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The three mountains of the Kan (坎) trigram (due north; of the Five Phases, Water): Ren mountain, Zi mountain and Gui mountain, each with its combined facings

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The three mountains of the Kan (坎) trigram (due north; of the Five Pha…

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壬山兼子:主子孫富貴,房房皆吉,六畜興旺,人丁昌熾,廣進田莊,子孫兒媳,忠孝賢良,名揚四海,永世無窮,高官進職。

Ren mountain combined toward Zi (Ren belongs to the yang Water of the Kan trigram, due north by west; sitting Ren and facing Bing, combined with Zi-Wu): it governs descendants both rich and noble; every branch of every house obtains the auspicious; cattle, sheep and the six domestic animals multiply; male issue is abundant and landed property increases by the day; sons, grandsons and daughters-in-law are all loyal, filial, worthy and good; fame spreads to the four quarters; generations stretch on without end; those who take office rise rank by rank. This is an auspicious combination and may be used.

壬山兼亥:初代子孫富貴發如雷,二代子孫不出人倫立嗣過繼,三代出軟瘋、跛足,又為賊首定遭凶,日後單丁過代。

Ren mountain combined toward Hai (Ren belongs to the yang Water of the Kan trigram, due north by west; sitting Ren and facing Bing, combined with Hai-Si): the first generation of descendants is rich and noble, rising to fortune as swiftly as a thunderclap; the second generation cannot beget and transmit the line in the ordinary way, and must take an heir by adoption from another house; the third generation produces the palsied, the mad and the lame, and also one who takes to the wilds as a robber-chief and dies a violent death; thereafter the household dwindles, and only a single male remains to carry on with difficulty. An inauspicious combination, to be shunned.

子山兼壬:子孫初代發如雷,半吉半凶,二代不吉,內外男女淫亂,瘋疾破敗,妻離賣子,食藥吊頸割喉,過後單丁,投河自諡,休日後方二房絕。

Zi mountain combined toward Ren (Zi is the middle mountain of the Kan trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Water and occupies due north; sitting Zi and facing Wu, combined with Ren-Bing): the first generation of descendants rises like thunder, yet good and ill are half and half; by the second generation it turns inauspicious—men and women within and without the house lose their virtue, fall into madness and ruin the family estate; husband and wife part, children are sold, and there are even cases of taking poison, hanging from a beam, or cutting the throat; thereafter the household is thin, and there are those who drown themselves; in the end the second house cuts off the incense fire. ("Self-eulogising" should be read as "self-strangling.") An inauspicious combination; it should not be established.

子山兼癸:初代子孫人丁興旺,廣進田莊千萬萬,富貴武權鎮邊疆,二代房房興盛,男婦孝順,賢肖千丁,萬口子孫,壽如彭祖。

Zi mountain combined toward Gui (Zi is the middle mountain of the Kan trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Water and occupies due north; sitting Zi and facing Wu, combined with Gui-Ding): the first generation of descendants is abundant in people; manors are acquired by the thousand and ten thousand without number; they obtain both wealth and nobility and hold military command, garrisoning the frontier; the second generation sees every house flourish, men and women filial, worthy and good sons by the thousand and ten thousand, their span of years as long as Pengzu's. A combination of the highest auspiciousness.

癸山兼子:初代子孫人丁,發無周全,半凶半吉發如雷,敗如灰,日後子孫抽氣瘋疾吐血,嫖賭浪蕩,百件武藝皆凶。

Gui mountain combined toward Zi (Gui belongs to the yin Water of the Kan trigram, due north by east; sitting Gui and facing Ding, combined with Zi-Wu): the first generation, though it has heirs, cannot prosper completely; ill and good are mixed, rising like a thunderclap and failing like cold ash; later descendants suffer convulsions, madness and coughing of blood, sink into whoring and gambling and roam without measure; whatever has to do with arms or the arts of skill brings only the inauspicious. Good and ill intermingled; use it with caution.

癸山兼丑:初代均平發如雷,富貴齊全,二代家門昌盛,滿堂和順,千丁萬口學門著紫衣世官應。

Gui mountain combined toward Chou (Gui belongs to the yin Water of the Kan trigram, due north by east; sitting Gui and facing Ding, combined with Chou-Wei): the first generation sees every house profit evenly, rising like thunder, wealth and rank both complete; the second generation finds the gate flourishing, the household in harmony, descendants by the thousand and ten thousand, who by study and examination don the purple robe (under the old system, officials of the third rank and above wore purple); the response of generation after generation in office does not fail. An auspicious combination, to be taken.

The three mountains of the Gen (艮) trigram (northeast; of the Five Phases, Earth): Chou mountain, Gen mountain and Yin mountain, each with its combined facings

丑山兼癸:初代子孫發如雷,不久年月後,瘋疾損丁,妖凶孤寡,大敗三代,子孫漂危,路風黃疼、貧窮,若離妻沐浴為賊,首人充軍絕嗣。

Chou mountain combined toward Gui (Chou belongs to the Gen trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Earth, northeast by north; sitting Chou and facing Wei, combined with Gui-Ding): the first generation of descendants rises like thunder, yet before many years have passed madness cuts down the household; strange and inauspicious affairs and orphaned mothers follow one another, and three generations fail in succession; descendants drift in peril and hardship, catch wind-cold and yellow-swelling and are poor; there are also those who put away a wife, offend by the peach-blossom, or take to the wilds as robbers, and who are sent in exile as convicts until the line is cut off. ("Yellow ache" is suspected to be "yellow swelling"; "bathing" is a technical euphemism for sexual licence.) A combination of great inauspiciousness; strictly avoid it.

丑山兼艮:人丁大旺,田莊萬頃,富貴室外無疑,滿門著紫衣,官世應子孫,受恩女進蟬宮,男作公候守邊疆,富貴極品。

Chou mountain combined toward Gen (Chou belongs to the Gen trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Earth, northeast by north; sitting Chou and facing Wei, combined with Gen-Kun): this configuration has male issue in great abundance, manors stretching to ten thousand qing, wealth and rank that may be counted on; the whole household wears the purple robe of high office, and the official fortune of generations answers upon the descendants; women, favoured by grace, enter the palace; men are enfeoffed as dukes and marquises and garrison the frontier, noble to the last degree among ministers. ("Gong hou" is "duke and marquis.") A combination of the highest auspiciousness.

艮山兼丑:初代小富貴,半吉半凶,無周全,男女不正,破財損丁,家中沐浴亂紛紛,三代少年寡婦守空房,吐血癆傷受災殃,瘋疾暗啞盲記盲聾陀背一同斷。

Gen mountain combined toward Chou (Gen occupies the exact northeast; of the Five Phases it is Earth; sitting Gen and facing Kun, combined with Chou-Wei): the first generation has some wealth and office, yet good and ill are half and half and nothing is complete; men and women conduct themselves improperly, wealth is wasted and issue cut down, and peach-blossom licence runs riot in the house; by the third generation there are youths who die early and widows who keep an empty chamber, and the calamities of coughing blood and consumption; madness, muteness, blindness, deafness and a hunched back are all to be judged as certain to appear. ("Tuo bei" is "hunched back.") An inauspicious combination, to be avoided.

艮山兼寅:初代富貴齊全,千丁萬口淑賢良,家門昌盛足興隆,兒孫代代受皇封,三公及第永無窮。

Gen mountain combined toward Yin (Gen occupies the exact northeast; of the Five Phases it is Earth; sitting Gen and facing Kun, combined with Yin-Shen): the first generation has wealth and rank both fine; descendants are many and each is worthy, refined and good; the gate flourishes and prospers; sons and grandsons receive court honours generation after generation, rise to the Three Dukes, and examination successes follow one another without end. A combination of great auspiciousness.

寅山兼艮:初代富貴齊,二代英雄之子,長兵權,千丁萬口武將郎,代代高增,福壽全全,金玉袍無休,數滿門朱衣盡來監。

Yin mountain combined toward Gen (Yin belongs to the Gen trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Wood, northeast by east; sitting Yin and facing Shen, combined with Gen-Kun): the first generation has both wealth and rank; the second generation begets heroic sons who hold military command; descendants are many and many become military officers; official rank rises generation by generation; fortune and longevity are both complete; gold belts and jade robes do not cease, and the whole household of crimson-robed nobles enter court to serve. An auspicious combination, which may be used.

寅山兼甲:初代富貴,人丁旺,凶多吉少,二代瘋疾麻症,虎傷雷打,食藥吊頸,淫亂為賊首,孤寒寡宿,日後人丁敗弱。

Yin mountain combined toward Jia (Yin belongs to the Gen trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Wood, northeast by east; sitting Yin and facing Shen, combined with Jia-Geng): the first generation, though it has wealth, rank and a flourishing household, has more of the inauspicious than of the auspicious; the second generation suffers madness and paralysis, or is torn by a tiger or struck by lightning, or takes poison and hangs from a beam; through sexual licence they become robber-chiefs, lonely, poor and cold, sleeping without a mate; thereafter the household dwindles by the day. An inauspicious combination; it should not be established.

The three mountains of the Zhen (震) trigram (due east; of the Five Phases, Wood): Jia mountain, Mao mountain and Yi mountain, each with its combined facings

甲山兼寅:初代小富貴不吉,一興一敗,二代命人至貧寒,孤妖損少丁,瘋疾跛足黃腫病,雷打妻子又賊首,日後沐浴,百事不吉。

Jia mountain combined toward Yin (Jia belongs to the yang Wood of the Zhen trigram, due east by north; sitting Jia and facing Geng, combined with Yin-Shen): the first generation, though it has some wealth and office, is in the end inauspicious, rising and failing by turns; the second generation has those who sink into poverty, lonely and dying young, with young issue cut down, suffering madness, lameness and yellow swelling; there are wives struck by lightning, and robber-chiefs appear; later the house offends by peach-blossom licence, and nothing goes smoothly. An inauspicious combination, to be avoided.

甲山兼卯:人丁大旺,六畜成群,富貴齊全,科甲及弟,男女節孝賢良。

Jia mountain combined toward Mao (Jia belongs to the yang Wood of the Zhen trigram, due east by north; sitting Jia and facing Geng, combined with Mao-You): this configuration has male issue in great abundance; cattle and sheep and livestock gather in herds; wealth and rank are both complete; the sons rise by examination; men and women keep chastity and filiation and are of worthy conduct. ("Ji di" should be read as "ji di," to pass the examination.) An auspicious combination, which may be used.

卯山兼乙:初代人丁大旺,六畜興盛,三代廣駿,田業科甲,富貴齊全,武將登舉,男女孝順賢淑良。

Mao mountain combined toward Yi (Mao is the middle mountain of the Zhen trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Wood and occupies due east; sitting Mao and facing You, combined with Yi-Xin): the first generation has male issue in great abundance and livestock multiply; by the third generation there is wide prosperity, land is acquired and an estate founded, examinations are passed, wealth and rank are both complete, and military officers appear who receive recommendation; men and women are filial, worthy, refined and good. ("Guang jun" is suspected to be "guang jin," wide advance.) An auspicious combination.

乙山兼卯:初代小發,不久長子,人丁興旺,二代至向興衰,退財損丁禍未熾,貧窮孤寒,嫖賭淫亂,絕嗣不吉。

Yi mountain combined toward Mao (Yi belongs to the yin Wood of the Zhen trigram, due east by south; sitting Yi and facing Xin, combined with Mao-You): the first generation has a slight rise; before long the eldest house has abundant male issue; by the second generation it tends to be unsettled between rise and decline, wealth is wasted and issue cut down and the seeds of disaster grow fierce, ending in poverty, loneliness and cold, sinking into whoring, gambling and licence, with the line cut off—decidedly inauspicious. An inauspicious combination, to be shunned.

乙山兼辰:六畜興旺,永世富貴齊全,二代廣進田莊,男女節孝,滿門卷身著朱紫,福祿盈。

Yi mountain combined toward Chen (Yi belongs to the yin Wood of the Zhen trigram, due east by south; sitting Yi and facing Xin, combined with Chen-Xu): this configuration has cattle, sheep and livestock multiplying; generation after generation wealth and rank are both complete; the second generation acquires manors on a great scale; men and women keep chastity and filiation; the whole household, high and low, wears the crimson robe and the purple sash (under the old system, the third rank and above wore purple, the fifth and above crimson); fortune and emolument are full to overflowing. A combination of the highest auspiciousness.

辰山兼乙:初代富貴興旺,二代百子千孫,武將品,三代英雄把朝綱。

Chen mountain combined toward Yi (Chen properly belongs to the Xun (巽) trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Earth, southeast by east; sitting Chen and facing Xu, combined with Yi-Xin; the original book inserts this article among the mountains of the Zhen trigram, and it is here recorded in the original order): the first generation has wealth and rank flourishing; the second generation has descendants filling the hall, granted the rank of military officers; the third generation produces heroic figures who hold the outlines of court government. An auspicious combination.

卯山兼甲:初代富貴齊全,均平進田莊,子孫忠孝賢良,高官進職。

Mao mountain combined toward Jia (Mao is the middle mountain of the Zhen trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Wood and occupies due east; sitting Mao and facing You, combined with Jia-Geng): the first generation has wealth and rank both complete; every house profits evenly and acquires manors on a wide scale; descendants are loyal, filial, worthy and good; those who take office are high in rank and repeatedly promoted. This too is an auspicious combination.

The three mountains of the Xun trigram (southeast; of the Five Phases, Wood): Chen mountain, Xun mountain and Si mountain, each with its combined facings

辰山兼巽:主房均大富貴,六畜興旺,錢糧萬頃,二代富貴極品,千丁萬口武將登舉,神童出賦,四海名揚,兵部滿堂受封。

Chen mountain combined toward Xun (Chen belongs to the Xun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Earth, southeast by east; sitting Chen and facing Xu, combined with Xun-Qian): this configuration gives every house great wealth and great rank; livestock multiply; money, grain and fields are counted in ten thousand qing; the second generation is noble to the last degree among ministers; descendants are many and military officers receive recommendation; there also appear divine children able to compose rhapsodies, their fame spreading to the four quarters; the whole household serves in the Ministry of War and is enfeoffed. A combination of great auspiciousness.

巽山兼辰:財退損丁,人命官非,離妻賣子逐凶食藥,吊頸人丁敗。

Xun mountain combined toward Chen (Xun occupies the exact southeast; of the Five Phases it is Wood; sitting Xun and facing Qian, combined with Chen-Xu): this configuration has money wasting and withdrawing, the household cut down; there are cases of homicide and lawsuits that cling; wives are put away and children sold; it grows more inauspicious by the day until poison is taken, and there are those who hang themselves from a beam; male issue withers. An inauspicious combination; it must not be lightly established.

巽山兼巳:富貴齊全,房房均吉,代代興隆。

Xun mountain combined toward Si (Xun occupies the exact southeast; of the Five Phases it is Wood; sitting Xun and facing Qian, combined with Si-Hai): this configuration has wealth and rank both complete; not one descendant of any house is inauspicious; generation after generation they flourish and prosper. An auspicious combination that may be taken.

巳山兼辰:後代平平,一興一敗,幸子孫賢良。

Si mountain combined toward Chen (Si belongs to the Xun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Fire, southeast by south; sitting Si and facing Hai, combined with Chen-Xu): this configuration gives later generations only a middling lot, rising and falling by turns; fortunately the descendants are still of worthy character, and great disaster may be avoided. An ordinary combination of facings.

巳山兼巽:不出人倫,立嗣過續,男人淫亂,損丁退財,瘋疾耳聾,暗啞跛腳陀背。

Si mountain combined toward Xun (Si belongs to the Xun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Fire, southeast by south; sitting Si and facing Hai, combined with Xun-Qian): this configuration cannot beget and transmit the line in the ordinary way; an heir must be taken by adoption from a collateral branch; men are licentious and lose their virtue; the household is cut down and money withdraws; they suffer madness, deafness, muteness, lameness and a hunched back. ("Guo xu" is adoption; "tuo bei" is "hunched back.") An inauspicious combination, to be shunned.

The three mountains of the Li (離) trigram (due south; of the Five Phases, Fire): Bing mountain, Wu mountain and Ding mountain, each with its combined facings

丙山兼巳:代代興隆,房房均平,財丁可旺。

Bing mountain combined toward Si (Bing belongs to the yang Fire of the Li trigram, due south by east; sitting Bing and facing Ren, combined with Si-Hai): this configuration flourishes generation after generation; every house profits evenly and smoothly; both money and people can be abundant. An auspicious combination, which may be used.

丙山兼午:退財損丁,淫亂孤寡,嫖賭食藥,吊頸割喉投河又為賊首,瘋疾離妻。

Bing mountain combined toward Wu (Bing belongs to the yang Fire of the Li trigram, due south by east; sitting Bing and facing Ren, combined with Wu-Zi): this configuration has money wasting and withdrawing, the household cut down; there is licence in the house and many orphaned mothers; the sons sink into whoring and gambling until they take poison, and there are those who hang from a beam, cut the throat or drown; there are also those who take to the wilds as robber-chiefs; they suffer madness and put away their wives. An inauspicious combination, shunned by geomancers.

午山兼丙:人丁兩旺,六畜興旺,富貴雙全房房吉。

Wu mountain combined toward Bing (Wu is the middle mountain of the Li trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Fire and occupies due south; sitting Wu and facing Zi, combined with Bing-Ren): this configuration has both men and women flourishing in number; cattle, sheep and livestock multiply; wealth and rank are both fine; not one house fails to obtain the auspicious. A combination of the highest auspiciousness.

午山兼丁:日後孤寡退財損丁,嫖賭,為賊首人,命離妻,官司疾病賣子,內外出怪,後必絕。

Wu mountain combined toward Ding (Wu is the middle mountain of the Li trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Fire and occupies due south; sitting Wu and facing Zi, combined with Ding-Gui): this configuration later produces orphaned mothers; money wastes and withdraws, the household is cut down; the sons sink into whoring and gambling, and even become robber-chiefs; there are those who lose their lives and those who put away a wife; lawsuits, illness and the selling of children follow hard upon one another; strange affairs repeatedly appear within and without the house; in the end the incense fire is certain to be cut off. A combination of great inauspiciousness.

丁山兼午:房房均平,日後進橫財,人丁極旺,雙全貴子,滿門忠良。

Ding mountain combined toward Wu (Ding belongs to the yin Fire of the Li trigram, due south by west; sitting Ding and facing Gui, combined with Wu-Zi): this configuration has every house profit evenly and smoothly; later there is unexpected wealth; male issue is extremely abundant; there are also born noble sons complete in both fortune and wisdom; the whole household are loyal, honest and good people. An auspicious combination that may be taken.

丁山兼未:初代小富貴,二代半吉半凶,損丁破財官司是非,三代瘋疾雷打,內外淫亂,單丁過房,充軍投河退敗。

Ding mountain combined toward Wei (Ding belongs to the yin Fire of the Li trigram, due south by west; sitting Ding and facing Gui, combined with Wei-Chou): the first generation has some wealth and office; the second generation is half auspicious and half inauspicious, cutting down the household and wasting money, with lawsuits and disputes without end; the third generation suffers madness and is struck by lightning; there is licence within and without the house; the household is thin and must take an heir by adoption; there are also those sent in exile as convicts and those who drown; the family way withdraws and fails. An inauspicious combination.

The three mountains of the Kun (坤) trigram (southwest; of the Five Phases, Earth): Wei mountain, Kun mountain and Shen mountain, each with its combined facings

未山兼丁:日後立嗣過續,不出人倫,嫖賭浪蕩,外死路邊,孤寡退敗。

Wei mountain combined toward Ding (Wei belongs to the Kun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Earth, southwest by south; sitting Wei and facing Chou, combined with Ding-Gui): this configuration later must take an heir by adoption from a collateral branch and cannot beget and transmit the line in the ordinary way; the sons sink into whoring and gambling and roam without measure; there are those who die as strangers by the roadside; orphaned mothers follow one another; the family way withdraws and fails. An inauspicious combination, to be avoided.

未山兼坤:福祿豐盈,忠教廉節,人丁兩旺。

Wei mountain combined toward Kun (Wei belongs to the Kun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Earth, southwest by south; sitting Wei and facing Chou, combined with Kun-Gen): this configuration has fortune and emolument rich and full to overflowing; descendants are honest, filial, incorrupt and of principle; both men and women flourish in number. ("Zhong jiao" should be read as "zhong xiao," loyal and filial.) An auspicious combination, which may be used.

坤山兼未:均平,房房廣進田莊,千丁萬口。

Kun mountain combined toward Wei (Kun occupies the exact southwest; of the Five Phases it is Earth; sitting Kun and facing Gen, combined with Wei-Chou): this configuration has every house profit evenly; each branch can acquire manors on a great scale; descendants number in the thousands and tens of thousands. A combination of ordinary auspiciousness.

坤山兼申:妻換妾,退財損丁,食藥瘋疾,癆瘦黃腫病敗。嫖賭淫亂,嫂叔同床為賊首。

Kun mountain combined toward Shen (Kun occupies the exact southwest; of the Five Phases it is Earth; sitting Kun and facing Gen, combined with Shen-Yin): this configuration has the principal wife exchanged for a concubine; money wastes and withdraws, the household is cut down; they take poison, suffer madness, and also catch consumption that wastes them thin and yellow swelling, and fail; the sons sink into whoring, gambling and licence, even to incest of uncle and sister-in-law; there are those who become robber-chiefs. An inauspicious combination; it should not be established.

申山兼坤:房房富貴,代代興隆,福祿壽全。

Shen mountain combined toward Kun (Shen belongs to the Kun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Metal, southwest by west; sitting Shen and facing Yin, combined with Kun-Gen): this configuration gives every house both wealth and rank; generation after generation they flourish and prosper; fortune, emolument and longevity are all three complete. A combination of the highest auspiciousness.

申山兼庚:日後子孫懺逆,田業化成灰,男人淫邪,瘋疾癆病,投河食藥吊頸,人命少亡破敗。

Shen mountain combined toward Geng (Shen belongs to the Kun trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Metal, southwest by west; sitting Shen and facing Yin, combined with Geng-Jia): this configuration later has descendants unfilial and rebellious; fields and family estate turn to nothing; men are lewd and lose their virtue; they suffer madness and consumption; there are those who drown, take poison or hang from a beam, and also the calamity of homicide and youths who die early; the family way is ruined. ("Chan ni" should be read as "wu ni," unfilial rebellion.) An inauspicious combination, to be shunned.

The three mountains of the Dui (兌) trigram (due west; of the Five Phases, Metal): Geng mountain, You mountain and Xin mountain, each with its combined facings

庚山兼申:日後主瘋疾吐血,小房離鄉,淫亂孤寒。

Geng mountain combined toward Shen (Geng belongs to the yang Metal of the Dui trigram, due west by south; sitting Geng and facing Jia, combined with Shen-Yin): this configuration later governs madness and coughing of blood; the younger sons leave home and native place; there is licence in the house, and loneliness, poverty and cold. An inauspicious combination, to be avoided.

庚山兼酉:房房均平,百日進橫財,富貴雙全。

Geng mountain combined toward You (Geng belongs to the yang Metal of the Dui trigram, due west by south; sitting Geng and facing Jia, combined with You-Mao): this configuration has every house profit evenly and smoothly; within a hundred days there is unexpected wealth; wealth and rank are both perfect. An auspicious combination that may be taken.

酉山兼庚:富貴雙全,房房均平,千丁萬口福壽長。

You mountain combined toward Geng (You is the middle mountain of the Dui trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Metal and occupies due west; sitting You and facing Mao, combined with Geng-Jia): this configuration has wealth and rank both fine; every house profits smoothly; descendants number in the thousands and tens of thousands; fortune is deep and the span of years stretches long. Of the highest auspiciousness.

酉山兼辛:久後父不父,子不子,男婦淫亂,叔嫂同床,人命官非,食藥財家,離妻賣子,孤寒瘋疾不絕,單丁亦貧窮。

You mountain combined toward Xin (You is the middle mountain of the Dui trigram; its Earthly Branch belongs to Metal and occupies due west; sitting You and facing Mao, combined with Xin-Yi): as the days lengthen the bonds of kinship decay; the father is not like a father, the son not like a son; men and women are licentious; uncle and sister-in-law commit incest, bringing lawsuits of homicide; they take poison and ruin the house, put away wives and sell children; loneliness, poverty, cold and madness follow without a break; even if only a single male remains he cannot escape destitution. ("Cai jia" is suspected to be "po jia," ruining the house.) A combination of great inauspiciousness.

辛山兼酉:久後富貴不周全,損丁破財,官司人命,食藥奇死,家門淫亂,瘋疾火症,單丁貧苦。

Xin mountain combined toward You (Xin belongs to the yin Metal of the Dui trigram, due west by north; sitting Xin and facing Yi, combined with You-Mao): as the days lengthen wealth and rank are hard to make complete; the household is cut down and money wasted; lawsuits and homicide seek one another out; they take poison or die an unnatural death; the gate is licentious; they suffer madness and fiery-heat disorders; only a single male remains, poor and in hardship. An inauspicious combination, to be shunned.

辛山兼戌:房房均平,富貴雙全旺丁,子孫賢良。

Xin mountain combined toward Xu (Xin belongs to the yin Metal of the Dui trigram, due west by north; sitting Xin and facing Yi, combined with Xu-Chen): this configuration has every house profit evenly and smoothly; wealth and rank are both fine and the household flourishes; the descendants are of worthy character. An auspicious combination, which may be used.

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