Medicine and healing

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 aHostile 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 intoHostile 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 aInauspicious 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 ofInauspicious 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.