Chapter 32: The Chapter of Two Appearances

如巳月已卯日占何日晴得離卦 兄弟巳火′世　　兄弟巳火′世 子孫未土″　　子孫未土″ 妻財酉金′　　妻財酉金′ 官鬼亥水′應　　官鬼亥水′應 子孫丑土″　　子孫丑土″ 父母卯木′　　父母卯木′ 酉財旬空，本日日建沖動，次日即晴，乃應動而逢沖之日。

For example, on a day in the month of Si with the day stem Ji Mao, someone asked about which day the weather would clear. The divination result was the hexagram Li (Fire). The six lines, from top to bottom, were: Brother Si Fire (the worldly line), Son Wei Earth, Wealth酉 Gold, Official Ghost Hai Water (the responding line), Son Chou Earth, and Parents Mao Wood. All six lines were still, with no changing hexagram. The酉 Gold wealth line was exactly in the旬空, and the day's stem卯 Wood directly conflicted with it, causing covert movement. The weather cleared the next day. This illustrates the principle that a still line becomes active when it is conflicted. The predicted day falls on the day after the conflict occurs.

福興被克，沖則成功。卦中子孫爻動化回頭克，或被動爻克，須待沖去克神之日始晴。父財動而被克亦同此斷。如丑月甲戌日占何日雨得震之豫卦。 妻財戌土″世　　妻財戌土″ 官鬼申金″　　官鬼申金″ 子孫午火′　　子孫午火′應 妻財辰土″應　　兄弟卯木″ 兄弟寅木″　　子孫巳火″ 父母子水′　　動　　妻財未土″世 斷曰：父母子水動被未土回頭克，丑日雨。應丑日者，沖去未土合起父母，故雨。

The text says, "When happiness is restrained, a clash will bring success": if the爻 representing children is active and changes to be restrained by a returningrestrain, or is restrained by another active爻, it must wait until the day that clashes with the restricting force to clear up. The same principle applies when the parents or wealth爻 are active and restrained. For example, on a day with the stem Jia and branch Xu in the month of Chou, someone asks which day it will rain, and gets the hexagram Zhen (Thunder) changing to Yu (Hexagram 16). The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: wife wealth戌 earth (the world), official ghost申 metal, children午 fire, wife wealth辰 earth (response), brothers寅 wood, parents子 water (active). The changing hexagram is: wife wealth戌 earth, official ghost申 metal, children午 fire (response), brothers卯 wood, children巳 fire, wife wealth未 earth (the world). The interpretation is: the parents子 water is active but is restrained by the resulting 未 earth, so it will rain on the day of Chou. This is because Chou clashes with 未 earth and also combines with the parents子 water, thus bringing rain.

“木動生風，風伯肆虐”（缺）“金空則響，電母施威”（缺）如辰月癸卯日因晴占何日雨。得蹇卦 子孫子水″　　子孫子水″ 父母戌土′　　父母戌土′ 兄弟申金″世　　兄弟申金″世 兄弟申金′　　兄弟申金′ 官鬼午火″　　官鬼午火″ 父母辰土″應　　父母辰土″應 或曰：卦中辰戌父爻，月建又是父爻，明日辰日沖動，戌父必然有雨。余曰：戌臨月破，如何有雨？陰雲而已，果於次日常見陰雲。

The passage also includes the lines "Wood moves and generates wind, the Wind God wreaks havoc" and "When metal is empty, it echoes, the Lightning God displays power." The notes in the original text are all missing here. For example, on aGuimao day in the辰 month, because of prolonged clear weather, someone predicted which day it would rain, obtaining the hexagram《Jian》(Water over Mountain). The six lines, from top to bottom, are:Children子水, parents戌土, siblings申金 (the worldly line), siblings申金, official ghost午火, parents辰土 (the responding line), all static. Someone said: In the hexagram, both辰土 and戌土 are parents' lines, and the month builder is also辰土. Tomorrow is a辰 day, so one clash will move the戌土 parents, and rain is certain. I said: The戌土 is exactly at the month breaker of the辰 month, how can it rain? At most, there will be cloudy weather. Indeed, the next day there was only a day of cloudy weather.

沖則應，填則實，最喜動空。人以為空則無功，殊不知動而空者，占晴占雨若非沖空之日，定應填實之朝。如未月丙午日占何雨，得離之旅 兄弟巳火′世　　兄弟巳火′ 子孫未土″　　子孫未土″ 妻財酉金′　　妻財酉金′應 官鬼亥水′應　　妻財申金′ 子孫丑土″　　兄弟午火″ 父母卯木′　　動　　子孫辰土″世

The text says, "When there is a clash, there will be a response; when it is filled, it becomes solid. Most favorable is when it moves and is empty." People think that when a line is empty, it has no effect, but they do not realize that if a line is empty and moves, when predicting weather, if it does not respond on the day of the clash and emptiness, it must respond on the day when it is filled. For example, on the day of Bingwu (丙午) in the month of Wei (未), someone asks which day it will rain. They obtain the hexagram "Fire over Fire" (离为火) changing into "Fire over Mountain" (火山旅). The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: brother's fire (巳) (the world), son's earth (未), wife's metal (酉), official ghost water (亥) (the response), son's earth (丑), parent's wood (卯) (which moves). The changing hexagram, from top to bottom, is: brother's fire (巳), son's earth (未), wife's metal (酉) (the response), wife's metal (申), brother's fire (午), son's earth (辰) (the world).

斷曰：卯木父動臨於旬空，己酉若不雨，卯日必雨。或曰：如何定在兩日？余曰：不難，再占一卦。得離卦不動。余曰：此卦還以前卦相同。再占一卦又得艮之謙卦 官鬼寅木′世　　動　　子孫酉金″ 妻財子水″　　妻財亥水″世 兄弟戌土″　　兄弟丑土″ 子孫申金′應　　子孫申金′ 父母午火″　　父母午火″應 兄弟辰土″　　兄弟辰土″ 斷曰：甲寅日陰雲，乙卯日必雨，辰日而又晴矣。彼曰：何餘知止？余曰：此卦又是寅木鬼動值旬空，出空之日，必定天變。前卦卯木父變辰土子孫，故知卯日必雨辰日必晴。果於寅日雲卯日大雨辰日大晴。所以動則不為空矣。

The interpretation is: the Wood of卯 is the parents'爻 which is activated but is exactly in the旬空, if it does not rain on己酉 day, it will surely rain on卯 day. Someone asked: how do you determine it to be these two days? I said: it is not difficult, just cast another hexagram. The second hexagram is《Li, Fire》, with no moving lines. I said: this hexagram still means the same as the previous one. Then I cast the third hexagram, which is《Gen, Mountain》 changing into《Qian, Heaven》. The primary hexagram's lines from top to bottom are: official ghost of寅 Wood (the world, activated), wife wealth of子 Water, brothers of戌 Earth, children of申 Metal (the response), parents of午 Fire, brothers of辰 Earth; the changing hexagram is in order: children of酉 Metal, wife wealth of亥 Water (the world), brothers of丑 Earth, children of申 Metal, parents of午 Fire (the response), brothers of辰 Earth. The interpretation is: onJiayin day there will be clouds, onYimao day it will surely rain, and on辰 day it will turn sunny again. He asked me why I could predict it so accurately. I said: this hexagram again has the official ghost of寅 Wood activated and in the旬空, so the day it comes out of the empty period will surely change; in the previous hexagram, the parents of卯 Wood transformed into the children of辰 Earth, so I knew that on卯 day it would surely rain and on辰 day it would surely be sunny. Indeed, on寅 day clouds appeared, on卯 day there was a heavy rain, and on辰 day it was very sunny. This shows that the activated line is not considered empty.

占雨遇財動，欲雨須得財墓絕。雨須宜父動鬼動，倘父鬼不動，又見妻財子孫動者，須待財爻入墓或臨絕之日有雨。占晴須於財動，倘若父母發動，須得父爻臨墓絕之日方能得晴。如戌日丙午日占何日雨。得坎之井卦 兄弟子水″世　　兄弟子水″ 官鬼戌土′　　官鬼戌土′世 父母申金″　　父母申金″ 妻財午火″應　　動　　父母酉金′ 官鬼辰土′　　兄弟亥水′應 子孫寅木″　　官鬼丑土″ 或曰：今日占雨，如何有動財爻，想是大旱，而無雨也。余曰：非也，化出酉父，酉日就當有雨。但因日建，又因午火，必待戌日午火入墓，方曉有雨。果於酉日天變，戌日而雨，午火財爻墓於戌也。

The text says, "When predicting rain and the wealth line moves, rain will come only when the wealth line is buried or in its critical phase." For predicting rain, it is suitable for the father line or the official ghost line to move; if the father and official ghost lines do not move, but instead the wealth line and the children line move, then rain will come only on the day when the wealth line is buried or in its critical phase. For predicting clear weather, it is suitable for the wealth line to move; if the father line moves, then clear weather will come only on the day when the father line is buried or in its critical phase. For example, on a day of Jia Wu (Bingwu) in the month of Xu, someone divines which day will rain, and gets the hexagram Kan (Water) changing into Jing (Well of Wind and Water). The primary hexagram's six lines, from top to bottom, are: son line Zi water (the world line), official ghost line Xu earth, father line Shen metal, wealth line Wu fire (the responding line, moving), official ghost line Chen earth, and son line Yin wood. The changing hexagram's lines are: son line Zi water, official ghost line Xu earth (the world line), father line Shen metal, father line You metal, son line Hai water (the responding line), and official ghost line Chou earth. Someone says: today I divined rain, but the wealth line moved, so it must be a great drought with no rain. I say: not so. The wealth line changes into the father line You metal, so rain should come on the day of You. However, since Wu fire is both the day's stem and is strong, it must wait until the day of Xu when Wu fire is buried to see rain. Indeed, on the day of You, the weather changed, and on the day of Xu, it rained — the burial of Wu fire wealth line is on the day of Xu.

占晴逢子動，望晴只待子逢生。占晴得子財動，占雨得父動，後逢長生之日應之。如卯月丁巳日占何日雨：得渙之坎卦 父母卯木′　　動　　官鬼子水″世 兄弟巳火′世　　子孫戌土′ 子孫未土″　　妻財申金″ 兄弟午火″　　兄弟午火″應 子孫辰土′應　　子孫辰土′ 父母寅木″　　父母寅木″ 卯木父動，當應在卯戌日，而雨卻應長生亥日。

The text says, "When predicting clear weather and the 'Zi' element moves, one should wait for 'Zi' to reach its growth stage to expect clear weather." When predicting rain, if the 'children' or 'wealth' lines are activated, and when predicting clear weather, if the 'parents' line is activated, the predicted day usually falls on the day when the useful god reaches its growth stage. For example, on a day of the fourth month and the fourth day of the lunar calendar, one predicts which day it will rain, and the hexagram obtained is "Huan" changing to "Kan (Water)." The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: parents (wood) of the second month (activated), siblings (fire), children (earth), siblings (fire), children (earth) (responding line), parents (wood). The resulting hexagram is: official ghost (water) (world line), children (earth), wealth (metal), siblings (fire) (responding line), children (earth), parents (wood). The parents (wood) line is activated, so according to normal reasoning, the rain should occur on the day of the second month or on the day that matches the second month, which is the ninth day. However, the rain actually occurs on the day when the parents (wood) reaches its growth stage, which is the tenth day.

竟發父官，連朝猛雨。卦中父鬼重疊或又鬼變父，父變鬼，父化兄，兄化父，或連日又占並不見子孫財爻發動者，一定連旬風雨。如午月乙卯日占何日晴，得晉之歸妹。 官鬼巳火′　　動　　父母戌土″應 父母未土″　　兄弟申金″ 兄弟酉金′世　　官鬼午火′ 妻財卯木″　　父母丑土″世 官鬼巳火″　　動　　妻財卯木′ 父母未土″應　　動　　官鬼巳火′ 斷曰：父鬼疊見，乃連朝風雨之象。次日又占，又是鬼父同動，果雨旬日。

The commentary says, "If the father and official ghost are both active, there will be continuous heavy rain." If in the hexagram the parents and official ghosts appear repeatedly, or if the official ghost changes to the parents, or the parents change to the official ghost, or the parents change to siblings, or the siblings change to the parents, or if after multiple consecutive days of divination the lines representing children and wealth do not activate, then it is certainly a period of continuous rain. For example, on the day of Yimao in the month of Wu, someone asked which day the weather would clear, and the hexagram obtained was "Fire Earth Progress" changing to "Thunder泽 Gui Mei." The lines of the primary hexagram, from top to bottom, are: official ghost fire snake (active), parents earth goat, siblings metal rooster (the world line), wealth wood rabbit, official ghost fire snake (active), parents earth goat (responding line, active); the lines of the changing hexagram are: parents earth dog (responding line), siblings metal monkey, official ghost fire horse, parents earth ox (the world line), wealth wood rabbit, official ghost fire snake. The interpretation is: the parents and official ghosts appear repeatedly, which is the image of continuous rain. The next day, the same lines of parents and official ghosts were active, and indeed it rained for more than ten days.

多逢財子，累日明晴。未月甲午日占何日雨。得屯之中孚 兄弟子水″　　動　　子孫卯木′ 官鬼戌土′應　　妻財巳火′ 父母申金″　　官鬼未土″世 官鬼辰土″　　官鬼丑土″ 子孫寅木″世　　動　　子孫卯木′ 兄弟子水′　　妻財巳火′應 大旱望雲雷，卦中父爻不動，子孫重疊化進神，疑其木爻入墓之日必雨。又令他日占之，又得財爻子不動，次日又占並無父動鬼動，知其旱矣，果然兩月不雨。

The commentary says, "Frequent encounters with wealth and children indicate clear and sunny days." On a day of Jiawu in the month of Wei, the person asked about which day it would rain, and obtained the hexagram Zhun (Hexagram 3) changing into Zhong Fu (Hexagram 61). The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: brothers' water (activating), official ghost earth (responding), parents' metal, official ghost earth, children's wood (the world, activating), brothers' water. The changing hexagram is: children's wood, wealth's fire, official ghost earth (the world), official ghost earth, children's wood, wealth's fire (responding). At that time, there was a severe drought, and everyone was hoping for clouds and thunder. In the hexagram, the parent's line did not move, and the children's wood overlapped and transformed into卯 wood, forming an advancing god. I suspected that rain would come only on the day when the wood line entered the earth's tomb. So I asked someone to divinate again on another day, and the result was still the wealth and children lines being active, with the parent and official ghost lines not moving. On the third day, the same situation occurred again, and I concluded that it was a real drought. Indeed, there was no rain for two months.

卦得反吟晴雨終須反覆。如辰月庚寅日占何日晴得觀之升 妻財卯木′　　動　　兄弟酉金″ 官鬼巳火′　　動　　子孫亥水″ 父母未土″世　　父母丑土″世 妻財卯木″　　動　　兄弟酉金′ 官鬼巳火″　　動　　子孫亥水′ 父母未土″應　　父母丑土″應 斷曰：卯木財現，明日必晴。但卦得內外反吟，晴而還雨，果於次日晴還又雨。

The commentary says, "When the hexagram shows reverse chant, rain and clear weather will alternate." For example, on a day with the stem-burial Gengyin in the month of Chen, someone asks about when the weather will clear. The hexagram obtained is Guan (Wind over Earth) changing to Sheng (Earth over Wind). The primary hexagram's six lines, from top to bottom, are: wife-wealth卯wood (active), official-ghost巳fire (active), parents未earth (the world), wife-wealth卯wood (active), official-ghost巳fire (active), parents未earth (the response). The changing hexagram is: siblings酉metal, children亥water, parents丑earth (the world), siblings酉metal, children亥water, parents丑earth (the response). The interpretation is: the卯wood wealth line appears in the hexagram, indicating that the weather will definitely clear tomorrow; however, both the inner and outer trigrams form reverse chant, meaning that after the clear weather, rain will follow again. Indeed, the next day the weather cleared, but then rain came again.

爻逢伏象，旱澇必待沖開。伏吟卦動如不動，子財動者，沖開之必晴，父爻動者，沖開之日必雨。如辰月甲戌口占雨，得大壯變震卦。 兄弟戌土″　　兄弟戌土″世 子孫申金″　　子孫申金″ 父母午火′世　　父母午火′ 兄弟辰土′　　動　　兄弟辰土″應 官鬼寅木′　　動　　官鬼寅木″ 妻財子水′應　　妻財子水′ 占雨，父爻不動，兄鬼同動，木動生風，無雨而有風也。既於本日申時沖開寅木，扳木狂風。

The text says, "When a line meets a hidden chant, drought and flood must wait until it is broken open." When a hexagram is "hidden chant," the moving line is as if it has not moved. If the line of children or wealth moves, rain will come only after the line is broken open. If the line of parents moves, rain will come only after the line is broken open. For example, on a day of Jiaxu in the month of Chen, someone asks about rain and gets the hexagram Da Zhuang changing to Zhen. The primary hexagram's six lines from top to bottom are: brothers戌earth, children申metal, parents午fire (the subject), brothers辰earth (moving), official ghost寅wood (moving), and wife wealth子water (the responding line). The resulting hexagram is: brothers戌earth (the subject), children申metal, parents午fire, brothers辰earth (the responding line), official ghost寅wood, and wife wealth子water. Since the line of parents does not move, only brothers and official ghosts move, and the movement of wood generates wind, there is no rain but wind. At the time of Shen in the day, when the line of寅wood is broken open, a strong wind indeed arose, strong enough to break trees.

合父鬼沖開有雷則雨，合財兄克破無風不晴。父母合住本主不雨，若遇鬼沖動者，須待必雷震而後有雨。卦中若無鬼爻動而他爻沖動者亦有雨。他爻又無沖動者，須待沖開之日有雨，財子兩爻被合亦同此推。覺子曰：合父鬼沖開之日必雨，合財子沖開之日必晴。必雷有風者仍然耳，不它執之。半晴半雨卦中財父同興。舊注：妻財父母同興，或是子孫鬼爻同動，必然半晴半雨。餘以此論亦謬，殊不知各因其時。

The text says, "If the parents and official ghost are combined, and then moved, there will be thunder followed by rain; if wealth and younger brothers are combined and then overcome, there will be no wind and no clear weather." When the parents are combined, they usually indicate no rain; if the official ghost moves and disturbs them, there will first be thunder and then rain. If there is no official ghost in the hexagram, but another line moves and disturbs the parents, rain will still occur. If no line disturbs them, rain will occur only on the day when this combination is disturbed. The same principle applies to the wealth line and the younger brothers. Li Wenhui says: when the parents and official ghost are combined, rain will definitely occur on the day they are disturbed; when the wealth line and younger brothers are combined, clear weather will definitely occur on the day they are disturbed. As for the idea that thunder and wind are certain, it is only a general rule and should not be taken as absolute. The text also says, "In a half sunny and half rainy hexagram, the wealth and parents are both active." Old annotations say: if the wealth line and parents are both active, or if the younger brothers and official ghost are both active, there will be half sunny and half rainy weather. I think this is a misconception. In reality, one must consider the specific seasonal conditions at the time.

如酉月癸未日占何晴。得訟之隨卦。 子孫戌土′　　動　　子孫未土″應 妻財申金′　　妻財酉金′ 兄弟午火′世　　官鬼亥水′ 兄弟午火″　　子孫辰土″世 子孫辰土′　　動　　父母寅木″ 父母寅木″應　　動　　官鬼子水′ 此卦子孫父母同興，寅木父化火兄，又是一日陰雨，至戌時，天開而見星斗，應戌時晴者，戌土子孫而值時也。

For example, on a Guiwei day in the You month, someone asked about which day the weather would clear. They obtained the Hexagram Song (Heaven-Water) changing to Sui (Lake-Thunder). The lines of the primary hexagram, from top to bottom, are:Children戌土 (Children of Xu Earth, active), Wealth申金 (Wealth of Shen Metal), Siblings午火 (Siblings of Wu Fire, the world line), Siblings午火, Children辰土 (Children of Chen Earth, active), and Parents寅木 (Parents of Yin Wood, responding, active). The lines of the resulting hexagram are:Children未土 (Children of Wei Earth, responding), Wealth酉金 (Wealth of You Metal), Official Ghost亥水 (Official Ghost of Hai Water), Children辰土 (Children of Chen Earth, the world line), Parents寅木 (Parents of Yin Wood), and Official Ghost子水 (Official Ghost of Zi Water). In this hexagram, the children and parents are both active. The initial line, which is the parents of Yin Wood, also gives the image of generating the fire siblings. Therefore, it is another day of rain. At the Xu hour, the sky opens and the stars are visible. The prediction that the weather will clear at the Xu hour is because the top line, which is the children of Xu Earth, corresponds to that hour.

又雨又晴爻上母子皆動。如巳月丙申日占何日得臨之蒙 子孫酉金″　　動　　官鬼寅木′ 妻財亥水″應　　妻財子水″ 兄弟丑土″　　兄弟戌土″世 兄弟丑土″　　父母午火″ 官鬼卯木′世　　兄弟辰土′ 父母巳火′　　動　　官鬼寅木″應 卦中父母子孫皆動，因巳火父空，亥日沖空則雨。亥日而雨，即於亥日酉時晴，應酉時者，上爻動出酉金子孫之故耳。前卦父興子孫同動，戌土子孫應本日戌時晴。後卦父興子孫同動應他日之雨晴之時也。覺之占遠應近可積為神。

The text says, "It rains and then clears, with the top line's parent and child lines both moving." For example, on a day of Ji巳 month and Bingshen day, someone asks which day it will rain, and the hexagram obtained is "Earth Lake" changing to "Mountain Water Meng." The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: Grandson酉 gold (moving), Wealth亥 water (responding), Brothers丑 earth, Brothers丑 earth, Official Ghost卯 wood (world), Parents巳 fire (moving); the changing hexagram, from top to bottom, is Official Ghost寅 wood, Wealth子 water, Brothers戌 earth (world), Parents午 fire, Brothers辰 earth, Official Ghost寅 wood (responding). In the hexagram, both parents and children lines are moving. Since the parents line of巳 fire is empty, it will rain only when亥 day comes to break the emptiness; on the day of亥, it rains, and at the酉 hour of that day it clears. The response is at the酉 hour because the top line moves to produce the Grandson酉 gold. In the previous hexagram, where both parents and children lines moved, the Grandson戌 earth responded at the戌 hour on the same day; in this hexagram, where both parents and children lines move, the response is on another day's rain and clear time. This shows the principle of "divining distant events by focusing on near ones." When one understands this principle, it is as if one has divine assistance.

如酉月初五戊子日占中秋雨。得小過之豐卦 父母戌土″　　父母戌土″ 兄弟申金″　　兄弟申金″世 官鬼午火′世　　官鬼午火′ 兄弟申金′　　子孫亥水′ 官鬼午火″　　父母丑土″應 父母辰土″應　　動　　妻財卯木′ 卦中辰父發動，當許中秋有雨，殊不知應在初九辰日即雨。

For example, on the fifth day of the酉 month, on a Wuzi day, one divines whether it will rain on the Mid-Autumn Festival day, and obtains the hexagram 《Xiao Guo》 changing to 《Feng》. The primary hexagram's six lines, from top to bottom, are: parents in戌 earth, siblings in申 metal, official ghost in午 fire (the world line), siblings in申 metal, official ghost in午 fire, and parents in辰 earth (the responding line, which is active). The changing hexagram is: parents in戌 earth, siblings in申 metal (the world line), official ghost in午 fire, children in亥 water, parents in丑 earth (the responding line), and wife's wealth in卯 wood. In the hexagram, the parents in辰 earth is active, which originally indicated that it would rain on the Mid-Autumn Festival. But unexpectedly, it rained on the initial nine's day, which is the辰 day.

即於壬辰日又占中秋晴否癸巳日又占，得屯之中孚 兄弟子水″　　動　　子孫卯木′ 官鬼戌土′應　　妻財巳火′ 父母申金″　　官鬼未土″世 官鬼辰土″　　官鬼丑土″ 子孫寅木″世　　動　　子孫卯木′ 兄弟子水′　　妻財巳火′應 一卦財動，一卦子動，不見父鬼爻動，知其晴，果於中秋夜，月明星稀。

On the Renchen day, he again divined whether the Mid-Autumn Festival would be clear or not, and on the Guisi day, he divined once more. One of the hexagrams obtained was the Hexagram Zhun (Water over Thunder) changing into the Hexagram Zhong Fu (Wind over Marsh). The primary hexagram, from the top down, was brothers in water (active), official ghost in戌 earth (responding), parents in申 metal, official ghost in辰 earth, children in寅 wood (the world, active), and brothers in water. The changing hexagram, from the top down, was children in卯 wood, wealth in巳 fire, official ghost in未 earth (the world), official ghost in丑 earth, children in卯 wood, and wealth in巳 fire (responding). In both hexagrams, only one wealth trigram moved and one children trigram moved, with neither parents nor official ghosts moving. Therefore, it was concluded that the Mid-Autumn Festival would certainly be clear. Indeed, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

誠得卜日應時，方得其奧。辰日癸巳日占甲午日，臨造此日有雨否 父母戌土′　　動　　父母未土″應 兄弟申金′應　　兄弟酉金′ 官鬼午火′　　子孫亥水′ 兄弟申金′　　兄弟申金′世 官鬼午火″世　　官鬼午火″ 父母辰土″　　父母辰土″

If one can truly predict the day and confirm the time, then one can grasp the profound essence of divination. The divination was done on the day ofGuisi in the辰 month, asking about whether there would be rain on the next day, which wasJiawu, the day of breaking ground and starting construction. The primary hexagram, from the top down, is: parents in戌 earth (activating), siblings in申 metal (responding), official ghost in午 fire, siblings in申 metal, official ghost in午 fire (the worldly position), parents in辰 earth; the resulting hexagram is: parents in未 earth (responding), siblings in酉 metal, children in亥 water, siblings in申 metal (the worldly position), official ghost in午 fire, parents in辰 earth.

彼以父動有雨，余曰：應時日看，今日申戌時而無雨者，明日必有雨也。果於本日申時雨。彼：又是如何申時雨？余曰：戌土是長生在申。又問：雨至何時？余曰：父化退神，雨不久。明日必晴。果於次日大晴，野鶴曰：或向余曰：有動而逢合、逢值，可能只知其日也。余曰：昔人不知多占之法，亦不明其此理，錯斷有之，天機未必全洩，全在人之變通。聖人立教設此天時，教人以驗人事。即如子孫持世發動，占天時者皓日當空，無雲點綴。乃至墓絕之日，黑暗無光。若占身命，烈烈轟轟，揚揚得志，後逢墓衰之年，災非同至。餘言：教人以天時而驗人事，取效之速。今欲久知一日者不難，曾因官長有事，命在旦夕，因占得子孫持世，勸之勿憂，必蒙赦免。彼不肯信，意欲先尋自盡。餘設法。

He used the movement of the father line to predict rain. I said: it should be verified by the time of day - if it does not rain at the hour of Shen or Xu today, it will certainly rain tomorrow. Indeed, it rained at the hour of Shen that day. He asked: why exactly at the hour of Shen? I said: the earth element Wu is in its growth phase at Shen. He then asked: when will the rain stop? I said: the father line changes into the earth element Wei, which is called 'transformed retreating god', so the rain will not last long, and the sky will be clear the next day. Indeed, the next day was very clear. The Wild Crane Elder said: if someone asks me, when a moving line meets a combined line or a line that matches the day, can it only be predicted for the day, not for the hour? I said: in the past, people did not understand the method of casting multiple hexagrams, nor did they comprehend this principle, so sometimes their predictions were wrong. The heavenly timing is not necessarily fully revealed, it all depends on whether people can be flexible. The sages established the teaching of 'heavenly timing' with the intention of teaching people to use heavenly timing to verify human affairs. For example, if the line of children holds the world and also moves, predicting the weather would mean a scorching sun with no clouds; when it reaches the墓绝 (death and decay) phase, it would be dark and without light. The same hexagram, when used to predict one's life, would mean currently being prosperous and successful, but when reaching the year of墓绝 (death and decay), misfortunes would all come at once. I have said: teaching people to use heavenly timing to verify human affairs is because it works quickly. Now, if we want to accurately predict even the verification within a single day, it is actually not difficult. Once there was an official who had an accident, his life was in danger within a day or two. I cast a hexagram for him and found the line of children holding the world, I advised him not to worry, he would certainly be pardoned. He did not believe me and even thought of committing suicide. I then came up with a plan.

酉日丙子日占何日雨得蒙之臨卦 父母寅木′　　動　　妻財酉金″ 官鬼子水″　　官鬼亥水″應 子孫戌土″世　　子孫丑土″ 兄弟午火″　　子孫丑土″ 子孫辰土′　　父母卯木′世 父母寅木″應　　動　　兄弟巳火′

He asked about rain on which day in the month of You, on the day of Bingzi, and obtained the hexagram Meng changing to Lin. The primary hexagram's six lines from top to bottom are: parents yin wood (activating), official ghost zi water, children xu earth (the world), brothers wu fire, children chen earth, parents yin wood (responding, activating). The resulting hexagram is: wife wealth you metal, official ghost hai water (responding), children chou earth, children chou earth, parents mao wood (the world), brothers si fire.

上下寅木父動，明知寅日必雨，再叫人占何日雨，又得大壯之泰卦 兄弟戌土″　　子孫酉金″應 子孫申金″　　妻財亥水″ 父母午火′世　　動　　兄弟丑土″ 兄弟辰土′　　兄弟辰土′世 官鬼寅木′　　官鬼寅木′ 妻財子水′應　　妻財子水′

The top line and the first line both trigger the trigram Yin (寅 wood parents), indicating that it will certainly rain on the day of Yin. I then asked someone else to divinate which day it will rain, and they obtained the hexagram Da Zhuang (Hexagram 34) transforming into Tai (Hexagram 11). The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: brothers戌 earth, sons申 metal, parents午 fire (the world, active), brothers辰 earth, official ghost寅 wood, wife wealth子 water (the response); the transformed hexagram is: sons酉 metal (the response), wife wealth亥 water, brothers丑 earth, brothers辰 earth (the world), official ghost寅 wood, wife wealth子 water.

前卦寅木父動，當應寅日，此卦午火父爻長生於寅亦是。又叫人再占，得隨之屯。 妻財未土″應　　父母子水″ 官鬼酉金′　　妻財戌土′應 父母亥水′　　動　　官鬼申金″ 妻財辰土″世　　妻財辰土″ 兄弟寅木″　　兄弟寅木″世 父母子水′　　父母子水′ 又見亥水父動知寅日必雨也，何也？亥水父動，動而逢合之日，亦應寅日。

The previous hexagram had the parents of wood in the寅 position, indicating the appointed day should be寅; in this hexagram, the parents of fire have their growth in寅, also pointing to寅. I then asked someone to cast another divination, resulting in the hexagram《Sui》changing into《Zhun》. The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: wife wealth in the earth of未, official ghost in the metal of酉, parents in the water of亥 (which is active), wife wealth in the earth of辰, siblings in the wood of寅, and parents in the water of子. The changing hexagram is: parents in the water of子, wife wealth in the earth of戌 (which is active), official ghost in the metal of申, wife wealth in the earth of辰, siblings in the wood of寅 (which is the world position), and parents in the water of子. Again seeing the parents of water in亥 being active, it is clear that it will definitely rain on寅 day. Why? Since the parents of water in亥 are active, they should appear on the day that matches with them, and since寅 and亥 are compatible, it still falls on寅 day.

又至寅日五更又占本日何時有雨得睽之履 父母巳火′　　兄弟戌土′ 兄弟未土″　　動　　子孫申金′世 子孫酉金′世　　父母午火′ 兄弟丑土″　　兄弟丑土″ 官鬼卯木′　　官鬼卯木′應 父母巳火′應　　父母巳火′

On the day of寅, at the fifth watch, divining the time of rain that day, the hexagram obtained was 《Fire Lake Kui》 changing to 《Heaven Lake Lv》. The primary hexagram, from top to bottom, is: parents in巳 fire, brothers in未 earth (activating), children in酉 gold (the world), brothers in丑 earth, official ghost in卯 wood, parents in巳 fire (responding). The resulting hexagram is: brothers in戌 earth, children in申 gold (the world), parents in午 fire, brothers in丑 earth, official ghost in卯 wood (responding), parents in巳 fire.

餘以前三卦俱應寅日而雨此，卦未土動化出申金子孫，此應一爻獨發，知其未時必雨申時大晴，清晨往彼安慰之曰：卜公之卦子孫持世無災，公不肯信，試看今日未時雨，申時晴者，公知我卦之靈，從此不須憂也，彼留於家，見午末未初雨從西南而來，未時大雨，申時雲散天開。合家齊曰：真神卦也。余曰：既知天時，何難知其人事？公宜寬心，過半月，果蒙恩赦。或日：未土兄動，如何指定未時必雨？余曰：神已報定寅日雨，今日再問者，又報晴時，不然目下已是晴天，如何又現申金子孫？申時晴耶。全在靈機變通耳。

The first three hexagrams all pointed to rain on the day of寅, and this hexagram again showed the brother爻 of未earth moving and transforming into the son爻 of申metal, which is a single line moving. I knew then that it would certainly rain at the hour of未and be clear at the hour of申. In the morning I went to comfort that official, saying: The hexagram you consulted shows the son爻 holding the world, which originally has no disaster, but you did not believe me. Today you will see rain at the hour of未and clear skies at the hour of申, and then you will know whether my hexagram is truly effective. From then on, you need not worry any longer. He kept me at his home. By the end of the afternoon and beginning of the hour of未, rain came from the southwest, and it rained heavily at the hour of未. At the hour of申, the clouds dispersed and the sky cleared. The whole family exclaimed: It is really a divine hexagram. I said: If even the weather can be known, what is difficult about human affairs? You may rest assured. After half a month, he was indeed pardoned by the emperor. Someone asked: The earth爻 of未is the brother爻, so why does the moving of the brother爻 indicate rain at the hour of未? I said: The divine power had already foretold rain on the day of寅before, and today, when asked again, it foretold the time when it would clear. Otherwise, if it had already cleared, why would the hexagram show the son爻 of申metal, indicating clear skies at the hour of申? This is all about human flexibility and adaptability in the moment.

野 鶴 老 人 著 楚江李 坦我平鑑定 湖南李文輝覺子增刪男婿陳文吉茂生茹芝山秀仝校

This volume is attributed to the Wild Crane Elder; identified by Chu Jiang person Li Tan (style name Woping); revised by Hunan person Li Wenhui (style name Juezǐ); and proofread by his son and son-in-law Chen Wenji (style name Maosheng) and Ru Zhishanxiu.

諸書占身命，謂妻財子祿一卦，能包壽夭窮通，六爻兼斷。殊不知父子財官兄弟，各有相忌相傷，若以一卦而兼斷者，即如父母旺相，變應之微，又曰父旺傷子，豈世之有父母者，皆無子嗣之人也？又曰見兄則財莫能得，又為克妻之神，又曰兄弟爻與紫荊並茂，倘值旺兄持世，克妻耶？耗財耶？手足外傷耶？易林補遺有曰兄動妻亡財相，故執此論者，世之貧人寒士，皆失偶之人耶？至於財官子孫皆同此論，不暇細辨。必兼而斷者，即先醫猶在，執此問之，知亦無從置喙。覺子曰餘今得其法，乃分占之法也，占父母占兄弟，另占—卦終身財福何如？占終身功名有無？占終身夫妻偕老否？占終身子嗣及幫元俱宜分占。

Various books on divination of one's destiny all say that a single hexagram can encompass the fortune and misfortune, longevity and short life, and the success or failure of one's career, and can also predict the six aspects of divination. But they do not realize that the elements of parents, children, wealth, officials, and siblings each have their own mutual conflicts and injuries. If one hexagram is used to predict all these aspects, then when the parents are prosperous and strong, one would have to say that the strong parents injure the children—yet is there not a child for every person with parents? They also say that seeing the siblings indicates that wealth cannot be obtained, and that siblings are the spirits that harm the wife, while at the same time they say that the siblings' hexagram represents the harmony of the family, like the purple jujube trees growing together. If a strong sibling holds the world position, should one predict the harm to the wife and the loss of wealth, or the injury to the family members? The "Supplements to the Forest of Changes" says that when the siblings move, the wife dies and wealth disperses. If one rigidly adheres to this view, then would not all poor and humble people become widowers? As for the wealth hexagram, the official hexagram, and the children hexagram, they all have similar contradictions, which are difficult to resolve. If one really wants to use a single hexagram to predict all these aspects, even if the famous doctors of the past were still alive, they would have no words to say. Li Wenhui says: I have now found a method, which is the method of "divining separately"—divining the parents in one hexagram, the siblings in another, and then another hexagram to see the fortune and blessings throughout one's life. In addition, whether one has success in officialdom, whether one's marriage will last, whether one will have children, and whether one will achieve academic success, all should be divined separately.

福財旺相，鐘鳴鼎食之家。世爻旺相無傷，既富且壽。覺子曰：占財宜於財旺，占壽獨重世爻，未聞財福不旺而世爻獨旺，即許富與壽也。執此論者世之多壽者皆富貴之人也。凡占終身財福，世爻財爻子孫爻三者無一失陷，定是家殷戶足、福祿綿長。財世旺相而福神不旺者，乃先富後貧之人也。何也？子孫者，財之源也。水無源流，終須枯涸，謂之財旺福空榮華不久。世與福爻旺相而財爻不旺者，乃無財享福之人也。既曰無財，焉能享福？此人心有現成之事業，祗知坐享，不知生發；或是財托他人掌管，祗知花費，不試艱難。財與福爻旺相而世爻不旺者，乃富屋之貧人也。

The text says, "When fortune and wealth are prosperous and strong, it is the home of bell and tripod, i.e., a wealthy family." The old commentary explains that if the World Line is prosperous and strong without being harmed, then one will be both rich and long-lived. Li Wenhui says: when divining about wealth, one should look at whether the wealth line is prosperous; when divining about longevity, one should focus on the World Line. There has never been a case where both fortune and wealth are not prosperous, yet only the World Line is strong, and then one is considered both rich and long-lived. If one rigidly follows this view, then all long-lived people would have to be wealthy. When divining about a person's entire life regarding wealth and fortune, if the World Line, wealth line, and children line are all not lost, then the family will certainly be prosperous and blessed with long-lasting fortune. If the wealth line and World Line are prosperous but the children line is not, then it is a person who becomes rich first and then poor later. Why? Because children are the source of wealth. If water has no source, it will eventually dry up. This is called "wealth is prosperous but fortune is empty, prosperity does not last long." If the World Line and children line are prosperous but the wealth line is not, then it is a person who has fortune but no wealth; since there is no wealth, how can one enjoy the fortune? Such people merely rely on existing family wealth, only knowing how to enjoy it without knowing how to generate more; or they entrust their money to others, only knowing how to spend without understanding the difficulties. If the wealth line and children line are prosperous but the World Line is not, then it is a poor person living in a wealthy house.

覺子曰：以上之論，不旺所句者，無氣失陷謂之不旺，得地有氣亦謂之不旺，空破墓絕亦謂之不旺。財福旺而世爻不旺而有氣者，從逢生之年復旺相。故謂之財福司權，榮華有日。財福兩旺，世爻無氣者，不為吉也，雖旺財豐衣足食，不免痴瘂暗聾、或遭疾病官非、或繫吝澀鄙俗。財福兩旺而世爻失陷者，更為凶也，雖有萬斛金銀，難買長生藥丹。前論財與福神，雖則不旺，亦宜有氣，若失陷者，更為凶兆，財福失陷，立見傾家，唯動空及動而破者，不妨定(應實)破(實)空之年月也。

Li Wenhui said: The meaning of "not prosperous" mentioned above has several layers: lacking vitality and being lost is called not prosperous, merely having a place but lacking vitality is also called not prosperous, falling into emptiness, encountering destruction, entering a tomb, or being at a dead end are all called not prosperous. If the wealth and happiness are prosperous while the world line is not prosperous but still has vitality, then when encountering a year of growth, it will become prosperous again, which is called "wealth and happiness take control, prosperity will come." If both wealth and happiness are prosperous but the world line has no vitality at all, it is not considered auspicious: even if one has abundant wealth and sufficient food and clothing, one is still likely to suffer from mental disorders, deafness, blindness, or illness and legal troubles, or be stingy and vulgar. If both wealth and happiness are prosperous but the world line is completely lost, it is even more dangerous: even with thousands of taels of silver, one cannot buy the elixir of longevity. Previously it was said that even if the wealth and happiness are not prosperous, they must still have vitality; if they are completely lost, it is an even worse omen. Once wealth and happiness are lost, the family will immediately face ruin—only those that are activated but fall into emptiness or are activated but encounter destruction are excluded, and their time of occurrence is determined when the emptiness or destruction is filled.

財世休囚，龜釜生塵之宅。世爻財爻福爻三者無氣、或空破墓絕、或動而變凶，乃無衣乏食之人也。世爻得地、而財福失陷者，此人身強力健、或有小謀小技，亦可支撐度日。世爻福爻有氣、財爻無氣者，雖則貧寒樂享清福。世爻財爻有氣、福爻而無氣者，此人雖無積蓄，手頭常過金銀、或代人掌財，再得日月動爻生扶者，亦許小成。

The text says, "The wealth line is weak and confined, indicating a dwelling where the tortoise shell and cooking pot are covered in dust": When the world line, wealth line, and children line all lack vitality, or fall into emptiness, breakage, burial, or decline, or when they move and transform into ominous signs, this person is poor and lacks basic necessities. If the world line is strong but the wealth and fortune lines are weak, this person is physically strong or has some small skills or trades that allow them to make a living. If the world line and children line are strong but the wealth line is weak, although the person is poor, they can enjoy a peaceful and comfortable life. If the world line and wealth line are strong but the children line is weak, this person may not have savings, but often has money passing through their hands, or may manage others' money; if further supported by the day and month lines, they might achieve some minor success.

如卯月申日占終身財福得復之頤 子孫酉金″　　動　　官鬼寅木′ 妻財亥水″　　妻財子水″ 兄弟丑土″應　　兄弟戌土″世 兄弟辰土″　　兄弟辰土″ 官鬼寅木″　　官鬼寅木″ 妻財子水′世　　妻財子水′應 五爻亥水財、世爻子水財，皆長生於申日，雖不當令，卻得日建之生，獨嫌酉金福沖破而化絕，生平衣祿不少，難於積蓄成家。果此人自三十七歲入典鋪掌櫃，財東更換者三，此人依然在櫃，活至七旬之一，每年工食養家，此應財爻持世遇長生也，生四子二女。若執古法而兼看，卦中子孫破化絕，乃無子也。

For example, on a day of Shen and a month of Mao, divining about lifetime wealth and fortune, one gets the hexagram Fu (Hexagram 24) changing into Yi (Hexagram 27). The primary hexagram's six lines from top to bottom are:子孙酉金 (children in酉 metal, activated), 妻财亥水 (wealth in亥 water), 兄弟丑土 (siblings in丑 earth, responding), 兄弟辰土 (siblings in辰 earth), 官鬼寅木 (official ghost in寅 wood), 妻财子水 (wealth in子 water, world line). The changing hexagram's lines are:Official Ghost寅木 (official ghost in寅 wood), Wealth子水 (wealth in子 water), Siblings戌土 (siblings in戌 earth, world line), Siblings辰土 (siblings in辰 earth), Official Ghost寅木 (official ghost in寅 wood), Wealth子水 (wealth in子 water, responding). The fifth line,亥 water wealth, and the world line,子 water wealth, both have growth in the day of Shen, though not in season, yet they receive support from the day's heavenly stem. The only drawback is that the酉 metal children are being broken by the day's heavenly stem, and the changing line brings寅 wood, resulting in 'mutual destruction'. Therefore, this person's life has enough food and clothing but cannot accumulate wealth to establish a family. Later events confirmed this: he worked as a clerk in a pawnshop from the age of thirty-seven, with three different owners, yet he remained in the office, living until seventy-one, supporting his family with his salary each year. This is exactly the case of wealth lines holding the world line and meeting growth. He had four sons and two daughters; if using the ancient method of interpreting one hexagram to cover multiple aspects, the children line is broken and transformed into mutual destruction, would it not predict he has no sons?

黃金策曰：世位休囚，非貧即夭。餘以為非貧者，須觀財福。夭者，單用世爻。非夭即貧，不是卜易之理。世居空位，終身作事無成。舊注大忌世空，一生百事無成。餘以此論近理，但未分出旺與動，世爻旺而空者，謂之帶旺匪空。動不為空，遇日建沖者，沖空則實空之年，勃然發福。豈曰無成。

The Golden Strategies say, "If the world line is weak and confined, then either poverty or early death is certain." I think that whether someone is poor or not should be judged by the wealth line and children line; whether someone dies young or not should be determined solely by the world line. To bundle together the two outcomes of "not poor or not die young" is not in line with the principles of divination. The text says, "If the world line is in an empty position, one will never achieve anything in life." Old commentaries most dislike the world line falling into an empty position, saying it means one will never accomplish anything in life. I think this statement is somewhat reasonable, but it fails to distinguish between strength and movement: if the world line is strong but falls into an empty position, it is called "strong and not empty"; if it moves, it is not considered empty; if it is opposed by the day master, it is called "conflict empties it out," and in the year when it is filled, it will suddenly bring good fortune. How can one say that nothing in life is accomplished?

如戌月辛亥日占終身財福得比之觀卦 妻財子水″應　　動　　官鬼卯木′ 兄弟戌土′　　父母巳火′ 子孫申金″　　兄弟未土″世 官鬼卯木″世　　官鬼卯木″ 父母巳火″　　父母巳火″ 兄弟未土″　　兄弟未土″應 斷曰：世爻雖空，月建合之，亥日生之，子水財爻動而生世，卯年一定成家，丑年占卦，果至卯年立業成家。彼時定鼎之初，雲貴才平，此人於川中帶出附子黃蓮桑材數擔，勃然家蓄數千餘金，從此立業成家，連年豐足，此豈可謂終身作事無成耶？

For example, on the day of Xinhai in the month of Xu, divining about lifetime wealth and fortune, one obtained the hexagram 'Bi' (Water on Earth) changing into 'Guan' (Observing from the Wind). The primary hexagram's six lines, from top to bottom, are: wife and wealth (water) (responding line, active), brothers (earth), children (metal), official ghost (wood) (world line), parents (fire), brothers (earth). The changing hexagram is: official ghost (wood), parents (fire), brothers (earth) (world line), official ghost (wood), parents (fire), brothers (earth) (responding line). The interpretation states: although the world line, which is wood, falls into the empty, it is supported by the month builder of Xu and combines with it, and the day of Hai also generates it. The water line representing wealth is active and generates the world line. Therefore, in the year of Mao, one will certainly establish a family and career. This divination was made in the year of Chou, and indeed, in the year of Mao, he established a family and career. At that time, the country was just founded, and Yunnan and Guizhou had just been pacified. He transported several loads of Aconite, Coptis, and mulberry wood from Sichuan, and suddenly accumulated several thousand taels of silver, thus establishing a family and career, and enjoying continuous prosperity. How can one say that this person has no success in his lifetime?

又如酉月辛未日占終身財福得頤卦 兄弟寅木′　　兄弟寅木′ 父母子水″　　父母子水″ 妻財戌土″世　　妻財戌土″世 妻財辰土″　　妻財辰土″ 兄弟寅木″　　兄弟寅木″ 父母子水′應　　父母子水′應 斷曰：財爻持世，雖有未日扶拱，不宜旬空。卦中無火生助，占身命之最忌也，難許成家。此人自二十五歲至五十多歲東奔西走，一事無成，後因貧困，從戒外出。如此者謂之生平作事無成，可也。

For example, on the day of Xinwei in the month of You, someone asked about their lifelong wealth and fortune, and received the hexagram Yi (Mountains and Thunder). The six lines, from top to bottom, are: brothers in寅wood, parents in子water, wealth in戌earth (the world line), wealth in辰earth, brothers in寅wood, and parents in子water (the responding line). All six lines are still, with no changing hexagram. The interpretation states: the wealth line is戌earth holding the world line, although there is a similar element on the day of Xinwei to support it, it is unfortunate that it is exactly in the旬空 period. The hexagram also lacks fire elements to generate earth. Wealth has fallen into emptiness and has no source, which is the most dreaded situation in divination of one's life. This person moved from place to place from the age of twenty-five to over fifty, achieving nothing, and later, due to poverty, took vows and became a monk. Cases like this can truly be described as 'lifelong endeavors without success'.

身入墓鄉，到老求謀多淚。世爻有墓，但有一墓者，若休囚無氣，主其人如痴如醉、不伶不俐、動靜行藏心不響快、凡為不遂。覺子曰：世爻若得臨於日月，或日月生扶、或動而化吉、不逢沖墓之年，果然顛倒昏迷，及逢墓庫沖開，如苗逢雨。諺云：福至心靈，爻中再有財福相生，或財福旺相者，陡然富足，故曰墓中人逢沖之年而發，豈可謂到老而多淚耶？

The text says, "When the self is in the storage area, in old age seeking to make a living brings many tears." If the World Line has a storage, even if there is only one, as long as the World Line is weak and confined, the person will be confused and disoriented, neither clever nor sharp, and every action will leave him dissatisfied. Li Wenhui says: If the World Line is exactly the same as the Day Branch or the Month Builder, or if it is supported by the Day or Month, or if it moves and transforms into something auspicious, then in years without conflicting with the storage, he remains dull and confused. But when the storage is opened by a conflicting year, it is like crops receiving rain. The proverb says, "When fortune comes, the mind becomes clear." If in the divination there is mutual generation between wealth and fortune, or if wealth and fortune are prosperous and strong, the person will suddenly become wealthy. Therefore, it is said, "A person in storage will rise when the storage is opened." How can it be said that he will only end up crying all his life?

如午月丙戌日占終身財福得節卦 兄弟子水″　　兄弟子水″ 官鬼戌土′　　官鬼戌土′ 父母申金″應　　父母申金″應 官鬼丑土″　　官鬼丑土″ 子孫卯木′　　子孫卯木′ 妻財巳火′世　　妻財巳火′世 此人旺財臨世，平素手有餘錢，亦因世入戌墓，酷好如痴賭，後至巳年因開鉛礦，連開數穴，富冠一鄉。野鶴曰：古法當應沖開戌墓之年，此卦而應沖世之年。

For example, on a day of Bingxu (丙戌) in the month of Wu (午), divining about lifetime wealth and fortune, one obtained the hexagram Jie (水泽节). The six lines, from top to bottom, are: brothers' water (兄弟子水), official ghost earth (官鬼戌土), parents' metal (父母申金, responding line), official ghost earth (官鬼丑土), sons' wood (子孙卯木), and wife's wealth fire (妻财巳火, world line). All six lines are still, with no changing hexagram. The person's world line is seated on a prosperous and strong wealth line, indicating that they usually have extra money. Also, since the world line fire (巳火) falls in the墓 (mound) of earth (戌土), they have a strong fondness for gambling, becoming addicted. Later, in the year of巳 (snake), they started mining lead, opening several mines in succession, becoming the richest person in the village. The Wild Crane Elder said: According to ancient methods, the fortune should have appeared in the year when the戌墓 (mound of戌) was opened. However, this hexagram indicates the year when the world line is affected by a clash, that is, the year when the world line fire (巳火) is in its own year and clashes with亥 (pig).

卦宮衰弱根基淺，爻象豐隆命運高。爻象豐隆，占身命最重。世爻、財爻、福爻，得遇生扶，自然命運高強。唯卦宮之衰弱者不驗，常見根基淺薄之人，宮幾旺，是不為法。若問成家嫌六沖之為卦。舊注：凡遇六沖，必主其人作事有始無終。前卦六沖，前三十年生涯淡泊，後卦六沖，三十年後家業凋零。余曰：非也，若之以兩卦六沖斷六十年之休咎，而世與財福置之於何地？若世財福爻無氣，再遇六沖卦者是也。

The text says, "The hexagram's palace is weak with shallow foundation, but the line symbols are prosperous, thus the fortune is high." When judging one's own fortune, the prosperity of the line symbols is most important—when the world line, wealth line, and children line are supported and strengthened, one's fortune naturally becomes strong. As for the statement "the hexagram's palace is weak," I have found it to be unreliable. Often, people with shallow foundations have hexagrams that are actually strong, so this cannot be used as a rule. The text also says, "If asking about marriage, the hexagram with six clashes is to be avoided." Old annotations say: whenever a hexagram with six clashes appears, the person's affairs will inevitably have a beginning but no end; if the first hexagram is six clashes, the first thirty years of life will be plain and unremarkable; if the later hexagram is six clashes, the later thirty years will see the decline of family affairs. I disagree. If using two hexagrams with six clashes to judge the fortune over sixty years, where would the position of the world line and wealth and happiness lines be? Only when the world line, wealth line, and children line are all weak, and another hexagram with six clashes appears, can such a judgment be made.

如寅月乙巳日占財福 兄弟戌土″　　兄弟戌土″ 子孫申金″　　子孫申金″ 父母午火′世　　父母午火′世 兄弟辰土′　　兄弟辰土′ 官鬼寅木′　　官鬼寅木′ 妻財子水′應　　妻財子水′應

For example, on the day of Yisi (乙巳) in the month of Yin (寅), divining about one's wealth and fortune, the hexagram obtained is Da Zhuang (Hexagram 34). The six lines from top to bottom are: brothers戌土, children申金, parents午火 (the world line), brothers辰土, official ghost寅木, and wife's wealth子水 (the responding line), all lines being still without any changing hexagram. In this hexagram, the parents午火 hold the world line and reside on the fourth line, while the official ghost寅木 is in command of the month of Yin. This indicates a strong presence of both parents and officials.

餘見此卦，世旺官父旺，見其人才品異常，問曰：近來所作何事？彼曰：在庠，因家寒，意欲行醫，不名財福如何？余曰：卦中官父兩旺，寅年必有際遇，午未年定登金榜。伊曰：予知不能，竟無此念。余曰：爾雖以財為問，而神告將來可成名。後果於寅年醫好富翁，厚贈讀書。午年一榜，富翁及親友又贈，援例縣令，未幾丁艱，及至補缺未幾，裡誤而歸，囊筐消然。應寅年者，寅年而實空。應午年發者，世爻而值年月，功名反覆而不久者，六沖之卦也。宦囊消索者，子水財爻絕於日也；

I saw that in this divination the world line was strong, and the official and parent lines were also strong. Seeing that this person had outstanding talent and character, I asked him what kind of occupation he was engaged in. He said he was studying at the county school, but because his family was poor, he wanted to change his career to become a doctor, and he asked about his fortune and wealth. I said that in the divination, both the official and parent lines were strong, so he would certainly meet a fortunate opportunity in the year of the tiger (寅), and in the years of the horse (午) and the Goat (未), he would certainly achieve success. He said that he knew he could not pass the examination, and had already given up this idea. I said that although he only asked about wealth and fortune, the spirits told him that he would eventually become famous. Later, he indeed cured a rich man's illness in the year of the tiger, and the rich man gave him a generous gift to support his studies. In the year of the horse, he passed the examination as a juren (scholar-official), and the rich man and his friends gave him more silver, and he followed the custom to become a county magistrate. Soon after taking office, he encountered the death of his parents and had to observe mourning for a period of time before he could take up his post again. However, not long after, he was dismissed from office due to a mistake in official duties, and he left with nothing. This was because the year of the tiger filled the empty position, and the year of the horse brought success because the world line was the fire of the horse, which matched the year's branch. His official position was unstable and did not last long because the divination was of the six clashes; his official salary was spent because the water line (child line) was cut off on the day of the snake (巳).

要知創業喜六合以成爻。舊注：占身命得六合卦，主其人春風和氣，交結善友，百事如心。交遊春風者有理，若以百事如心未必然，世必以用神兼之，爻象吉者，吉而又吉，爻象凶者，合亦無益。動身自旺獨力撐持。舊注：世爻不遇日辰動爻生扶，而自強自旺，其人必白手成家，此屢驗。但須財爻持世，而自強自旺，多自成家。若兄父官鬼持世，未必僅可撐持而已。

The text says, "To know about starting a business, one should rely on the Six Harmony to form the line." An old commentary explains: if one's personal fortune is the Six Harmony hexagram, this person is amiable, has many good friends, and everything goes according to his heart. Saying he treats people like spring breeze makes sense; but saying everything goes according to his heart is not necessarily true—this must be considered together with the useful god. If the line's image is auspicious, it is auspicious on top of auspicious; if the line's image is inauspicious, even if it meets the Six Harmony, it brings no benefit. The text also says, "When one moves, he is self-empowered and supports himself alone." An old commentary explains: if the world line is not supported by the day branch or the moving line, yet is strong on its own, this person is sure to build a family from scratch. This often comes true, but it is only when the wealth line holds the world line and is strong on its own that he is likely to establish a livelihood by himself; if it is the siblings, parents, or official ghost that hold the world line, he may not be able to build a family, but can only manage to hold on.

如申月壬子日占終身之財福 子孫酉金″應　　子孫酉金″ 妻財亥水″　　妻財亥水″應 兄弟丑土″　　兄弟丑土″ 兄弟辰土′世　　動　　兄弟丑土″ 官鬼寅木′　　官鬼卯木′世 妻財子水′　　父母巳火′ 世臨辰土，旺於子日，雖無刑傷沖剋，亦無生扶，真可謂之自強自旺，此人原來稍有家業，因賭致貧，問將來還有發旺否？余曰：兄爻持世，永無發福之秋，且世爻逢退，難許長年。後從當夫頭死於丑年。

For example, on a day of Renzi (壬子) in the month of Shen (申), someone asked about his fortune and wealth. The primary hexagram's six lines, from top to bottom, are:子孙酉金 (Children in酉 metal, responding line), 妻财亥水 (Wealth in亥 water), 兄弟丑土 (Siblings in丑 earth), 兄弟辰土 (Siblings in辰 earth, the world line, which is active), 官鬼寅木 (Official Ghost in寅 wood), 妻财子水 (Wealth in子 water). The resulting hexagram is: 子孙酉金 (Children in酉 metal), 妻财亥水 (Wealth in亥 water, responding line), 兄弟丑土 (Siblings in丑 earth), 兄弟丑土 (Siblings in丑 earth), 官鬼卯木 (Official Ghost in卯 wood), 父母巳火 (Parents in巳 fire). The world line is on辰 earth, which is strong on the day of Zi (子). It is neither harmed, nor clashed with, nor supported by anything else, truly showing self-reliance and strength. The person originally had some property, but lost it due to gambling. He asked if he could become successful again. I said: the line of siblings holds the world line, meaning he will never have good fortune; moreover, the world line of辰 earth changes into丑 earth, which is 'changing to a retreating god,' making even longevity difficult to expect. Later, he became the head of a pawnshop, and died in the year of Chou (丑).

衰世遇扶，因人創立。此果屢驗。世爻無氣，得遇日月動爻有一而生扶者，必遇好人提拔，但亦要財爻持世，或日月動爻作財以生世，因人照管成家，若父兄持世僅可度日，屢見日月生世，貴人生世，常得官貴垂青。如丑月丙辰日占終身財福得未濟之睽 兄弟巳火′應　　兄弟巳火′ 子孫未土″　　子孫未土″ 妻財酉金′　　妻財酉金′世 兄弟午火″世　　子孫丑土″ 子孫辰土′　　父母卯木′ 父母寅木″　　動　　兄弟巳火′應

The text says, "In a declining era, if supported, it is established through people." This principle often proves true. If the World Line lacks strength, as long as it receives support from the Day Branch, Month Builder, or a Moving Line, it will certainly encounter good people who will promote it. However, it also requires the Wealth Line to hold the World Line, or for the Day, Month, or Moving Line to act as the Wealth Line to support the World Line, thereby enabling one to be cared for and establish a family. If the Parents or Siblings hold the World Line, then one can only manage to get by. I have often seen people whose World Line is supported by the Day or Month or by a Nobleman, frequently receiving favor from officials. For example, a person who asked about his lifelong fortune and wealth on a day with the Day Branch being Bingchen and the Month being Chou, obtained the Hexagram of Fire and Water Not Yet Joined, changing into the Hexagram of Fire and Marsh Separation. The Primary Hexagram, from top to bottom, is: Brother's Fire (responding), Child's Earth, Wealth's Metal, Brother's Fire (World Line), Child's Earth, Parents' Wood (moving). The Resulting Hexagram is: Brother's Fire, Child's Earth, Wealth's Metal (World Line), Child's Earth, Parents' Wood, Brother's Fire (responding).

斷曰：兄爻持世，耗財之神，雖得寅木相生，而財不聚。彼曰：作何事可以成家？余曰：木生火旺，木火通明，胸中靈巧，況朱雀臨父，筆硯可以營生。後因叔父作衙門命之貼，寫得上人之意，可度日而財不聚。叔父提拔者，應寅木父爻生，又是筆墨營生。

The interpretation says: The brother's line holds the world line, which is the spirit of spending money. Although there is a寅 wood parent line to generate it, the money can never be kept. He asked: What should I do to get married? I said: Wood generates fire and fire is strong, wood and fire are bright, you are clever inside; moreover, the Vermilion Bird is on the parent line, you can make a living through writing. Later he worked as a clerk in his uncle's office, writing things that pleased the superior, able to make a living, but still could not save money. His uncle promoted him, which corresponds to the寅 wood parent line generating the world line; making a living through writing also corresponds to the Vermilion Bird being on the parent line.

日持合助一生偏得小人心，歲月克沖半世未沾君子德。世爻不論旺衰但得歲月日建有一而生扶者，君恩寵愛、君子相親、小人忠敬，平人者必得貴客扶持。又曰：父來生得父輩之恩，兄來克受兄之累，此則問有驗不可執之。世爻有氣或被日月有一而沖剋者，仕者上位相陵、同僚不睦、小人毀謗，若太歲五爻沖剋者，君恩失寵，世若休囚者更甚。平人而得此者，官貴欺陵，新朋妒忌，下輩欺侮。世若休囚更甚。遇龍子而無氣，縱清高亦是寒儒。此果屢驗。凡得青龍子孫持世，必然立志高遠，不慕富貴。即子孫無氣，亦主絕俗超群，自甘寒薄。

The text says, "If the day branch forms a harmonious connection, one may gain the favor of petty people, but for half a lifetime, one does not receive the virtue of a gentleman." Regardless of whether the world line is strong or weak, if the sovereign, month builder, or day branch comes to support it, officials will receive the favor of the monarch, be close to upright people, and have loyal subordinates; common people will surely receive support from noble persons. It also says: if the parents' line comes to support, one receives the kindness of one's elders; if the siblings' line comes to control, one suffers from the burden of siblings—this rule is occasionally accurate and should not be taken as absolute. Conversely, if the world line, though having strength, is clashed with by the sovereign, month builder, or day branch, officials will suffer from being oppressed by superiors, discord with colleagues, and slander from petty people; if the sovereign and fifth line clash with it, then one loses the favor of the monarch, and if the world line is weak and confined, the situation is even worse. For common people, they will suffer from oppression by officials, jealousy from new friends, and mistreatment by younger generations, and if the world line is weak and confined, the situation is even worse. The text also says, "Meeting the Azure Dragon's son without strength, even if one is refined and noble, one remains a poor scholar." This rule is often accurate: if one holds the world line with the Azure Dragon's son, that person is certainly ambitious with lofty aspirations and does not covet wealth and honor; even if the son line is weak, it indicates that he is detached from worldly concerns and content with a simple, humble life.

如酉月癸丑日占終身除功名外何事可為？得卦如下： 父母戌土′　　父母戌土′ 兄弟申金′　　兄弟申金′應 官鬼午火′應　　官鬼午火′ 兄弟酉金′　　兄弟申金′ 子孫亥水′　　動　　官鬼午火″世 父母丑土″世　　父母辰土″

For example, on a day of Guichou in the month of You, someone comes to consult about whether there is anything else in their life besides achieving fame and success. The hexagram obtained has the six lines from top to bottom as: parents戌earth, siblings申metal, official ghost午fire (responding line), siblings酉metal, children亥water (activating line), parents丑earth (present line); the resulting hexagram is sequentially: parents戌earth, siblings申metal (responding line), official ghost午fire, siblings申metal, official ghost午fire (present line), parents辰earth.

斷曰：財星伏於二爻，又值空亡，正所謂內外無財，伏又空，財莫能聚，且喜子孫獨破遇青龍，雖不持世，亦主清高，生平非義不取，不以富貴關心。彼曰：祖有恩蔭，讓與弟承襲，令欲挾會遍遊，取樂山水，可能如願否？余曰：亥水子孫變鬼，財爻又空，子死妻空，絕俗離群之事，如有此志，此卦驗之幾矣。彼曰：餘年四十有三，自二十一歲妻亡之後，竟未續絃，子女皆無。余曰：卦之相合，必如其願。後聞此人遊川廣填黔，及至十餘載之後，致書於家。竟入華山，不知所終。

The interpretation says: The wealth star is hidden beneath the second line, and it also coincides with the empty position, which is called internal and external lack of wealth, hidden and empty, so wealth cannot accumulate. Fortunately, the children line alone is active and is accompanied by the Azure Dragon. Although it does not hold the main line, it indicates that this person is noble and upright, never taking unjust wealth, and does not value wealth. He said: My ancestors had a favor, I gave it to my younger brother to inherit; now I want to take my belongings and travel around, enjoying mountains and rivers, can I achieve this? I said: The亥 water children line transforms into official ghost, and the wealth line falls into the empty position, which is an omen of children not being able to survive and wife being empty, which exactly matches the idea of leaving the world and living apart from people. If you truly have this intention, the fulfillment of this divination is not far away. He said: I am now forty-three years old, since my wife died when I was twenty-one, I have never remarried, and I have no children. I said: The divination matches your wish exactly, and it will certainly come true. Later, it was heard that this person traveled to Sichuan, Guangdong, then into Guizhou, and after more than ten years, he sent a letter home, saying he had entered Huashan, and afterwards his whereabouts were unknown.

覺子曰：餘因父子兄財官鬼各有相忌，難以一卦決之，是以分占得理，然亦有不占財神卦中現出旺財，不問功名爻象現出旺官，目下刑妻克子不待另占，卦中先現刑傷，不可不詳加細查。或曰：既謂分占，何故又言兼斷？余曰：此理難同俗人而言，來人慾占事者其幾動矣，人之至親，莫過於骨肉，人之得志，莫過於利名，神不告已問之事者，以重大者而先告也，即如此卦福遇青龍清高之客，子孫變鬼絕後之人，兼之財伏而空，乃是離塵絕俗，以此數事，正合福遇青龍清高之客也，似顯而見，何須另卜再卦？不然，此財爻者以之為財帛空耶？以之為妻妾空耶？

Li Wenhui said: precisely because parents, children, siblings, wealth, and officials each have their own conflicts and忌, a single hexagram cannot fully decide everything, so I advocate dividing the divination into separate parts for clarity. However, there are also cases where one does not ask about wealth, yet the hexagram shows a strong indication of wealth; or one does not inquire about official positions, yet the lines indicate a strong official presence; or there is already a sign of harm to wife and children, without needing another divination, as the hexagram already reveals the injury. These situations must be carefully observed. Someone asked: if you advocate separate divination, why do you also mention combined interpretation? I said: this principle is difficult to explain in detail to ordinary people. When a person comes to seek divination, their inner intention has already been activated. Among all things, people are most close to their family and most concerned about fame and fortune. The divine spirits do not answer the direct question but instead answer other matters first, because they wish to inform the person of more important matters first. For example, in this hexagram: theChildren is accompanied by the Azure Dragon, indicating a person of high moral character; theChildren changes into a ghost, indicating someone without descendants; plus the wealth line is hidden and falls into emptiness, which is exactly the image of someone leaving the worldly affairs. These several aspects corroborate each other, all conforming to the saying "Favor from the Azure Dragon indicates a person of high moral character." This is clearly visible, so why bother to divinate again? Otherwise, how can we determine whether this wealth line is considered as lost wealth or lost wife and children?

逢虎妻而旺強，雖鄙俗偏為富客。舊注為白虎臨財持世，雖其人不知禮義，然必家道殷實，果有驗。又曰：旺財若有制服，亦粗知文墨，此又非理，論旺財逢制，及應將來之破敗也，豈以文墨言？如午月丙子日占財福得明夷之豐 父母酉金″　　官鬼戌土″ 兄弟亥水″　　父母申金″世 官鬼丑土″世　　動　　妻財午火′ 兄弟亥水′　　兄弟亥水′ 官鬼丑土″　　官鬼丑土″應 子孫卯木′應　　子孫卯木′ 世臨白虎化出旺財生世，果此人目不識丁，鄙俗不堪，農生盡可度日，人丁六畜豐盛。戌年占卦，值子年農生被蝗蟲食盡，全家瘟疫，六畜亦瘟。應子年者，占時原有子日沖其午火，因午火而值月建可以相敵，令遇子年，增其沖剋，所以破敗。

The commentary says, "Meeting the White Tiger and wealth爻 in a strong position, even if one is vulgar, will certainly become wealthy." Old annotations explain that when the White Tiger is on the wealth爻 and holds the world line, although the person may not understand propriety, his family will certainly be prosperous. This statement indeed proves true. Old annotations also say that if the strong wealth is restrained, the person may have some knowledge of literature, which is unreasonable: if the strong wealth is restrained, it indicates future decline, how can it relate to literary ability? For example, a person who divines about wealth and fortune on the day of Bingzi in the month of Wu, gets the hexagram Ming Yi, which changes to Feng. The original hexagram, from the top down, is: parents in metal of You, siblings in water of Hai, official ghost in earth of Chou (world line, active), siblings in water of Hai, official ghost in earth of Chou, and children in wood of Mao (responding). The changing hexagram, in order, is: official ghost in earth of Xu, parents in metal of Shen (world line), wealth in fire of Wu, siblings in water of Hai, official ghost in earth of Chou (responding), and children in wood of Mao. The world line is on the White Tiger and changes to strong wealth which generates the world line. The person indeed could not read or write, was vulgar and coarse, and could make a living by farming, with many people and livestock. The divination was made in the year of Xu, and in the year of Zi, the crops were completely destroyed by locusts, the whole family contracted an epidemic, and the livestock also died from the plague. The prediction came true in the year of Zi, because at the time of divination, there was already a Zi day conflicting with the fire of Wu, but the fire was supported by the month builder and could resist; now, with another year of Zi, the conflict is doubled, hence the downfall.

父母持身辛勤勞祿，鬼爻持世疫病纏綿，遇兄則莫能聚財，遇子則身不犯刑。黃金策曰：父母官鬼持世皆可斷為辛勤勞碌、疾病纏綿。舊注曰：若是貴人勿以此斷。此說非理，實知不是貴人，焉知將來不貴？曾有人占財福酉月壬辰日得恆卦 妻財戌土″應　　妻財戌土″應 官鬼申金″　　官鬼申金″ 子孫午火′　　子孫午火′ 官鬼酉金′世　　官鬼酉金′世 父母亥水′　　父母亥水′ 妻財丑土″　　妻財丑土″ 問曰：爾過禱告曾問功名否？彼曰：生意人問，何有功名之念？余曰：此卦財生官旺，竟可問名。彼曰：天有落下來之官，亦不到我頭上。

The text says, "Parents hold a hardworking and laborious body, the ghost爻 holds the world and is plagued by illness, encountering the elder brother prevents the accumulation of wealth, encountering the children avoids punishment." The Golden Strategies say that if parents or official ghosts hold the world, it can be interpreted as hardship and illness; old annotations, however, say, "If it is a nobleman, one should not interpret it this way." This is unreasonable: now we know he is not a nobleman, how can we know he will not become one in the future? Once someone asked about wealth and fortune on the day of Renchen in the month of You, obtaining the hexagram Heng (Thunder and Wind). The six lines, from top to bottom, are: wife wealth in the earth element (responding line), official ghost in the metal element, children in the fire element, official ghost in the metal element (world line), parents in the water element, wife wealth in the earth element, all lines are still. I asked him, "Have you prayed for official rank?" He said, "I am a merchant, how could I have thoughts of official rank?" I said, "This hexagram shows wealth generating official rank, so it is actually suitable for asking about official rank." He said, "Even if officials fell from the sky, they would not fall on my head."

命再占得噬嗑變否卦 子孫巳火′　　妻財戌土′應 妻財未土″世　　動　　官鬼申金′ 官鬼酉金′　　子孫午火′ 妻財辰土″　　兄弟卯木″世 兄弟寅木″應　　子孫巳火″ 父母子水′　　動　　妻財未土″ 余曰：世爻未土之財變出申金之官，明明以財而變官。前卦財旺生官者，因世臨月建之官，辰日沖動戌土之財，暗動生世。雖可許名，不敢指以年月，後卦世臨未土而逢空，實空之年包出仕。果於卯年援例入臨，巳年初任兵馬即加納縣令，未年再位江南。舊注官鬼持世疾病纏綿，若是貴人。勿以此斷。此人原非貴人。豈謂之疾病纏綿耶？

I asked him to cast another hexagram, which came as the Hexagram Shi Ke (Fire Thunder噬嗑) changing into Hexagram Pi (Heaven Earth否). The primary hexagram's six lines, from top to bottom, are:子孙巳火 (Children of the Snake), 妻财未土 (Wealth of the Earth, which is the world line and is active), 官鬼酉金 (Official Ghost of the Metal), 妻财辰土, 兄弟寅木 (Siblings of the Tiger, which is the responding line), 父母子水 (Parents of the Water, which is active). The changing hexagram is: 妻财戌土 (Wealth of the Earth, which is the responding line), 官鬼申金, 子孙午火, 兄弟卯木 (Siblings of the Rabbit, which is the world line), 子孙巳火, 妻财未土. I said: The world line is on 未土 (Earth), and the wealth line changes into 申金 (Metal official star). Clearly, it is a change from wealth to official. In the previous hexagram, it was said that wealth is strong and generates the official, because the world line was exactly the official star of the month, and on the day of 辰 (Earth), the戌土 (Earth) wealth line was stirred and moved secretly to generate the world line. Though it may be allowed that he will achieve fame, we cannot specify the year or month. In this hexagram, the world line is on 未土 (Earth) and meets the empty period. So when the empty period is filled, he should take office. Later it turned out that in the year of卯 (Rabbit), he was admitted to the official examination by donation according to the regulation, and in the year of巳 (Snake), he was appointed to the position of military and police officer. Soon after, he donated again and became a county magistrate, and in the year of未 (Earth), he was transferred to Jiangnan. Old commentaries say that the official ghost holding the world line indicates prolonged illness, and also say, "If there is a nobleman, then one should not make such a judgment." But this person was not a nobleman. So should we say he would suffer from prolonged illness?

又如巳月已丑日占終身財福得歸妹之臨卦 父母戌土″應　　兄弟酉金″ 兄弟申金″　　子孫亥水″應 官鬼午火′　　動　　父母丑土″ 父母丑土″世　　父母丑土″ 妻財卯木′　　妻財卯木′世 官鬼巳火′　　官鬼巳火′ 余曰：卦中財福不旺，而官父兩旺，如何不問功名？彼曰功名之念已滅。余曰：世臨日建月建生身，必主顯貴中舉，巳午年富貴逼人來也。果於午年保舉，雖非科甲，身為科裡之官，此豈可謂父母持身辛勤勞碌耶？

For example, on a day of巳 month andJichou day, someone asked about his lifetime wealth and fortune, and got the hexagram《Gui Mei》 (Hexagram 54) changing into《Lin》 (Hexagram 19). The primary hexagram's six lines from top to bottom are: parents戌土 (responding line), brothers申金, official ghost午火 (active), parents丑土 (world line), wife wealth卯木, official ghost巳火. The changing hexagram is: brothers酉金, children亥水 (responding line), parents丑土, parents丑土, wife wealth卯木 (world line), official ghost巳火. I said: The wealth lines and children lines in the hexagram are not strong, but the official and parent lines are both strong, so why not ask about official positions? He said his thoughts about official positions had long since faded. I said: The world line is exactly the day builder of丑 day, and the month builder of巳 month is also supporting it, so it must indicate achieving high status and passing the examination. Wealth and honor will naturally come in the year of巳 or午. Later, he indeed received a recommendation in the year of午, though not through the official examination system, he still held an official position in the examination academy. How can one say that when parents hold the position, one must necessarily be diligent and hardworking?

父母臨身勞碌貧寒之輩。或曰：黃金策乃卜筮之宗，未有占身命而以父子財官兼斷之理。余曰：既不為信，即看父母持身之解注，其可知矣。謂占身不可見父兄官鬼持世，爻遇父則克傷子女，一生勞碌，不得安逸。豈非父為克子之神，又為一生勞碌之神？即執論之，但遇父爻持世，不獨一生勞碌辛勤，官不旺而父旺者，雖不見用於朝廷，名盛之傳。衰而又逢沖剋，即欲寄食於公門，凶多吉少。

The text says, "Parents over the person indicate a life of toil and poverty." Someone says: "The Golden Strategies is the masterwork of divination, how could it divide and interpret the father, son, wealth, and official in the same reading?" I say: if you don't believe me, just look at the commentary on the phrase "parents hold the person." It says that when divining one's fate, one should not see the parents, siblings, or official ghost occupying the world position. If the line meets the parents, it harms the children, and the person will be constantly laboring without ease. This is not merely treating the parents as a god that harms the children, but also as a god that brings toil. According to this, a person with the father's line occupying the world position does not necessarily mean a life of toil alone. If the official star is weak but the father's line is strong, even though he cannot be appointed by the government, he may gain fame through literature. If the father's line is weak and meets a clash and control, then even if he wants to find a job in the government, it will be dangerous and few good outcomes.

如子月乙未日占終身財福得兌卦 父母未土″世　　父母未土″世 兄弟酉金′　　兄弟酉金′ 子孫亥水′　　子孫亥水′ 父母丑土″應　　父母丑土″應 妻財卯木′　　妻財卯木′ 官鬼巳火′　　官鬼巳火′ 斷曰：卯木之財，而入未日之墓，巳火之官，休囚無氣，名不能成，利不能就，惜乎旺父臨身，才愈高而和愈寡，況得卦遇六沖，一事無成之象。後屢見逢顯貴聘之，才高氣傲，皆不待瓜期辭矣。目摯十餘載，貧寒炎泊，後隨表弟升任雲南，不知所終。

For example, on the day of Yiwei in the month of Zi, divining about lifetime wealth and fortune, the hexagram obtained was Dui (Hexagram 58). The six lines from top to bottom are: parents in the earth element of Wei (world), siblings in the metal element of You, children in the water element of Hai, parents in the earth element of Chou (response), wife's wealth in the wood element of Mao, and official ghost in the fire element of Si. All six lines are still, with no changing hexagram. The interpretation is: the wood element of Mao, representing wealth, falls into the tomb of wood on the day of Wei, and the fire element of Si, representing official ghost, is weak and confined in the month of Zi. Therefore, neither fame nor profit can be achieved. It is a pity that the prosperous parents' line holds the world position—higher talent leads to fewer people who can match it; and the fact that it is a hexagram of six clashes indicates a sign of achieving nothing. Later, many high-ranking officials invited him, but he was proud of his talent and left before his term was up. He wasted more than ten years in poverty and simplicity, finally following his cousin to Yunnan to take office, and his fate is unknown.

兄父臨世財耗貧寒。舊係遇兄則財莫能聚解。注有云：世逢兄爻必克妻妾，一生必不聚財，既以之為克妻，又以之為破耗，執此而論，世之傷妻者，皆貧困之人也。假使貧者偕老，富者斷絃，何以決之？故予以分占之法，實得理也。覺子曰：凡占財福，兄爻持世，雖不許之富足，亦看旺衰，旺則貧而好義，衰則多疾病官非，得日月生扶，貧而樂。得日月作財而合世，富而驕。旺臨蛇虎元武，奸盜詐為之兇頑。衰遇勾陳雀武，揹負肩挑之躬漢，受克受制，下賤隸卒。得合得扶，上人抬舉。全在人之通變，人觀其輕重而言。

The text says, "The brother and father are over the world line, wealth is lost and poverty follows." The old version states, "When the brother appears, wealth cannot be gathered." The commentary explains that when the world line meets the brother, it will certainly harm the wife and concubine, and one will never be able to accumulate wealth. It says both that it harms the wife and that it breaks wealth. According to this interpretation, would not all those who have died wives be poor people? Suppose a poor person lives with his wife until old age, while a rich person loses his wife in middle age, how should we interpret such cases? Therefore, using the method of separate divination is indeed reasonable. Li Wenhui says: When divining about wealth and fortune, although the brother line holding the world line certainly does not promise wealth, we also need to consider its strength and decline. If the brother line is strong, although poor, he is generous and virtuous; if the brother line is weak, he is often sick and involved in legal troubles. If the brother line is supported by the day or month lines, he is poor but content; if the day or month lines act as wealth lines and also harmonize with the world line, he is rich but arrogant and extravagant. If the brother line is strong and meets theTeng Snake (Teng Sha), White Tiger (Bai Hu), or Black Tortoise (Yuan Wu), he is a cunning and dishonest person; if the brother line is weak and meets Gou Chen (Gou Chen), Vermilion Bird (Zhu Què), or Black Tortoise (Yuan Wu), he is a laborer carrying burdens; if he is attacked or restrained, he is a lowly servant; if he is harmonized or supported, he can be promoted by superiors. All of this depends on the situation and the importance of the factors involved.

官衰無破公門異行資生。官鬼持世，休囚無氣者，乃纏綿病疾殘疾之人也。若有氣者，或入公門或挾術行道，再遇日月動爻貴人扶助，皆得貴客相親，從此成家立業，財若無氣，空有虛名而已。財弱有商賈百工事業。財爻福爻自來旺相者，或商或賈或守農生，成之富足，樂享豐饒，倘遇衰財持世，或得日月動爻生扶合助者，暴發興家，守農莊年時豐稔，習工藝巧奪天工。慕道修持皆為子孫持世。子孫乃恬淡之神，如若持世，孤立無助，又遇財爻陷者，若有高尚之志，許之為道為僧。若無出家之志，不可妄斷，殊不知見子，則身不犯刑，許之生平，不犯官刑可也。

The text says, "If the official ghost is weak without destruction, one may find a different path in the government office and gain sustenance": If the official ghost holds the world line and is weak and powerless, the person is likely to suffer from chronic illness or have physical disabilities; if the official ghost is strong and vigorous, the person may serve in the government office or rely on a particular skill or profession to make a living. If the sun and moon lines and nobleman lines support and assist, they can gain the favor of noble people and eventually establish a family and career. However, if the wealth line is weak and powerless, they will ultimately only gain a hollow reputation. The text says, "If the wealth line is weak, one may engage in commerce, craftsmanship, or other trades": If the wealth line and children line are naturally strong and vigorous, the person may engage in commerce, run a shop, or work in agriculture and achieve wealth and prosperity. If the weak wealth line holds the world line and is supported and assisted by the sun and moon lines and other lines, they may suddenly become wealthy and establish a family—those who work in agriculture will have a good harvest, and those who work in craftsmanship will have exceptional skills. The text says, "Those who pursue the Dao or cultivation are those whose children line holds the world line": The children line is the god of tranquility. If the children line holds the world line and is isolated without support, and the wealth line is in a weak position, if the person has lofty aspirations, they may be allowed to become a Daoist or a Buddhist monk. If the person has no intention of leaving home, do not make hasty judgments. Just remember "when the children line appears, the body will not suffer from legal punishment," allowing them to live a life without legal troubles.

家傾名喪乃因官鬼傷身。凡遇官鬼克世，世多旺者，生平多招刑憲，或招嫉妒、或小人暗害、或殘疾纏綿。若鬼旺身衰，乃身傷家傾之兆，動之不必以財福為問，速尋趨避之法可也。如世爻動而變鬼克世，及日月作官鬼而克世者，更凶。如卯月癸未日占終身財福得革之家人 官鬼未土″　　動　　子孫卯木′ 父母酉金′　　妻財巳火′應 兄弟亥水′世　　動　　官鬼未土″ 兄弟亥水′　　兄弟亥水′ 官鬼丑土″　　官鬼丑土″世 子孫卯木′應　　子孫卯木′ 應外卦世與日月同為三合，以為吉卦，不宜世爻變鬼，又化回頭之克，上爻未土又克，目下雖則無妨，今年五月沖開其合，或是酉月沖開卯木，須防不測。果至巳月而生惡瘡，卒於酉月。

The text says, "Family ruin and loss of reputation are due to the official ghost harming the body." Whenever the official ghost overcomes the world line, and the world line is still strong, the person will often suffer from punishment, or be envied by others, or be secretly harmed by villains, or be plagued by disability. If the official ghost is strong and the world line is weak, it is a sign of bodily injury and family decline. When encountering such a hexagram, there is no need to ask about wealth and fortune; one should immediately seek ways to avoid misfortune. If the world line is activated and transforms into the official ghost to overcome the world line, or if the day branch or month builder acts as the official ghost to overcome the world line, it is even more dangerous. For example, someone who divines about their lifetime wealth and fortune on the day of Guiwei in the month of Mao, gets the hexagram Ge (Hexagram 49) transforming into Jia Ren (Hexagram 37). The original hexagram, from top to bottom, is: official ghost of earth (unearthed), parents of metal, siblings of water (world line, activated), siblings of water, official ghost of earth, children of wood (response). The transformed hexagram, in order, is: children of wood, wife's wealth of fire (response), official ghost of earth, siblings of water, official ghost of earth (world line), children of wood. The world line and the day branch and month builder form the triple harmony of Hai-Mao-Wei, which could be considered a favorable hexagram. However, it is not favorable that the world line transforms into the official ghost, forming a "backward overcoming," and the top line of earth also overcomes the world line. Although there is no immediate harm, if the triple harmony is opened in May of this year, or if the month of You opens the卯 wood, one should be cautious. Indeed, in the month of Si, he developed a severe ulcer, and died in the month of You.

財化退兮不利於已。財爻持世化進神，或動而生世者，事業從此而進，家道自此豐亨，若化退神，家業自此漸退，日剝月削，漸生蕭條，若世爻再被刑剋沖害者，非漸退也，即見家覆財傾。世逢合住受制於人。世臨財爻兄者，而得日月動爻合住，衣食僅可度日，難許豐足。世爻無氣而被合，財福無氣，兄動卦中，乃奔走受制之下賤人也。

The text says, "When wealth transforms into a retreating god, it is unfavorable for oneself": If the wealth line holds the world line and transforms into an advancing god, or if it moves to generate the world line, one's career will progress continuously and the family's fortune will become abundant; but if it transforms into a retreating god, the family's business will gradually decline, day by day becoming more desolate; if the world line is further harmed by conflicts, punishments, or clashes, then the decline will not be gradual but immediate, leading to sudden family collapse and financial ruin. The text also says, "When the world line is combined and restrained, it is subject to others": If the world line is accompanied by the wealth line or the brother line and is restrained by the day or month lines and moving lines, then one's income is barely enough for daily living, and wealth and children will not be prosperous; if the world line has no strength and is also restrained, and the wealth line and children also lack strength, and there is a moving brother line in the hexagram, then one is a person who is always under others' control and constantly restricted, of low status.