Forty, Discussing the Favorable Years for a Partial Official

偏官取運，即以偏官所成之局分而配之。煞用食制，煞重食輕則助食，煞輕食重則助煞，煞食均而日主根輕則助身。忌正官之混雜，畏印綬之奪食。煞用印綬，不利財鄉，傷官為美，印綬身旺，俱為福地。

The Shen氏 original says: For the pattern of a biased official (偏官格), when choosing a year of destiny (运), it should be determined according to the specific configuration formed by the seven harmful stars (七煞). In the case of "harmful star (煞) is restrained by food (食)", if the harmful star is strong and the food is weak, one should choose a year that supports the food; if the harmful star is weak and the food is strong, one should choose a year that supports the harmful star; if the strength of the harmful star and the food are balanced but the day's ruler (日主) has shallow roots, one should choose a year that supports the body. The most dangerous is the presence of the official star (正官), which causes confusion, and also the fear of the official star's year (印绶) that takes away the food. In the case of "harmful star (煞) is supported by the official star (印绶)", it is not favorable to go to the wealth (财) year, because wealth will damage the official star and support the harmful star; going to the year of injury (伤官) is better, because the injury can restrain the harmful star and does not suffer from being completely taken away by the official star as the food does; the year of the official star (印绶) and the year that strengthens the body (身旺) are both favorable.

七煞用財，其以財而去印存食者，不利劫財，傷食皆吉，喜財怕印，透煞亦順。其以財而助煞不及者，財已足，則喜食印與幫身；財未足，則喜財旺而露煞。

The original text says: "Seven Killers using wealth" is divided into two types. The first type relies on wealth to remove the official star and protect the food god; this is not favorable during the劫财 (seizing wealth) period, as the劫财 would take away the wealth. The food and injury period is auspicious. It prefers wealth and fears the official star. If the seven killers are revealed in the destiny, it is considered smooth. The second type is when the killer itself is insufficient and relies on wealth to support it. If the wealth is already sufficient, it prefers the food god, official star, and supporting period. If the wealth is still insufficient, it prefers a period of strong wealth, and if the seven killers are revealed in the destiny, it is also favorable.

煞帶正官，不論去官留煞，去煞留官，身輕則喜助身，食輕則喜助食。莫去取清之物，無傷制煞之神。煞無食制而用刃當煞，煞輕刃重則喜助煞，刃輕煞重，則宜制伏，無食可奪，印運何傷？七煞既純，雜官不利。

Shen's original text says: When seven evils are accompanied by the proper official, whether the fate is to remove the official and retain the evil or to remove the evil and retain the official, if the day master is weak, it prefers a fortune that supports the body; if the food god is weak, it prefers a fortune that supports the food god. The key point is: do not let the fortune remove the character that makes the pattern pure, nor damage the god that controls the evil. As for seven evils without a food god to control them, and instead using Yangren to take responsibility: if the evil is light and the Yangren is heavy, it prefers a fortune that supports the evil; if the Yangren is light and the evil is heavy, it should go on a fortune that controls the seven evils. This path originally has no food god to be taken away, so going on an imprint fortune is not a problem. However, since the seven evils are already pure, mixing in the official star is not beneficial.

傷官雖非吉神，實為秀氣，故文人學士，多於傷官格內得之。而夏木見水，冬金見火，則又為秀之尤秀者也。其中格局比他格多，變化尤多，在查其氣候，量其強弱，審其喜忌，觀其純雜，微之又微，不可執也。

The Shen family's original text says: Although the official who harms the day master is not considered a favorable deity, it is actually the refined qi exhaled by the day master. Therefore, the destinies of scholars and literary men mostly come from the official who harms the day master pattern. When wood in summer meets water, or metal in winter meets fire, these are the most refined forms of qi. The patterns within the official who harms the day master category are more numerous than those of other patterns, and their changes are especially complex. One must examine its climate's coldness or warmth, assess its strength and weakness, discern its favorable and unfavorable elements, observe its purity and mixture, and be extremely meticulous, without sticking to a single perspective.

故有傷官用財者，蓋傷不利於民，所以為凶，傷官生財，則以傷官為生官之具，轉凶為吉，故最利。只要身強而有根，便為貴格，如壬午、己酉、戊午、庚申，史春芳命也。

The Shen氏 original says: The first type is "Wounding Official Using Wealth." The wounding official is considered凶 because it is unfavorable to the official star (the original text "unfavorable to the people" should be "unfavorable to the official"). Once the wounding official is used to generate wealth, the wounding official becomes a tool for generating the official, transforming from凶 to吉, thus being most beneficial. As long as the day master is strong and has a root, it forms a noble destiny. For example, the birth chart of Shi Chunfang is: the day master is Wu earth, born in the month of You metal, with Xin metal in the hour stem and Ji metal in the month branch, both being food and wounds; the year stem is Ren water, which is the biased wealth. The day master sits on Wu and the year branch is also Wu, indicating a strong and rooted day master. The food and wounds generate wealth, with a continuous source.

至於化傷為財，大為秀氣，如羅狀元命，甲子、乙亥、辛未、戊子，干頭之甲，通根於亥，然又會未成局，化水為木，化之生財，尤為有情，所以傷官生財，冬金不貴，以凍水不能生木。若乃化木，不待於生，安得不為殿元乎？至於財傷有情，與化傷為財者，其秀氣不相上下，如秦龍圖命，己卯、丁丑、丙寅、庚寅，己與庚同根月令是也。

The Shen family's original text says: As for completely transforming the official star into wealth, that is even more refined. For example, Luo the First-Class Scholar's destiny: Jiazi year, Yihai month, Xinwei day, Wuzi hour. The day stem is Xin metal, born in the亥 month. The壬 water in亥 is the official star; the heavenly stem 甲 wood is the official wealth, which is rooted in亥. The earth branches 亥 and 未 form a wood trine, thus transforming water into wood, and the official star directly becomes wealth, which is especially harmonious. Normally, the official star generating wealth is not valuable in winter, because frozen water cannot produce wood. Now it is directly transformed into wood, without needing water to generate it, so how could he not become the top scholar? As for the harmonious combination between wealth and the official star, its refinement is comparable to transforming the official star into wealth. For example, Qin the Dragon Diagram's destiny: Jimao year, Dingchou month, Bingyin day, Gengyin hour. The day stem is Bing fire, born in the丑 month. The heavenly stem 己 soil is the official star, and the heavenly stem 庚 metal is the biased wealth. 己 and 庚 both root in the丑 month, forming a continuous generation.

有傷官佩印者，印能制傷，所以為貴，反要傷官旺，身稍弱，始為秀氣。如孛羅平章命，壬申、丙午、甲午、壬申、傷官旺，印根深，身又弱，又是夏木逢潤，其秀百倍，所以一品之貴。然印旺極深，不必多見，偏正疊出，反為不秀，故傷輕身重而印綬多見，貧窮之格也。

The second type is "Wounding Official with Seal." The seal can control the wounding official, hence it is considered noble. This pattern requires the wounding official to be strong and the day master slightly weak in order to display elegance. For example, the fate of Boluo Pingzhang is: Renshen year, Bingwu month, Jiawu day, Renshen hour. The day master is Jia wood born in the Wu month, with the fire in Wu and the month stem Bing fire both being food and wounding officials, making the wounding official extremely strong. The two Ren water in the year and hour are biased seals, with roots in the two Shen, making the seal very strong. The day master itself is relatively weak. Moreover, in summer, wood benefits from water nourishment, and the elegance is a hundred times greater, hence he held a top official position. However, the seal only needs to be strong and have deep roots; it does not need to be excessive. If both the official seal and the biased seal are repeated, it becomes un-elegant. Therefore, if the wounding official is light, the day master is strong, and the seal is excessive, it is a pattern of poverty.

有傷官兼用財印者，財印相剋，本不併用，只要干頭兩清而不相礙；又必生財者，財太旺而帶印，佩印者印太重而帶財，調停中和，遂為貴格。如丁酉、己酉、戊子、壬子，財太重而帶印，而丁與壬隔以戊已，兩不礙，且金水多而覺寒，得火融和，都統制命也。又如壬戌、己酉、戊午、丁巳，印太重而隔戊已，而丁與壬不相礙，一丞相命也。反是則財印不併用而不秀矣。

The third type is when the official star is used together with both wealth and scholar. Wealth and scholar naturally mutually control each other, so in theory they cannot be used together. However, as long as the heavenly stems on both sides are clear and do not interfere with each other, it is acceptable. Moreover, it must be that the wealth side is too strong, so the scholar is brought in to balance it, or the scholar side is too heavy, so the wealth is brought in to balance it. By adjusting to achieve harmony, it becomes a noble destiny. For example, in the case of a person born in the year of Dingyou, month of Jiyou, day of Wuzi, and hour of Renzi: theWu Earth day master is born in the month of酉, which is the official star. The two Zi waters and the heavenly stem Ren water are wealth. Since the wealth is too heavy, the heavenly stem Ding fire, which is the scholar, is brought in to balance it. The Ding and Ren are separated by the Wu and Ji earth, so they do not interfere with each other. Moreover, since there is a lot of metal and water, it feels cold, and the fire is used to warm it up. This is the destiny of a person in a high position. Another example is a person born in the year of Renxu, month of Jiyou, day of Wuwu, and hour of Dingsi: the scholar is too heavy, so the heavenly stem Ren water, which is wealth, is brought in to balance it. The Ding and Ren are also separated by Wu and Ji, so they do not interfere with each other. This is the destiny of a prime minister. If the wealth and scholar are arranged in reverse, and they interfere with each other and cannot be used together, the person will not be outstanding.

有傷官用煞印者，傷多身弱，賴煞生印以幫身而制傷，如己未、丙子、庚子、丙子，蔡貴妃也。煞因傷而有制，兩得其宜，只要無財，便為貴格，如壬寅、丁未、丙寅，夏閣老命是也。有傷官用官者，他格不用，金水獨宜，然要財印為輔，不可傷官並透。如戊申、甲子、庚午、丁丑，藏癸露丁，戊甲為輔，官又得祿，所以為丞相之格。若孤官無輔，或官傷並透，則發福不大矣。

The fourth type is "Wounding Official with Malevolent Star and Seal." When there are too many wounding officials and the day master is weak, it relies on the seven malevolent stars to generate the seal, which in turn supports the day master and restrains the wounding official. For example, in the birth chart of Cai Guifei, with the year of Jiwei, month of Bingzi, day of Gengzi, and hour of Bingzi: the day master is Geng metal, and three Zi water are wounding officials, which is too strong. The month dry and hour dry have two Bing fire, which are seven malevolent stars, and the year dry has Ji earth, which is the positive seal. The malevolent stars generate the seal, the seal supports the day master and restrains the wounding official. The seven malevolent stars are also restrained by the wounding official, so both are in balance. As long as there is no wealth to support the malevolent stars, it becomes a noble destiny. For example, in the birth chart of Xia Geolao (the original text lacks the hour pillar, so I dare not make up), with the year of Renyin, month of Dingwei, and day of Chenyin: the day master is Chen fire, and the month dry has Ding fire, which is the positive official, and the year dry has Ren water, which is the wounding official. The official is supported by the month and the hour, and the wounding official is restrained by the official, so it becomes a noble destiny. The fifth type is "Wounding Official with Official." Other day masters do not use this pattern, but it is suitable only for metal and water day masters. However, there must be wealth and seal to support it, and the wounding official and official star should not both appear clearly. For example, in the birth chart of Wu Shen year, Ji Zi month, Geng Wu day, and Ding Chou hour: Geng metal is born in the Zi month, and the hidden癸 water in Zi is the wounding official, while the hour dry Ding fire is the positive official. The year dry Wu earth is the seal, and the month dry Ji wood is the wealth to support it. The official star is also in the Wu position, which is a favorable position, thus forming the destiny of a chancellor. If the official is isolated without support, or if the official and wounding official both appear clearly, then the fortune will not be great.

若冬金用官，而又化傷為財，則尤為極秀極貴。如丙申、己亥、辛未、己亥，鄭丞相命是也。然亦有非金水而見官，何也？化傷為財，傷非其傷，作財旺生官而不作傷官見官，如甲子、壬申、己亥、辛未，章丞相命也。至於傷官而官煞並透，只要干頭取清，金水得之亦清，不然則空結構而已。

The original text says: If in winter the metal is used with the official star, and the wounded official is transformed into wealth, then it is extremely refined and highly esteemed. For example, a person born in the year of Bingshen, month of Jihai, day of Xinwei, and hour of Jihai, which is the birth chart of a chancellor named Zheng: the metal is born in the month of Hai, where the water in Hai is the wounded official, but since Hai and Wei form a wooden structure, the wounded official is transformed into wealth; the heavenly stem of the year, Bing fire, is the official star, and the two Ji earths are the scholar-officials as assistants. Wealth generates the official, and the official is pure. However, there are also cases where the day stem is not metal or water, yet the official star is present. Why is this? Because the wounded official has already been transformed into wealth, so it is no longer considered a wounded official. Instead, it should be viewed according to 'wealth flourishing generates the official' rather than 'wounded official meeting the official'. For example, a person born in the year of Jiazi, month of Renshen, day of Jihai, and hour of Xinwei, which is the birth chart of a chancellor named Zhang: the earth is born in the month of Shen, where the metal in Shen is the wounded official, but since Shen and Zi form water, and Hai and Wei form wood, the wounded official is transformed into wealth, and the wealth flourishes to generate the heavenly stem of the year, Jia wood, which is the official star. As for the wounded official pattern where both the official and the evil spirit are revealed, it is sufficient to have clarity in the heavenly stems; if the metal and water day stem encounter it, it can also be clear. Otherwise, it is merely an empty structure without substance.

傷官取運，即以傷官所成之局，分而配之。傷官用財，財旺身輕，則利印比；身強財淺，則喜財運，傷官亦宜。傷官佩印，運行官煞為宜，印運亦吉，傷食不礙，財地則凶。

The Shen氏 original says: When determining the favorable years for the official injury pattern, one should consider the specific configuration of the official injury and match it accordingly. In the case of "official injury using wealth": if wealth is strong and the day master is weak, it is beneficial to have years of the scholar or same element to support the day master; if the day master is strong and wealth is weak, then wealth years are favorable, and official injury years are also suitable, as they can generate wealth. In the case of "official injury with scholar": it is appropriate to have years of official or evil official, as they can generate the scholar; scholar years are also favorable; years of food or official injury are not harmful, as the scholar can restrain them; however, encountering wealth years is unfavorable, as wealth will damage the scholar.

傷官而兼用財印，其財多而帶印者，運喜助印，印多而帶財者，運喜助財。傷官而用煞印，印運最利，傷食亦亨，雜官非吉，逢財即危。

The original text says: When the official star is weakened and both wealth and official star are used, one should look at which one is more prominent: if wealth is abundant and accompanied by official star, the favorable trends in the destiny favor supporting the official star, and it is good to balance both sides; if official star is abundant and accompanied by wealth, the favorable trends in the destiny favor supporting wealth, the reasoning is the same. Regarding the path of "weakened official star using harmful star and official star": the official star trend is most beneficial, and the trend of food and harmful stars is also smooth; if the official star is mixed in, it is not auspicious; once the wealth trend comes, the wealth will destroy the official star and the harmful star will join forces, which immediately becomes dangerous.

傷官帶煞，喜印忌財，然傷重煞輕，運喜印而財亦吉。惟七煞根重，則運喜傷食，印綬身旺亦吉，而逢財為凶矣。傷官用官，運喜財印，不利食傷，若局中官露而財印兩旺，則比劫傷官，未紿非吉矣。

The Shen氏 original says: "For the path of 'Wounding Official with Harmful Influence,' one prefers the Seal and fears Wealth. However, if the Wounding Official is heavy and the Seven Harmful Influences are light, and the Harmful Influences are over-controlled, even though the journey of the Seal is preferred, the journey of Wealth is also auspicious, because Wealth can supplement the insufficient Harmful Influence. Only when the root of the Seven Harmful Influences is deep and strong, does the journey of Food and Harmful Influence to control it become favorable, and the journey of the Seal and the strong body also bring good fortune, while encountering the journey of Wealth brings misfortune." "For the path of 'Using Official with Wounding Official,' the journey prefers Wealth and the Seal—Wealth generates the Official, and the Seal controls the Wounding Official; it is unfavorable to the journey of Food and Harmful Influence. If the Official star is already revealed and both Wealth and Seal are strong, and the pattern is stable, then even if the journey of the same kind or the journey of Wounding Official is encountered, it may not necessarily be inauspicious (the original text 'wei dai' should be 'wei shi')."

陽刃者，劫我正財之神，乃正財之七煞也。祿前一位，惟五陽有之，故為陽刃。不曰劫而曰刃，劫之甚也。刃宜伏制，官煞皆宜，財印相隨，尤為貴顯。夫正官而財印相隨美矣，七煞得之，夫乃甚乎？豈知他格以煞能傷身，故喜制伏，忌財印；陽刃用之，則賴以制刃，不怕傷身，故反喜財印，忌制伏也。

The Shen氏 original says: The so-called "Yang Blade" is the deity that competes for my official wealth, which is also the seven evil of official wealth. It is located one position before the day master's禄, and only five Yang heavenly stems have it, hence it is called the Yang Blade. It is not called "劫" but "刃", indicating that it competes with even greater intensity. The Blade should be subdued and controlled; official and evil forces are both useful. If there are wealth and official forces accompanying it, it becomes even more prestigious. Using official position with wealth and official forces accompanying is already good; using seven evils with wealth and official forces accompanying, is it not even more so? One must know that in other patterns, seven evils are harmful to the body, so they like to subdue and control them, and dislike wealth and official forces that assist them. However, in the Yang Blade pattern, we actually rely on this evil force to subdue the Blade, and do not fear it harming the body. Therefore, it is the opposite; we like wealth and official forces, and dislike subduing the evil force.

陽刃用官，透刃不慮；陽刃露煞，透刃無成。蓋官能制刃，透而不為害；刃能合煞，則有何功？如丙生午月，透壬制刃，而又露丁，丁與壬合，則七煞有貪合忘克之意，如何制刃？故無功也。

The Shen氏 original says: In the Yang Blade pattern, if the official star is used, even if the blade appears again in the heavenly stem, there is no need to worry; but if the Yang Blade pattern reveals the seven evils, and the blade appears again in the heavenly stem, the pattern is ruined. Because the official can control the blade, and if the blade appears, it does no harm; but the blade can combine with the seven evils, and if the seven evils are combined, then what is the use of them? For example, if the fire is born in the午 month and sits on the blade, and the heavenly stem reveals the壬 water seven evils to control the blade, but the丁 fire appears again, the丁 and壬 combine, making the seven evils have a sentimental attachment and forget to control, so how can they control the blade? Therefore, there is no effect.

然同是官煞制刃，而格亦有高低，如官煞露而根深，其貴也大；官煞藏而不露，或露而根淺，其貴也小。若己酉、丙子、壬寅、丙午，官透有力，旺財生之，丞相命也。又辛酉、甲午、丙申、壬辰，透煞根淺，財印助之，亦丞相命也。

The Shen family's original text says: Although both cases use official stars and harmful stars to control the Yang Ren, the patterns differ in quality: if the official or harmful star is clearly visible and has strong roots, the rank is high; if the official or harmful star is hidden or although visible but has weak roots, the rank is low. For example, a person born in the year of Jiyou, month of Bingzi, day of Renyin, and hour of Bingwu: the day ruler is water, born in the month of Zi, which is the Yang Ren of water; the heavenly stem of the year is Jiut, which is the official star, clearly visible and has roots in the hour branch Wu; the heavenly stem of the month and hour are both Binghuo, which are wealth, strong wealth comes to generate the official star - this is the fortune of a chancellor. Another example: a person born in the year of Xinyou, month of Jiawu, day of Bingshen, and hour of Renchen: Binghuo is born in the month of Wu, sitting on the Yang Ren, the heavenly stem of the hour is Renshui, which is the harmful star, rooted in Chen and born in Shen, but the roots are still shallow; fortunately, the heavenly stem of the year is Xinyin, which is wealth to generate the harmful star, and the heavenly stem of the month is Jimu, which is the scholar to protect the body, wealth and scholar help each other - this is also the fortune of a chancellor.

然亦有官煞制刃帶傷食而貴者，何也？或是印護，或是煞太重而裁損之，官煞輕而取清之，如穆同知命，甲午、癸酉、庚寅、戊寅，癸水傷寅午之官，而戊以合之，所謂印護也，如賈平章命，甲寅、庚午、戊申、甲寅，煞兩透而根太重，食以制之，所謂裁損也。如丙戌、丁酉、庚申、壬午，官煞競出，而壬合丁官，煞純而不雜。況陽刃之格，利於留煞，所謂取清也。

The original text says: However, there are also cases where the official star and harmful star are used to control the yang blade, and with the presence of food and injury stars, the person still achieves great success. Why is this so? The reasons are no more than three: first, there is an imprint star to protect the official and harmful stars; second, the harmful star is too strong and the food and injury stars are used to reduce its strength; third, the official and harmful stars are mixed, and the food and injury stars are used to remove one of them to achieve clarity. For example, the case of Mu Tongzhi: born in the year of Jiawu, month of Guiyou, day of Gengyin, and hour of Wuyin. The Geng metal day master is born in the month of You, sitting on the yang blade. The Bing and Ding fire in the year and month are the official and harmful stars that control the yang blade. However, the癸 water in the month is particularly trying to harm the official star. Fortunately, the Wu earth in the hour combines with the癸 water, restraining it—this is called the imprint protecting the official and harmful stars. Another example is the case of Jia Pingzhang: born in the year of Jiayin, month of Gengwu, day of Wushen, and hour of Jiayin. The Wu earth day master is born in the month of Wu, sitting on the yang blade. The two Jiā wood in the year and hour are the seven harmful stars, and they have roots in the two Yin, which are too strong. Therefore, the Geng metal in the month, as the food star, is used to control them—this is called reducing the strength. Another example is the case of someone born in the year of Bingxu, month of Dingyou, day of Gengshen, and hour of Renwu: the Geng metal day master is born in the month of You, sitting on the yang blade. The Bing fire in the year is the seven harmful star, and the Ding fire in the month is the official star. Both the official and harmful stars are clearly visible, but the Ren water in the hour combines with the Ding official, leaving only the harmful star, which is pure and not mixed. Moreover, the yang blade pattern is naturally suitable for retaining the harmful star—this is called achieving clarity.

其於丙生午月，內藏己土，可以克水，尤宜帶財佩印，若戊生午月，干透丙火，支會火局，則化刃為印，或官或煞，透則去刃存印其格愈清。倘或財煞並透露，則犯去印存煞之忌，不作生煞制煞之例，富貴兩空矣。更若陽刃用財，格所不喜，然財根深而用傷食，以轉刃生財，雖不比建祿月劫，可以取貴，亦可就富。不然，則刃與財相搏，不成局矣。

Shen's original text says: As for Bing fire born in the month of Wu, Wu also contains Ji earth, which can overcome water, thus hindering the official and sha of Ren and Gui to control the Yangren. Therefore, it is especially suitable to have wealth and the seal to mediate. If Wu earth is born in the month of Wu, and the heavenly stem reveals Bing fire, and the earthly branches form a fire pattern, then the Yangren turns into the seal. At this time, whether the official or sha is revealed, once it appears, the Yangren is removed and the seal remains, making the pattern even clearer. If both wealth and sha are revealed, it violates the taboo of 'removing the seal and keeping the sha', and it cannot be discussed as usual in terms of generating sha or controlling sha. In this case, both wealth and status are lost. Moreover, the pattern of using wealth for the Yangren is not favored in the pattern. However, if the root of wealth is deep and food and injury are used to transform the Yangren's energy to produce wealth, although it is not as good as the pattern of built-up wealth or month and劫 to achieve status, it can still achieve wealth. Otherwise, if the Yangren and wealth clash directly, the pattern will not be formed.

陽刃用官，則運喜助官，然命中官星根深，則印綬比劫之方，反為美運，但不喜傷食合官耳。陽刃用煞，煞不甚旺，則運喜助煞；煞若太重，則運喜身旺印綬，傷食亦不為忌。陽刃而官煞並出，不論去官去煞，運喜制伏，身旺亦利，財地官鄉反為不吉也。

The Shen氏 original says: For the Yang Blade pattern using the official star, the favorable luck is to support the official star; however, if the official star is already strong in the birth chart, then the luck of the seal star and the same kind of star becomes beneficial, but it is not favorable to have the food and injury stars to weaken the official star, nor to meet the character that combines with the official star. For the Yang Blade pattern using the seven harmful stars: if the harmful stars are not very strong, the favorable luck is to support the harmful stars; if the harmful stars are too strong, the favorable luck is to strengthen the self and the seal star, and the food and injury stars are not to be avoided, but rather to control the excessive harmful stars. For the Yang Blade pattern where both the official star and the harmful star are revealed: regardless of whether the birth chart is using the official or the harmful star, the favorable luck is to have a controlling element, and the luck of a strong self is also beneficial; conversely, the luck of the wealth star or the official star's native land is not favorable—because wealth star nourishes the official and harmful stars, and the official star will then become mixed again.

建祿者，月建逢祿堂也，祿即是劫。或以祿堂透出，即可依以用者，非也。故建祿與月劫，可同一格，不必加分，皆以透干支，別取財官煞食為用。祿格用官，干頭透出為奇，又要財印相隨，不可孤官無輔。有用官而印護者，如庚戌、戊子、癸酉、癸亥，金丞相命是也。有用官而財助者，如丁酉、丙午、丁巳、壬寅，李知府命是也。

The Shen family's original text says:所谓 "Jian Lu" means the month builder falls exactly on the day master's Lu position; Lu is actually the same as Bi Jie. Some people think that as long as Lu is revealed in the heavenly stem, it can be used directly, which is incorrect. Therefore, Jian Lu and month Jie can be considered as one category, without needing to be separated. Both should be judged based on what heavenly stems and earthly branches are revealed, and then select wealth, official, evil spirit, and food as the useful gods. For a Lu pattern that uses official stars, the official star revealed in the heavenly stem is most valuable, and it should also have wealth and seal to accompany it, not be alone without support. There are cases where official stars are used with seal to protect the official: for example, in the case of a person born in Geng Xu year, Wu Zi month, Gui You day, and Gui Hai hour, this is the fate of a golden minister - Gui water is born in Zi month as Jian Lu, Wu earth in the month stem is the official star, and Geng metal in the year stem is the seal, with the official star generating the seal and the seal generating the body, the official star is protected. There are also cases where official stars are used with wealth to assist the official: for example, in the case of a person born in Ding You year, Bing Wu month, Ding Si day, and Ren Yin hour, this is the fate of a county magistrate - Ding fire is born in Wu month as Jian Lu, Ren water in the hour stem is the official star, and You metal in the year branch is wealth that generates the official.

有官而兼帶財印者，所謂身強值三奇，尤為貴氣。三奇者，財官印也，只要以官隔之，使財印兩不相傷，其格便大，如庚午、戊子、癸卯、丁巳，王少師命是也。祿劫用財，須帶食傷，蓋月令為劫而以財作用，二物相剋，必以傷食化之，始可轉劫生財，如甲子、丙子、癸丑、壬辰，張都統命是也。

The original text says: Having an official position along with wealth and official seal, is called "strong body with the three marvels," which especially indicates great dignity. The three marvels refer to wealth, official position, and official seal. As long as the official star is placed in the middle, making wealth and official seal not harm each other, the pattern becomes grand. For example, the birth year is Gengwu, the month is Wuzi, the day is Guimao, and the hour is Dingsi, which is the birth chart of Wang Shaoshi. The癸water is born in the Zi month, which is the built-up wealth, the戊earth in the month's dry branch is the official, the庚metal in the year's dry branch is the official seal, and the丁fire in the hour's dry branch is the biased wealth. The official is in the middle, while the wealth and official seal are on both sides, not conflicting with each other. For the pattern of built-up wealth and struggle, if wealth is used as the useful god, it must be accompanied by food and injury. Since the month's branch is a rival, but wealth is used as the useful god, the conflict between rival and wealth must be transformed by food and injury in the middle, so that the rival's energy can be transformed into wealth. For example, the birth year is Jiazi, the month is Bingzi, the day is Guichou, and the hour is Renchen, which is the birth chart of Zhang Dushun. The癸water is born in the Zi month, which is the built-up wealth, the丙fire in the month's dry branch is the official wealth, and the甲wood in the year's dry branch is the injurious official, which connects and communicates between them.

至於化劫為財，與化劫為生，尤為秀氣。如己未、己巳、丁未、辛丑，丑與巳會，即以劫財之火為金局之財，安得不為大貴？所謂化劫為財也。如高尚書命，庚子、甲申、庚子、甲申，即以劫財之金，化為生財之水，所謂化劫為生也。

The Shen family's original text says: To simply transform a劫 into a财 or transform a劫 into the god that generates财 is even more refined. For example, in a birth chart with the year Jisi, month Jiwei, day Dingwei, and hour Xinchou: The Ding fire is born in the巳 month, which is the original position of a禄, but the hour branch丑 and the month branch巳 form a metal trinity, thus the original劫财巳 fire is transformed into the wealth of the metal trinity, how could it not lead to great wealth? This is called "transforming劫 into财." Another example is the birth chart of a high-ranking official named Gao: Gengzi year, Jiashen month, Gengzi day, Jiashen hour. The Geng metal is born in the申 month, which is the original position of a禄, and the two 申 are originally劫, but the two 申 and the two 子 form a water trinity, thus the劫财 metal is transformed into the water that generates财 (water nourishes the two甲 wood财 in the year and month), this is called "transforming劫 into the generator of财."

祿劫用煞，必須制伏，如婁參政命，丁巳、壬子、癸卯、己未，壬合丁財以去其黨煞，卯未會局以制伏是也。至用煞而又逢財，本為不美，然能去煞存財，又成貴格。戊辰、癸亥、壬午、丙午，合煞存財，袁內閣命是也。

The original text says: In the禄劫 pattern that uses seven煞, there must be something to control the seven煞. For example, the命 of Lou Canzheng: Dingsi year, Renzi month, Guimao day, Jiwei hour. The癸water is born in the Zi month, which is the built-in禄; the己earth in the hour stem is the seven煞; the year stem丁fire is the偏财, which originally would support the seven煞, but fortunately the month stem壬water combines with丁fire, removing the supporting element for the seven煞; then the day branch卯and the hour branch未form a wood tripod to control the己earth—first removing and then controlling, so the seven煞 becomes subdued. As for using seven煞 and encountering财, it is generally not good; however, if the seven煞 can be removed while keeping the财, it becomes a noble pattern. For example, the命 of Yuan Neiguan: Wuchen year, Guihai month, Renwu day, Bingwu hour. The壬water is born in the Hai month, which is the built-in禄; the year stem戊earth is the seven煞; the month stem癸water combines with戊earth, removing the seven煞; the hour stem丙fire and the two午are all财, which are preserved, thus forming the pattern of combining the seven煞 to keep the财.

其祿劫之格，無財官而用傷食，洩其太過，亦為秀氣。唯春木秋金，用之則貴，蓋木逢火則明，金生水則靈。如張狀元命，甲子、丙寅、甲子、丙寅，木火通明也；又癸卯、庚申、庚子、庚辰，金水相涵也。更有祿劫而官煞競出，必取清方為貴格。如一平章命，辛丑、庚寅、甲辰、乙亥，合煞留這也；如辛亥、庚寅、甲申、丙寅，制煞留官也。

The original text says: In the禄劫 pattern, if there is neither wealth nor official position, then the food and injury (food and injury) should be used to release the excessive energy, which is also considered refined. However, only the wood in spring and the metal in autumn can achieve this and become noble. Because wood meets fire and becomes clear, and metal produces water and becomes refined. For example, the destiny of Zhang the状元: Jiazi year, Bingyin month, Jiazi day, Bingyin hour. The Jia wood is born in the寅 month, which is the built-in fortune, and two Bing fire are food and injury that produce refinement, which is exactly the clearness of wood and fire. Another example is the destiny of someone: Guimao year, Gengshen month, Gengzi day, Gengchen hour. The Geng metal is born in the申 month, which is the built-in fortune, and the申, Zi, and Chen form a water trinity, which is exactly the mutual nourishment of metal and water. For the禄劫 pattern where official position and maleficent stars both appear, it must be clear and pure to form a noble pattern. For example, the destiny of a certain official: Xinchou year, Gengyin month, Jiachen day, Yihai hour. The Jia wood is born in the寅 month, which is the built-in fortune, the辛 gold in the year stem is the official, and the庚 gold in the month stem is the seven harmful star. The乙 wood in the hour stem combines with the庚 gold, thus removing the harmful star and leaving the official (the original text says 'leave this' but should be 'leave the official'). Another example is the destiny of someone: Xinhai year, Gengyin month, Jiashen day, Bingyin hour. Again, both official and harmful stars are revealed, relying on the Bing fire in the hour stem to control the庚 harmful star, leaving the辛 official.

倘或兩官競出，亦須制伏，所謂爭正官不可無傷也。若夫用官而孤官無輔，格局更小，難於取貴，若透傷食便不破格。然亦有官傷並透而貴者，何也？如己酉、乙亥、壬戌、庚子，庚合乙而去傷存官，王總兵命也。

The original text says: If two official stars are both clearly visible, there also needs to be something to control them, which is called "when competing for official stars, there must be some damage" — when there are too many official stars, one of them needs to be reduced by the official star's damaging star. As for cases where the official star is used but there is no supporting star, the pattern is even smaller and difficult to achieve high status; in such cases, if the food or damaging stars appear, it is not considered a breaking of the pattern. However, there are also cases where both the official star and the damaging star are clearly visible yet the person still achieves high status. Why is this? For example, in the case of the year Jiyou, month Yihai, day Renxu, and hour Gengzi, which is the birth chart of General Wang: the壬water is born in the亥month, which is the built-in official position, the year dry stem己is the official star, the month dry stem乙is the damaging star which would normally harm the official star, but fortunately the hour dry stem庚forms a combination with乙, removing the damaging star and preserving the official star.

用財而不透傷食，便難於發端，然干頭透一位而不雜，地支根多，亦可取富，但不貴耳。用官煞重而無制伏，運行制伏，亦可發財，但不可官煞太重，致令身危也。

The Shen family's original text says: In the禄劫 pattern, if wealth is used but the food and injuries are not revealed, the struggle between the劫 and wealth directly conflicts, making it difficult to start off well; however, if only one wealth is revealed in the heavenly stem without being mixed up, and there are many roots of wealth in the earthly branches, it is still possible to become wealthy, though not to attain high status. In the case of using officials, if the officials and evils are too strong and the birth chart lacks something to restrain them, when the fortune moves to a path that restrains them, it can still lead to wealth; however, the officials and evils should not be too strong, for if they are too heavy, they will endanger the day master, which is not acceptable.

祿劫取運，即以祿劫所成之局，分而配之。祿劫用官，印護者喜財，怕官星之逢合，畏七煞之相乘。傷食不能為害，劫比未即為凶。財生喜印，宜官星之植根，畏傷食之相侮，逢財愈見其功，雜煞豈能無礙？

The Shen氏 original says: When dealing with the禄劫 pattern, one should follow the specific configuration to match the appropriate circumstances. In the case of "L禄劫 using official star with seal star protecting the official star," the favorable years are those with wealth, because wealth generates official star, and official star generates seal star; what is feared is the official star being combined away by another star in the year, or seven evils coming in to mix up the pattern. The year of food and injury does not harm it (because there is a seal star to control it), and the year of same zodiac or劫财 does not necessarily bring bad luck. In the case of "L禄劫 using official star with wealth generating official star," the favorable years are those with seal star, which helps the official star to take root; what is feared is food and injury coming to bully the official star; encountering a wealth year further highlights its function; as for the mixing in of seven evils, how could there be no harm?

祿劫用財而帶傷食，財食重則喜印綬，而不忌比肩；財食輕則宜助財，而不喜印比。逢煞無傷，遇官非福。祿劫用煞食制，食重煞輕，則運宜助煞；食輕煞重，則運喜助食。

The Shen氏 text says: "When the path is 'Lü Jie using wealth and carrying food and injury', if wealth and food are both strong, it prefers a journey of印绶 to moderate the excess; the journey of 比肩 is not to be avoided. If wealth and food are both weak, it should go with a journey that supports wealth, and does not like journeys of 印 or 比劫. When encountering a journey of 七煞, there is no harm (as there are food and injury to control it), but encountering an official star is not beneficial (as the official star will restrain the body and take away the use of food and injury). When the path is 'Lü Jie using evil spirit and controlling the evil spirit with food', if food is strong and evil spirit is weak, the journey should support the evil spirit; if food is weak and evil spirit is strong, the journey should support the food."

若用煞而帶財，命中合煞存財，則傷食為宜，財運不忌，透官無慮，身旺亦亨。若命中合財存煞，而用食制，煞輕則助煞，食輕則助食則已。

The Shen氏 original says: If a person uses a harmful star (煞) along with wealth (财), one must look at the specific arrangement in their destiny. If the destiny is set up to combine away the harmful star and retain the wealth, then years with food and injury (食伤) are favorable, and wealth does not need to be avoided. If the official star (官星) appears in the year, there is no need for concern. Similarly, years that strengthen the body (身旺) are also favorable. If the destiny is set up to combine away the wealth and retain the harmful star, using the food star (食神) to control it, then one should still adjust according to the relative strength of the harmful star and the food star. If the harmful star is weak, one should support it; if the food star is weak, one should support it. That is all.

祿劫而用傷食，財運最宜，煞亦不忌，行印非吉，透官不美。若命中傷食太重，則財運固利，而印亦不忌矣。祿劫而官煞並出，不論合煞留官，存官制煞，運喜傷食，比肩亦宜，印綬未為良圖，財官亦非福運。

The Shen氏 original says: "When the path of official star and seven deadly stars are present, the fortune of wealth is most suitable, as it can transform refined qi into tangible results; even if the path of deadly stars is encountered, there is no need to be cautious, as food and injury stars can control them; if the path of academic stars is encountered, it is not auspicious, as the academic stars will take away the food stars; if the official star is revealed in the destiny, it is not good. If the original destiny already has too much food and injury stars, then the fortune of wealth is indeed beneficial, and the path of academic stars is not something to avoid, but rather suitable for restraining excess. When the path of official star and deadly stars are both present, regardless of whether the destiny combines deadly stars with official stars or retains official stars to control deadly stars, the path of food and injury stars is preferred, as they can control the official and deadly stars; the path of similar stars is also suitable; the path of academic stars is not favorable, and the paths of wealth and official stars are not auspicious, as they will only strengthen the official and deadly stars.

雜格者，月令無用，以外格而用之，其格甚多，故謂之雜。大約要干頭無官無煞，方成格，如有官煞，則自有官煞為用，列外格矣。若透財尚可取格，然財根深，或財透兩位，則亦以財為重，不取外格也。

The Shen氏 original says:the so-called "miscellaneous patterns" are those where the useful god cannot be derived from the month's stem, so one has to resort to external patterns; since there are many types of such patterns, they are called miscellaneous. Generally speaking, only when there is neither official nor malevolent star in the heavenly stems can a pattern be formed; if there are official or malevolent stars present, they naturally become the useful gods, and there is no need to refer to external patterns. If only wealth is revealed, one may still take an external pattern; however, if the root of wealth is very strong or if wealth appears in the heavenly stem twice, then wealth should be given priority, and external patterns should not be used.

試以諸格論之，有取五行一方秀氣者，取甲乙全亥卯未、寅卯辰，又生春月之類，本是一派劫財，以五行各得其全體，所以成格，喜印露而體純。如癸亥、乙卯、乙未、壬午，吳相公命是也。運亦喜印綬比劫之鄉，財食亦吉，官煞則忌矣。

Shen's original text explains each section in turn. The first type is taking the refined qi of the Five Phases concentrated in one area: for example, if the day master is Jia or Yi wood, and the branches gather together to form the Triple Harmony of Hai, Mao, and Wei or the triple combination of Yin, Mao, and Chen, and the person is born in spring, this is naturally a full set of劫财. However, because the Five Phases have the complete form of wood, it can form a pattern. It is favorable for the heavenly stems to reveal the印 to nourish the wood, making the essence pure. For example, the birth year is Guihai, the month is Yimao, the day is Yiwei, and the hour is Renwu, which is the birth chart of Wu Xianggong. Yi wood is born in the month of Mao, the branches have Hai, Mao, and Wei fully present, and the heavenly stems of the year and hour are both water, which are印, making the wood qi pure and unified. The favorable directions are those of印 and similar elements, while the directions of wealth and food are also auspicious. The directions of official and harmful stars should be avoided, as they either harm the strong element or contradict the overall momentum.

有從化取格者，要化出之物，得時乘令，四支局全。如丁壬化木，地支全亥卯未、寅卯辰，而又生於春月，方為大貴。否則，亥未之月亦是木地，次等之貴，如甲戌、丁卯、壬寅、甲辰，一品貴格命也。運喜所化之物，與所化之印綬，財傷亦可，不利官煞。

The second type is the pattern of transformation. The key is that the thing transformed must be in season and the earthly branches must be complete. For example, if Ding and Ren combine to form wood, the earthly branches should be complete with Hai, Mao, and Wei or Yin, Mao, and Chen, and the person should be born in spring, which is considered great fortune. If not, being born in the month of Hai or Wei, which are also wood months, can still bring secondary high status. For instance, a birth chart with Jia Xu year, Ding Mao month, Ren Yin day, and Jia Chen hour is a top-ranking pattern of transformation. The Ren water day master combines with the Ding fire in the month stem, and the person is born in the month of Mao. The earthly branches contain Yin, Mao, and Chen, and the original god of wood, Jia, appears twice. This truly transforms into wood. Favorable fortune comes from the transformed thing (wood), and the nourishing water, which produces wood. Wealth and injurious influences can also be acceptable, but the official and harmful influences (metal) are unfavorable, as they harm the transformed god (wood).

有倒沖成格者，以四柱列財官而對面以沖之，要支中字多，方沖得動。譬如以弱主邀強官，主不眾則賓不從。如戊午、戊午、戊午、戊午，是沖子財也；甲寅、庚午、丙午、甲午，是沖子官也。運忌填實，餘俱可行。

The third type is called reversing the conflict to form a pattern. If the native's chart originally lacks wealth and official positions, he uses the triplets in the four pillars to conflict with the opposite triplet, thereby bringing out the wealth and official positions. The conflict can only be effective if the same character appears multiple times in the triplets. It is like a weak host inviting a strong guest; if the host's side is not strong enough, the guest will not come. For example, if the year, month, day, and hour are all Wuwu (戊午), four Wus conflict with Zi (子), and the癸water in Zi is the wealth of Wu earth. Another example is Jiayin (甲寅) year, Gengwu (庚午) month, Bingwu (丙午) day, and Jiawu (甲午) hour, with three Wus conflicting with Zi, and the癸water in Zi is the official position of Bing fire. This pattern is most忌 when the conflicting character is actually present in the bigram (运上真见子). Other types of bigrams can be acceptable.

有朝陽成格者，戊去朝丙，辛日得官，以丙戊同祿於巳，即以引汲之意。要干頭無木火，方成其格，蓋有火則無待於朝，有木財觸戊之怒，而不為我朝。如戊辰、辛酉、戊子，張知縣命是也。運喜土金水，木運平平，火則忌矣。

The fourth type is called the "Morning Sun Form." It uses the earthy戊 (Wu) to welcome and support the fire of丙 (Bing), so that the day master of metal 辛 (Xin) can receive an official star. Since both 丙 and 戊 are in the巳 (Si) position and gain official status there, the 戊 earth has the function of drawing the 丙 fire towards it. To form this pattern, there should be no wood or fire in the heavenly stems. If there is fire, there is no need to welcome it; if there is wood, which is the wealth of 戊 earth, it would disturb 戊 earth's desire to welcome and instead make it greedy for wealth, thus refusing to welcome. For example, a birth with Wuchen (Wuchen) year, Xinyou (Xinyou) month, Wuzi (Wuzi) hour, this is the birth of a county magistrate (the original text lacks one pillar, according to later text it should be 辛酉 (Xinyou) day, but it is not directly added). The favorable luck is earth, metal, and water, while wood is mediocre and fire is to be avoided.

有合祿成格者，命無官星，借干支以合之。戊日庚申，以庚合乙，因其主而得其偶。如己未、戊辰、戊辰、庚申，蜀王命是也。癸日庚申，以申合巳，因其主而得其朋，如己酉、癸未、癸未、庚申，趙丞相命是也。運亦忌填實，不利官煞，理會不宜以火克金，使彼受制而不能合，餘則吉矣。

The fifth type is called "harmonizing with official star to form a pattern." When there is no official star in the birth chart, it is borrowed through the combination of heavenly stems and earthly branches. For a person with the day master of Wu earth, encountering the time of Geng Shen, Geng metal is used to combine with Yi wood—Yi is the proper official of Wu earth, which is called attracting its spouse from its own master. For example, a person born in the year of Gui Wei, month of Ji Wei, day of Ji Wei, and time of Geng Shen, this is the birth chart of the Shu King. For a person with the day master of Gui water, encountering the time of Geng Shen, Shen is used to combine with Si—Si contains Wu earth, which is the proper official of Gui water, which is called attracting its companion from its own master. For example, a person born in the year of Ji You, month of Gui Wei, day of Gui Wei, and time of Geng Shen, this is the birth chart of the Prime Minister Zhao. This pattern is also unfavorable when the fortune moves towards filling the branches, and it is not beneficial for official stars or harmful stars. According to principle, it is even more inappropriate to travel through fire fortune to overcome metal, because once metal is overcome, it will be restricted and the combination will not be formed. Other fortunes are generally favorable.

有棄命保財者，四柱皆財而身無氣，舍而從之，格成大貴。若透印則身賴印生而不從，有官煞則亦無從財兼從煞之理，其格不成。如庚申、乙酉、丙申、乙丑，王十萬命造也。運喜傷食財鄉，不宜身旺。

The original text says: The sixth type is to abandon one's destiny and follow wealth (the original text says "to protect wealth"). If all four pillars are filled with wealth and the day master has no strength, it is appropriate to give up oneself and follow the wealth, forming a grand and noble destiny. If the heavenly stem reveals the print (yin), the day master has the print to rely on and will not follow the wealth; if there is official star or harmful star, there is no way to follow both wealth and harmful star, and the pattern is not formed. For example, the birth chart of Wang Shiyiwan is: the year is Gengshen, the month is Yiyou, the day is Bingshen, and the hour is Yichou. The day master is Bing fire, born in the month of You (metal), the entire chart is filled with metal wealth, and the Bing fire has no root. The two Yi wood are transformed into metal by Geng, so it is necessary to abandon the destiny and follow wealth. Favorable luck is food and injury, and wealth land, but not the place where the day master is strong.

有棄命從煞者，四柱皆煞，而日主無根，舍而從之，格成大貴。若有傷食，則煞受制而不從，有印則印以化煞而不從。如乙酉、乙酉、乙酉、甲申，李侍郎命是也。運喜財官，不宜身旺，食傷則尤忌矣。

The seventh type is abandoning the destiny to follow the harmful stars. If all four pillars are harmful stars and the day master has no root, then one simply gives up the self and follows the harmful stars, forming a grand and noble destiny. However, if there are food or injury stars present, the harmful stars are restrained, and the day master will not follow. If there is an official star, it can transform the harmful stars, and the day master will also not follow. For example, a person born in the year Yiyou, month Yiyou, day Yiyou, and hour Jiashen, which is the fate of Li Shilang: three Yi wood are all sitting on You, and the hour branch is Shen, so the entire chart is filled with metal harmful stars. The Yi wood has no root at all, so it must abandon its own destiny and follow the harmful stars. Favorable luck is wealth and official positions (wealth generates the harmful stars, official positions assist the harmful stars), but one should avoid paths where the self is strong, especially the paths of food and injury stars which should be particularly avoided.

有井欄成格者，庚金生三七月，方用此格。以申子辰沖寅午戌，財官印綬，合而沖之，若透丙丁，有巳午，以現有財官，而無待於沖，乃非井攔之格矣。如戊子、庚申、庚申、庚申，郭統制命也。運喜財，不利填實，餘亦吉也。

The eighth type is the well frame pattern. This pattern is applicable only when the day stem is Geng metal and the birth month is either the third or seventh month. It uses the earthly branches of Shen, Zi, and Chen to clash with Yin, Wu, and Xu, bringing out the wealth from Yin, the official from Wu, and the scholar from Xu all at once. If the heavenly stem already reveals Bing or Ding, or if the earthly branch already contains Si or Wu, then wealth and official are already present, and there is no need for clashing, so it is not the well frame pattern. For example, a birth with Wuzi year, Gengshen month, Gengshen day, and Gengshen hour, which is the birth of Guo Tongzhi, has three Shens and one Zi, forming a water group with strong clashing power. Favorable fortune comes from wealth, while it is unfavorable to fill in the clashed characters. Other fortunes are also favorable.

有刑合成格者，癸日甲寅時，寅刑巳而得財官，格與合祿相似，但合祿則喜以合之，而刑合則硬以致之也。命有庚申，則木被沖剋而不能刑；有戊己字，則現透官煞而無待於刑，非此格矣。如乙未、癸卯、癸卯、甲寅，十二節度使命是也。運忌填實，不利金鄉，餘則吉矣。

The original text says: The ninth type is the "刑合成格" (forceful combination and formation). For a day stem of癸 water, when encountering the hour stem ofJiayin, the寅 wood is used to刑 the巳 fire, thereby bringing out the丙 fire (wealth) and戊 earth (official position) contained within the巳. This pattern is similar to the "合禄格" (combination for official position), but in the case of "合禄格," the combination is voluntary, whereas in "刑合成格," the combination is forced. If there is aGengshen in the chart, the寅 wood will be冲 (conflicted) and克 (overcome), and thus the刑 will not take effect. If there is a戊 or己, that means the official position or harmful official position is already present and revealed, so there is no need to刑 it again, and thus it is not this pattern. For example, a birth chart withYiwei year, Guimao month, Guimao day, and Jiayin hour is the birth chart of the twelve military governors. This chart dislikes the filling of the chart (filling the branches), and it is unfavorable to travel through the metal region (because metal will克 the寅 wood, thus preventing the刑 from taking effect). All other types of journeys are favorable.

有遙合成格者，巳與丑會，本同一局，丑多則會巳而辛丑處官，亦合祿之意也。如辛丑、辛丑、辛丑、庚寅，章統制命是也。若命是有子字，則丑與子合而不遙，有丙丁戊己，則辛癸之官煞已透，而無待於遙，另有取用，非此格矣。至於甲子遙已，轉輾求俁，似覺無情，此格可廢，因羅御史命，聊復存之。為甲申、甲戌、甲子、甲子，羅御史命是也。

The eleventh type is called remote synthesis. The branches Si and Chou originally belong to the same trine of Si, You, and Chou. If there is an extra Chou, it can bring Si into the trine, allowing the Jia Wood day master to obtain the fire of Bing in Si as official. (The original text has some errors in this sentence.) This is also the meaning of combining for official status. For example, if the year, month, day, and hour are all Xinchou, this is the fate of a general. If the chart contains Zi, then Chou will combine with Zi, and the remote synthesis will not occur. If there are Bing, Ding, Wu, or Ji, then the official or harmful stars of Xin Metal are already clearly present, and there is no need for remote synthesis, as there is another use, and thus it is not this pattern. As for the claim of remote synthesis with Si for Jia Wood day master, the reasoning is convoluted and forced, and this pattern should be discarded. However, due to the case of Luo Yu Shi, it is retained. That case is Jia Shen year, Jia Xu month, Jia Zi day, and Jia Zi hour, which is Luo Yu Shi's fate.

若夫拱祿、拱貴、趨乾、歸祿、夾戌、鼠貴、騎龍、日貴、日德、富祿、魁罡、金神、時墓、兩干不雜、干支一氣、五行俱足之類，一切無理之格，既置勿取。即古人格內，亦有成式，總之意為牽就，硬填入格，百無一是，徒誤後學而已。乃若天地雙飛，雖富貴亦有自有格，不全賴此。而亦能增重基格，即用神不甚有用，偶有依以為用，亦成美格。然而有用神不吉，即以為凶，不可執也。

Shen's original text says: As for patterns such as supporting virtue, supporting dignity, approaching Heaven, returning virtue, flanking Xu, rat virtue, riding a dragon, day virtue, day virtue, wealth virtue, grand momentum, metal god, hour tomb, two dry branches not mixed, single dry and branch, five phases complete, all these are entirely without reason and should be set aside. Even if ancient pattern books established fixed forms, they are all arbitrary adjustments, forcing the eight characters into a pattern, and among a hundred there is not one that makes sense, only wasting the learning of later generations. As for the pattern called "heaven and earth flying together," although a person may be wealthy and noble, that wealth and nobility originally come from its own pattern, not entirely relying on this name; however, it can indeed add weight to the original pattern. Even if the useful god is not very useful, occasionally following it to select the useful god can form a beautiful pattern. However, if the useful god itself is not auspicious, and one determines it to be凶, being rigid in this way is also not acceptable.

其於傷官傷盡，謂是傷盡，不宜一見官，必盡力以傷之，使之無地容身，現行傷運，便能富貴，不知官有何罪，而惡之如此？況見官而傷，則以官非美物，而傷以制之，又何傷官之謂凶神，而見官之為禍百端乎？予用是術以歷試，但有貧賤，並無富貴，未輕信也，近亦見有大貴者，不知何故。然要之極賤者多，不得不觀其人物以衡之。

The Shen family's original text says: As for the idea of "injuring the official star completely," it means that if one is to injure the official star, it must be injured thoroughly, with no official star allowed to appear at all; it must be injured to the point where there is no place for it to hide. When one reaches the period of the official star's influence, one can become wealthy and noble. I really don't understand: what crime has the official star committed that it should be so despised? Moreover, if one is to injure the official star whenever it appears, that would imply that the official star is not a good thing and needs to be controlled by the injurious star; then why is the injurious star called a malevolent spirit, and seeing the official star said to bring about countless misfortunes? I have tested this idea one by one, and I have only seen poverty and low status, not wealth and nobility, so I dare not believe it lightly; recently, however, I have also seen a few very important and noble people, but I don't know what the reason is. In conclusion, most people are of low status, so I can only refer to the person's appearance, demeanor, and temperament for further judgment.

徐注：用傷官之忌見官星，亦猶用官之忌傷，用印之忌財，用財之忌劫也。何格無喜忌，豈獨傷官？況官星有喜見不喜見之別乎？至於格局之不可解者甚多。我人學識不足，未窮奧妙，知之為知之，不知為不知，正不必曲為諱飾也。

Xu Lewu explains that the aversion of official stars in the case of a wounded official is the same as the aversion of a wounded official in the case of an official, or the aversion of wealth in the case of a seal, or the aversion of siblings in the case of wealth. All these are based on the same principle. Which pattern does not have its likes and dislikes? How can it be said that only the wounded official pattern has them? Moreover, the official star itself can be either desirable or undesirable depending on the situation. As for examples that do not fit the pattern, there are indeed many, which result from our insufficient knowledge and failure to explore their subtleties. Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing; there is no need to force an explanation.