Avoiding turmoil

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 aInauspicious 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 aInauspicious 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 aInauspicious 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 theInauspicious 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。）

ManyInauspicious 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.