the suffering of war and chaos. Unexpectedly,倭寇 have suddenly appeared along the coasts, spreading terror between Wu and Yue, looting villages, committing rape and murder at will, their actions so cruel they are unbearable to hear. In recent years, people have been in constant fear, with no time to flee. Some have been burned and looted in their homes, others have been captured on the road; some have died violently, others have been left disabled; some couples have been separated, some father and son have been torn apart. People have abandoned family ties, only seeking to preserve their lives. In this situation, is the story of Deng Boyue abandoning his son to save his nephew not true? I have never encountered any disaster through divination, which is a fortunate thing amidst misfortune. Therefore, I have recorded the verified examples of divination in this text, as the fundamental method for predicting倭寇. Anyone who wants to avoid disaster can use this method. When divining this particular matter, one should rely on the Six Relations and the Five Categories, without considering the Six Spirits. Most people who divinate use the term 'Xuanwu' to represent倭寇; however, I use the term 'Official Ghost' instead. If Xuanwu happens to be associated with the 'Descendants' category, should that also be interpreted as倭寇? Therefore, I emphasize the Five Categories and do not consider the Six Spirits.

鬼位興隆，賊勢必然猖獗；官爻墓絕，人心始得安康。（以鬼為倭者，鬼能興災致禍，倭亦傷人害物故也。旺相發動勢必猖獗，縱橫出入莫能御止；若得休囚安靜，日辰動爻，又不刑並，則安枕而臥，必無驚恐。）路上若逢，休出外；宅中如遇，勿歸家。（凡占以卦中二爻為宅，五爻為路。鬼在路上動，出外必遇不如父子家中；在宅上動，必然在家撞見，不如出外避之。）

The position of official ghost is prosperous and strong, so the thieves will certainly be rampant; when official ghost falls into the墓 and绝 positions, people's hearts can finally be at peace. The reason we use official ghost to represent倭寇 is because official ghost can cause disasters and troubles, just like倭寇 who harm people and destroy things. If official ghost is prosperous and strong and moves, the thieves will certainly be rampant, moving freely in and out without anyone to stop them; if it is weak and quiet, and the day branch and moving line do not harm or combine with it, then one can sleep soundly without fear. If official ghost is on the line representing the road, one should not go out; if it is on the line representing the house, one should not return home. For this type of divination, the second line of the hexagram represents the house, and the fifth line represents the road. If official ghost moves on the road line, going out will certainly lead to trouble, so it is better to stay at home; if official ghost moves on the house line, staying at home will certainly lead to trouble, so it is better to go out and avoid it.

動來刑害，從教智慧也難逃；變入空亡，縱被拘留猶可脫。（卦中鬼動，若不傷世，任彼猖獗不遭其禍；如被刑沖剋害，必難逃避。若變入死墓空絕，則是虎頭蛇尾，雖凶無咎之兆，虛驚則不免焉。若變生旺妻財等爻，則為可畏。）日辰制伏，何妨卦裡刑傷；月建臨持，勿謂爻中隱伏。（官鬼動來刑剋世爻，固是凶兆，若得動爻月辰剋制之，或沖散合住之，皆謂有救，雖見凶惡必不為害。惟怕月建日辰帶鬼，刑剋世多，則雖卦中無鬼，亦必遭其毒手，月建為甚，日辰次之，出現則不可當也。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Glossary: Month Builder = Yuejian World Line = Shiyao Moving Line = Dongyang Day Branch = Richen punishment and clash = Xingchong punishment and harm = Xinghai clash and control = Chongke Kongwang = Kongwang Official Ghost moves and causes punishment and harm, no matter how clever you are, you cannot escape; if it changes into Kongwang, even if it is restrained, you can still escape. Although the Official Ghost moves in the hexagram, as long as it does not harm the World Line, no matter how rampant it is, I will not suffer misfortune; once it causes punishment, clash, control, or harm, it is hard to avoid. If it changes into death, tomb, Kongwang, or extinction, it is a sign of a false alarm, although there may be some danger, but it is not serious. However, if it changes into a prosperous and strong wife wealth line, that is very dangerous. If the Day Branch can restrain it, then the injuries in the hexagram are not a problem; if the Month Builder is present, do not think that the hidden danger in the hexagram is harmless. Although the movement of the Official Ghost causing punishment and harm to the World Line is a bad omen, if it is restrained by a moving line or the Day Branch, or if it is dispersed by a clash or restrained by a combination, it is considered to have a solution, and even though there is evil, it will not harm people. The most dangerous situation is when the Month Builder and Day Branch themselves carry the Official Ghost and repeatedly cause punishment and harm to the World Line; even if the Official Ghost is not visible in the hexagram, you will still suffer its effects. The Month Builder is the most powerful, the Day Branch is next, and if it also appears in the hexagram, you will be unable to resist.

所惡者提起之神，所賴者死亡之地。（鬼爻伏藏固是吉兆，若被動爻日辰沖開，飛神提起伏神，仍被其害，必得鬼伏死墓絕，或臨空亡，則雖提之亦不能起，方無事也。且如甲申日卜得渙卦，六爻安靜又無官鬼，豈非吉兆？殊不知本宮己亥，鬼伏於六三空亡爻下，既已透出，又遇申提起，且又沖剋世爻，所謂變吉為凶，果被婦人引禍及己，蓋申金乃離宮妻財故也。）

The most annoying is the line that brings up the hidden god, while the most reliable is a dead end. When the official ghost is hidden, it is a good omen; but if it is disturbed by a moving line or the day branch, and the flying god is opened, bringing up the hidden god, it still brings harm. Only when the official ghost is hidden in a dead, tomb, or end position, or when it itself falls into kongwang, then even if someone tries to bring it up, it cannot be lifted, and there will be no trouble. For example: On a Jiashen day, the hexagram of Huan is obtained, and all six lines are still, with no official ghost appearing. Is this not a good omen? Who knows that the official ghost, which is Jihai, is hidden under the sixth line, which is in kongwang. Since it has already been revealed, it is lifted by the day branch, Shen metal, and goes on to clash with the world line. This is called turning a good omen into a bad one. Later, indeed, a woman caused trouble and brought disaster—because Shen metal in the fire palace is the wife's wealth.

自持鬼墓填中，不可潛藏；或值水神舟內，猶當仔細。（官父自持鬼墓者，如水土墓在辰，鬼在辰爻動是也；凡遇此象，不可避墳墓中土鬼，皆然，雖宇宙之內亦不宜也。木鬼不可避在草木叢中，水鬼不可避在舟中，金鬼不可避在寺觀中，火鬼不可避在窯冶中，水化水不可避在夾內，乾宮鬼化父不可避在樓閣中，否則必然遇見，餘當仿此推。）子爻福德北宜行，午象官爻南勿往。（官鬼所臨地，倭寇出入之所，宜避之，如臨午爻勿往南方，類子孫所臨寺，倭寇不到之處，宜往之，如臨子爻宜往北方類，餘仿此。）

The official ghost is sitting in the storage area, so it cannot hide in that direction; if the official ghost is associated with the water deity, it should be cautious even when hiding in a boat. This is called self-held ghost storage. For example, if the storage for water and earth is in the辰 (Chen) position, and the official ghost is active on the辰 (Chen) line, then in such a case, one should not hide in places like tombs; earth ghosts are like this, and even other places are not suitable. Similarly, wood ghosts should not hide among grass and trees, water ghosts should not hide in boats, metal ghosts should not hide in temples and monasteries, fire ghosts should not hide in kilns and forges, and if water transforms into water, they should not hide in enclosed walls. If the official ghost in the乾 (Qian) palace transforms into parents, then one should not hide on upper buildings—otherwise, they will be discovered. The rest should be understood in the same way. If the descendants are on the子 (Zi) line, it is suitable to go north; if the official ghost is on the午 (Wu) line, one should not go south. The branch of the official ghost's position is exactly where the pirates enter and exit, so it should be avoided. For example, if it is on the午 (Wu) line, one should not go south; the branch of the descendants' position is where the pirates do not go, so one should go there. For example, if it is on the子 (Zi) line, it is suitable to go north. The rest should be understood in the same way.

鬼逢沖散，何須剋制之鄉；福遇空亡，莫若生扶之地。（取子孫之地為吉者，以其剋制官爻也。若發動則取之，若福靜官動，而卦有沖散合住官爻者，即以沖合之方為吉。以其為得用之神故也。若卦無子孫，或落空亡，或衰靜受制，不得其力，而鬼爻又無沖散合住之類者，則取生合世爻之方為吉，但不宜在鬼爻刑沖害之地耳。）

The official ghost has already been dispersed by a clash, so there is no need to look for another direction to control it; the sons are located in the empty position, so it is better to go to the direction that supports the world line. Taking the direction where the sons are located as favorable is because it can control the official ghost; when the sons are active, naturally take that direction. If the sons are quiet and the official ghost is active, but there is another yao in the chart that disperses or holds the official ghost, then take the direction of that dispersing or holding yao as favorable, because it is the currently useful god. If there is no son in the chart, or the son is in the empty position, or it is weak and quiet and controlled, and cannot be relied upon, and the official ghost has not been dispersed or held, then take the direction that generates and supports the world line as favorable; however, it should not fall into the direction that the official ghost harms, clashes with, or controls.

旺興內卦，終來本境橫行；（凡占倭夷到此地否，若官在本宮內卦發動，必到此地；在他宮外卦則不入我境。內卦持世，值到宅邊；內卦應臨，雖來不入我室，卦身臨之，彼此俱遭其禍。）動化退神，必往他鄉剽掠。（官鬼發動，其勢必來。若化退神，乃是往他處劫掠也；如化進神，倭必速到，宜早避之。）

The official ghost is prosperous and strong and is active within the inner trigram, so the thief will eventually run rampant locally. When predicting whether倭寇 will come to this place, if the official ghost is active within the native hexagram's inner trigram, it will definitely arrive here; if it is active in another hexagram's outer trigram, it will not enter this territory. If the official ghost is in the main line of the inner trigram, it will cause disturbances right up to the residence; if it is in the response line of the inner trigram, then although it comes, it will not enter the family gate; if it is on the hexagram body, both sides will suffer. If the official ghost is active and transforms into a retreating god, the thieves will definitely go elsewhere to plunder. Once the official ghost is activated, its force has already formed; if it transforms into a retreating god, it will move to another place to plunder; if it transforms into an advancing god, the倭寇 will arrive quickly, and one should prepare to escape early.

官連旺福合生身，反凶為吉；（官爻發動克世，必遭毒手，若得化出子孫或化子財，反來生合世身者，必然因禍致福，或得財物，或得子女。）陽化陰財刑剋世，弄假成真。（官爻發動不傷世爻而化妻財反傷世爻者，必因貪得財物而惹禍也。若陽鬼化陰財，陰鬼化陽財，須防倭賊假裝婦人，哄誘鄉民，因而遇之不能避也。得世在空避之庶幾可脫。）

The official ghost is connected to a prosperous and strong son line, which then harmonizes and generates the hexagram body, turning danger into good fortune. If the official ghost moves and controls the world line, it would normally bring harm; but if it transforms into a son line, or into a son line that further transforms into wealth, and then harmonizes and generates the world line and hexagram body, it will certainly result in good fortune, or gain some wealth, or receive a child. A yang official ghost transforming into a yin wealth line to control the world line is a case of false appearance becoming real. The official ghost normally does not harm the world line, but if it transforms into a wife wealth line that then harms the world line, it is certainly due to greed for wealth causing trouble. If a yang official ghost transforms into a yin wealth line, or a yin official ghost transforms into a yang wealth line, one must also beware of Japanese pirates disguised as women deceiving villagers; unless the world line is exactly in the empty void, one can barely escape.

賊與三合，爻中必投陷餅；（卦有三合爻動，最怕鬼動其中，或會成鬼局，必主倭夷四邊合來，雖欲避之，前遭後遇，左沖右撞，不能脫離，卦有兩鬼俱動克世亦然。三合兄局，身雖無事，財物失散。三合父局，小兒仔細。三合財局，生合世爻，反主得財。刑剋世爻則主父母失散。三合子局則傷鬼最吉也。）身在六旬，空處終脫樊籠。（身世空亡，雖見刑剋不能為害，避空故也。如癸亥日卜得損之臨卦，日辰扶助，官鬼動克世爻，並無救制，豈非凶兆？然而世坐空亡，果應無事。）

The thief and the Triple Harmony come together in one place, and the hexagram is like someone walking into a trap. If the third line combines with others and moves, it is most dangerous if the official ghost is also involved, or if it forms an official ghost hexagram. This indicates that the倭寇 are surrounding from all sides: trying to escape is impossible, meeting obstacles in front and behind, colliding left and right, unable to escape. If two official ghosts move together to attack the world line, the situation is the same. If it forms a brother hexagram, the person is safe but property will be lost; if it forms a parent hexagram, one should be careful of children; if it forms a wife and wealth hexagram and generates and harmonises with the world line, it is favorable for gaining wealth, but if it harms the world line, it indicates the parents are separated. If it forms a son and grandson hexagram that harms the official ghost, it is the most auspicious. If the hexagram body falls into the empty place of the current ten-day period, it will eventually escape from the trap. If both the hexagram body and the world line fall into the empty place, even if they are harmed by刑 or克, they will not be affected because they have already retreated into the empty place. For example, on a Guihai day, the hexagram of Loss changes to the hexagram of Approaching, and the day branch supports the official ghost, which moves to attack the world line, with no one to rescue or control it, is it not a凶兆? But the world line is exactly on the empty place, and later there was indeed no incident.

官鬼臨身，任爾潛蹤猶撞見；（官爻持世，乃是倭賊臨身，如何可避？如被捉去而占，亦不能脫彼而回。）子孫持世，縱然對面不相逢。（子孫持世不動亦吉，發動尤妙，若臨月建，或帶日辰，或在旁爻旺動，皆吉。卦中雖有鬼動，亦不足畏，大怕空亡，則不幹事。）

Official Ghosts (官鬼) appearing on the Hexagram Body mean that no matter how you hide or conceal yourself, you will still be discovered. If Official Ghosts are holding the World (持世), it is like a倭贼 (Japanese pirate) attached to your body, nowhere to escape. If you have already been captured and then come to consult the divination, you cannot escape again. If the Sons (子孙) are holding the World, even if you meet face to face, you will not recognize them. If the Sons are holding the World, even if they remain still, it is auspicious; if they become active, it is even better. If the Sons are connected with the Month Builder (临月建), accompanied by the Day Branch (带日辰), or are active and strong in another line, it is all auspicious. At this time, even if the Official Ghosts become active in the hexagram, they are not to be feared. The most dangerous situation is when the Sons fall into Kongwang (空亡), which means they are ineffective.

兄變官爻，切恐鄉人劫掠；（卦中無鬼，或落空亡，而遇兄動變出者，須防鄰人乘機劫盜財物，非真倭賊也，兄在內卦，近鄰人，在外卦，遠方人也。）財連鬼殺，須防藏獲私藏。（卦中無鬼，財變官爻者，恐是家中奴婢假妝倭子，劫掠財物，或在亂中被其藏匿也。在外卦，乃鄰里婦人。）

The brothers change into official ghosts, indicating fear that people from the same hometown might come to plunder. If the hexagram originally has no official ghosts, or if the official ghost falls into kongwang, and then the brothers trigger a change to produce one, we should be cautious of neighbors taking advantage of the chaos to seize property, not real倭寇. If brothers are in the inner trigram, they represent nearby neighbors; if in the outer trigram, they represent people coming from afar. The wealth line is connected to the official ghost, which is an Inauspicious Sha, so we should be careful about servants in the family secretly hiding things. If the hexagram has no official ghost, but the wealth line changes into an official ghost, it is likely that servants or female servants in the family are pretending to be倭寇 to plunder property, or taking advantage of the chaos to hide things. If this line is in the outer trigram, it is probably the women from the neighborhood who did it.

日辰沖剋財爻，妻奴失散，動象刑傷福德，兒女拋離。（官鬼動，必有驚險。不拘日辰動爻，被其傷處即不太平。如沖剋財爻，主妻奴失散。沖剋子孫，主兒女拋離之象。）火動克身，恐有燎毛之苦，水興傷世，必成滅首之凶。（卦中火加凶殺，動來克世，主有火燒之禍。火帶財爻，或化妻財，或卦無父母，或父落空亡，房屋必成灰燼。若水加凶殺克世，主有溺水之患，更遇世衰無救，必至溺水死。帶父母動於外卦，則受風雨淋漓之苦。）

The day branch clashes and controls the wealth line, indicating that wife, concubine, and servants will scatter; if the moving line injures the sons and daughters, children will be separated. If the official ghost line moves, there will be danger and alarm. Whether it is the day branch or the moving line, wherever it injures, that place will be unsettled. For example, if the wealth line is clashed and controlled, it indicates that wife, concubine, and servants will scatter; if the sons and daughters line is clashed and controlled, it shows the image of children being separated. If a fire line moves to clash with the hexagram body, there may be suffering from burning hair and skin; if a water line moves to injure the world line, there will be a dangerous flood. If a fire line combined with an Inauspicious Sha (evil killer) moves to clash with the world line, there will be a fire disaster; if this fire line is accompanied by the wife's wealth, or transforms into the wife's wealth, or if there is no parent line in the hexagram, or the parent line is in kongwang (void), the house will be burned to ashes. If a water line combined with an Inauspicious Sha moves to clash with the world line, there will be danger of drowning; if the world line is weak and without rescue, it will result in death by drowning. If a water line with the parent line moves in the outer trigram, then one will suffer from the hardship of wind and rain.

父若空亡，包裡須防失脫；妻如落陷，財物當慮遺亡。（父爻空亡，包裡必然亡失，不然則父母有不測之禍，財空，財物恐有失散，不然則妻妾有不測之禍。子孫空亡憂小口，兄弟空亡憂手足。以上避空則勿斷，惟官鬼空亡為大吉。）五位重交，兩處身家無下落；（凡遇五世爻游魂卦，世爻發動脫身在外，東奔西走，避亂不暇。身宅兩處，不顧財業。更遇日辰動爻沖散世爻，必無安身下落之處，空動尤甚。）六沖亂動，一家骨肉各東西。（八純六沖卦，六爻亂動者，主父子夫妻兄弟骨肉，各自逃命，不能聚於一處。六合卦，雖離一家骨肉，必不分散，以上五條，必須卦有官動，方有此象，不動不可亂言。）

If the father's line falls into kongwang, there is a risk of losing luggage and packages; if the wife's wealth line falls into kongwang, there is a risk of losing property. If the father's line is in kongwang, the packages will certainly be lost, or there may be an unexpected misfortune to the parents; if the wealth line is in kongwang, the property may be scattered, or there may be an unexpected misfortune to the wife and concubine. If the son's line is in kongwang, there is worry about the children; if the brother's line is in kongwang, there is worry about the siblings. The above five points should not be interpreted this way if the situation is to avoid danger by entering kongwang. The only exception is when the official ghost line falls into kongwang, which is a great blessing. If the fifth line encounters a repeated moving line, the person and the family have no place to settle. If the world line moves in a five-generation or wandering soul hexagram, it indicates that the person is fleeing, moving from place to place, unable to stay in one place; the person is in one place and the family is in another, unable to take care of property. If the day branch or moving line further scatters the world line, there will be no place to settle at all; if the world line is empty and moving, the situation is even worse. In a hexagram of six clashes, all six lines are in disorder, and family members scatter in all directions. In pure hexagrams or hexagrams of six clashes with all six lines in disorder, the father, wife, and brothers will flee separately, unable to gather together. If it is a hexagram of six harmonies, the family members may be separated but will not be scattered. The above five points should only be interpreted as such if the official ghost line is moving; if the official ghost line is not moving, do not interpret it incorrectly.

福臨鬼位刑沖帶殺，則官兵不道；（子動固吉兆，若帶刑害虎蛇等殺沖剋世爻，而又變出官鬼者，乃是官兵乘亂擄掠，非關倭賊事也。子孫雖不傷世，化鬼卻來刑剋者，亦然。且如五月戊寅日有卜倭，得明夷之謙卦，二鬼俱靜，子孫獨發，皆欣喜予獨戒其慎之，蓋子孫雖動，被日辰扶起克世，則非吉兆，況變官爻繫是世墓世臨病爻，謂之帶病入墓，其凶可知，但官從子化出，必非倭夷之禍，乃官兵之禍也，已而果然。）官變兄爻克合傷財，則妻妾遭淫。（官爻發動刑剋世爻，合住財爻，則身被擒獲，妻遭淫汙；如不傷世，而但合住財爻者，身雖無事，妻必被辱也。更化兄爻，既奸而又不放回也；若鬼雖不合妻財，而化兄帶合剋制者，亦然。子化官合財，恐受官兵之辱也。財化子必不順從。）

The子孙 is in the position of the official ghost and is accompanied by punishments and clashes, which indicates that the officials are not fair. Normally, the子孙 is a good omen; but if it brings along punishments, harm, and the Inauspicious Sha of White Tiger and Qingshe, and it clashes and controls the world line, then it means the officials are taking advantage of the chaos to plunder, not related to the倭寇. Even if the子孙 does not harm the world line, but the official ghost it produces comes to punish the world line, the interpretation remains the same. For example: On the fifth month, Wuyin day, someone consulted about the倭寇 situation and got the hexagram of Mingyi changing into Qian. Both official ghosts were still, only the子孙 was active, everyone was happy, but I advised him to be careful. Because although the子孙 was active, it was supported by the day branch and went to control the world line, which was not a good omen; and more importantly, the official ghost it produced was the墓 of the world line, and the world line was also afflicted by the disease爻, which is called bringing disease into the墓, the凶 is obvious. However, since the official ghost was produced by the子孙, it was concluded that it was not the倭寇's disaster, but the officials' disaster. Later, it indeed turned out to be so. If the official ghost produces brothers and goes to control and harm the wealth, then the wife and concubine will suffer from improper conduct. If the official ghost is active and controls the world line, while also controlling the wealth爻, then the person himself will be captured and the wife will be disgraced; if it does not harm the world line, but only controls the wealth爻, then the person himself will be fine but the wife will certainly suffer. If it further produces brothers, then after the disgrace, the person will not be released. Even if the official ghost does not control the wife and wealth, but produces brothers that control the wealth爻, the situation is the same. If the子孙 produces the official ghost to control the wealth, then the person will be disgraced by the officials; if the wealth爻 produces the子孙, then it is certain that the person will not be obedient.

妻去生扶，只為貪財翻作禍；（鬼爻發動，最喜休囚死絕，決無深傷，若有財動生扶，必為貪彼財物而惹成禍患也，世以己言，應以人言。若在旁爻及日辰帶財者，又是婦人引惹禍來，非為財物也，在內卦自家妻妾，在外卦是他家婦人。）子來沖動，皆因兒哭惹成災。（官鬼安靜，幸也，若被子孫沖動，必有小兒啼哭，因而知覺，乃被其害。世爻沖動，自身惹災，應爻沖動，他人惹禍，兄爻沖動，同伴惹禍，日辰沖動亦然。）

The wealth line goes to generate and support the official ghost, but this is because of greed for wealth, which brings misfortune. When the official ghost is active, it is best if it is weak and confined, so the harm is not great. However, if the wealth line is active and goes to generate and support the official ghost, it is because of greed for the other's wealth, which causes trouble. Here, the world line represents oneself, and the response line represents others. If the wealth line that is generating and supporting is in another line, or if the day branch carries wealth, then it is due to being troubled by a woman, bringing misfortune, not for the sake of wealth. If the wealth line is in the inner trigram, it refers to one's own wife or concubine; if it is in the outer trigram, it refers to another man's wife. If the descendants disturb the official ghost, it is because of a child's crying causing disaster. The official ghost being still is actually a good thing; but if it is disturbed by the descendants, it must be because the child cried out and was noticed, leading to harm. If the world line disturbs it, it is self-inflicted misfortune; if the response line disturbs it, it is trouble caused by others; if the brothers disturb it, it is trouble caused by companions; if the day branch disturbs it, it is the same.

得值六親生旺，雖陰何妨？如臨四絕刑傷，逢屯即死。（凡動爻日辰傷克，必有災咎，若受務之爻，生旺而有氣縱有驚險不致傷命。惟怕臨於四絕之地，或在月令衰弱之爻，一克即倒，必然喪命。如五月庚寅日上得大壯之小過卦，日辰妻財，生扶動鬼，刑沖子孫，又克兄弟，果被獲去一弟一子，然子坐絕地，而夏月庚金正弱，兄臨土爻正旺，所以子死菲命，而弟得回來也。世爻亦被動爻沖剋，而無事者，世得避空故也。）世遇亂離，既已逐爻而決矣；時遭患難，亦當隨象以推之。（平居無事，何暇占？卜倘或刑戮所加，戶役所累，或官府擒拿，仇家報復，或禍起於無辜，殃生於不測，苟不避之，終為所害。是以不能無避之占也，然大概與避亂相似，故並附於此。）

If the six relations are in a strong and flourishing state, even if they are in a dark or hidden position, there is no harm. But if they fall in the four dead positions and are further punished or injured, they will surely meet with disaster when facing difficulties. Any爻 that is harmed by a moving line or the day branch will certainly bring misfortune; however, if the爻 that is being harmed is strong and vital, even though there is danger, it will not lead to death. The most dangerous situation is when the爻 falls in the four dead positions or is weak due to the month's influence, then a single harm will cause death. For example, on the day of Gengyin in May, the divination shows the hexagram Da Zhuang changing to Xiao Guo. The day branch is the wife's wealth, which goes to generate and support the moving official ghost, while also punishing and clashing with the sons and harming the brothers. Later, indeed, a brother and a son were taken away. However, the sons are in the dead position, and Geng metal is naturally weak in summer. The brothers are on the earth爻 but are strong and flourishing, so the son died in an accident, but the brother returned safely. As for the world line, although it is also punished and clashing with the moving line, it remains unharmed because it falls on the empty position. When one is in chaos and turmoil, the previous analysis has already explained each line. For ordinary difficulties encountered, one should also refer to these hexagram patterns. In times of peace, who has the time to consult a divination? But once one is subjected to punishment, harassed by officials, or pursued by the authorities, or if there is revenge from enemies, or if misfortune arises from innocence or unexpected events, avoiding these is essential to prevent harm. Therefore, divination for avoiding danger cannot be absent. This type of interpretation is largely similar to predicting escape from turmoil, so it is included here together.

最怕官爻克世，則必難迴避；（不拘脫役避禍，若遇官鬼動來，刑沖剋世，皆不可避，持世亦難。必須鬼爻空亡，或不上卦，或衰絕不動，然後為吉。若鬼雖空絕安靜，卻遇本宮官鬼伏於世下者，目下無事，日後必然舉發。）大宜福德臨身，則終可逃生。（子為解神，若臨身世，或在旁爻發動，值月建日辰，則雖遇官鬼亦不妨事。大怕空亡墓絕，或被父動剋制，則為無用。）

The worst situation is when the official ghost (官鬼) comes to punish and clash with the world line (世爻), and there is no way to avoid it. Whether one is trying to escape from service or avoid misfortune, if the official ghost becomes active and clashes or controls the world line, it cannot be avoided. Even if the official ghost holds the world line, it is still difficult to escape. It is only considered favorable if the official ghost falls into kongwang, or does not appear in the hexagram, or is weak and inactive. However, if the official ghost, although falling into kongwang or decline, remains quiet, but is hidden beneath the world line in its own palace, then there will be no problem at present, but problems will definitely arise later. The most favorable situation is when the descendants (子孙) are present at the hexagram body (卦身). In that case, one can ultimately escape from danger. Descendants are the deities that remove calamities: if they are present at the hexagram body or the world line, or become active in other lines, or coincide with the month builder (月建) or the day branch (日辰), then even if the official ghost appears, it will not cause any harm. The most dangerous situation is when the descendants fall into kongwang, are buried or in decline, or are controlled by the parents (父母) becoming active. In such cases, they will be of no help.

官化父沖，必有文書挨捕；（父母旺動，名字已入憲冊，必有官批，在外鬼爻亦動，事體正急，宜速避之。父化官、官化父，刑剋世爻者，必著公差挨捕，宜慎防之，世爻空亡雖捕不獲。）日沖官散，定多親友維持。（卦中官動，固難逃避，若得日辰動爻沖散之，或剋制合住之，必有心腹親友與我周旋幹事，或解釋、或阻擋，不使之累我也。要知何人，以沖合制鬼之爻定之，鬼帶月建，雖阻無益。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Glossary: Month Builder = Yuejian World Line = Shi Yao Moving Line = Dong Yao Outer Trigram = Wai Gua Day Branch = Ri Chen Prosperous and Strong = Wang Xiang Kongwang = Empty Wasteland Official Ghosts transforming into Parents and coming to clash, indicates official documents will surely arrive for arrest. If Parents are prosperous and strong and move, it means the name has already been recorded in the official register, and official documents will certainly arrive. If at this time the Outer Trigram's Official Ghost also moves, the matter is urgent and one should flee quickly. If Parents transform into Official Ghosts and Official Ghosts transform into Parents, and they also clash with the World Line, officials will surely send officers to arrest, one must be cautious. However, if the World Line falls into Empty Wasteland, even though officers come, they will not be able to catch the person. If the Day Branch disperses the Official Ghost, many relatives will surely come to support. When Official Ghosts move in the divination, it is hard to escape. However, if the Day Branch or a moving line disperses or controls the Official Ghost, or if it is combined with it, there will certainly be a close friend who will help, mediate, or intervene to prevent it from affecting the person. To know who it is, look at which line is clashing, combining, or controlling the Official Ghost. If the Official Ghost is accompanied by the Month Builder, then even if someone intervenes, it will be of no use.

鬼伏而兄弟沖提，禍由骨肉；（鬼爻動，要見沖合，鬼爻靜，怕見沖合，如兄弟沖動，鬼來刑剋世爻，是自家骨肉，搜蹤捕跡，恐難逃避。若鬼伏藏而遇動爻，日辰沖開提起者，亦以六親定其害我之人。世爻自去提起者，必是自不小心，撞見之也。）官靜而旁爻刑剋，事出吏書。（鬼動，其事必由官府；鬼靜而卦中動爻日辰刑剋世爻者，乃是下司。本局自作主張，或是仇家陷害也。若化兄爻，或卦中兄兼動者，是欲索詐財物也。）

The official ghost was already hidden but was pushed out by the brothers, causing trouble from within the family. When the official ghost moves, it is important to see whether it is being repelled or combined with; when it is still, it fears being repelled or combined with. For example, if the brothers move and push the official ghost out, the official ghost then harms the world line, meaning that family members are helping to search for someone, and it is hard to avoid. If the official ghost was originally hidden but is pushed out by a moving line or the day branch, then according to the six relations of that line, we can determine who is harming me; if the world line itself brings up the official ghost, then it must be due to one's own carelessness, accidentally getting involved. If the official ghost is still and another line harms it, the trouble comes from the officials and clerks. When the official ghost moves, the trouble must come from the government; when the official ghost is still and a moving line or the day branch harms the world line, then the trouble comes from the local officials acting on their own or from enemies framing someone. If that line transforms into brothers or if brothers are also active in the hexagram, then it is likely an attempt to extort money.

應若遭傷當累眾；（官鬼傷克應爻，必然累及親友，日辰刑剋應爻亦然。）妻如受克定傷財。（妻財如遇兄弟動，必主破費財物，財用合住官爻，或沖散官鬼，或化子剋制官鬼，皆宜交財買求，方得無事。）

If the response line is harmed or attacked, it will certainly cause trouble for many people. If the official ghost line harms or attacks the response line, it will definitely involve relatives and friends; if the day branch harms or attacks the response line, it is the same. If the wife and wealth line is attacked, there will certainly be financial loss. If the wealth line is attacked by brothers, it will definitely mean spending money. If the wealth line combines with the official ghost line, or if it conflicts with the official ghost line, or if it transforms into sons and grandchildren to attack the official ghost line, then money should be used to bribe and smooth things over in order to avoid trouble.

偏喜六爻安靜，（六爻不動，鬼爻無沖並者，患難可避戶役可脫，大吉之兆。）又宜一卦無官。（無鬼則無官主張，事必平安，空亡亦吉。）或身世之逢空，（世爻空亡，百事消散，縱有鬼動，亦不妨事。）或用神之得地。（卦中得用之神旺相有氣，不逢刑剋沖害，不化死墓空絕，皆為得地，必得此人之力，如占避居何處，亦以此方為吉。如鬼爻發動，得父爻合住，則父爻為用神也，餘仿此。）

It is especially favorable when all six lines are still and not moving. If none of the lines are active, and the official ghost is not being冲 or 并, then difficulties can be avoided and officials can be escaped from, which is a great auspicious sign. It is also favorable if the entire hexagram does not contain the official ghost. Without an official ghost, there will be no one to take charge of the matter, so the matter will certainly be safe. If the official ghost falls into Kongwang, this is also considered auspicious. Alternatively, if the hexagram body and world line fall exactly into Kongwang, then all matters will scatter, and even if the official ghost becomes active, it will not be a problem. Or if the useful god is in its proper place. If the useful god in the hexagram is prosperous and strong, not subjected to punishment, conflict, or harm, and does not transform into death, tomb, Kongwang, or decline, this is called being in its proper place, and it will certainly be able to rely on the power of this person. If one is divining where to hide, then the direction corresponding to this line is considered auspicious. For example, if the official ghost becomes active and the parent line can restrain it, then the parent line is the useful god of this hexagram, and the rest follow the same principle.

天來大事也無防，海洋深仇何足慮。（此二句總結上四條，卦中有一象。決然無事也。）事有百端，理無二致。潛心玩索，若能融會貫通，據理推占，自得圓神不滯。

Even the greatest matters are of no concern, and enmity as deep as the sea is nothing to worry about. These two lines summarize the previous four points: if the hexagram contains any one of these signs, there will certainly be no trouble. Although there are hundreds of names for worldly affairs, the underlying principle is one. If one can study diligently and integrate thoroughly, and use reason to divinate, it will naturally be smooth and profound without any obstruction.

寬以御眾，侮慢斯加，嚴以治人，逃亡遂起，故雖大聖之有容，尚謂小人之難養。須察用爻，方知實跡。（用爻者，妻妾奴婢逃亡，看財爻類是也。）

If one is too lenient with subordinates, they will become disrespectful and careless; if one is too strict, they may simply run away. Therefore, even a sage with great tolerance finds it difficult to manage petty people. When predicting an escape, one must first determine the relevant line (yao) to understand the truth. The relevant line refers to identifying the corresponding Six Relations based on the person who has fled: if a wife or concubine flees, one should look at the wife's line; other cases follow the same pattern.

若臨午地，必往南方；或化寅爻，轉移東北。（凡占逃亡，用爻安靜，以所臨之地為逃亡去向，如坎北方，午南方類。用爻發動，以變爻定其方向；如臨午動變出寅，可言初去在南方，今移於東北方也，獨發之爻，亦可定方，六爻安靜，卦無主象，則以應爻定之。）木屬震宮，都邑京城之內，金居兌象，庵院寺觀之中。（用爻在乾宮尊長家，或在父族，或隱於樓閣上。坎宮兄弟家，或在船上，或水亭中，艮宮少男家，或在山間，或在高崗煙去處，或石匠人家。震宮竹木林中，或有須人處或城市間。離官姊妹妯娌家，或窯冶所在，金爻銅鐵匠家。巽宮花園蔬圃之內，死絕柴草之中，或在賣履織蓆之家，坤宮老陰人家，或在母族，或在曠野墳墓去處。兌宮在女人家，旺相寺觀中，休囚庵院內，更宜變通不可執滯。）

If the line falls on Wu (午), the person must have gone to the south; if it changes into Yin (寅), then the direction changes to the northeast. When predicting escape, if the used line is still, determine the direction based on the branch it is on. For example, if it falls on Kan (坎), it is the north; if it falls on Wu (午), it is the south. If the used line is active, determine the direction based on the changing line. For example, if it is on Wu (午) and moves to become Yin (寅), then it can be said that the person first escaped to the south and now has moved to the northeast. If only one line is active among the six, use that line to determine the direction. If all six lines are still and there is no main image in the hexagram, use the response line to determine the direction. If the used line is wood and falls in the Zhen (震) hexagram, the person is in a city or capital. If it is metal and falls in the Dui (兑) hexagram, the person is in a temple or monastery. In terms of each hexagram: if the used line is in the Qian (乾) hexagram, the person is at the home of an elder or in the father's family, or hidden in a tower or building. If it is in the Kan (坎) hexagram, the person is at the home of a brother, or on a boat or in a pavilion by water. If it is in the Gen (艮) hexagram, the person is at the home of a young man, or in the mountains, on a high hill with smoke, or in the home of a stonemason. If it is in the Zhen (震) hexagram, the person is in a bamboo or forest area, or with a bearded man, or in the city. If it is in the Li (离) hexagram, the person is at the home of a sister or a wife, or near a kiln or metal workshop; if it is a metal line, then it is the home of a blacksmith or ironworker. If it is in the Xun (巽) hexagram, the person is in a garden or vegetable field; if it falls in a dead or dying position, then it is in a pile of firewood or straw, or in the home of a shoemaker or a mat weaver. If it is in the Kun (坤) hexagram, the person is at the home of an old woman, or in the mother's family, or in the wilderness or graveyard. If it is in the Dui (兑) hexagram, the person is at a woman's home; if prosperous and strong, then it is in a temple or monastery; if weak and confined, then it is in a hermitage or monastery. These should be applied flexibly and not followed rigidly.

鬼墓交重，廟宇中間隱匿；休囚死絕，墳陵左右潛藏。（用持鬼墓，其人必在聖堂神廟中；死絕無氣，則在墳墓左右；用爻入墓，乃在人家牆圈內住，不然亦主深居不出而難尋。）如逢四庫，當究五行；（四庫辰戌丑未是。如用爻屬木卦，有未動類。凡遇墓庫，不可一例推，如辰為水土庫，必在水邊墓側人家。戌為火庫，乃在寺廟香火去處。丑為金庫，是在銅鐵銀匠家，或在冶坊內。未為木庫，則在園林柴草間，或木工蔑匠之家，己土爻亦依此斷。凡占逃亡盜賊若遇墓爻，決難尋見。直待沖破墓月日，方可覓。）倘伏五鄉，豈宜一類。（卦無主象，須看伏在何爻下，便知其人在於何處，如伏鬼下，在管倉庫家中。旺加月建，官戶人家。休囚無氣，公吏人家。伏父下，叔伯父母尊長家，不然在手藝人家。伏兄下，兄弟姊妹相識朋友家。伏財下，奴婢妻妾陰人處，或富戶人家。伏子下，在寺觀中卑幼處也。又如伏於鬼墓下，不在廟宇中則在寺庵內。又如伏於財庫爻下，不在倉庫中，則在富豪家也。）

When the line carries the墓 of official ghost and meets a repeated activation, the person is hiding in a temple or shrine. If the official ghost is weak and confined, the person is near a graveyard. If the line holds the ghost's墓 itself, the person must be in a temple or shrine. If the ghost is dead and without vitality, the person is near a graveyard. If the line enters the墓, the person is living within a courtyard or enclosure, or is staying indoors and difficult to find. If the four storage lines appear, we should examine the five elements. The four storage lines refer to the earthly branches 辰, 戌, 丑, 未. For example, if the line is wood and the 未 line is activated, it is considered wood entering the wood storage. When encountering storage lines, we should not treat them all the same. 辰 is the storage of water and earth, so the person is near water or near a graveyard. 戌 is the storage of fire, so the person is in a place of temple incense. 丑 is the storage of metal, so the person is at a blacksmith's or a metal workshop. 未 is the storage of wood, so the person is in a garden or among firewood, or at a carpenter's or bamboo worker's home. The same applies to the line of 己 earth. When predicting about a missing person or a thief, if the墓 line appears, it is very difficult to find the person until the month and day that break the墓 and storage. If the line is hidden under one of the six relations, we should not treat them all the same. If the hexagram lacks a main image, we should look at which line the line is hidden under, and thus know where the person is. If hidden under the official ghost line, the person is at a place that stores goods, or if the official ghost is strong and combined with the month builder, the person is in an official's home, or if the official ghost is weak and without vitality, the person is at a government official's home. If hidden under the parent line, the person is at the home of an uncle, aunt, or respected elder, or at a craftsman's home. If hidden under the brother line, the person is at the home of a brother or sister or a familiar friend. If hidden under the wife and wealth line, the person is at the place of servants, concubines, or women, or at a wealthy household. If hidden under the son line, the person is at a temple or monastery or with the younger generation. For example, if hidden under the墓 of the official ghost, the person is either in a temple or a monastery. If hidden under the storage of wealth, the person is either in a warehouse or at a wealthy household.

木興水象，定乘舟揖而逃；（用爻屬木在坎宮動者，必乘舟逃去。木化水，水化木，或木在水宮動，或水動木宮者，皆然。用爻若臨火土，乃是陸地潛行。用爻沖動水爻，涉水逃去；沖動火爻，躍牆越籬而去，水爻刑剋用爻，必曾溺水）。動合伏財，必拐婦人而去。（用爻動來與本宮財爻作合，其人必拐婦人逃去，財若伏於世下，必是妻妾；應爻下，鄰家婦人，在旁爻，使令女子，主象變出之爻與卦中財合者，亦然。若婦人逃亡遇財官相合，亦是暗約情人而去也。）

The wood line is active within the water image, indicating that the person is definitely escaping by boat. If the line of use is wood and it is active in the Kan (Water) trigram, then he must be escaping by boat; whether wood transforms into water or water transforms into wood, or the wood line is active in the water trigram and the water line is active in the wood trigram, the result is the same. If the line of use is associated with fire or earth, then he is escaping by land. If the line of use triggers the water line, he is escaping by water; if it triggers the fire line, he is escaping by climbing over walls; if the water line instead harms the line of use, then he must have fallen into water. If the line of use is active and combines with the hidden wealth line, then he is escaping with a woman. If the line of use is active and combines with the wealth line in its own trigram, then he is escaping with a woman. If the wealth line is hidden beneath the world line, then it is his own wife or concubine; if it is hidden beneath the response line, then it is a woman from a neighboring household; if it is hidden in another line, then it is a servant girl. If the line of use transforms into a line that combines with the wealth line in the hexagram, the interpretation is the same. If the one who has run away is a woman, and the wealth line in the hexagram combines with the official ghost line, then it indicates that she has secretly met her lover and fled together.

內近外遠生世，則終有歸期；（用爻在本宮內卦，人在本地，或在宗族之中，初爻在鄰里，二爻在鄉黨。本宮外卦，本府別縣去。他宮內卦，外縣交界處。他宮外卦，別府州縣，更在六爻，遠方逃去。若臨世上，其人未曾出窟，最喜生世合世，其人雖去常思故里。日後當自歸，尋亦易見也。）靜易動難坐空，則必無尋路。（用爻不動，其人易尋；動則遷徙無常，指東言西，或更名改姓，必難尋獲。若落空亡，杳無蹤跡；動入空亡，逃後必死，亦有大難。有故空亡恐人察識遂深避之；無故空亡必有歸日。）

If the used line is in the inner trigram, the person is nearby; if it is in the outer trigram, the person is far away. If the line is born to the world, eventually there will be a time to return. If the line is in the inner trigram of its own palace, the person is in the local area or still within the clan. If it falls on the first line, the person is in the neighborhood; if it falls on the second line, the person is in the same hometown. If the line is in the outer trigram of its own palace, the person has fled to another county within the same prefecture. If the line is in the inner trigram of another palace, the person is near the border of another county. If the line is in the outer trigram of another palace, the person is in a different prefecture or state. If it falls on the sixth line, the person has fled to a distant place. If the line is on the world, the person has not yet left home. It is most favorable if the line is born to the world and harmonizes with the world, indicating that although the person has left, they still think of their hometown and will return eventually, and it will be easy to find them. If the line is still, it is easy to find; if it moves, it is difficult to find. If the line is sitting on kongwang, there is no way to find the person. If the line is still, the person is easy to find; once it moves, the person becomes unstable, moving from east to west, and may even change their name and surname, making it difficult to find. If the line falls on kongwang, the person has completely disappeared; if it moves and transforms into kongwang, the person will certainly die after fleeing, or at least face great danger. However, falling on kongwang can be divided into two types: one is a deliberate avoidance due to fear of being recognized, which means the person has hidden deeper; the other is an accidental situation, which means the person will eventually return.

合起合住，若非容隱即相留；（靜爻逢合則合起，動爻逢合則合住，若日辰動爻合起主象，必有窩藏容隱在家者，卒難尋見；如被合住，則有人相留在家，不致放竄也。要知相留容隱之人，以合爻定之，如子孫為僧道，官鬼為巡捕類。合爻與世沖剋決不來報。）沖動沖開，不是使令當敗露。（靜爻逢沖為沖動，動爻逢沖為沖開，用爻遇動爻日辰沖動，家中必有人使令逃亡者，如父是尊長，財是妻妾類。若被沖開，有人喝破，去後必當敗露。沖爻是兄或化兄，必被索詐財物。更帶刑爻或加蛇虎，仍被鞭撻，動空化空終必疏放。）

When a line combines or connects, it means either someone is hiding a person or someone is keeping them. If a static line combines, it is called 'combining to hide', and if a moving line combines, it is called 'combining to detain'. If the day branch or moving line combines with the main subject, it indicates that someone is hiding the person at home and they cannot be found immediately. If the person is detained, it means someone is keeping them at home and they will not go elsewhere. To know who is hiding or keeping the person, look at the line that combines. For example, if it is the 'offspring' line, it refers to monks or Taoist priests; if it is the 'official ghost' line, it refers to police or patrol officers. If the combining line conflicts or controls the 'world line', then the person will not come to report the matter. If a line is moved or opened by a conflict, it means either someone is directing the person to leave or that the matter will be exposed after they leave. If a static line conflicts, it is called 'movement', and if a moving line conflicts, it is called 'opening'. If the used line is moved or opened by another line or the day branch, it means someone at home is directing the person to flee. For example, if it is the 'parent' line, it refers to a superior; if it is the 'wife's wealth' line, it refers to the wife or concubine. If the line is opened, it means someone openly exposes the person, and after they leave, the matter will eventually be revealed. If the line that conflicts is 'brother' or turns into 'brother', it means the person will be cheated. If it also carries a 'criminal' line or is accompanied by 'teng snake' or 'white tiger', they will also be beaten. However, if the line moves but falls into an empty position or turns into an empty position, the person will eventually be released.

動爻刑剋，有人阻彼登程；日建生扶，有伴糾他同去。（用爻遇動爻，日辰相剋，必被他人責打，逢沖被人喝破，遇克被人捉住。有扶有並有人同去，有生有合，有人糾他同去。以上刑剋等爻與世有情，必來報我，與世無緣，雖阻何益？若在五爻，宜路上候之。）

If a moving line comes to刑 or 克, someone will block him from going on his way; if the day branch and month builder come to generate and support, someone will invite him to go together. If a line is used and is 克 by the moving line or the day branch, he will certainly be beaten by someone; if it meets a 冲, it means someone will expose him; if it meets a 克, it means someone will catch him. If there is support or combination, it means someone is going with him; if there is generation or combination, it means someone is inviting him to go together. If these lines of刑 and 克 are in harmony with the world line, they will certainly come to inform me; if they are not in harmony with the world line, then even if they block him, it will have no effect on me. If these lines fall on the fifth line, they should be waiting for him on the way.

間爻作合，原中必定知情；（間爻為原保人，無保以鄰里斷之，如與用爻相合，必知其情，更與世爻沖剋，必是此人誘去，空合或化空亡，始雖知情，今去不知其去也。）世應相沖，路上須當撞見。（世應俱去相沖，途中必然撞見，用爻與世動沖亦然。世爻動克用爻或世旺應衰，必然擒拿；應旺世衰或用爻克世，雖能遇見不能捕之。）

The intermediate line and the used line are in harmony, indicating that the original witness certainly knows the truth. The intermediate line represents the original witness; if there is no witness, then it is considered as the neighborhood. If it harmonizes with the used line, it certainly knows the inside information; if it also clashes with the world line, then this person was lured away by him. If this harmony is empty or it transforms into Kongwang, then although he knew it before, now the person has left and he does not know where he has gone. If the world and response lines clash, they will certainly meet on the way. If the world and response lines clash with each other, they will definitely meet on the way; if the used line and the world line clash, it is the same. If the world line moves to control the used line, or if the world line is strong and the response line is weak, then the person can be caught. If the response line is strong and the world line is weak, or if the used line controls the world line, then although they meet, they cannot catch him.

無沖無破居六位，則一去不回；有克有生在五爻，則半途仍走。（用爻不受刑沖剋害，又不生合世爻，而世爻不克應者，是逃者不思歸，尋者不得見，乃一去不回之象。若動爻日辰剋制用爻，是可擒之象，若遇變出之爻，反生合用爻者，主捕後仍被逃走，在五爻途中斷，在內卦到家斷，持世爻則捕歸而復逃也。）

If the used line has neither conflict nor destruction and falls on the sixth line, the person will go away and never return. If there is both control and generation and it falls on the fifth line, the person will still escape on the way. If the used line is not subjected to punishment, conflict, control or harm, and does not come to generate or harmonize with the world line, and the world line cannot control the response line, then it indicates that the person who ran away does not want to return and the one looking for them cannot find them, which is a sign of never returning. If the moving line and day branch can control the used line, it indicates that the person can be captured. However, if the transformed line instead generates or harmonizes with the used line, it indicates that after being caught, the person will still run away. If this line is on the fifth line, it indicates the person escapes on the way. If it is in the inner trigram, it indicates the person escapes after arriving home. If it holds the world line, it indicates that after being caught, the person will escape again.

主象化出主象，歸亦難留；（卦有用爻不宜再化出來，謂化去必難捕獲；若被世爻動爻日辰剋制，庶可尋覓，但捉歸之後，亦不久留。）本宮化入本宮，去應不遠。（本宮仍化本宮卦，其人逃在本處地方，必不遠出別境；若用爻在他宮動，而又化入他宮者，遠去他方，不在本鄉也。）

The main image transforms into another main image, and even if someone captures it, they cannot keep it. If the hexagram already has a used line, it is not appropriate for another to be transformed; once it transforms away, it is called "transformed away," and it will certainly be difficult to capture. If it is restrained by the world line, the moving line, or the day branch, it is still possible to find it, but once captured, it cannot be kept for long. If the original hexagram belongs to a certain palace and the transformed hexagram also belongs to the same palace, the person being pursued should not be far away. If the original hexagram belongs to a certain palace and the transformed hexagram also belongs to the same palace, the person is hiding locally and will not leave the area. If the used line is in another palace and transforms into another palace, then the person has left the area and is not staying locally.

歸魂卦用仍生合；不捕而自回；游魂卦應又交重，能潛而會遁。（凡遇歸魂卦，人有還鄉意，若世應比和生合，或主象生合世爻者，必自歸，尋之亦易見；惟遇游魂卦，其人必無存心，決不思歸，更若應爻發動，必能東遷西徙隱諱實跡。能潛會遁，尋之必難見面。若得世爻旺動克應，日辰動爻制伏主象，庶可尋獲，亦不費力。）世克應爻，任爾潛身終見獲；應傷世位，縱然對面不相逢。（世克應，是我制住他，去不甚遠，尋之易見，應克世，是他得志去，有自由之象，尋之難見。）

If the hexagram is a returning soul hexagram and the line is also generating and harmonizing with it, even without chasing him, he will come back on his own; if the hexagram is a wandering soul hexagram and the response line is also activated and overlapping, this person is good at hiding and escaping. Whenever a returning soul hexagram appears, it indicates that the person has the intention to return home; if the world line and response line are harmonious, generating, or harmonizing with each other, or if the main line is generating and harmonizing with the world line, he will definitely return on his own and will be easy to find. However, if the hexagram is a wandering soul hexagram, the person definitely has no intention to settle down and will not return home; if the response line is also activated, he can move from place to place, hiding his tracks, making it difficult to find him. At this time, if the world line is strong and active, and it can overcome the response line, or if the day branch or moving line can restrain the main line, then it is possible to find him with little effort. If the world line overcomes the response line, no matter how he hides, he will eventually be caught; if the response line harms the world line, even if he meets you face to face, you won't recognize him. If the world line overcomes the response line, it means I can control him, so he won't go far and will be easy to find; if the response line overcomes the world line, it means he is in a favorable position and can move freely, making it difficult to find him.

父母空亡，杳無音信；（父母必有信，動空化空皆是虛信；旺相空亡，半真半假；休囚空亡杳無音信。父化父或兩父動，必有兩處人來報信，若遇日辰合住，必被人阻不能來報。用爻化父，或卦無用爻，而遇父母化出，當出招子候緝，然後有信。）子孫發動，當有維持。（子孫臨身世，則好去好回，自然順利；如在旁爻動，或繫日辰生合世爻，必有維持調護之人，縱有逆事不能為害。）

The parents falling into Kongwang indicate no news at all. Parents represent messages; if they appear in the hexagram, there must be some news. However, if the parents move and fall into Kongwang, or transform into Kongwang, it signifies false news. If they are prosperous and strong but still fall into Kongwang, the news is half true and half false. If they are weak and confined and also fall into Kongwang, there will be no news at all. If the parents transform into parents or if two parents are simultaneously active, there will be messages from two different sources. If the day branch combines with the parents, it means someone is blocking the message and it cannot be delivered. If a line transforms into parents, or if parents are generated from the hexagram without the use of a line, then a notice should be posted for a reward and search, and then news will come. If the sons are active, there will be someone helping from behind. If the sons are on the self or the world line, the journey will be smooth and the return will be smooth, naturally favorable. If the sons are active on other lines, or if the day branch brings the sons to harmonize with the world line, someone will help and support, and even if there are obstacles, they will not harm me.

眾殺傷身，切恐反遭刑辱；（動變月日，刑沖剋害世爻者，眾殺傷身也，須防反遭刑辱；得世爻空避，庶可免脫其禍。）動兄持世，必然廣費資財。（兄弟持世，費財可尋，旺相發動，必然廣費資財；若加玄武乘旺動克，須防有人劫騙，世化兄，自家失脫；世臨無故自空，亦有遺亡之患。）

Many Inauspicious Sha come together to injure the hexagram body, and one should fear that they themselves will suffer punishment and disgrace. If the moving line, changing line, month builder, and day branch all punish and clash with the world line, it is called many killings harming the body. One must beware of pursuing others and instead being punished by them. Unless the world line is exactly in kongwang, one can avoid this trouble. If the brothers' line is activated and holds the world line, there will certainly be a great loss of wealth. If the brothers' line holds the world line, one must spend money to find someone. If it is prosperous and strong and activated, then there will certainly be great expenditure. If it is further combined with the black tortoise being strong and activated to punish, one must beware of theft and deception by others. If the world line changes into brothers, then something belonging to oneself will be lost. If the world line falls into kongwang without reason, there is also the danger of losing something.

父動變官，必得公人捕捉；（卦中父化官，官化父或官父俱動，必須興詞，告官差捕，然後可獲也。）世投入墓，須防窩主拘留。（凡遇凶卦而世入墓者，必有反被拘留之辱；卦吉而遇此象，則尋見之後有災病。）

When the parents' line moves and transforms into official ghosts, one must send officials to arrest. If in the hexagram the parents transform into official ghosts, or the official ghosts transform into parents, or both officials and parents move simultaneously, then one must first file a complaint with the authorities to dispatch officers for the arrest, and only then can the person be captured. If the world line falls into the墓 (grave), one must beware of being detained by the person being pursued. Whenever a凶卦 (unfavorable hexagram) occurs and the world line enters the墓, the person pursuing will instead be detained; if the hexagram is originally favorable but this situation arises, it means that after finding the person, the pursuer will suffer illness or misfortune.

世應比和不空，必潛於此；（凡卜逃人在此處否，須得世應生合比和，用爻出現不空，必在此處；若用爻或空或伏，或被日辰動爻刑剋，其人決不敢往；兄弟獨發，亦不在此處；若用爻變出之爻與應爻作合，或與日辰相合，必曾潛住於此則轉移他處矣。）世應空亡獨發，徒費乎心。（逃亡世空，去尋不成；應空尋亦不見；世應俱空，必主空回，決無尋處，兄弟獨發，虛詐不實，亦不見也。）但能索隱探幽，何慮深潛遠遁？

The World Line and the Response Line are harmonious and neither falls into emptiness, meaning the person must be hiding here. When predicting whether a missing person is in a certain place, it is necessary for the World Line and the Response Line to be mutually generating or harmonious, and the used line should appear and not fall into emptiness, meaning the person is definitely here. If the used line falls into emptiness, is hidden, or is harmed by the Day Branch or the moving line, then the person definitely will not come here. If only the Brothers line is active, the person is not here. If the transformed line from the used line harmonizes with the Response Line or with the Day Branch, it means the person was once hiding here but has now moved elsewhere. If both the World Line and the Response Line fall into emptiness and only the Brothers line is active, then all efforts are in vain. If the World Line falls into emptiness, searching will be fruitless; if the Response Line falls into emptiness, searching will not result in finding the person; if both the World Line and the Response Line fall into emptiness, one will definitely return empty-handed, with no place to find the person; if only the Brothers line is active, it is false and not real, and the person will still not be found. As long as one can uncover all the hidden and deep places, why worry about the person hiding deeply or escaping far away?

民苦飢寒，每有穿窬之輩；物忘檢束，亦多遺失之虞。要識其中之得失，須詳卦上之妻財。（財爻為所失之物，一卦之主。）

When common people suffer from hunger and cold, there are often thieves who climb walls or dig through holes; if things are left unattended, there is also a high possibility of losing them. To understand the gains and losses, one must carefully examine the "Wife Wealth" line in the hexagram. The Wealth line represents the lost item, which is the main image of this hexagram.

自空化空，皆當置而勿問；日旺月旺，縱未散而可尋。（財爻無故自空，或動化空，皆尋不見，固當置而勿問；若財爻得月令有氣，或在目下生旺之地者，其物未散，必然可尋，旺相空亡可得一半。）

If the wealth hexagram falls into empty亡 without cause, or moves and transforms into empty亡, then it should be set aside and no further inquiry is needed; if it receives the strength of the day branch or the month builder, the lost item has not yet dispersed and can still be recovered. If the wealth hexagram falls into empty亡 without any reason, or moves and transforms into empty亡, it is impossible to recover, so it is better to give up and not ask further. If the wealth hexagram is supported by the month's commanding force and has vitality, or is currently located in a thriving and strong position, the item has not yet scattered and can certainly be found. If it is strong and prosperous but falls into empty亡, then half of it can be recovered.

內卦本宮，搜索家庭可見；他宮外卦，追求鄰里能知。（財在內卦，又屬本宮，其物未出家庭，尋之必見；財在外卦，又屬他宮，物已出外，尋之便難見矣。在間爻鄰里人家可尋。若財雖在內，不在本宮，其物在屋之外，不在屋之內；財雖在外，卻屬本宮，其物在宅之內，不在宅之外，更宜通變。）

The wealth hexagram is inside the inner trigram and belongs to the native's own hexagram; it can be found easily by searching within the house. If it is in the outer trigram and belongs to another hexagram, one must ask neighbors to find it. If the wealth hexagram is inside the inner trigram and belongs to the native's own hexagram, the item has not left the house and can certainly be found. If it is in the outer trigram and belongs to another hexagram, the item has already gone outside and will be difficult to find. If it falls in the middle position, one should go to the neighbors' houses to search. Additionally, one must consider variations: if the wealth hexagram is inside the inner trigram but does not belong to the native's own hexagram, the item is outside the house but not inside. If the wealth hexagram is in the outer trigram but still belongs to the native's own hexagram, the item is still inside the house and has not left.

五路四門六乃棟樑閣上，（財在六爻繫本宮物在屋上，屬金，在壁頭上，加螣蛇在瓦楞下；屬木在樑上，加勾陳在斗棋上，日辰作合在閣板上；屬水在屋漏處，加玄武在坑屋上；屬火在天窗邊或在廚灶屋上；屬土在燕窩中。六爻繫外宮物在遠方，屬土在牆邊；屬木在籬邊。財臨五爻物在路邊，動則去遠；繫本宮在家中裡，或人常走動處。財臨四爻物在門前，繫他宮則在牆門外也。）

The fifth line represents the path, the fourth line represents the gate, and the sixth line represents the main beam and the upper part of the eaves. If the wealth line is on the sixth line and belongs to the native hexagram, the object is on the roof: if it belongs to metal, it is on the roof ridge, with 'Teng Sha' under the tiles; if it belongs to wood, it is on the roof beam, with 'Gou Chen' on the brackets; if it is water, it is in the leaking part of the house, with 'Xuan Wu' on the roof of the toilet; if it is fire, it is by the sky window or on the kitchen stove roof; if it is earth, it is in the swallow's nest. If the sixth line belongs to an external hexagram, the object is far away: if it is earth, it is by the wall; if it is wood, it is by the fence. If the wealth line is on the fifth line, the object is on the road; once it moves, it is carried away; if it belongs to the native hexagram, it is in the passage of the house or in places where people often walk. If the wealth line is on the fourth line, the object is in front of the gate; if it belongs to another hexagram, it is outside the main gate.

初井二灶三為閨閫房中。（財臨三爻，繫本宮物在房中，屬金鐵器中；屬木在床邊，有合在箱籠廚櫃中；屬水在馬子下；屬火在香火堂中或火爐內，燈架邊；屬土房中酥泥內；外宮則以屋外事斷，如金為街砌類。財臨二爻，物在廚灶邊，屬金碗盞缸甏盆中；屬木五穀木器內；屬水盛汲漿水器中；屬火煙樓灶肚內；屬土灰堂泥土中。財臨初爻，物必蓋地，屬金在磚石堆內；屬水在井中，父母作合在陰溝內；屬木在地臺下；屬火灰堆中或灶基下；屬土埋藏土中，生旺方埋，墓絕埋久，胎養方欲起意埋藏，未曾下手。）

The first line represents a well, the second line represents the kitchen stove, and the third line represents the inner room and bedroom. If the wealth line is in the third line and belongs to the native palace, the item is located in the bedroom. If it belongs to metal, it is in ironware; if it belongs to wood, it is by the bed; if there is a combination, it is in chests or cabinets; if it belongs to water, it is under the chamber pot; if it belongs to fire, it is in the incense burner, or the fire stove or by the lamp stand; if it belongs to earth, it is in loose soil within the room. If this line belongs to the outer palace, then the item is located outside the house. For example, if it belongs to metal, it is in the stone pavement on the street. If the wealth line is in the second line, the item is located by the kitchen stove. If it belongs to metal, it is in bowls, plates, jars, basins, or pots; if it belongs to wood, it is in grain or wooden objects; if it belongs to water, it is in containers for water or for drawing water; if it belongs to fire, it is in the chimney or the stove; if it belongs to earth, it is in the ash pit or the soil there. If the wealth line is in the first line, the item is definitely underground. If it belongs to metal, it is in a pile of bricks or stones; if it belongs to water, it is in the well, and if it combines with the parents, it is in the drain; if it belongs to wood, it is under the floor; if it belongs to fire, it is in the heap of ashes or under the stove base; if it belongs to earth, it is buried in the soil. If it is in a flourishing state, it was buried recently; if it is in a state of burial, it has been buried for a long time; if it is in a state of gestation, it has just begun to think about burying it but has not yet done so.

水失於池，木乃柴薪之內；土埋在地；金為磚石之間。（財臨水爻生旺，物在池沼中，墓絕物在溝渠內，逢沖長流中，合住是汲盛死水中。財臨木爻生旺，竹木林中，死絕柴薪內，又陽木竹條內，陰木草叢中，繫本宮則竹木器中，五穀囤內。財臨金爻內卦旺相，在銅鐵錫器中，休囚缸甏瓶罐內；外卦旺相磚石內，休囚瓦礫中。財臨火爻必近香火，或在灶邊。財臨土爻，丑為金庫，必銅鐵器中，或蕭牆內磚壁腳跟；辰為水庫在陽溝內溪畔埋藏，不然亦是窳下所在；未為木庫，必埋蔬果園中，或埋田野草中，或米麥囤底；戌為火庫，必埋灶底，或埋灰內，或埋高泥墩上。此斷義禮不能盡述，當各以類推之。）

If something is lost in water, it is in a pond or pool; if it belongs to wood, it is in the pile of firewood; if it belongs to earth, it is buried underground; if it belongs to metal, it is between bricks and stones. If the wealth hexagram is in a prosperous and strong state and is near water, the lost item is in a pond or pool; if it is in a state of decline and burial, it is in a ditch or channel; if it is confronted by a clash, it is in flowing water; if it is held by a combination, it is in a vessel of stagnant water drawn up. If the wealth hexagram is in a prosperous and strong state and is near wood, the lost item is in a forest of bamboo and trees; if it is in a state of decline and burial, it is in a pile of firewood; if it is yang wood, it is in the middle of bamboo sticks; if it is yin wood, it is in the grassy area; if it belongs to its own palace, it is in bamboo and wooden containers or in a granary. If the wealth hexagram is in metal and is in the inner trigram: if it is prosperous and strong, it is in copper, iron, or tin vessels; if it is weak and confined, it is in jars, basins, or bottles; if it is in the outer trigram: if it is prosperous and strong, it is in bricks and stones; if it is weak and confined, it is in broken tiles and gravel. If the wealth hexagram is in fire, it must be near incense or near the stove. If the wealth hexagram is in earth, it is divided according to the four repositories: if it is you (丑), which is the metal repository, it must be in copper, iron vessels or near the wall of a gate; if it is chen (辰), which is the water repository, it is buried in a drain, by a stream, or in a low-lying area; if it is wei (未), which is the wood repository, it must be buried in a vegetable garden or orchard, or in the fields or among grass, or at the bottom of a grain store; if it is xu (戌), which is the fire repository, it must be buried under the stove, in ashes, or on a high mound of mud. These principles are endless, and one should follow the category accordingly.

動入墓中，財深藏而不現；（大抵妻財所臨之爻，或在其中，或在其旁，未可必也，惟財爻入墓化墓，或伏墓下，必在器物中，不可以邊旁近側言。要知何物內，以前五爻四庫推之。）靜臨世上，物尚在而何妨。（凡占失脫，財爻不宜動，動則更變難尋；若得安靜持世生世合世，其物皆主未散，必易尋，生旺不空尤妙，衰絕受制，亦不濟事。）

When the wealth line is activated and falls into the墓 (grave), the lost item is hidden deep and not visible. Generally, the wealth line is said to be either inside or near something, and thus not lost. However, if the wealth line enters the墓, transforms into the墓, or is hidden beneath the墓 line, then the lost item is definitely inside some object and cannot be said to be near or outside. To determine what kind of object it is, refer to the previous method of the fifth line and the four repositories. If the wealth line is still quiet and present in the world, the item is still there and there is no problem. In divination about lost items, the wealth line should not be activated; once it is activated, it changes constantly and becomes hard to find. If the wealth line is quiet and holds the world, or comes to join the world, it indicates the item has not been lost and will certainly be found easily. If it is strong and not empty, it is even better. If it is weak, dying, or restrained, it is still not good.

鬼墓爻臨，必在墳墓側；（財臨鬼墓，其物必在神廟中；無氣則在墳墓內；如係本宮內卦，則在柩旁，或在壁席上；更加螣蛇，恐在神圖佛像之前；在三爻香火堂中。）日辰合住，定然器掩遮藏。（財爻發動遇日辰合住，必然有物遮掩，合而又沖半露半遮。要知何物掩蓋，以合爻定之，如火爻父母作合，為衣服掩蓋類，旁爻動來作合者亦然。）

The wealth hexagram is located on the ghost hexagram's墓, so the thing is certainly near a grave. If the wealth hexagram is on the ghost hexagram's墓, the thing is mostly near a temple; if it has no strength, it is inside a grave; if it belongs to the inner hexagram of its own palace, it is near the coffin or on the wall and mat; if it is combined with 螣蛇, it might be near a deity or Buddha image; if it falls on the third line, it is in the incense hall. If the wealth hexagram is combined with the day branch, there must be something covering it. If the wealth hexagram moves and is combined with the day branch, there must be something hiding it; if it is both combined and conflicted, it is half exposed and half hidden. To know what is covering it, look at which line is combined: for example, if the fire parent hexagram combines with it, it is covered by clothes; if it is combined by another hexagram, the interpretation is the same.

子爻福變妻財，須探鼠穴；酉地財連福德，當檢雞棲。（凡占失脫，財化福，福化財，其物必在禽獸巢窟中，如值子爻是鼠銜去，更在初爻在地穴中，寅是貓銜去，丑在牛欄內，午在馬廄中，未在羊棧中，酉在雞棲，亥在豬圈類也。有合則在內，無合則在旁。）

If the wife's wealth changes into the son's line on the first line, one should go to dig a mouse hole; if the wife's wealth is connected to the son on the酉 position, one should check the chicken coop. Whenever something is lost, if the wealth changes into the son or the son changes into wealth, the lost item must be in the nest of an animal. If it falls on the子 line, it was taken by a mouse; if it is on the first line, it is in the ground hole; if it falls on the寅 line, it was taken by a cat; if it falls on the丑 line, it is in the cowshed; if it falls on the午 line, it is in the stable; if it falls on the未 line, it is in the sheep pen; if it falls on the酉 line, it is in the chicken coop; if it falls on the亥 line, it is in the pigpen. And so on. If there is a matching line, the item is inside the nest; if there is no matching line, it is near the nest.

鬼在空中世動，則自家所失；（卦無官或落空而世爻動者，自家遺失非人偷。要知何故失落，以世臨六神定之，如臨青龍酒醉失或因喜事失，臨白虎因病失或因喪事、因跌而失，臨勾陳因起造失，因耕種失，臨螣蛇與應沖剋爭扭失，與應生合嬉戲失，臨朱雀口舌爭競失，臨玄武或因竊盜失也。）財伏應下世合，則假貸於人。（官鬼或空或伏或死絕不動，而財臨應上，或伏應下，其物非人偷，乃自借於人也，要知何人假借，以應臨六親定之。如臨子，為僧道巫醫或卑幼小兒借去類，世應沖剋則勿斷。若官空伏而財化官爻，是自遺失，被人拾去。）

If the official ghost is in an empty position and the world line is active, then it means the item was lost by oneself. If there is no official ghost in the hexagram or the official ghost is in an empty position, but the world line is active, then it means the item was lost by oneself, not stolen by someone else. To determine the reason for the loss, look at the six spirits accompanying the world line: if it is accompanied by the azure dragon, the item was lost while drunk or during a joyful event; if it is accompanied by the white tiger, the item was lost due to illness, funeral, or a fall; if it is accompanied by the hook star, the item was lost due to building a house or farming; if it is accompanied by the snake and conflicts with the response line, the item was lost during a quarrel; if it conflicts with the response line in a harmonious way, the item was lost during play; if it is accompanied by the vermilion bird, the item was lost during an argument; if it is accompanied by the black tortoise, then it was stolen by someone else. If the wealth line is hidden beneath the response line and the world line harmonizes with the wealth line, then it means the item was lent out. If the official ghost is empty, hidden, or dead and not active, and the wealth line is on the response line or hidden beneath it, then the item was not stolen but lent out. To determine who it was lent to, look at the six relations accompanying the response line: for example, if it is accompanied by the grandson, it was lent to monks, Taoists, witches, doctors, or younger people; and so on. However, if there is a conflict or mutual control between the world and response lines, this interpretation does not apply. If the official ghost is empty or hidden, but the wealth line transforms into the official ghost, then the item was lost by oneself and picked up by someone else.

若伏子孫，當在僧房道院，如伏父母，必遺書笈衣箱。（財不上卦須尋伏在何處，若伏子爻下，物在寺院中，休囚在六畜門內，胎養小兒誤失。如伏父下，物在正屋中，或在尊長處，無合，衣服書卷中，有合，書箱衣箱等內。若伏兄下，本宮姊妹兄弟處，他宮相識朋友處，如三四爻在門戶邊，外卦則在牆籬下，若伏財下，物在婦人處，或在妻妾家，或在五穀內，或在廚灶內。若伏鬼下，物在職役人家，或在廳堂內，或在病人處。土鬼在墳墓廟堂中。）在內則家中失脫，在外則他處遺亡。（財在內卦，失於家中；財在外卦，失在他處。在初爻井邊失，二爻灶邊失，三爻房內失，四爻門前失，五爻途中失，六爻遠方失。又如初爻財動化子，或子動來作合，其物必先失在井邊，後被小兒拾去，餘仿此推。）

If the wealth line is hidden beneath the son line, the lost item is in a temple or monastery; if it is hidden beneath the parent line, it must be in a bookcase or wardrobe. When the wealth line is not on the hexagram, one should look for where it is hidden. If it is hidden beneath the son line, the item is in a temple; if the son line is weak and confined, it is in the stable; if the son line is in the state of being born or raised, it was lost by a child. If the wealth line is hidden beneath the parent line, the item is in the main house or with an elder; if there is no matching line, it is in the clothes or books; if there is a matching line, it is in a bookcase or wardrobe. If the wealth line is hidden beneath the brother line, the item is in the family, with sisters or brothers; if it is in another hexagram, it is with acquaintances or friends; if it is in the third or fourth line, it is near the entrance; if it is in the outer hexagram, it is under the wall or by the fence. If the wealth line is hidden beneath the wife line, the item is with a woman, or in the wife's home, or in the grain, or in the kitchen. If the wealth line is hidden beneath the official ghost line, the item is in the home of someone who serves others, or in the hall, or with the sick; if it is a earth ghost, it is in the graveyard or temple. If the wealth line is in the inner hexagram, the item is lost within the house; if it is in the outer hexagram, it is lost elsewhere. Further, according to the line positions: the first line means it was lost by the well, the second line by the stove, the third line inside the room, the fourth line by the gate, the fifth line on the road, and the sixth line in the distance. For example, if the wealth line in the first line is activated and transforms into the son line, or if the son line is activated and combines with it, the item must have been lost by the well first and then picked up by a child; the rest follows the same pattern.

財伏逢沖，必是人移物動；（財伏卦中，遇動爻日辰暗沖者，若鬼爻衰靜，其物被人移動他處，非人偷也。要知移動之人。以沖爻定之，沖爻逢空，或化空亡者，移物之人必不在家。）鬼興出現，定為賊竊人偷。（凡占失脫，鬼不上卦，或落空，或衰絕不動，皆不是人偷，游魂卦多是忘記；若鬼爻變動，方是人偷，或雖安靜若乘旺相，或被日辰沖並，或動被動爻合起，亦是人偷。）

The wealth line is hidden and meets a clash, indicating that something has definitely been moved. If the wealth line is hidden within the hexagram and is secretly clashed by a moving line or the day branch, and the official ghost line is weak and still, then the item has been moved to another place, not stolen. To know who moved the item, look at which line is clashed; if this clashed line meets the empty condition or is transformed into the empty condition, then the person who moved the item is not at home at the moment. If the official ghost line becomes active and appears in the hexagram, then it is definitely stolen. In all cases of lost items, if the official ghost line does not appear in the hexagram, or falls into the empty condition, or is weak and inactive, it is not stolen. If the hexagram is a wandering soul hexagram, it is mostly because the person has forgotten where they placed the item. Only when the official ghost line becomes active and changes, can it be considered as stolen; or even if it is still but strong and prosperous, or is clashed by the day branch or combined with another moving line, it also counts as stolen.

陰女陽男內卦則家人可決；生壯墓老他宮則外賊無疑。（鬼爻屬陽男子偷，屬陰女人偷。陰化陽女偷與男，陽化陰男偷寄女處。生旺壯年人偷，墓絕老人偷，胎養小兒偷，帶刑害有病人偷。本宮內卦家中人偷，他宮內卦宅上借居人偷或家中異姓人偷，本宮外卦親戚人偷，與世沖剋雖親不和，他宮外卦外人為賊，在間爻鄰里賊，在六爻遠方賊，持世貼身賊。）

The official ghost belongs to the yin, indicating a female thief, and to the yang, indicating a male thief. If it is in the inner trigram, it indicates a family member. If it is in the long growth and prosperity positions, it indicates a young adult thief; if it is in the storage and burial positions, it indicates an elderly thief. If it is in its own palace, it is definitely an outsider. The official ghost belonging to the yang indicates a male thief; belonging to the yin indicates a female thief. If the yin changes to the yang, it indicates a woman stealing and handing it over to a man; if the yang changes to the yin, it indicates a man stealing and leaving it with a woman. If it is in the growth and prosperity positions, it indicates a young adult thief; if it is in the burial and decline positions, it indicates an elderly thief; if it is in the fetal and nurturing positions, it indicates a child thief; if it is accompanied by punishment and harm, it indicates a sick person stealing. If it is in the inner trigram of its own palace, it indicates a family member stealing; if it is in the inner trigram of another palace, it indicates someone staying temporarily at home or a family member of another surname stealing; if it is in the outer trigram of its own palace, it indicates a relative stealing; if it also clashes and controls with the world trigram, it indicates a relative who is not harmonious. If it is in the outer trigram of another palace, it indicates an outsider stealing; if it is in the intermediate position, it indicates a neighbor stealing; if it is in the sixth position, it indicates a thief coming from afar; if it holds the world position, it indicates someone who is constantly by the side of the person.

乾宮鬼帶螣蛇；西北方瘦長男子；巽象宮加白虎，東南上肥胖陰人。（八卦定賊之方隅，六神定賊之形狀。如男在乾宮，西北方人，在巽宮，東南方人。帶螣蛇身長面瘦，帶白虎身胖面白，旺相肥大，休囚瘦小，餘見身命章。陰陽以爻象論，勿以卦宮推。）與世刑沖，乃是冤仇相聚；與福交變，必然僧道同謀。（鬼爻與世刑沖，其賊素與我有仇隙者；與世生合，乃是兼親帶故之人。鬼化子，子化鬼，必有僧道雜在其中；子孫帶合，是還俗僧道；鬼化父，父化鬼，是老年人，或手藝人，不然則是祖父相承為賊者；父臨胎養，乃是書童；鬼化財，財化鬼，是婦人或人家奴婢；鬼化兄，兄化鬼，在內是兄弟姨妹，在外是鄰里相識；鬼化鬼，公門走動人，或曾被人告發；更加玄武，賊名已著，專以竊盜為計。若被父母三刑六害，必經刺字。）

The official ghost in the Qian hexagram carries the spirit of the snake, representing a thin and tall man from the northwest; the official ghost in the Xun hexagram combined with the White Tiger represents a fat and pale woman from the southeast. The Eight Trigrams are used to determine the direction of the thief, and the Six Spirits are used to determine the appearance of the thief: if the official ghost is in the Qian hexagram, it is a person from the northwest; if it is in the Xun hexagram, it is a person from the southeast. Those accompanied by the snake are tall and thin, while those accompanied by the White Tiger are fat and pale. If the official ghost is prosperous and strong, it is large and robust; if it is weak and confined, it is thin and small. Other details can be referred to in the chapter on body and fate. As for gender, it should be determined by the yin and yang of the line, not by the hexagram's position. If the official ghost and the world line are in conflict or clash, it indicates that the thief is an enemy; if the official ghost and the sons' line interact, there must be collusion between monks and Taoists. If the official ghost and the world line are in conflict or clash, the thief has always been an enemy; if they are in harmony or mutual generation, then the thief is a relative or acquaintance. If the official ghost transforms into the sons' line or the sons' line transforms into the official ghost, there must be monks or Taoists involved; if the sons' line is accompanied by a harmonizing element, it is a monk or Taoist who has returned to secular life. If the official ghost transforms into the parents' line or the parents' line transforms into the official ghost, it is an elderly person or a craftsman, or else someone whose family has been involved in theft for generations. If the parents' line is accompanied by the fetal or foster line, it is a pageboy. If the official ghost transforms into the wife's wealth line or the wife's wealth line transforms into the official ghost, it is a woman or a servant in the household. If the official ghost transforms into the brothers' line or the brothers' line transforms into the official ghost, within the inner trigram it refers to brothers and sisters, and within the outer trigram it refers to neighbors or acquaintances. If the official ghost transforms into itself, it is someone who moves around the government office or someone who was previously reported to the authorities; if it is further accompanied by the Black Tortoise, it is a thief whose name is already known and who lives by stealing. If it is further injured by the parents' line or by the three punishments and six harms, it must be someone who has been tattooed.

鬼遇生扶，慣得中間滋味；（鬼爻無氣，又臨死絕，而生扶合助者，其賊必為飢寒所迫，故至此也。若遇動爻日辰扶起者，乃是此賊慣得其中滋味者，帶月建是強盜，加太歲是世代不良，動爻日辰無氣作合，必有人牽腳來偷。）官興上下，須防裡外勾連。（六爻上下有兩重官者，必非一人偷盜，兩爻俱動是外勾裡連，二賊同謀；內動外靜是家人偷與外人去；外動內靜，乃家中有人知情，非同偷也。）木克六爻，逾牆而入；金傷三位，穿壁而來。（木鬼克土，逾牆掘洞；金鬼克木，割壁鑽籬；火鬼克金，劈環開鎖，水鬼克火，灌水滅燈；土鬼克水，涉溪跳澗；木火交化，明燈執杖，更宜通變。要知何處進入，以鬼克處定之，如木鬼克六爻，逾垣而入，克初爻是後門掘洞而進也。）

The official ghost is supported by a generating line, meaning the thief has already tasted the sweetness here. The official ghost originally has no strength, and it is in a dead position. If it is not supported by any generating line, the thief is likely driven by hunger and cold. On the other hand, if it is supported by a moving line or the day branch, it indicates a habitual thief who has already experienced the situation before. If the official ghost is accompanied by the month builder, it is a strong thief; if it is combined with the year stem, it indicates a family with a long history of bad behavior. If the moving line or the day branch, although without strength, is in harmony with the official ghost, it means there must be someone acting as an inside informant. If both the upper and lower trigrams are active, be cautious of internal and external collusion. If two official ghosts appear in the six lines, there are definitely more than one thief: if both lines are active, it indicates an external thief working with an internal accomplice; if the inner trigram is active while the outer is still, it means the thief is a family member who has given the stolen goods to outsiders; if the outer trigram is active while the inner is still, it means there is someone within the family who knows about the theft but did not participate. If a wooden line overcomes the sixth line, the thief entered by climbing over the wall; if a metal line overcomes the third line, the thief entered by drilling through the wall. If a wooden official overcomes earth, the thief climbed over the wall and dug a hole; if a metal official overcomes wood, the thief cut through the wall and dug through the fence; if a fire official overcomes metal, the thief broke open the door ring and pried open the lock; if a water official overcomes fire, the thief poured water to extinguish the lamp; if an earth official overcomes water, the thief came by crossing a stream or jumping over a ditch; if wood and fire interact and change, the thief was holding a lantern and a stick. These situations need to be interpreted flexibly. To know from which direction the thief entered, look at which line the official ghost overcomes: for example, if the wooden official overcomes the sixth line, the thief entered by climbing over the wall; if it overcomes the first line, the thief entered by digging through the back door.

世去沖官，失主必曾驚覺；（世沖鬼爻，家主知覺；應沖鬼爻，宅母知覺；旁爻沖鬼，家人知覺。要知因何而覺，以鬼爻臨五行斷之，如木為門戶聲，金為銅鐵響，土為撲跌，火為明亮，水為水聲，又如戌為犬吠，酉為雞叫類，宜分六爻斷之。）日來克鬼，賊心亦自驚疑。（鬼被動爻日辰刑剋，偷時賊必驚疑，如日辰動爻屬金，必觸缸甏，響而畏家主知覺，金空乃是人聲，胎養小兒啼，墓庫老人嗽，未敢下手。屬木是畏門戶牢閉，或聞開門而驚也。屬水必有登廁小解飲水類，因而撞見。屬火必見燈火而復退，或火光下穴窺見影響形跡。屬土乃牆壁堅固，地道險阻，其賊疑懼也，若戍土刑剋必被犬傷。）

The World Line is attacking the Official Ghost, indicating the master of the house must have noticed something. When the World Line attacks the Official Ghost, it means the master noticed; when the Response Line attacks the Official Ghost, it means the mistress noticed; when another line attacks the Official Ghost, it means someone else in the house noticed. To determine what caused the notice, look at the Five Phases of the Official Ghost: if it is wood, it may be a door creaking; if it is metal, it may be a sound from a metal or iron object; if it is earth, it may be someone tripping; if it is fire, it may be a bright light; if it is water, it may be the sound of water. Also, for example, if it is戌, it may be a dog barking; if it is酉, it may be a rooster crowing, and so on. It is also necessary to consider the positions of the six lines. If the Day Branch is attacking the Official Ghost, the thief is himself anxious. If the Official Ghost is attacked by a moving line or the Day Branch, the thief will be doubtful when he acts. For example, if the Day Branch or moving line is metal, it may be that he knocked over a jar or pot, fearing the master might hear. If metal is in a state of emptiness, the sound may actually be human voices; if metal is in the state of birth, it may be a child crying; if metal is in the state of burial, it may be an old person coughing—thus he dares not act. If it is wood, he may fear the door is locked tightly or hear the sound of opening a door and become startled. If it is water, it may be someone getting up at night to urinate or drink water, thus colliding with something. If it is fire, it may be seeing a lamp and then going away, or seeing a shadow in the light from a hole. If it is earth, it may be that the walls are strong and the passage is difficult to dig, making the thief doubtful; if it is戌 earth attacking, he will surely be bitten by a dog.

子動丑宮，問牧童必知消息；福興酉地，見酒客可探情由。（子動，其人有人撞見，詢之可知消息，如在子爻，可問科頭男子，或捕魚人；在丑爻，可問牧童或築牆人；在寅爻，是木客木匠或擔竹木器人；在卯爻，問織蓆賣屨人或挑柴砟草人；在辰爻，問開池鑿井人或傍河鋤地人；在巳爻，問穿紅女子或弄蛇乞丐人；在午爻，問燒窯乘馬人或討火提燈人；在未爻，問挑灰耕種人或牧羊人；在申爻，問銅鐵匠或弄猴人；在酉爻，問針工酒客或抱雞人；在戌爻，問挑泥鋤地者或牽狗人；在亥爻，或擔水踏車人，或洗衣沐浴人。）

The descendants' movement is at the Chou position, meaning one should ask a child herding cattle for information; the descendants' movement is at the You position, meaning one should inquire from a person selling or buying wine to find out the situation. When the descendants move, it indicates that someone has seen something, and by asking them, one can find out more. According to the earthly branches: if the position falls on the Zi branch, one should ask about a bald man or a fisherman; if it falls on the Chou branch, one should ask a herdsman or someone building a wall; if it falls on the Yin branch, one should ask a merchant selling timber, a carpenter, or someone carrying bamboo and wooden tools; if it falls on the Mao branch, one should ask a mat weaver or a shoe seller, or someone carrying firewood and cutting grass; if it falls on the Chen branch, one should ask someone digging a pond or well, or someone plowing near the river; if it falls on the Si branch, one should ask a woman wearing red clothes or a beggar who plays with snakes; if it falls on the Wu branch, one should ask a kiln worker, a horse rider, or someone who collects firewood and carries a lantern; if it falls on the Wei branch, one should ask someone carrying ash and plowing fields, or a shepherd; if it falls on the Shen branch, one should ask a blacksmith or someone who trains monkeys; if it falls on the You branch, one should ask a tailor, a wine drinker, or someone carrying chickens; if it falls on the Xu branch, one should ask someone carrying mud and plowing fields, or someone leading a dog; if it falls on the Hai branch, one should ask someone carrying water or operating a water wheel, or someone washing clothes or taking a bath.

兄動劫財，若卜起贓無覓處；（卜起占尋物，皆怕兄動，或傷世，或世帶日辰，或鬼化兄，或財化兄，皆主其物已散，卒難尋覓，蓋兄能劫財故也。）官興克世，如占捕盜反傷身。（凡占捕盜，要世旺鬼衰，世動鬼靜，則易於捕獲，若鬼爻乘旺動來刑剋世爻，須防反被其害，得世空避之，或子動解救，庶幾可免傷害。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) When brothers' lines are active and they seize the wealth lines, if one is divining about a theft, the stolen property will be hard to find. In all cases of searching for lost items, one should fear the activation of brothers' lines, or when other lines harm the world line, or when the world line itself carries the day branch's brothers, or when the official ghost line transforms into brothers' lines—these all indicate that the items have already dispersed and are difficult to locate, because brothers naturally seize wealth. If the official ghost line is active and attacks the world line, and one is divining about capturing thieves, it may result in self-injury. When divining about capturing thieves, the world line should be strong while the official ghost line is weak, and the world line should be active while the official ghost line is still—only then can the thief be captured easily. If the official ghost line is strong and active, attacking the world line, one should beware of being harmed by the thief; unless the world line is exactly in the empty void position to avoid harm, or if the son line is active to rescue, then one can avoid injury.

世值子孫，任彼強梁何足慮；（子為捕賊人，當權旺動或臨世，或帶月建日辰，則鬼有制，賊必可獲，縱是兇惡強盜，不足畏也。若鬼旺福衰，鬼動福靜，則不能幹事也。）鬼臨墓庫，縱能巡捕亦難擒。（鬼爻入墓，或臨卦墓，或與鬼墓俱動，或化入墓，或伏墓下，皆主其賊深藏不出，卒難巡捕；得動爻日辰沖破墓，庶幾可獲。）

The world line is occupied by the grandson, so even if the thief is very fierce, there is no need to worry. The grandson represents the person who captures thieves: if the grandson is strong, active, or in authority, or if it is connected to the month builder or the day branch, then the official ghost is restrained, and the thief can certainly be caught; even if it is a fierce robber, there is no need to fear. On the contrary, if the official ghost is strong and the grandson is weak, or if the official ghost is active and the grandson is still, then the matter cannot be accomplished. If the official ghost falls into the storage, even with patrols, it is difficult to capture. If the official ghost is in the storage, or if it is connected to the storage of the hexagram, or if the ghost and the storage are both active, or if it transforms into the storage or is hidden beneath the storage line, then the thief is hidden very deeply and unwilling to show himself, and cannot be captured at once; unless the moving line or the day branch breaks the storage, there is hope of capturing him.

日合賊爻，必有窩藏之主；（鬼為賊爻，捕盜遇合，賊必有人窩藏在家，不能得見，合臨於世應月日，是地主窩藏，在旁爻則隱在其家莊上，不然亦非地方有名之家也。要知窩主，以合爻定之，如財合，是富家或婦人窩主之類。）動沖鬼殺，還逢指示之人。（鬼遇動爻日辰沖剋，必有人指示其賊隱處。要知何人指示，以克沖爻定之，如丑為牽牛人，亥為洗衣人，木在水上動是舟人類。鬼若旺動，不受沖剋，雖知其賊，不能捕獲。）

The day branch goes to harmonize with the thief's line, indicating that someone is definitely hiding the thief. The official ghost is the thief's line; when capturing a thief and encountering it being harmonized, the thief must be hidden by someone at home and cannot be found. If the line that comes to harmonize falls on the world line, response line, or month builder and day branch, then it is the local landowner who is hiding the thief. If it falls on another line, then the thief is hidden on the land of another person, or otherwise it is a well-known family in the area. To know who the hiding person is, look at which line comes to harmonize. For example, if the wealth line comes to harmonize, then it is a wealthy family or a woman who is the hiding person. If the moving line goes to clash with the official ghost, someone will come to point out where the thief is hiding. When the official ghost is clashed with by the moving line or the day branch, someone will definitely come to point out where the thief is hidden. To know who is giving the tip, look at which line is coming to clash or control: for example, if it is you, then it is the person who leads the ox, if it is亥, then it is the person who washes clothes, if the wood line moves on water, then it is the boatman or similar. If the official ghost is strong and active, and not clashed with, then even if you know who the thief is, you cannot catch him.

卦若無官，理當輸伏；財如發動，墓處推詳。（捕盜無官賊，必隱藏蹤跡，難以尋獲，須看伏在何爻，便知賊在何處。如伏財下，在妻家類。若卦中無鬼，動爻有化出者，即以變爻論之，不須看伏，如子化出，在寺觀中類。若占起贓，見財爻發動，看其墓在何處，便知藏在何方，如財爻屬金旁邊丑爻，又動金墓在丑，丑寅為艮，艮居東北，便斷在東北方。）伏若克飛，終被他人隱匿；飛如克伏，還為我輩擒拿。（此伏只論鬼爻，此飛只論世爻。伏克飛，子孫雖動亦難尋獲；飛克伏，子孫雖靜亦可擒拿。或曰：飛神只論伏上之爻，亦通理。）

If there is no official ghost in the hexagram, one should accept defeat and give up; if the wealth line is activated, one should carefully examine its storage place. When searching for a thief and the hexagram does not show an official ghost, the thief must have hidden his tracks and is difficult to find; at this time, one should look at where the thief is hidden under which line, thus knowing where the thief is. For example, if the thief is hidden under the wealth line, then the thief is in the area related to the wife. If there is no ghost in the hexagram, but a ghost is generated from the activated line, then one should directly refer to the changing line, without needing to look for the hidden god. For example, if it is generated from the sons line, then the thief is in temples or monasteries. When divining about stolen property and the wealth line is activated, one should look at where its storage is located, thus knowing where the stolen property is hidden. For example, if the wealth line belongs to metal, and the adjacent line is the丑 line which is also activated, the storage of metal is exactly at丑, and丑 and寅 both belong to the mountain, which is located in the northeast, so the stolen property is in the northeast. If the hidden god controls the flying god, the stolen property will ultimately be hidden by others; if the flying god controls the hidden god, the thief can still be caught. Here, the term "hidden" specifically refers to the official ghost, and "flying" specifically refers to the world line. If the hidden god controls the flying god, then even if the sons line is activated, it is still difficult to find the thief; if the flying god controls the hidden god, then even if the sons line is quiet, the thief can still be caught. Some people also say that the flying god refers only to the line that is on top of the hidden god, and this interpretation is also reasonable.

若伏空爻，借賃屋居非獲賊；（鬼伏空爻下，是借賃其家屋住，非為窩藏，不然其賊雖或潛住他家，亦不與之容隱，後終敗露；旺空是不知情，空動是不在家也。）如藏世下，提防竊盜要留心。（凡占防盜，最要鬼爻無氣不動，或落空，或日辰沖散，或動爻合住，或子孫剋制，或世空亡，皆為吉兆，若鬼爻無制，動克世爻，鬼爻生旺日，當受其害；若卦無鬼卻伏在世下，目下雖無事，至鬼爻生旺日，或沖動月日，宜防之，故要留心，伏又空亡始無憂慮。）

If the official ghost is hidden under an empty line, it merely means renting a house, and the landlord is not hiding thieves. If the official ghost is hidden under an empty line, it indicates that the thief only rented the house, and the landlord is not involved; even if the thief is actually hiding in someone else's house, that person is unwilling to cover for him, and eventually the truth will come out. If the flying god is strong but empty, it means the landlord is unaware; if empty but moving, it means the landlord is not at home. If the official ghost is hidden under the world line, extra care should be taken for security. In matters of theft prevention, the most favorable signs are when the official ghost is not active and lacks strength, or falls under an empty line, or is scattered by the day branch, or is restrained by a moving line, or is controlled by the descendants, or the world line is empty. These are all good signs. If the official ghost is not restrained by anyone and becomes active to attack the world line, then harm will occur on the day when the official ghost is strong and flourishing. If the divination does not show the official ghost, but it is hidden under the world line, there may be no problem at present, but on the day when the official ghost is strong and flourishing, or on the day when its movement is triggered, one should be cautious—thus, one must be careful; unless the hidden god itself is also empty, then there is truly no worry.

倘失舟車衣服，不宜妻位交重；或亡走獸飛禽，切忌父爻發動。（失脫，不可專以財為用爻，若失舟車衣服文書券契，則以父母為用爻，財動便難得；若失飛禽走獸及六畜之類，則以子孫為用爻，父動亦不見矣，更宜通變為妙。）卦爻仔細搜求，盜賊難逃捉獲。

If the lost item is a boat, vehicle, or clothing, it is not advisable for the wife and wealth position to be strongly activated; if the lost item is a bird or animal, one must be cautious about the parents'爻 being activated. When divining about lost items, one should not always take the wealth爻 as the useful god. If the lost item is a boat, vehicle, clothing, or documents, one should take the parents爻 as the useful god, for if the wealth爻 becomes active, the item will be difficult to recover. If the lost item is a bird, animal, or domesticated livestock, one should take the sons爻 as the useful god, for if the parents爻 becomes active, the item will also be difficult to recover. In general, flexibility and adaptability are key. Carefully search through the hexagram's lines, and the thief will be hard to escape capture.

人非富貴，焉能坐享榮華；苟為利名，寧免奔馳道路。然或千里之迢遙，夫豈一朝之跋涉？途中休咎，若個能知就裡災祥，神靈有準。父為行李，帶刑則破損不中；妻作盤纏，生旺則豐盈足用。（出行以父爻為行李，旺相多，休囚少，空亡無，旺空，雖有而不多；帶刑害及被傷克；破損舊物；父化兄與人同睡；兄化父與人合用。若就他人借行李，不宜財爻持世，及動必難假借，帶合終可得之。妻財為財物本錢類，旺相充滿，休囚微少，空亡無有，卦若無財，兄弟化出，必是合本或是借來，非己之物。）

A person is not born wealthy, so how can they enjoy prosperity effortlessly; once they pursue fame and profit, they are bound to travel. But the journey is long, and it cannot be completed in a day or two. The fortune or misfortune along the way, who can know in advance? As for internal calamities and auspicious signs, the divine spirits in the hexagram can provide accurate guidance. "Parents" represent luggage; if it is afflicted by punishment or harm, the luggage is broken and useless. "Wife and Wealth" represent funds; if it is prosperous and strong, the funds are sufficient. When traveling, the parent爻 represents luggage: if it is prosperous and strong, there is a lot of luggage; if it is weak and confined, there is little; if it falls into kongwang, there is none. If it is prosperous but falls into kongwang, there is some but not much. If it is afflicted by punishment or harm or is harmed, it indicates broken or old items. Parents transforming into brothers means sharing a bed with others; brothers transforming into parents means sharing the same set of luggage. If one needs to borrow luggage from others, it is not advisable for the wealth爻 to be the ruler; once the wealth爻 moves, it is even harder to borrow, unless it is accompanied by a harmonious connection, in which case it may still be possible to borrow. The wife and wealth爻 represent money and capital: if it is prosperous and strong, the funds are abundant; if it is weak and confined, the funds are scarce; if it falls into kongwang, there is no money. If the hexagram does not contain wealth, but it is derived from brothers, then it must be shared capital or borrowed money, not one's own.

世如衰弱，那堪水宿風餐？（世為出行人，生旺有氣則吉，若休囚死絕，克則易倒，傷則易損，所以不堪勞碌奔波，不耐風霜早晚。）應若空亡，難望謀成事就。（應爻為所往之地，在震宮城郭市鎮熱鬧之地，坤宮四野冷落所在，在艮宮山上，坎宮水鄉，餘仿此。最怕空亡，主地頭寂寞，謀事難成，必不得意而回。）

If the World Line is weak, how can it endure the hardships of traveling? The World Line represents the person going out; if it is strong and flourishing, it brings good fortune; but if it is weak and confined, it will collapse easily when attacked, and suffer damage when harmed. Therefore, it cannot withstand the toil and hardship of travel, nor can it endure the hardships of early and late hours in the cold wind and frost. If the Response Line falls into Kongwang, the matter will be difficult to accomplish. The Response Line represents the destination; if it falls into the Zhen hexagram, it indicates a bustling city or town; if it falls into the Kun hexagram, it indicates a remote and desolate area; if it falls into the Gen hexagram, it indicates a mountainous region; if it falls into the Kan hexagram, it indicates a water town; the rest can be understood similarly. Most dangerous is when it falls into Kongwang, which indicates that upon arriving at the destination, everything is cold and desolate, the matter will be difficult to handle, and the outcome will certainly be unsatisfactory.

間爻安靜，往來一路平安；（間爻為往來經歷所在，動則途中必阻隔遲滯，若得安靜不空，則一路平安往來無阻。）太歲克沖，行止終年撓折。（太歲出現，發動沖剋世爻；其人出外終年不利，更加鬼殺白虎凶神，尤非吉兆；若為求官謀職而往，最宜此爻生合世身，必有成就之兆。）

The intermediate line is quiet, indicating a smooth journey. The intermediate line represents the places encountered on the way; if it becomes active, there will be obstacles and delays on the journey. However, if it remains quiet and not vacant, then the journey will be safe and unimpeded. If the year's ruler (Tai Su) comes to clash and control, the person will face setbacks throughout the year. If the Tai Su appears in the hexagram and becomes active to clash and control the world line, then the person will have difficulties when traveling outside. If further combined with official ghosts,Inauspicious Sha (malevolent spirits), and the White Tiger, it will be even worse. However, if one goes out for official positions or career opportunities, it is most favorable if this line generates and harmonizes with the world line, indicating certain success.

世傷應位，不拘遠近總宜行；應克世爻，無問公私皆不利。（世克應，是我制他，所向通達，更得間爻不動；鬼殺不興，去無阻節；克世，是我不得專志，所向梗塞，更遇動爻日辰刑沖剋害，必不順利。）

The World Line is harmed by the Response Line, so whether the journey is long or short, it is suitable to travel; if the Response Line overcomes the World Line, whether it is official or private matters, it is not favorable. If the World Line overcomes the Response Line, it means I can control the other party, and the place I go to will be smooth and unobstructed; if furthermore the intermediate line remains still and the official ghosts and Inauspicious Sha are not active, then the journey will be unimpeded. Conversely, if the Response Line overcomes the World Line, it means I cannot take the lead, and there will be obstructions everywhere; if furthermore there is a moving line and the Day Branch has punishments, clashes, overcoming, or harm, then the journey will certainly be unfavorable.

八純亂動，在處皆凶；（八純乃六沖之卦，內外爻不相和合，凡百謀望，皆主難成，且又六爻亂動，何吉之有？不拘所向，皆非宜也，遠行尤忌。）兩間齊空，獨行則吉。（間爻不宜空亡，主道路梗塞，行程必不快利，如金水空亡，水路不通；火土空亡，旱路不通；兩間俱空多是半途而返。然間爻又是伴侶，若一身獨行不挈伴侶，是為應象，反主吉兆，只慮世克應位耳。）

An octagonal pure hexagram with all six lines in disorder brings misfortune wherever one goes. An octagonal pure hexagram is one of six clashes, where inner and outer lines do not harmonize, making any plans difficult to achieve. Moreover, with all six lines in disorder, how can there be any good fortune? No direction is suitable, especially for long journeys. Both middle lines fall into kongwang, so traveling alone is favorable. Middle lines usually should not fall into kongwang, as this indicates blocked paths and slow travel. If metal and water lines fall into kongwang, water routes are blocked; if fire and earth lines fall into kongwang, land routes are blocked. When both middle lines fall into kongwang, it often means the journey will be cut short. However, middle lines also represent companions. If one travels alone without a companion, then one should look at the response line instead, which is a favorable omen, as long as the world line does not go on to harm the response position.

世動訂期變鬼，則自投羅網；官臨畏縮化福，則終脫樊籠。（世爻不動，行期末定，動則期已訂矣。世應俱動，宜速行；旁爻動；宜緩行。若世動變出鬼爻，去後必遭禍患；或鬼持世，乃是逡巡畏縮之象，欲行不行，必懷疑貳；休囚則難起身；生旺多是去不成；發動恐無伴而不去，更臨應爻，到彼不利。鬼化子孫，雖有災患不足患。）靜遇日沖，必為他人而去；動逢間合，又因同伴而留。（世爻安靜，遇日辰動爻暗沖者，是別人來浼而去，非為自己謀也，日辰並起合起皆然。要知何人來浼，以沖並爻定之如，父母為長上類。若世爻發動遇動爻，日辰合住者，是將行而有事羈絆，未能起程。要知何事絆住，以合爻定之，如鬼爻為官府中事類；又如勾陳動來合住，為田土事類；在間爻多因同伴而阻。）

The World Line moving indicates that the time of departure is fixed, but if it transforms into an official ghost, it becomes like throwing oneself into a trap. Normally, the official ghost holding the World Line suggests hesitation and reluctance to move, but if it transforms into a son or grandson, it will eventually escape frompredicament. If the World Line is still, the time of departure is not yet determined; once it moves, the day is already set. If both the World Line and the Response Line move, it is advisable to act quickly; if only other lines move, it is better to act slowly. If the World Line moves and transforms into an official ghost, there will certainly be misfortune after leaving. If the official ghost holds the World Line, it shows hesitation and reluctance to move, wanting to go but not going, with inner doubt. If the official ghost is weak and confined, it will find it hard to move; if it is strong and prosperous, it is unlikely to go; if it moves, it may be because there is no companion to go with. If it also meets the Response Line, it will be unfavorable even when arriving there. However, if the official ghost transforms into a son or grandson, then although there may be misfortune, it is not serious. If the World Line is still but is attacked by the Day Branch, it means that someone else is asking me to go; if the World Line moves and is held by an intervening line, it is due to companionship causing delay. If the World Line is still but is secretly attacked by the Day Branch or a moving line, it means that someone else is requesting me to go, not for my own purpose; if the Day Branch joins or combines with it, it is the same. To know who is asking, look at which line is attacking or joining, for example, parents represent elders. If the World Line has already moved but is held by a moving line or the Day Branch, it means that although one is about to go, something is holding back the journey. To know what is holding it back, look at which line is being held: for example, an official ghost represents official matters; if "Gou Chen" moves to hold it, it represents land matters; if it is held by an intervening line, it is mostly due to companionship causing obstruction.

世若逢空，最利九流出往；（世空去不成，強去終不得意而回。若本身占卜，最忌世空，雖經出行陷本他鄉，徒勞奔走；若九流藝術及公門勾當人占，反為吉利之兆，主空手拿財，鬧處得財，然亦不得積聚，逢沖則妙。）土如遇福，偏宜陸地行程。（卦中火土爻動，是陸行；水木爻動，是水行。若火土臨財福，則宜陸行；鬼殺臨水土不宜舟行。土火化空，須防跌蹼；水土化空，須防沉溺，更宜通變。）鬼地墓鄉，豈堪踐履？財方父向，恰可登臨。（鬼地者，世屬金南方是也；墓鄉者，世屬火西北方是也；他仿此，若往此方必有災咎。若求財利要行財方，如世屬土北方是也，求官見貴，要行父向；如世屬水西方是也，餘亦仿此。凡鬼殺所臨之地，宜避之，財福所臨之地宜往之。

If the World Line falls into an empty position, it is actually most favorable for those engaged in the arts or trades to go out. Normally, when the World Line is empty, it indicates that one cannot go; even if one goes reluctantly, they will return without success. If the person themselves is casting the divination, it is most unfavorable for the World Line to be empty. Even if they go out, they will suffer losses and return in vain. However, for those in the arts, craftsmen, or officials in the government, it is actually a good omen: it suggests that they can earn money even without possessions, and they will gain wealth in busy places. However, they may not be able to save it. If there is a conflict, it becomes even better. If the earth element meets the sons, it is more suitable to travel by land. In the hexagram, if fire or earth elements are activated, it indicates traveling by land; if water or wood elements are activated, it indicates traveling by water. If fire or earth elements are associated with the wife's wealth or sons, it is suitable to travel by land; if officials or凶杀 elements are associated with water or earth, it is not suitable to take a boat. If fire or earth elements transform into an empty position, one should beware of falling. If water or earth elements transform into an empty position, one should beware of falling into water. These matters require flexibility. One should avoid the places where officials or凶杀 are located, and the areas where the墓库 are located. One should go to the direction of the wife's wealth and the direction of the parents. The so-called "ghost land" refers to the place where the World Line belongs to metal, and fire, which overcomes metal, is located in the south, which is its ghost land. The so-called "mound land" refers to the place where the World Line belongs to fire, and the fire's mound is in the west and north, which is its mound land. The rest can be understood similarly. Going to these directions will surely bring misfortune. If one is seeking wealth, one should go to the direction of the wife's wealth. For example, if the World Line belongs to earth, water is its wealth, and the north is the direction of wealth. If one is seeking official positions or prestige, one should go to the direction of the parents. For example, if the World Line belongs to water, metal, which generates water, is located in the west, which is the direction of the parents. The rest can be understood in the same way. In summary, one should avoid the places where officials or Inauspicious Sha are located, and go to the places where the wife's wealth and sons are located.

官挈元爻刑剋，盜賊驚憂；（凡占出行，最怕鬼爻出現，休囚安靜則吉，尤不可動，動則必有禍患，如臨青龍酒色中惹禍，臨朱雀言語中招非，臨螣蛇多驚恐，臨白虎多疾病，臨玄武主失脫，勾陳臨水動，途中必多風雨，以上持世克世，最忌旺相，亦忌休囚，受制不傷世身，終無大禍，不過伴侶有災耳，世家不受克，亦主伴侶有災。）兄乘虎殺交重，風波險阻。（兄加白虎動，或鬼在木爻動，或木化鬼來刑沖，或鬼在巽宮動克，皆有風波險阻，在三四爻出門便見，在間爻途中遇，在五爻一路不安，在上爻或應上，直至地頭見也。旁爻動，不傷世身，止是險阻，乘旺沖剋，須防沒溺：鬼化兄，兄化鬼，不惟途中風浪驚憂，且有盜賊。）

Heavenly Stems: Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui Earthly Branches: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai Trigrams: Qian (Heaven), Dui (Lake), Li (Fire), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Kun (Earth) Official Ghosts accompanied by the Origin God come to punish and clash, indicating danger from thieves and worries on the way. When predicting travel, the appearance of Official Ghosts is most feared; if they are weak and quiet, it is still auspicious, especially if they do not activate. If they do activate, disaster is certain. If Official Ghosts are accompanied by the Azure Dragon, the trouble comes from indulgence in wine and women; if accompanied by the Vermilion Bird, it is due to disputes from words; if accompanied by the Snake, there is much fear; if accompanied by the White Tiger, there is illness; if accompanied by the Black Tortoise, there is loss and theft; if Gou Chen is on a water line and activates, there will be much rain and wind on the journey. If any of these are holding the World Line or punishing the World Line, it is most dangerous if they are prosperous and strong; even if they are weak and confined, caution is still needed. If they are subdued and do not harm the World Line, there will be no major disaster, only companions suffering; if the World Line is not punished, it still indicates companions will suffer. If brothers are accompanied by the White Tiger and activate heavily, there will be obstacles and dangers on the way. If brothers with the White Tiger activate, or if Official Ghosts activate on a wood line, or if a wood line transforms into Official Ghosts to punish and clash, or if Official Ghosts activate in the Xun trigram to punish, it indicates danger and obstacles. If Official Ghosts are in the third or fourth lines, trouble is encountered immediately upon departure; if in the intermediate lines, trouble is encountered on the way; if in the fifth line, the journey is uneasy; if in the top line or the response line, trouble is encountered at the destination. If Official Ghosts only activate on adjacent lines without harming the World Line, the journey is just difficult; if they are strong and clash or punish, one must beware of capsizing or drowning. If Official Ghosts transform into brothers or brothers transform into Official Ghosts, not only will there be dangerous waves on the way, but also encounters with thieves.

妻來克世，莫貪無義之財；財合變官，勿戀有情之婦。（妻財動來刑剋世爻，因財致禍，勿貪可也。若世與財爻相合，而財爻變出鬼來刑剋者，因色招殃，勿戀可也。）父遭風雨之淋漓，舟行尤忌；（父為辛勤勞苦之神，動則跋涉程途，不能安利，刑剋世爻，必遭風雨阻節。而然父為舟，克世，行舡又不順利，更加白虎動木爻，或化官，必有風波之險，得子動來解救，庶可化凶為吉。）

If the wealth hexagram comes to harm the world line, do not desire unjust wealth; if wealth combines with me but turns into officials and ghosts, do not be attached to a fickle woman. If the hexagram of wealth harms the world line, it is because wealth brings trouble, so do not desire it. If the world line combines with the wealth hexagram, but the wealth hexagram turns into officials and ghosts to harm the world line, it is because of lust that brings misfortune, so do not be attached. If the hexagram of parents is active, it signifies rain and wind, especially dangerous for those on a boat. The hexagram of parents represents a hardworking deity; when it is active, it indicates a long journey and no rest. If it harms the world line, there will certainly be obstacles from rain and wind. Moreover, the hexagram of parents also represents a boat; if it harms the world line, the journey by boat will not be smooth. If it is further combined with the White Tiger falling on the wood hexagram and transforming into officials and ghosts, there will certainly be danger from waves and storms. At this time, if the hexagram of descendants is active to rescue, it can turn danger into good fortune.

福遇和同之伴侶，謁貴反凶。（子孫持世，吉無不利，主吉去善，轉發動，必逢好侶，在三四爻出門便逢，在五爻途中遇，在六爻地頭得好人扶持，若為謁貴出行則不宜子動，謂之傷主，反為不利之兆。）

The子孙 is harmonious with like-minded companions, but if it goes to meet the nobleman, it becomes inauspicious. When the子孙 holds the world, everything is favorable, the journey goes smoothly and returns well. If the子孙 is activated, it will certainly meet a good companion on the way: if it is in the third or fourth line, it meets the companion immediately upon leaving; if it is in the fifth line, it meets the companion on the way; if it is in the sixth line, it meets a good person at the destination. However, if this journey is to meet the nobleman, it is not advisable for the子孙 to be activated, as the子孙 overcomes the official ghost, which is equivalent to harming the person being sought, resulting in an unfavorable omen.

艮宮鬼坐寅爻，虎狼仔細；（官在震宮及艮宮，遇寅爻動，主有虎狼之患；若無氣有制伏，或不傷世或世在避空者，終不傷命，但有虛驚耳。）震卦兄逢蛇殺，光棍宜防。（兄主動財，若加螣蛇動，必有光棍劫拐財物，在震宮其光棍在市鎮上，在坤宮鄉里中人，應臨地頭主人。五爻途中被騙，化出官則是盜賊，無氣須防剪綹。）

In the Gen palace, the official ghost is sitting on the Yin line, so one should be cautious of tigers and wolves. If the official ghost is in the Zhen palace or Gen palace and meets the Yin line in motion, there is a danger of tigers and wolves. If it has no strength and is restrained, or if it does not harm the world line, or if the world line is empty and avoids it, it will not harm life, only causing a false alarm. The brothers in the Zhen hexagram meet the evil spirit 'Teng Sha', so one should be careful of rascals. Brothers actively involve others' money; if they are combined with Teng Sha in motion, there will certainly be rascals who steal and cheat. If it is in the Zhen palace, the rascals are in the town; if it is in the Kun palace, they are in the countryside; if it is on the response line, it is the owner of the destination house. If it falls on the fifth line, it is being cheated on the way; if it transforms into the official ghost, it is the real thief; if it has no strength, one should be careful of pickpockets stealing the bag.

鬼動間中，不諧同伴；（官在間爻動，伴侶不和，或伴中有病；兄空不受剋制，則主自己有災難，非伴中有事也。）兄興世上，多費盤纏。（兄爻持世，必費資財，臨蛇雀，恐有呼盧虛費，青龍玄武酒色費財，餘則盤纏多費耳。若為財利出行，最不吉，休囚不動，猶可乘旺發動，則且空費盤纏徒勞奔走，必無所得。）

The official ghost is on the middle line and moves, indicating disharmony between partners or illness among companions. If the brother falls into an empty position and is not restrained, it signifies personal misfortune rather than problems with companions. If the brother moves on the world line, there will be extra expenses. If the brother is on the world line, there will certainly be financial loss. If it is accompanied by 'Teng Sha' or 'Zhu Que', it may be due to gambling losses; if accompanied by 'Qing Long' or 'Xuan Wu', it may be due to spending on alcohol and women. Otherwise, it is just that expenses will be higher. If this trip is for seeking wealth, it is the worst omen. If the brother is weak and confined and does not move, it is acceptable. But once it becomes strong and moves, it will result in wasted money and futile efforts, and ultimately nothing will be gained.

一卦如無鬼殺，方得如心。（官鬼凶神出行，不宜見之，在初爻腳必痛，二爻身有災，三爻伴侶病，四爻去後家有官事相擾，五爻道路梗塞，六爻地頭謀望不利，六爻無鬼，方為大吉之兆也。）六爻不見福神，焉能稱意。（子為福德，又為解神，若不上卦，或落空亡，則鬼殺專權，凡有災禍必無救援。）

If the entire hexagram does not contain the official ghost, which is an Inauspicious Spirit, then one can achieve one's wishes. When traveling, it is not advisable to encounter the official ghost, which is a凶神: if it is in the first line, there will be pain in the feet; if in the second line, there will be calamity on the body; if in the third line, a companion will fall ill; if in the fourth line, after leaving home, there will be legal troubles at home; if in the fifth line, the road will be blocked; if in the sixth line, when arriving at the destination, the plans will be unfavorable. Only when the official ghost is not present in any of the six lines is it considered a great auspicious sign. If the six lines do not contain the descendants, which is a福神, how can one achieve one's wishes? The descendants are both fortune and virtue, and they are also the deities that relieve calamities. If the descendants are not in the hexagram or fall into the kongwang, the official ghost, which is an Inauspicious Spirit, will take control, and all disasters will have no one to rescue.

主人動遇空亡，半途而返；（隔手來占，須看何人出行，如僧道子侄，則看福是主人，餘仿此。主人空動，行至半途仍復回來，動化退神亦然。動化空，則主去後不利，退神者卯化寅，酉化申類。）財氣旺臨月建，滿載而回。（出行若得財爻旺相，生合持世，不臨空亡，不受刑剋，異日必有生意，更加月建，定主滿載歸家。）但能趨吉避凶，何慮登高涉險！

The yao representing the person going out travels but falls into kongwang, meaning the person will return halfway. If someone else is consulting on behalf of another, one must first determine who is going out; for example, if it is a monk, a nun, or a son or nephew, then the sons' yao is the main focus, and others are treated similarly. If this yao is empty and moves, the person will still return halfway. If it moves and transforms into retreating god, it is the same situation. If it moves and transforms into kongwang, it indicates that after going out, things will not go smoothly. Retreating god refers to transformations such as卯 turning into寅 or酉 turning into申. If the wealth yao is strong and is in the month builder, the person going out will surely return with gains. If the yao for going out is strong and prosperous, and it supports or harmonizes with the world line or holds the world line, and it is not empty or subject to punishment, then there will be business opportunities in the future. If it is further supported by the month builder, then the person will surely return with gains. As long as one can avoid misfortune and seek good fortune, why worry about facing difficulties?

人為利名忘卻故鄉生處，樂家無音信，全憑周易卦中推，要決歸期但尋主象。（官員公吏看官爻，僧道卑幼看福爻，妻妾奴婢看財爻，兄弟朋友看兄爻，尊長老人看父爻，不在六親之中者，看應爻。）

People pursue fame and fortune, forgetting their hometowns; their families are at ease, yet they receive no news, so they can only rely on the hexagrams and lines of the Zhou Yi to predict. To determine the time of return, one must find the main line. The method of selection is as follows: for officials and government clerks, look at the 'Official Ghost' line; for monks, Taoists, and younger generations, look at the 'Offspring' line; for spouses, servants, and attendants, look at the 'Spouse Wealth' line; for brothers and friends, look at the 'Brother' line; for elders and superiors, look at the 'Parents' line; if the person in question is not among the six relations, then look at the response line.

主象交重，身已動；用爻安靜，未思歸。（用爻即主象，動則行人已行，看在何爻，便知人在何處，如在初二爻方發足，在三四爻將到門，在五爻在中途，在六爻還在地頭，歸期尚遠。用爻不動，日辰動爻又無沖並者，安居異鄉未有歸念也。）

The main subject is activated and moves again, indicating that the person has already started moving. The utility line remains still and does not move, meaning the person has not yet decided to return. The utility line is the main subject; when it moves, it shows that the person has already set out. Then look at which line it falls on to determine where the person is. If it is on the first or second line, the person has just begun. If it is on the third or fourth line, the person is close to home. If it is on the fifth line, the person is still on the way. If it is on the sixth line, the person is still at the destination and the return is still far off. If the utility line remains still, and the day branch and moving line do not conflict or join it, then the person is staying in a foreign place and has not yet thought about returning home.

克速生遲我若制他，難見面；（用爻動，歸期可擬；日辰若克世，人必速至；生世合世；人必歸遲；最怕世爻剋制用爻，乃未能歸。）三門四戶應如合世，即還家。（三爻為門，四爻為戶，臨用爻動，歸程已近；更得應爻、動爻、克世、生世而用爻又無制伏者，人即到家，可立而待也。）

Using the moving line to overcome the world line means the person will return quickly, but if the moving line supports the world line, the return will be slow. If I control the moving line, it will be difficult to meet again. Once the moving line changes, the time of return can be predicted: if it overcomes the world line, the person will arrive soon; if it supports and harmonizes with the world line, the return will be delayed. The worst situation is when the world line overcomes the moving line, meaning the person will not return. The third line represents the door, and the fourth line represents the window. If the responding line harmonizes with the world line, the person will arrive home immediately. If the moving line is on the third or fourth lines and moves, the journey home is near. If the responding line or moving line overcomes or supports the world line, and the moving line is not controlled, the person will arrive immediately and wait for you.

動化退神，人既來而復返；（凡寅動化卯，巳動化午類，謂進神；酉動化申，子動化亥類，謂退神。用爻若化進神，行人急急回來，不日可望；化退神，行人雖來仍復返，空動亦然。看臨何爻，便知何處轉去。要知行幾里路去，以生成數斷之，如一六水數，二七火數，三八木數，四九金數，五十土數，陽爻以天數推，陰爻以地數推，生旺倍加，死絕減半。）靜生世位，身未動而懷歸。（六爻安靜，人必未歸，若應生世合世，或世應比和，用爻生合世爻者，身雖未動，已有歸意，但看沖動月日，起程；生旺旬日，必來。有氣主速到，無氣主遲滯。）

When a line is activated and transforms into a retreating god, a person who has started on the way turns back. Cases such as Yin transforming into Mao or Si transforming into Wu are called advancing gods; cases such as You transforming into Shen or Zi transforming into Hai are called retreating gods. If the used line transforms into an advancing god, the person will hurry back and arrive soon; if it transforms into a retreating god, the person may have started but will still turn back, and even if he moves, it is as if he has gone in vain. To know from where he turns back, look at which line it falls on. To calculate how many miles he has traveled, use the numbers of the Five Phases' generation: one and six belong to water, two and seven to fire, three and eight to wood, four and nine to metal, five and ten to earth; for yang lines, use the heavenly numbers, and for yin lines, the earthly numbers; if it falls in a place of birth and strength, double the number; if it falls in a place of death and decay, halve it. If the used line is quiet and comes to generate the world line, the person has already thought about returning home even though he has not started. If all six lines are quiet, the person will certainly not return. However, if the response line generates the world line and harmonizes with it, or if the world and response lines are harmonious, or if the used line generates and harmonizes with the world line, then the person has not yet started but already has the intention to return. Just look at the month and day that triggers it, and he will start his journey; when it reaches a period of birth and strength, the person will surely arrive. If the used line has energy, it comes quickly; if it lacks energy, it is delayed.

若遇暗沖，睹物起傷情之客況；（卦爻不動；本無歸意，若得日辰沖動應爻或用爻者，必然睹物思鄉，方欲起意回家；日辰雖沖而月建動爻剋制者，縱有客況，亦難起程也。）如逢合住，臨行有塵事之羈身。（用爻發動固是歸兆，若遇動爻日辰作合，謂之合住，其人雖欲回家，因事絆住，不得歸來也。如被父母合住，必因長上所留，或因文書阻滯；財爻合住必因婦人迷戀，或因財物淹留；兄弟合住，多因朋友同伴口舌所阻，子孫合住，必因小口六畜僧道所阻；官鬼合住，帶吉，則貴人所留，加凶，是火盜官災絆住。）

If there is an unseen conflict, a person may become sentimental upon seeing familiar sights and miss home. Originally, the lines in the hexagram are still, indicating he had no intention of returning. However, if the day branch moves and triggers the response line or the useful line, he will certainly feel homesick upon seeing things and then decide to go back. But even though the day branch causes a conflict, if the month builder or the moving line comes to restrain it, then although he may feel homesick while away, he will still not move. If he is restrained by a combination, he will be held back by worldly matters when about to leave. The useful line moving is a sign of returning, but if it is combined by the moving line or the day branch, it is called being restrained. Although he wants to return, he is prevented by matters. To see what is preventing him, look at what is combining him: if restrained by parents, it is because elders are keeping him or he is delayed by documents; if restrained by wife and wealth, it is because he is attached to women or delayed by money; if restrained by brothers, it is mostly due to disputes among friends; if restrained by children, it is because of children, animals, or monks and Taoists; if restrained by officials and ghosts, if it brings auspicious spirits, it is because a nobleman is keeping him, but if it adds malevolent spirits, it is because of fire, theft, or legal troubles that prevent him from leaving.

世克應而俱動，轉往他方；（凡占行人，卦爻宜動不宜靜，世動歸心必切；應動身已登程。若動世克動應，行人雖來而往他處，非歸家也。用爻動而生合應爻者，同此推斷。）應比世而皆空，難歸故里。（應為客鄉，世為家鄉，應爻生世合世，是行人思家之象，可望其歸也。世應比和，本非歸兆，必得用爻動來克世合世，乃能歸耳。惟怕應爻空亡，雖來亦必遲緩，更與世爻皆空，則欲來不來，必無準實，難望其歸來也。若應不空，而世獨空亡者，又主行人已離彼處，反主速歸也，用爻更動，可立而待也。）

The World Line and the Response Line both move, and the World Line goes on to control the Response Line, indicating that the person has left for somewhere else. When predicting the movement of a person, the hexagram lines should be active rather than still. If the World Line moves, it shows a strong desire to return; if the Response Line moves, it shows that the person has already started on the way. However, if both lines move and the World Line controls the Response Line, then although the person has set out, they are going somewhere else, not returning home. If a line moves and supports and harmonizes with the Response Line, the same reasoning applies. If both the World and Response Lines are harmonious but fall into the void, it is difficult for the person to return. The Response Line represents the place of residence, and the World Line represents the hometown. If the Response Line generates and harmonizes with the World Line, it indicates the traveler's longing for home and the possibility of their return. Normally, when the World and Response Lines are harmonious, it is not a sign of return, but only when a line moves to control and harmonize with the World Line will the person return. The most dangerous situation is when the Response Line falls into the void, meaning that even if the person returns, it will be delayed. If both the World and Response Lines fall into the void, then the person wants to return but cannot, with no certainty, and there is no hope of return. However, if the Response Line is not in the void but only the World Line is, then it indicates that the person has already left the place, and the return will be quick. If another line also moves, then waiting patiently is sufficient.

遠行最怕用爻傷，尤嫌入墓；（遠出行人，若得用爻出現，不臨空亡，不受傷克，卦有財福，便主在外吉利，雖歸遲無妨；在死墓絕空，或日月動變刑剋，皆主不利。若用爻無故自空，或變入死墓空絕，或忌爻乘旺帶殺發動，或卦無用爻，應又空者，皆當以死斷之。）近出何妨主象伏，偏利逢沖；（家內近出行人用爻伏藏，必有事故不歸，若得日辰動爻沖之，則便歸，或無日辰動爻相沖，至沖動日時即到，用爻安靜亦依此斷，不歸事詳見下。）

When going on a long journey, the most feared situation is when the used line (用爻) is injured, especially if it enters the state of burial (墓). For someone traveling far away, if the used line appears in the hexagram and does not fall into the state of emptiness (空亡) or suffer from injury or being overcome, and if the hexagram contains wife and wealth (妻财) and sons and grandsons (子孙), then it indicates that the person will have good fortune while away. Even if he returns late, it will not be a problem. However, if the used line falls into death (死), burial (墓), decline (绝), or emptiness (空), or is attacked by the day branch (日辰), month builder (月建), moving line (动爻), or changing line (变爻), it indicates unfavorable outcomes. If the used line falls into emptiness without cause, or changes into death, burial, emptiness, or decline, or if the hostile god (忌神) is strong and brings harmful forces into action, or if the hexagram does not contain the used line and the response line (应爻) is also empty, then all these situations should be interpreted as death. For short trips, the used line being hidden is not a problem and is actually favorable when it meets a conflict (冲). If family members go out for a short distance and the used line is hidden, it means there is something preventing them from returning. If the day branch or moving line comes to conflict with it, the person will return immediately. If there is no day branch or moving line to conflict, then the person will return on the day and time when the conflict occurs. If the used line is quiet, the same interpretation applies. As for the various reasons why someone might not return, they will be detailed in the following text.

若伏空鄉，須究卦中之六合；（用爻空亡，必須中間克破，伏上飛神，方得露出，伏神為用，否則終被把住，雖有提起之爻，亦何用哉！若得伏於空亡爻下，一遇動爻、日辰、六合，即出為用，行人可望其歸，六沖尤妙。更決歸期亦以沖合月日定之。若伏神自遇空亡，恐作他鄉之鬼，必無歸日。）如藏官下，當參飛上之六神。（用爻伏官鬼爻下，必為凶事所羈，如臨青龍，必因酒色成病不歸；臨朱雀必因官非口舌不歸；臨勾陳撲跌損傷；臨螣蛇牽連驚恐，臨白虎臥病不起。臨玄武被盜失財不歸。凡遇土鬼為病，火鬼為訟，勿論六神可也，卦無官鬼，亦依此斷。）

If a line is hidden in an empty place, one must investigate the Six Harmony in the hexagram. If a line falls into an empty position, one must first break the flying god that is covering it, so that the hidden god can emerge and be used; otherwise, it will always be suppressed, and even if there is a line that lifts it, it will be of no help. If the hidden god is exactly under an empty line, then when it meets a moving line, the day branch, or the Six Harmony, it will immediately emerge and be used, indicating that the person will have a return date. If it meets the Six Clashes, it is even better. As for the return date, it is determined by the month and day of the Clashes and Harmony. If the hidden god itself falls into an empty position, it is feared that the person will die away from home and never return. If a line is hidden under the official ghost line, one should refer to the Six Spirits on the flying god. If a line is hidden under the official ghost line, it will certainly be hindered by misfortune: if the official ghost is accompanied by the Azure Dragon, it is due to illness from alcohol and sex; if it is accompanied by the Vermilion Bird, it is due to legal disputes and verbal conflicts; if it is accompanied by the Gou Chen, it is due to falling and getting injured; if it is accompanied by the Teng She, it is due to being involved in a shock; if it is accompanied by the White Tiger, it is due to illness and being unable to recover; if it is accompanied by the Black Tortoise, it is due to theft and loss of property, making it impossible to return. In addition, any earth ghost indicates illness, and any fire ghost indicates legal troubles. These two do not need to be discussed further in terms of the Six Spirits. If there is no official ghost in the hexagram, it is still judged in the same way.

兄弟遮藏，緣是非而不返；（用爻伏在兄爻下，必有是非口舌爭鬥事不歸，加朱雀為賭博，化官鬼為失財，臨白虎為風波。）子孫把住，由樂酒以忘歸。（用爻伏於子孫下，必為遊樂、飲酒、田獵、串戲、走馬而不歸也，不然亦為六畜之故、小兒之事、僧道之阻，所以不得歸家。）父為文書之阻滯，（用爻伏於父爻下，必為文書阻滯，或為手藝不歸，不然則是尊長所留，卦無父母，或落空亡，必無路引，動化空，路引己失，父化父，兩人合一引。）財因買賣之牽連。（用爻伏於妻財下，必為經營買賣之故而不歸，財爻空亡，或遇兄劫，多因折本。財臨有氣，或遇生扶。必有利息，故忘家也。若臨青龍玄武，必是迷花不返。）

The brothers are obstructed by the爻, and the person does not return because of disputes and quarrels. If the used爻 is hidden under the brothers'爻, there must be disputes and arguments that prevent the person from returning; if the brothers are combined with the Vermilion Bird, it indicates gambling; if it turns into the official ghost, it means losing money; if it is accompanied by the White Tiger, it means encountering troubles. The sons and daughters are restrained by the used爻, and the person forgets to return because of indulgence in drinking and entertainment. If the used爻 is hidden under the sons and daughters'爻, it must be because of leisure activities, drinking, hunting, acting, or horse racing that delay the return; otherwise, it could be due to matters involving livestock, children, or being detained by monks and Taoists, so they cannot return home. Parents represent obstacles related to documents. If the used爻 is hidden under the parents'爻, the person is detained by document-related matters, or they do not return because of their trade, or they are detained by elders. If there are no parents in the hexagram, or if the parents are in the empty position, it means there is no pass document; if the parents move and turn into the empty position, it means the pass document has been lost; if the parents turn into parents, it means two people share one pass document. The wife's wealth represents business connections. If the used爻 is hidden under the wife's wealth爻, the person does not return because of business activities. If the wealth爻 is in the empty position or is seized by brothers, it is likely that there is a loss; if the wealth爻 has strength or is supported, it means there is profit, so the person forgets about home. If it is accompanied by the Azure Dragon or the Black Tortoise, it indicates a fascination with women and unwillingness to return.

用伏應財之下，身贅他家；（用爻伏於應上，妻財之下，必然身贅他家，不思歸也。財動生合世爻，掣婦歸家，財爻若與伏神不相生合，乃是與人掌財，或是倚靠他家非婚婿也。）主投財庫之中，名留富室。（用爻伏於財庫下，其人必在富家掌財，伏神衰絕無氣，則是傍他度活耳。若得用爻出現在財庫爻動，異日必然滿載而回，更加青龍月建，尤為稱意。）

The used line is hidden beneath the response line's wealth, indicating that the person has already married into another family. If the used line is hidden above the response line and beneath the wealth, it means the person has married into another family and does not intend to return. If the wealth line moves to generate and harmonise with the world line, it indicates that the person will return with the wife. If the wealth line does not generate or harmonise with the hidden god, then the person is merely managing money for others or living dependently, not as a son-in-law. If the used line is inside the wealth storage line, the person remains in a wealthy household. If the used line is hidden beneath the wealth storage line, the person is managing money in a wealthy family; if the hidden god is weak and lacks vitality, then the person is merely living off others. If the used line appears in the hexagram and the wealth storage line moves, then eventually the person will return with wealth. Adding the Azure Dragon and the Month Builder makes it even more satisfactory.

五爻有鬼，皆因途路之不通；（鬼在五爻動，必是途路梗塞不通；故不歸也，五爻若遇忌殺發動，亦然，五爻空亡，亦是道路不通之象也。）一卦無財，只為盤纏之缺乏。（卦中動變月日，皆無財爻者，為無路費故不歸，有財無故自空者亦然，行人原為財利者，必不遂意。）

The fifth line has an official ghost, indicating obstruction on the road. If the official ghost on the fifth line moves, it is certain that the road is blocked, so the person cannot return. If the fifth line meets a hostile god or an Inauspicious Sha, it is the same situation. If the fifth line falls into kongwang, it also signifies obstruction on the road. If the entire hexagram does not show the wealth line, it is because there is no money. If the moving line, changing line, month builder, and day branch all fail to show the wealth line, it means there is no money for the journey, so the person cannot return. Even if there is wealth but it falls into kongwang, it is the same. If the traveler originally went out to seek wealth, then even more so, his wishes will not be fulfilled.

墓持墓動，必然臥病呻吟；（用爻入墓化墓，或持鬼墓，或卦有鬼墓爻動，或用伏於鬼墓爻下，皆主病臥他家，故不回也，若伏官爻下亦然。帶朱雀或化文書，必在獄中，非病也。）世合世沖，須用遣人尋覓。（用爻安靜，得世爻發動，沖起合起者，必須自去尋覓，方能歸；用爻伏藏得世爻提起用爻入墓得世爻破墓，皆用尋覓方回。）

If the used line holds a墓 or the墓 line is activated, the person is certainly lying sick and groaning. If the used line is in墓, transforms into墓, or holds the墓 of the official ghost, or if the ghost's墓 line is activated in the hex, or the used line is hidden under the ghost's墓 line, it indicates the person is sick at someone else's house and cannot return. If it is hidden under the official ghost line, it is the same. However, if it is accompanied by the Vermilion Bird or transforms into a document, it means the person is imprisoned, not sick. If the world line combines or conflicts with the used line, someone must be sent to search. If the used line is originally still, relying entirely on the world line to trigger or combine with it, then the person must personally go to find them and return. Similarly, if the used line is hidden and relies on the world line to lift it, or if the used line is in墓 and relies on the world line to break the墓, someone must be sent to search for them to bring them back.

合逢玄武，昏迷美色不恩鄉；（六合卦，玄武財動，或用臨玄武，動而遇財爻合住，或用伏玄武財下，或卦有三合財局，而玄武亦動其中者，皆主行人在外貪花戀色，不思故鄉也；若得動爻日辰沖動克破合爻，庶有歸日。若用臨玄武化鬼，或伏玄武鬼下，而財爻不相合者，其人在外必為盜賊，不然亦被盜攀害，故不歸也。）卦得游魂，漂泊他方無定跡。（游魂卦應爻發動，行人東遊西走，不在一方；用在五爻動亦然，游魂化游魂，行跡不定，游魂化歸魂，遊遍方歸。）

When the harmonious relationship meets the 'Black Tortoise', it indicates a person indulging in lustful desires and neglecting his homeland. If the hexagram indicates the Six Harmony and the Black Tortoise is on the wealth line that moves, or if the line used is on the Black Tortoise and is moved but restrained by the wealth line, or if the line is hidden beneath the wealth line associated with the Black Tortoise, or if the hexagram forms a Triple Harmony wealth situation with the Black Tortoise also moving, then the person is likely to be away from home, indulging in pleasures and not thinking of returning. Only when the moving line or the day branch disrupts or overcomes that harmonious line will the person return. If the line used is on the Black Tortoise and transforms into the official ghost, or is hidden beneath the official ghost associated with the Black Tortoise, and the wealth line does not harmonize with it, then the person is either a thief or involved with thieves, thus unable to return. If the hexagram is a 'Wandering Soul' hexagram, the person is wandering and has no fixed place. If the responding line moves in a 'Wandering Soul' hexagram, the person moves around without settling. If the line on the fifth position moves, it is the same. If 'Wandering Soul' transforms into 'Wandering Soul', the person's whereabouts are even more uncertain. If 'Wandering Soul' transforms into 'Returning Soul', then the person has finished wandering and will return.

日並忌興，休望到；身臨用發，必然歸。（剋制主象者，為忌爻，若在卦中發，或臨身世，或帶日辰，或被日辰沖並，皆主不歸；若得用臨卦身，出現發動，則必回來，若持世動亦可望其歸。）父動卦中，當有魚書之寄；（凡占行人，卦有父動，必有音信寄來，生世、合世、持世、克世，皆主來速，世生世克，則來遲。化出喜爻，或化福爻，是喜信；或化忌爻，或化官爻，是凶信。動空化空，是虛信，加螣蛇化兄，亦恐未的。父化父，兩次信來。若逢合住，音信被人沉匿，或帶書人有事，稽延在途，未能到也。若逢沖散、書信已失，重爻則已報過。）財興世上，應無雁信之來。（凡占望信，遇父爻衰靜，或空、或伏、或有財動，或財爻旺臨身世，皆主無信；卦有動爻化出，父母生合世爻，即是其人傳信來也，如兄化出，朋友寄來類。）

The day branch and the hostile god both rise together, and there is no hope of the person arriving. If the hexagram body is on the useful line and it moves, the person will certainly return. Any line that restrains the main line is the hostile god: if it moves in the hexagram, or is on the body or the world line, or is accompanied by the day branch, or is opposed or combined with the day branch, the person will not return. Conversely, if the useful line is on the hexagram body and it moves, the person will certainly return; if it holds the world line and moves, the same expectation applies. If the parents line moves in the hexagram, there will be a message. In any divination about a person's whereabouts, if the parents line moves in the hexagram, there will certainly be news: if it generates the world line, harmonizes with the world line, holds the world line, or restrains the world line, the news will come quickly; if the world line generates or restrains it, the news will come slowly. If it transforms into a favorable god or descendants, it is good news; if it transforms into the hostile god or officials, it is bad news; if it moves and falls into emptiness or transforms into emptiness, it is false news; if it is accompanied by the 'tang she' and transforms into brothers, it may not be reliable. If the parents line transforms into the parents line, there will be two messages arriving one after another. If it is restrained by harmony, the message may be detained by someone, or the messenger may be delayed on the way, and it will not arrive immediately. If it is opposed and dispersed, the message has been lost; if it is a repeated line, it means the message has already been reported. If the wealth line moves and is on the world line, there will be no message. In any divination about waiting for a message, if the parents line is weak and still, or falls into emptiness, or is hidden, or if the wealth line moves in the hexagram, or the wealth line is strong and on the body or the world line, there will be no message. If there is a moving line in the hexagram that transforms into the parents line to generate or harmonize with the world line, that means the person is bringing the message—such as if it transforms from brothers, it means the message is from a friend.

欲決歸期之遠近，須詳主象之興衰。（用爻旺相，歸必速，休囚歸必遲，生旺墓日歸。休囚死絕生旺日歸，安靜沖動日歸。發動即以本爻定其月日；或入墓，或合住，以破墓破合日定之。靜而有沖者，以六合日斷之；動而剋制者，以三合日斷之。代占以應爻論之遠，以年月斷，近以日時推獨發之爻，亦可推之，如子爻動，即取子日為歸期。）動處靜中，含蓄許多凶吉象；天涯海角，羈留多少利名人。

To determine the nearness or farness of a return, one must carefully examine the prosperity or decline of the main element. If the line is prosperous and strong, the return will be quick; if weak and confined, the return will be slow. If it is prosperous and strong, take the day it enters its storage to determine the return; if it is weak and confined, take the day it turns to prosperity. If it is quiet, take the day it is triggered. If it is activated, directly use its own branch to determine the month and day. If it enters its storage or is restrained by a combination, take the day that breaks the storage or the combination. If it is quiet but has a triggering element, take the day of the six harmonies to determine the return; if it is activated but is restrained, take the day of the triple harmony. If it is a substitute divination for someone else, use the response line to determine. For distant journeys, use the year and month; for near ones, use the day and hour. A single activated line in the hexagram can also be used to determine the return. For example, if the zi line is activated, take the zi day as the return date. When there is movement with stillness or stillness with movement, there are many auspicious and inauspicious signs; people seeking fame and fortune are detained in faraway places, not knowing how long they will stay.

凡卜買船，斷同船戶。（凡卜買船吉凶，與船戶人占一同推斷。若船戶自來占卜，要同家宅斷之為是。）

When divining about buying a boat, the method is the same as when divining about a boat owner. To determine the fortune of buying a boat, one can use the same method as when divining for a boat owner; if the boat owner himself comes for divination, then one should refer to the chapter on the family dwelling for the interpretation.

六親持世，可推新舊之由；（財福持世是新船，父母持世是舊船，兄弟持世半新半舊，鬼爻持世災驚不利。）諸鬼動臨，可識節病之處。（金鬼釘少，土鬼灰少，木鬼有縫，水鬼有漏孔處，火鬼有燥裂。）

By observing which of the Six Relations holds the "Shi" (indicator), one can determine whether the ship is new or old. If the妻财 (wealth) or子孙 (children) holds the Shi, it indicates a new ship; if the父母 (parents) holds the Shi, it indicates an old ship; if the兄弟 (brothers) holds the Shi, it indicates a ship that is half new and half old; if the官鬼 (officials and ghosts) holds the Shi, there will be disasters and disturbances, which is unfavorable. By examining where various officials and ghosts are located and their movements, one can identify the ship's faults: a metal ghost indicates a lack of nails, a soil ghost indicates a lack of grime in the ship's seams, a wood ghost indicates cracked planks, a water ghost indicates leaks, and a fire ghost indicates dry and cracked wood.

初二爻為前艙，要持財福；五六爻為後舵，怕見官兄。（以上皆要臨青龍、天喜、貴人、財福、則吉，主有富貴之人上船吉利，四爻三爻為中艙，亦要帶財福。）父作艄公，不宜傷克；（父母為船，又作艄公，要生旺不被日辰動爻傷克為吉。占買船，要財靜則船好，無損壞處。）龍為船尾，豈可空刑？（青龍為船尾，生旺動持生合世，皆主利益稱意。）

The first and second lines represent the front cabin, which should be occupied by wife and wealth, with descendants sitting in command. The fifth and sixth lines represent the rear of the ship and the rudder position, where it is undesirable to see officials, brothers, or other obstacles. All these positions should be accompanied by 'Azure Dragon', 'Heavenly Joy', noblemen, and wealth and happiness for good fortune, indicating that a wealthy person is on board and the journey will be smooth. The third and fourth lines represent the middle cabin, which should also carry wealth and happiness. Parents represent the boatman, and it is not advisable for them to be harmed or overcome. Parents represent both the boat and the boatman who steers it; they should be strong and not be harmed or overcome by the day branch or moving line, which is considered auspicious. If divining about buying a boat, the wealth line should be still, indicating a good boat without damage. Azure Dragon represents the stern of the boat; how can it be empty or harmed? Azure Dragon symbolizes the stern of the boat; if it is strong, active, holds the world line, or comes to generate and harmonize with the world line, it indicates profit and satisfaction.

螣蛇辨索纜之堅牢，（螣蛇為索纜，空則枯爛不好，旺則堅牢美利。）白虎為帆檣之順利。（白虎屬風，故取為風帆，若生旺帶財福吉神，動持生合世身，則船有好帆，使風順快；若白虎帶凶鬼惡殺，旺動克害世身，大不利，主遭失風傾覆之患。勾陳為鐵錨，休囚空亡，船無鐵錨，帶鬼克世，鐵錨為怪，化空絕有失。）六爻皆吉，不傷身；四海遨遊，無阻滯。（六爻生合財福吉神，又生旺持世身，動爻又不來傷克，則無往不利，雖遠遊於四海五湖，亦皆吉利，若子水持世，其船損人丁。每驗卦法，又看行船出入，避忌爻，如鬼兄白虎臨太歲，爻動來刑沖剋害世身，必有風波險惡，更有凶神克世大凶。）

The term 'Teng She' is used to determine whether the ropes are strong. Teng She represents ropes and cables; if it is empty, the ropes are rotten and useless; if it is prosperous and strong, the ropes are firm and reliable. 'Bai Hu' is used to examine whether the sails and masts are favorable. Bai Hu belongs to wind, so it is taken as wind for sails: if it is strong and prosperous, and accompanied by auspicious spirits such as wife wealth and children, and if it is active or holds the world, and generates and harmonizes with the hexagram body, then the ship has good sails, and the wind is favorable and swift. If Bai Hu is accompanied by evil spirits such as officials and Inauspicious Sha (evil killing), and if it is strong and active, and harms the world, then it is very unfavorable, indicating the risk of losing wind and capsizing. 'Gou Chen' represents the iron anchor; if it is weak and empty, there is no iron anchor on the ship; if it brings officials and harms the world, the anchor has strange problems; if it transforms into empty or absolute, the anchor is about to be lost. If all six lines are auspicious and do not harm the hexagram body, then the ship can travel freely across the seas without any obstacles. If all six lines generate and harmonize with auspicious spirits such as wife wealth and children, and are strong and hold the world, and the moving lines do not harm or control, then everything is favorable; even if traveling far across the seas and lakes, it is all auspicious. However, if the water element holds the world, the ship will lose people. In general, the method of divination also needs to consider which lines should be avoided when the ship is going out or coming in. For example, if officials, brothers, or Bai Hu are on the year's ruler, and that line is active and harms the world, there will certainly be storms and dangers; if there are also evil spirits harming the world, it will be extremely dangerous.

養身於花柳之中，曰娼與妓，識禍福於幾微之際，惟蓍與龜。花街托跡，柳巷安身。門外紛紛總是風流子弟，窗前濟濟無非歌舞佳人。若得安寧，必得世無沖剋；欲求稱意，還須應去生扶。卦見六沖往來，亦徒迎迓；爻當六合，晨昏幸爾盤桓。財若空亡，錢樹子慎防傾倒；官如墓絕，探花郎那得棲遲。妻財官鬼二者不可相應，財鬼父兄子孫皆宜不動。鬼殺傷身，火盜官災多恐怖。日辰沖父，住居屋宅有更張。兄弟交重罄囊用度，子孫藏伏蹙眉追陪。財化福爻，家出從良之妓；官居刑地，門招惡病之人。忌動衰空，閒是閒非閒撓括；財興克世，有財有利有驚疑。能將玄理以精詳，真乃黃金而不易。

Those who live and make their livelihood among flowers and willows are called courtesans and prostitutes; to discern fortune and misfortune in subtle matters, one must rely on the divination with yarrow stalks and turtle shells. They rely on the flower-lined streets and the willow-lined lanes, with men of charm coming and going at the gate, and dancers and singers gathered at the window. To achieve peace, the World Line must not be clashed or controlled; to achieve satisfaction, the Response Line must come to support and assist. If the hexagram is afflicted by the Six Clashes, the guests coming and going are only empty welcomes and empty farewells; if the lines form the Six Harmonies, people will stay around all day and not leave. If the line of wealth falls into Kongwang, the money tree will be in danger of falling; if the line of official ghosts falls into the墓绝 (grave and decline), those who seek pleasure will not stay long. The lines of wealth and official ghosts must not support each other; the lines of wealth, official ghosts, parents, brothers, and children should all remain still. If the official ghosts, which are Inauspicious Sha (evil killing), injure the hexagram body, disasters such as fire, theft, lawsuits, and so on will arise continuously, causing fear and anxiety. If the day branch clashes with the parents, the house will need to be changed. If the brothers are strongly activated, the money pouch will be spent completely; if the children are hidden and not visible, one can only furrow the brow and force a smile. If the wealth line transforms into the children line, a courtesan will leave the profession; if the official ghost falls into a place of punishment, a person with a serious illness will be brought into the house. If the Hostile God (hostile god) is activated but weak and falls into Kongwang, trivial matters will trouble one and prevent peace; if the wealth line is strong but controls the World Line, there will be wealth and profit, but also anxiety and doubt. To thoroughly understand these profound principles is truly something that gold cannot buy.