Marriage

娶妻先向財中覓，嫁夫可類鬼爻推，旺相得時成合配，休囚刑害不相宜。兄旺克妻妻不就，子旺傷夫夫有疑，八純動者主離別，五世游魂損小兒。（眉批：妻財鬼爻，旺相成合，休囚不宜，兄旺克妻。子動傷夫，八純離別，五世游魂，必損小兒。）

For a man seeking a wife, one should first look for the useful god at the wife's wealth爻; for a woman seeking a husband, one should examine the official ghost爻. If the useful god is prosperous and strong, and in season and timely, the marriage will be successful. If the useful god is weak and confined, and further meets conflicts and harms, it will not be suitable. If siblings are strong and active, they will overcome the wife's wealth, making the wife's side unwilling. If children are strong and active, they will harm the official ghost, causing the husband's side to have doubts. If an eight pure hexagram is obtained and the lines are activated, it indicates separation later. If the fifth generation hexagram and the wandering soul hexagram are obtained, it indicates harm to the child. (Old note: The wife's wealth and official ghost lines, when prosperous and strong, lead to harmony; when weak and confined, they are unsuitable. Strong siblings overcoming the wife's wealth, active children harming the official ghost, eight pure hexagrams indicating separation, fifth generation and wandering soul hexagrams indicating harm to the child.)

占妻看財宜動，占夫有鬼宜靜。陽宮端正，陰宮醜陋，在飛止應頭面，在飛不應四肢，卦無子孫不喜悅。男占得震主再婚，女占得坎主再嫁。

When divining about a wife, one should look at the wife's wealth line, and it is preferable for this line to be activated. When divining about a husband, the official ghost line should be present in the卦, and it is preferable for this line to be calm. If the useful god falls in a yang palace, the person is likely to have a proper appearance; if it falls in a yin palace, the person is likely to have an ugly appearance. If the flying line of the useful god corresponds to the position it should be associated with, it refers to the head and face; if it does not correspond, it refers to the limbs. If the卦 does not contain the children line, this relationship is unlikely to bring joy. A man who draws the Zhen hexagram in his divination mainly indicates a second marriage; a woman who draws the Kan hexagram mainly indicates a second marriage.

妻在同爻女有親為主婚，夫在同爻男有親為主婚。若得時旺相，則有成。如出現，忌日沖月破。世動男不肯，應動女生疑。用神發動，成也見分離。父傷損長親，間動阻隔，或媒人又作鬼。

The wife's wealth and siblings are in the same line, indicating that the female family has a relative who arranges the marriage. The official ghost and siblings in the same line indicate that the male family has a relative who arranges the marriage. If the useful god is in its prosperous and strong state, the matter will succeed. Even if the useful god is clearly present in the hexagram, it still fears being attacked by the day branch or destroyed by the month builder. If the world line moves, it means the male is unwilling. If the response line moves, it means the female has doubts. If the useful god moves, even if the marriage is completed, there will be separation later. If the parents line is injured, it will affect the respected elders. If the intermediate line moves, there will be someone in between causing obstruction, and even the matchmaker may be a malevolent spirit.

生產未知臨盆許，月日長生子當執，兄爻旺相母生難，子孫受克兒災苦。又曰：飛去克伏子難收，陽卦為男陰是女，兩爻旺相喜相扶，必是雙胎天賜與。（眉批：取胎元氣，假令乾宮以子水為子孫，長生在申，至午為胎。子孫出現胎月。）

When predicting the time of childbirth but not knowing when the mother will give birth, one combines the long life position of the day branch, the month builder, and the children's hexagram to determine the exact time. If the siblings' hexagram is prosperous and strong, the mother's childbirth will be difficult. If the children's hexagram is being restrained, the fetus may suffer misfortune or hardship. It also says that if the flying god above restrains the hidden children's hexagram, the child will have difficulty being born. If the hexagram is yang, it indicates a male child; if it is yin, it indicates a female child. If two hexagrams are both prosperous and strong and support each other, it is surely a gift from heaven, indicating twins. (Old notes: The method of determining the vital energy of the fetus, for example, in the Qian hexagram, the children's hexagram is the water hexagram, whose long life position is in Shen. From Shen, counting forward to Wu is the 'fetus' position. The month of conception can be determined by the position where the children's hexagram appears.)

若子爻出現，不出月生，但看世爻，向支數至母長生日，即為乳也。假令秋占需卦，戊申持世，癸亥之水為母，長生在申，即言當日乳。

If the line representing children is clearly present in the hexagram, the child will be born within this month. One only needs to look at the earthly branch of the world line, and count down from there to the day when the mother's growth begins, which is the day of birth and nursing. For example: in autumn, the hexagram of Need is drawn, with Wushen as the world line, and Guihai water as the mother. The water of Hai is born in Shen, and the world line is exactly Wushen, so the birth is predicted for that day.

如未爻持世，來日生。亥子持世，旬日分娩。但憑卦，卜世曰：世旺克子，落草即死。若在伏義，可克飛上，下爻便見，降生之月，下及月者生，墮胎也。

If the You line holds the world line, childbirth will occur the next day; if Zi or Hai holds the world line, delivery will happen within ten days. These statements are based solely on the hexagram. Considering the world line: if the world line is strong and overcomes the Children line, the fetus will die immediately after birth. If the Children line is hidden beneath and its meaning is clear, it can overcome the flying line above. Then, from the position of the hidden line, we can determine the month of birth; if the child is born before the month, it indicates a miscarriage.

應舉求官問後先，官旺文書有氣前，文作文章為直用，日建扶官定是元。又曰：父母文書是棟樑，推明旺相細銷張，官鬼試官題目事，子孫如錦子榮昌。（眉批：官文兩強，月建捄宮，必奪文魁。子動傷官，財動破父，鬼動奪禮，父化父雅，父化官難。）

When asking about the order of success in an examination or seeking official position, the focus is on the sequence of ranking. If the official ghost is strong and the documents (articles) also have vitality, then the rank will be higher. Documents refer to writings, and the useful god is directly taken from them. If the day builder supports the official star, then it is certain to be among the top ranks. It is also said that parents represent the documents, which are the main pillars of this category; when making a judgment, one should carefully elaborate on their prosperity and strength. The official ghost represents the examiner and the exam questions; if the children are prosperous, it indicates the glory of the descendants. (Old commentary: If both the official star and the documents are strong, and the month builder nurtures the native's palace, it is certain to win the literary excellence. If the children activate the injurious star, or if the wealth activates the destruction of the documents, or if the official ghost activates the loss of propriety, then the parents transform into parents, indicating elegant and refined writing; if the parents transform into the official ghost, then the official rank will be difficult to achieve.)

又曰：兄弟雷同難上榜，妻財美論豈能強，父化父兮多雜犯，父化官兮總不方。要文書持世，無刑無克，太歲貼身，必占魁元。

It is also said that the siblings' hexagram indicates similar writings, making it difficult to achieve high rankings; the wealth hexagram may be able to speak well, but it directly conflicts with the documents, so it will ultimately not be strong. When the parents' hexagram transforms into parents, there are many conflicting elements mixed in the text; when the parents' hexagram transforms into the official ghost, it is ultimately not in accordance with regulations. One must have the documents hexagram holding the position, neither being punished nor being overcome, and if the sovereign hexagram is attached to the position, then it will certainly secure the top rank.

凡占試以鬼為主，看伏在何爻下，要日辰生扶命出。且如春未日，占剝卦，官在文書下有氣，日辰合出生，中試。

When divining about exams, the Official Ghost is the main focus: one should check where it is hidden under which line, and ensure that the Day Branch can generate and support it, bringing it out. For example, if on the day of 'Wei' in spring, the hexagram 'Bo' is drawn, and the Official Ghost is hidden under the line of Parents (i.e., the line of Documents) with some vitality, the day 'Wei' combines with it and can generate it, thus bringing it out, which indicates a successful examination result.

赴詔面君子堂，宜官鬼出現，鬼墓發動不須推。除遷以鬼爻持世，鬼或發，臨鬼墓，不吉。求職請判，在任宜鬼爻靜，鬼發或動子出，有替。

When summoned by imperial decree to appear before the sovereign in the hall, the official ghost line should clearly appear in the hexagram. If the official ghost enters the墓 (grave) and becomes active, there is no need for further interpretation, as the matter will certainly not succeed. When seeking appointment or promotion, having the official ghost as the holder (世) is auspicious; however, if the official ghost becomes active or is located in the墓, it is inauspicious. When seeking appointment, requesting a document, or a current official divining the stability of their position, the official ghost should remain quiet. If the official ghost becomes active or if the children line becomes active and overcomes the official ghost, someone will take over your position.

見貴求謀問立身，文書不動及時辰，財動文書空費力，子動傷官事不亨。又曰：事見兩爻須再覓，官多宛轉恐艱難，最要日辰生合出，知音處處得前程。

Meeting the nobleman and seeking advancement, the question is about whether one can stand firm: if the document line is still and unmoving, and it coincides with a suitable time, the matter will go smoothly. If the wealth line becomes active and overcomes the document line, efforts will be wasted. If the children line becomes active and harms the official star, the matter will not proceed. It is also said that if a matter occupies two lines in the hexagram, one should seek another way to ask again; if there are many and overlapping official ghosts, the matter will be complicated and difficult. Most importantly, if the day branch can generate, harmonize with, or bring out the line, then one will meet understanding people everywhere, and the future is promising.

如六爻中，只一爻動，最忌兄弟動，事不實而難成。若文書與貴人卦中原無事，亦難成。出現有氣，亦怕空亡，所謂動爻急如火攻，急落空亡。求官與文書，要旺相持世有成。

If only one line moves in the six lines, it is most undesirable for that line to be the siblings: siblings represent falsehood and deception, and the matter will be unrealized and difficult to achieve. If the line representing documents and the line representing the nobleman (official ghost) are not present in the original hexagram, it will also be difficult to succeed. Even if the useful god appears and has strength, it still fears falling into the empty亡 (empty death); the moving line is as urgent as a fire attack, though its force is strong, once it falls into the empty亡, it quickly dissipates. For seeking an official position or documents, the useful god must be prosperous and strong and also hold the world line, in order to achieve success.

應爻不克，事體分明，乾兌坎宮，謀事不一。見官用動，其人多出亦空喚。

The Response Line does not overcome the Present Line, and the original matter becomes clear. If the hexagram comes from the Qian, Dui, or Kan trigrams, then the matter will not be focused, and there will be many different threads. If one wants to meet an official, and the line is activated, that person is likely away, so going there is in vain and just a useless shout.

占財旺相喜持世，出現生扶司秉勞，脫貨求財要用興，開張生意方得利。（眉批：最忌空亡臨財，飛爻克伏，徒為費力。）

Divination about wealth favors a prosperous and strongWealth (wealth) that is also held by the current line. If the wealth爻 is clearly present in the hexagram and receives support, it indicates that the person is in charge of the matter and will be rewarded for their efforts. When selling goods to make a profit, theUseful God (useful god) must be activated; only then can business ventures bring profit. (Old commentary: It is most忌 (to be avoided) if the wealth爻 falls into空亡 (wasteland) or if the flying爻 above suppresses the hidden wealth爻, which results in wasted effort.)

又曰：月破空亡未可憑，飛爻克伏要留神，若求件件皆如意，但看財生世者是。（眉批：且如寅日卜得益卦，討益當日便有益，日辰比財庫中也。）

It is also said that if the wealth hexagram is broken by the month or falls into emptiness, it is unreliable; when a flying hexagram overcomes a hidden one, particular care should be taken. If one wishes for everything to go according to desire, one should check whether the wealth hexagram comes to generate the world line—only when wealth generates me, can it be considered truly obtained. (Old commentary: For example, if one divines on a寅 day and obtains the《益》hexagram, one may immediately gain benefits, because the day hexagram shares the same energy as wealth, and this is exactly in harmony with the wealth repository.)

世空不妨，即需鼎困豫家人，始雖艱難，終可如意。為脫貨，宜動。至如開張販賣，營運抽拈，停塌賭博，索欠覓借，並要財爻旺相，日辰生扶，官靜言祥。如福德旺相，亦可有財。

The world line falling into an empty position is not a problem. For instance, in hexagrams like "Need," "Tripod," "Impediment," "Ease," and "Family," although they start off difficult, they eventually lead to favorable outcomes. If it's about selling goods, the useful god should be activated. For matters such as opening a business, trading, profit-making, stockpiling goods, gambling, collecting debts, and arranging loans, the wealth line should be prosperous and strong, with the day branch coming to support it, and the official ghost quiet, then it is appropriate to speak auspiciously. If the children and fortune virtue lines are prosperous and strong, and the children can generate wealth, there will still be wealth to be obtained.

凡財爻旺相出現者，日克之必有。日辰旺相，卻不要克他，看財伏於何爻，日辰沖散飛爻，其財必有。

Whenever the wife and wealth爻 are prosperous and strong and clearly present in the hexagram, even if the day branch comes torestrain it, the wealth will still definitely come—prosperous wealth does not fear beingrestrain. However, if the day branch itself is strong and prosperous, one should not let it go on torestrain the wealth爻. If the wealth爻 is not present, one should look for where it is hidden beneath another爻. As long as the day branch can dispel the flying爻 above it by冲, the wealth will definitely be obtained.

凡卦中無財，殊不知福能生財，但能福爻旺相，必遂。又卦內無財無福，月令中有財，亦可成。或日辰是財，當日亦有。此謂之無中生有。凡有財卦即此，亦不可錯過，慎之。

In a hexagram, if there is no wife and wealth爻, people often think there is no wealth to seek. But they do not realize that children and fortune virtue can generate wealth. As long as the fortune爻 is prosperous and strong, seeking wealth will certainly succeed. For example, if a hexagram has neither wealth nor fortune, but the month's stem is itself wealth, it can still succeed. Or if the day branch is itself wealth, then that day will bring gain. This is called 'creating something from nothing'. Any hexagram that actually has wealth available should not be considered as having no wealth and thus missed. One must be careful to distinguish clearly.

博戲求財皆是木，子孫出現世臨之，更兼旺相無刑剋，管取歡欣稱意歸。（眉批：子孫持世，財旺得遂，鬼爻持世，福星無益。）又曰：世爻見鬼應來克，縱有精神也是輸，福德休囚皆陷伏，往來空去下工夫。

Gambling for wealth should focus on the Wood line. The Children line must clearly appear in the hexagram and be directly on the World line. Additionally, it should be prosperous and strong, not harmed or restricted. In that case, one will surely return happy and satisfied. (Old commentary: If the Children line holds the World line and the Wealth line is strong, the desired outcome will be achieved. If the Official Ghost line holds the World line, the Fortune Virtue line will not be helpful.) It is also said that if the Official Ghost line is on the World line and the Response line further harms the World line, even with full energy, one will still lose. If the Children line of Fortune Virtue is weak or hidden beneath and cannot emerge, then all efforts will be in vain.

間爻動，沖撞多，兄弟動多鬧，官動財爻必輸。

When the middle line yao moves, there will be much conflict and argument in the gambling game; when the siblings yao moves, it indicates noisy competition for wealth; if the official ghost yao moves and the wife's wealth is restrained by it, then losing is certain. These three are the most direct signs of failure in gambling.

送物與人宜世動，財爻若發去留也，世應並興歡喜悅，反蒙他家物惠多。（眉批：世動財發，去必留之。世應並興，成此歡悅。）

When giving a gift, it is favorable if the World Line moves, making the gift more easily given; if the Wealth Line also moves, the recipient will certainly accept the gift. When both the World and Response Lines are active, both parties will be happy; not only will the gift be accepted, but the recipient may also offer more in return. (Old commentary: If the World Line moves and the Wealth Line also moves, the gift will certainly be accepted; if both the World and Response Lines are active, this situation will bring mutual joy.)

遠行世墓身難動，鬼發財爻莫上舟，絕命游魂休舉步，扶身福德任前行。（眉批：世動宜行，尤宜遠行，傍動行遲，八純之卦，不宜遠行。世墓之方，大不可行。）又曰：父母發兮風雨阻，動爻克世路艱難，子孫出現官爻伏，旺相財爻千里安。

When the world line is in the墓 (burial) position, it is difficult to travel far; if the official ghost moves and the wealth line also moves to generate the ghost, one should not get on the boat. If the hexagram indicates a dying hexagram or a wandering soul hexagram, one should not take a single step; if the children and fortune virtue lines support the world line, then one may proceed without hesitation. (Old notes: When the world line moves, it is suitable for traveling, especially for long journeys; when other lines move, the journey will be delayed; the eight pure hexagrams are not suitable for long journeys; the direction where the world line is in the墓 position should absolutely not be gone to.) It also says: if the parents line moves, there will be wind and rain blocking the way; if a moving line restrains the world line, the journey will be difficult; if the children line is clearly present and the official ghost is hidden and does not appear, plus the wealth line is prosperous and strong, then even a journey of thousands of miles will be safe.

謁人須問謁何人，世應作鬼枉勞心，用爻出現不乘旺，往見必不在家庭。世應坐鬼，彼此疑心，用爻衰弱，我何籍焉。

When visiting someone, one should first clarify who it is that one is going to see, so as to determine the useful god. If both the world line and the response line are occupied by official ghosts, then it is a waste of effort. Although the useful line is present in the hexagram, it is not in its prime, meaning that the person is certainly not at home. When the world and response lines are occupied by ghosts, it indicates mutual suspicion between the parties; if the useful line is weak, the person cannot offer assistance, so what can I rely on?

文望行人慾候歸，爻神出現必歸期，信來父母交重發，旺相扶生可待時。又曰：鬼動克身凶信至，若不遭凶禍必隨，要知行者來何日，先問何人占是誰。（眉批：占家親者，以墓為歸，爻神日辰出現，不克行人，可待。若望遠路，用爻值月，以定行期。）

If the useful god's line is clearly present in the hexagram, then the return date can certainly be determined. If the parents' lines are both active, then news will arrive. If the useful god is prosperous and strong and also receives support, then the return date can be awaited with certainty. It is also said that if the official ghost line becomes active and attacks the world line, then bad news is coming. Even if no misfortune occurs, troubles will follow soon. To know when the traveler will return, one must first clarify who is being divined and who is doing the divination, only then can the useful god be accurately determined. (Old notes: When divining for one's own family member, the return date is determined by the day the useful god enters the tomb. If the useful god and the day branch both appear in the hexagram and do not attack the traveler, then one can wait. If the person is expected from a distant place, then look at the month when the useful god line appears, and use that to determine the return date.)

又曰：變動行人應取之，日辰生旺定歸期，出現有氣生取用，不落空亡亦主回。

It also says: if a line in the hexagram changes, take the line that emerges from the change to judge the traveler's situation; then examine whether the day branch supports or strengthens it, and determine the return date accordingly. If the useful god appears in the hexagram, has vitality, and is supported, it can be used; as long as it does not fall into emptiness, the master will return.

又曰：間動人必阻歸期，月破親爻去不回，伏義扶世日辰出，消息遠來無改移。世臨四五無蹤跡，初二三爻在目令。

It is also said that if the intermediate line moves, there will certainly be some human affairs obstructing the return; if the six relations are used and encounter the month breaker, that person will leave and not return. The meaning of the hidden god is to support the world line; as long as the day branch brings it out, news from afar will certainly arrive on time and will not change. If the world line is on the fourth or fifth line, that person is nowhere to be found; if the world line is on the first, second, or third line, that person is nearby.

又曰：八純卦伏求方所，應現墓方尋的真，獨發之爻亦可取，自知賊若屈和伸。（眉批：用神伏藏，以生為方。）

It is also said that when one casts an octuple pure hexagram, the useful god is mostly hidden, and one should seek the direction based on the hidden god's position. One should look for the direction according to the storage direction indicated by the response line. The hexagram's single manifest line can also be used to determine the direction. In this way, one can naturally know whether the person or thief is bending or stretching, hiding or fleeing. (Old commentary: When the useful god is hidden, the direction is determined by the branch that generates it.)

去方：乾方天父玉樓君，坤方地母金臺臣，震長雷霆園林木，巽直風言草木繩。（眉批：丑東北，辰東南，未西南，戌西北。）

On the direction of departure: Qian is in the northwest, symbolizing heaven, father, jade pavilion, and sovereign; Kun is in the southwest, symbolizing earth, mother, golden platform, and subject; Zhen is in the east, symbolizing the elder son, and represents thunder, gardens, and trees; Xun is in the southeast, with a straight nature, symbolizing wind, commands and speech, grass and trees, and ropes. (Old commentary: The directions governed by the four墓 branches are—Chou in the northeast, Chen in the southeast, Wei in the southwest, and Xu in the northwest.)

又曰：凡財出現，在五爻之下，不動可見。若伏在下，其物閉藏，須是日辰生扶出，乃可見。

It also says: Whenever the wife and wealth line appears in a position below the fifth line, as long as it remains unmoved, the thing can be seen and found. If it is hidden beneath another line, it means the thing is concealed and must be brought out by the day branch generating and supporting it, so that it can be seen.

又曰：損失動爻隨件數，物色還將數上凍，出現財爻多易覓，官藏內象主家親。鬼休財靜終須覓，坤艮之宮早去尋，應動傷財人已去，六爻亂動不分明。

It also says: if several things are lost, the number of lost items should be determined by the number of moving lines in the hexagram; the quality and type of the items should also be determined by the number of lines. If the wife and wealth line is clearly present in the hexagram, the items are mostly easy to recover; if the official ghost line is hidden within the inner trigram, it indicates that a close relative is responsible. If the official ghost is weak and confined and the wife and wealth line is still, the items will eventually be found; if the hexagram comes from the Earth or Mountain trigram, one should search early in the Southwest and Northeast directions. If the responding line moves and harms the wife and wealth line, it indicates that the person who took the items has already left; if all six lines are active, the situation will be confused and unclear.

非鬼為賊，獨發之爻亦可取。但以足爻身爻動，行人皆至。世空來速，應空過去，一自歸魂卦，世動不來，或別處去。

Not necessarily the official ghost line can be regarded as the thief; sometimes other lines can also be considered as the thief. The line that stands alone in the hexagram can also be used to determine the thief. As long as the sufficient line and the hexagram body line are activated, the person will come. If the world line is empty, the person comes quickly; if the response line is empty, the person has already left. If a returning soul hexagram is cast and the world line also moves, then the person will not return or will have gone elsewhere.

失物未知何物色，先向財爻伏下尋，財爻不動宜尋覓，鬼現非親是外人。妻財在內不出屋，子旺還須祝告親，應動物藏方見易，亂動逆亡失不明。（眉批：財動宜尋，鬼現非親，財內未出，子現可覓，應動變易，亂動逆亡。）

If something is lost and one does not know its quality or type, one should first look for the wife's wealth line and the place where it is hidden. If the wealth line is still and unmoving, it is most suitable to search for it. If the official ghost line is clearly present in the hexagram, the person who took the item is not a family member, but a stranger. If the wife's wealth line is located in the inner trigram, the item has not left the house. If the children line is prosperous and strong, one should pray to the gods and inform the elders for help. If the responding line moves, the item has been moved to another place, and changing the direction will make it easier to find. If all six lines are in motion, the loss is unclear and difficult to trace. (Old comment: When the wealth line moves, it is suitable to search; when the official ghost line is clearly present, the thief is not a family member; if the wealth line is in the inner trigram, the item has not left the house; if the children line appears, it can be found; if the responding line moves, the item has been moved; if all lines are in motion, the loss is unclear and hard to find.)

以財相助，以鬼為賊，出現最急，傍爻為坎。又曰：土城火動山崗嶺，用上親方自得真，事爻出現人非遠，用墓刑空可急尋。（眉批：土動鬼現，不遠游魂，遠去鬼魂，還鄉世子。內動在近，外動在遠，用初世現，以旺為方。）

In divining the loss of an object, the wife and wealth line (妻财爻) represents the lost item and serves as the basis for searching, while the official ghost line (官鬼爻) represents the thief. If the useful god (用神) appears in the hexagram, the matter is most urgent and requires immediate pursuit. Other lines should be interpreted in terms of the meaning of a pit or depression (坎陷), indicating that the lost item is likely located in a low place or depression. It is also said that if the earth line (土爻) moves, the lost item is near a city or town; if the fire line (火爻) moves, it is near a mountain ridge. One should search in the direction associated with the useful god (用神) to find the true location. If the matter line (事爻) is clearly present, the person is not far away. However, if the useful god is buried (入墓), subjected to punishment (受刑), or falls into emptiness (落空), one must hurry to search. (Old commentary: If the earth line moves and the official ghost appears, the person is not far away; if it is a wandering soul hexagram (游魂卦), the person has gone far; if it is a returning soul hexagram (归魂卦), the person is returning home, and one should look at the world line (世爻) and the children line (子孙). If the inner trigram moves, the location is nearby; if the outer trigram moves, the location is far away; if the useful god is in the first line and the world line is clearly present, then the direction should be determined by theprosperous and strong branch to which it belongs.)

又曰：鬼爻發現人難捉，游魂應愛走他方，歸魂不久還鄉井，世動與身旺路傍。

It is also said that if the Official Ghost line is activated and clearly visible, the thief will be difficult to catch; if a wandering soul hex is drawn, the Response Line indicates that the person tends to go elsewhere; if a returning soul hex is drawn, he will soon return to his hometown; if the World Line is activated and the Hexagram Body is strong, the person is most likely nearby by the roadside.

又曰：走閃先觀世應神，應爻發動便難尋。若以鬼為賊，更以日干為主，分別老少。六畜以子為用爻，父動便休也。（眉批：此火六畜只宜子孫為用，父母動便休矣。）

Another saying states: when a person is hiding or has gone missing, first examine the World Line and the Response Line, these two main lines. Once the Response Line becomes active, it becomes difficult to find. If the Official Ghost is considered the thief, then use the Day Stem as the main reference to determine whether the thief is old or young. When divining the loss of livestock, take the Children Line as the Useful God. If the Parents Line becomes active and thus affects the Children Line, there is little hope of recovery. (Old commentary: this passage refers to the loss of livestock, and only the Children Line should be taken as the Useful God; once the Parents Line becomes active, the matter is lost. The original text mistakenly used 'fire' instead of 'loss'.)

走卻先求得用神，福藏寺觀父投親，兄弟動速必有伴，伏坐財鄉隱婦人。（眉批：福藏寺觀，父投親屬，兄動有伴，伏財婦人。）

When divining about someone who has run away, first determine the useful god. If the useful god is the children, the person is hiding in a temple or monastery. If the useful god is the parents, the person has gone to stay with relatives. If the brothers'爻 is active and urgent, the person must have gone with companions. If the useful god is hidden beneath the wealth爻, the person is hiding in a woman's home. (Old commentary: Fortune virtue indicates hiding in a temple or monastery, parents indicate seeking refuge with relatives, brothers' movement indicates having companions, and being hidden beneath wealth indicates hiding in a woman's home.)

動宮官舍近軍伍，動水河邊近水亭，木動乘船金動丸，火為鬧市甚分明。坎實雨露舟車獄，離虛日火旺空禽，艮重門山雲霧露，兌霞缺澤妓軍營。（眉批：動宮官舍，動水水邊，木動乘船，火動鬧市。）

The path someone is taking can be determined by the moving line: if the moving line belongs to the official palace, the person is in an official residence or near a military camp; if the moving line belongs to water, the person is by a river or near a pavilion by water; if a wood line moves, the person is traveling by boat; if a metal line moves, it indicates movement without a fixed destination; if a fire line moves, the person is in a bustling market, which is the clearest indication. In terms of the eight trigrams: Kan represents reality, rain, and dew, and is associated with boats, vehicles, and prisons; Li represents emptiness, the sun, and fire, and when strong, it indicates flying birds in the air; Gen represents heavy gates and mountains, and is associated with clouds, mist, and dew; Dui represents clouds,霞, and marshes, and is associated with brothels and military camps. (Old notes: a moving line belonging to the official palace indicates being in an official residence, a moving line belonging to water indicates being by water, a moving line of wood indicates traveling by boat, and a moving line of fire indicates being in a bustling market.)

官鬼當頭是賊爻，交重傷身禍必遭，再得子孫來解救，不臨旺相也難逃。（眉批：鬼動是賊，克世遭殃，子動來救，鬼衰可獲。）

Official Ghost at the head position indicates a thief; the line that is active becomes the thief. If it combines with another line to attack the worldly position, disaster is certain. If there is also a Children line that becomes active to rescue, and the Official Ghost is not strong and prosperous, the thief will surely be caught. (Old commentary: When the Official Ghost moves, it is the thief; if it harms the worldly position, misfortune follows. If the Children line moves to rescue and the Official Ghost is weak, the thief can be captured.)

父母金爻槁，木爻圓，火爻城，土爻野，水爻郭池湖。子孫金爻寺觀，木爻樓上，土爻廚閣，水爻酒肆，火爻鬧市。妻財土爻庫，木爻倉，水爻茶，金火爻奴妾。兄弟水爻房，土爻節，木爻瓦，金火爻賭坊。官鬼木爻山林，土爻祠廟宇，火爻廳場，金爻金鐵，水爻路傍。

According to the Six Relations and their corresponding Five Phases, the location of a person or thing is determined. Parents'爻: if it belongs to metal, it indicates a place with dry wood piles; if it belongs to wood, it indicates a circular area; if it belongs to fire, it indicates the city center; if it belongs to earth, it indicates the outskirts; if it belongs to water, it indicates the outer city, ponds, and lakes. Children's爻: if it belongs to metal, it indicates temples and monasteries; if it belongs to wood, it indicates upper floors; if it belongs to earth, it indicates kitchen and storerooms; if it belongs to water, it indicates taverns; if it belongs to fire, it indicates bustling markets. Wealth's爻: if it belongs to earth, it indicates storage rooms; if it belongs to wood, it indicates granaries; if it belongs to water, it indicates tea houses; if it belongs to metal and fire, it indicates the quarters of servants and concubines. Siblings'爻: if it belongs to water, it indicates houses; if it belongs to earth, it indicates mountain passes and checkpoints; if it belongs to wood, it indicates thatched-roof houses; if it belongs to metal and fire, it indicates gambling houses. Officials and ghosts'爻: if it belongs to wood, it indicates mountains and forests; if it belongs to earth, it indicates temples and shrines; if it belongs to fire, it indicates halls and courtyards; if it belongs to metal, it indicates metal and iron workshops; if it belongs to water, it indicates roadside areas. Whenever searching for people or things, refer to this table according to the Five Phases of the爻 to determine the direction.

應在兄弟木，是相識人家。應在官鬼，有勾引出去，或官司去處。應是父母，投親戚家，或入手藝人家。應是財，則奴婢姑娘人家。應是子孫，在寺觀廟宇處。

Determine a person's destination based on the response line. If the response line is siblings and belongs to the wood element, the person is at the home of an acquaintance. If the response line is official ghost, the person is lured away or has fallen into legal trouble. If the response line is parents, the person is seeking refuge with relatives or has joined a craftsman's household. If the response line is wife's wealth, the person is in the home of a servant or a young woman. If the response line is children, the person is in a temple or shrine. The response line represents the other party, so it is used specifically to determine the household the person has taken refuge in.