Volume One · Divination by Dividing the Lines of the Ghost Valley

樂隱、謀為、發達、豎立、成童、胎養。凡分爻帶吉神而旺相無傷，與身世命爻生合者，便是得意處。若休囚帶凶殺，或受傷，及與身世命爻刑沖剋害者，便是失意時也。又管公口訣曰，初爻二爻旺相，落地發財。三爻四爻休囚，中年蹭蹬。五爻六爻興隆，老景榮華。

Guiguzi divides the six lines of divination into stages of a person's life, from the top line to the first line in sequence: the top line "Le Yin" signifies joy in retirement in old age; the fifth line "Mou Wei" signifies planning and endeavors in middle age; the fourth line "Fa Da" signifies success in middle age; the third line "Shu Li" signifies establishing a family and career; the second line "Cheng Tong" signifies childhood education; and the first line "Tai Yang" signifies pregnancy and early childhood. If a particular line is accompanied by auspicious spirits and is prosperous and strong without harm, and also harmonizes with the lines of self, world, and destiny through mutual generation and combination, that stage is a time of success. If that line is weak and confined, accompanied by inauspicious stars, or suffers from being controlled or harmed, and also conflicts or harms the lines of self, world, and destiny, that stage is a time of failure. Guan Lu's mnemonic also states: if the first and second lines are prosperous and strong, one will become wealthy from the start; if the third and fourth lines are weak and confined, one will face difficulties and lack success in middle age; if the fifth and sixth lines are flourishing, one will enjoy prosperity in old age.

遊南子曰，占身命者，其要有八。祖業看大象，高卑看世位，剛柔看陰陽，六親看用神，貴賤貧富看神煞，禍福看六神，吉凶看三限，發用看流年太歲也。

Youshanzi said: Divination of one's life and destiny has eight key points. To examine the ancestral foundation, take the overall image of the hexagram (i.e., the hexagram's own structure); to examine social status, take the position of the world line; to examine temperament and nature, take the yin and yang of the line; to examine the condition of the six relations, take their respective useful gods; to examine wealth and poverty, take the deities and omens in the hexagram; to examine misfortune and fortune, take the six spirits; to examine good and bad fortune, take the three periods: great limit, small limit, and current year; to examine when a particular matter will occur and be verified, take the current year's heavenly stem. The following text will explain each of these eight points in detail.

大象為生時之基本，大象旺相，生時家道榮昌。大象休囚，此際資囊蕭索。故伏藏之卦無本宮大象者，必無祖業也。若象旺而爻亦旺者，為全備之福也。旺相胎沒死囚休廢，旺相胎沒死囚休廢。立冬：乾坎艮震巽離坤兌；冬至：坎艮震巽離坤兌乾。立春：艮震巽離坤兌乾坎；春分：震巽離坤兌乾坎艮。立夏：巽離坤兌乾坎艮震；夏至：離坤兌乾坎艮震巽。立秋：坤兌乾坎艮震巽離；秋分：兌乾坎艮震巽離坤。

The "Great Image" (the native trigram) represents the family's foundation at birth. If the Great Image is prosperous and strong, the family was flourishing at birth; if it is weak and confined, the family was poor and destitute. Therefore, if the trigram is hidden and the Great Image is not present, there must be no ancestral property to inherit. If both the Great Image and the lines are strong, then all blessings are complete. The following is the "Eight Trigrams with Seasonal Strength and Decline," used to determine the strength of the Great Image. Under each solar term, the eight trigrams are assigned in the order of strength, prosperity, infancy, decline, death, confinement, weakness, and decay. Starting from the Beginning of Winter, the order is: Qian (Heaven) is strong, Kan (Water) is prosperous, Gen (Mountain) is in infancy, Zhen (Thunder) is in decline, Xun (Wind) is in death, Li (Fire) is in confinement, Kun (Earth) is weak, and Dui (Lake) is in decay. Starting from the Winter Solstice, the order is: Kan (Water) is strong, Gen (Mountain) is prosperous, Zhen (Thunder) is in infancy, Xun (Wind) is in decline, Li (Fire) is in death, Kun (Earth) is in confinement, Dui (Lake) is weak, and Qian (Heaven) is in decay. Starting from the Beginning of Spring, the order is: Gen (Mountain), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Li (Fire), Kun (Earth), Dui (Lake), Qian (Heaven), and Kan (Water). Starting from the Vernal Equinox, the order is: Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Li (Fire), Kun (Earth), Dui (Lake), Qian (Heaven), Kan (Water), and Gen (Mountain). Starting from the Beginning of Summer, the order is: Xun (Wind), Li (Fire), Kun (Earth), Dui (Lake), Qian (Heaven), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), and Zhen (Thunder). Starting from the Summer Solstice, the order is: Li (Fire), Kun (Earth), Dui (Lake), Qian (Heaven), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Zhen (Thunder), and Xun (Wind). Starting from the Beginning of Autumn, the order is: Kun (Earth), Dui (Lake), Qian (Heaven), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), and Li (Fire). Starting from the Autumnal Equinox, the order is: Dui (Lake), Qian (Heaven), Kan (Water), Gen (Mountain), Zhen (Thunder), Xun (Wind), Li (Fire), and Kun (Earth). By checking which of the eight phases the native trigram is in at the time of birth, one can determine the strength of the Great Image.

凡世帶貴馬德合，（於四直上取之），加龍喜旺相得位者，富貴也。臨亡劫刑刃白虎，被刑害沖剋，更死墓絕胎者，若無福德解神救之，必貧賤無成也。世則有難，旺則病而衰則死也。得日辰動爻沖剋，庶幾免死，終身作事，百不一成也。

If the world line is accompanied by the Heavenly Nobleman, Post Horse, Monthly Virtue, Six Harmony, and also has the Azure Dragon and Heavenly Joy, and is prosperous and strong, it indicates wealth and honor. Conversely, if the world line is afflicted by the Wandering God,劫杀, crime, sheep's knife, White Tiger, and is further harmed by crime, harm, clash, and control, and is located in the positions of death, tomb, decline, or fetal stage, and there is no child fortune or Relief Deity to save it, then it will certainly result in poverty and failure in all affairs. When the world line encounters difficulties, a prosperous one may only suffer illness, while a weak one may die. If the day branch or moving line can clash and control the evil spirit, it may avoid death, but in all affairs, out of a hundred things, not one will succeed.

身命要略曰，世怕休囚，身宜旺相。喜生中更合，畏合處又沖。富貴者，他來生我，貧賤者，我去生他。顯達者官星得地，榮華者印曜歸垣。庫積萬金，只是財星得所。家徒四壁，蓋因兄旺當先。世入墓鄉，到老求謀多戾。卦身兩動，一生起倒無恆。世克休財，雖富不厚。身傷衰鬼，雖官不高。龍鬼扶身，功名得志。蛇孫值世，勢業如心。

The "Essentials of the Body and Life" says: The World Line is most afraid of being weak and confined, while the Hexagram Body is most suitable when it is prosperous and strong; it is favorable when there is mutual generation and harmony, but unfavorable when there is harmony yet a clash. The wealthy and noble are those whose other lines generate them; the poor and lowly are those who generate other lines. Those who achieve prominence have the official star in a good position; those who enjoy prosperity have the parental line (parents' line) returning to its original place. Wealthy stores filled with ten thousand gold are due to the wealth lines being in proper positions; empty homes are because the siblings' line is strong and dominant. When the World Line falls into the tomb, one will always find difficulties in seeking opportunities in old age. When both the Hexagram Body and the World Line are activated, one's life will be full of ups and downs with no regular pattern. When the World Line goes on to overcome a weak wealth line, although there is money, it is not abundant; when the Hexagram Body goes on to weaken a weak official line, although one holds an official position, it is not high-ranking. When the official line (official ghost) supported by the Azure Dragon is in harmony with the Hexagram Body, one will achieve success in official matters; when the descendants line (children line) supported by theTeng Snake (Tengshe) is in the World Line, one's spirit and career will be in harmony.

未龍世動得子，初年當蚤達。金虎財空，傷妻青景運來遲。官旺無財，僅一時之富貴。財興鬼缺，只瞬息之榮華。內卦有財外卦無，先富後貧。內卦無財外卦有，先貧後富。旺相官爻化墓胎，（胎為小墓），初貴後賤。死絕官爻化生旺，初賤後榮。六沖則諸事虛花。六合則百般穩實。正變六沖，沒齒不成一事。後先六合，終身享盡榮華。

The earth element of Wei is occupied by the Azure Dragon, which is in a strong position and is supported by the children, indicating success and recognition at an early age. The White Tiger is on the metal爻, but the wealth element is empty, suggesting harm to the wife and a slow start in youth. A strong official ghost without the support of wealth indicates temporary wealth, while a strong wealth element without the official ghost suggests fleeting glory. If the inner trigram has wealth but the outer trigram does not, there will be wealth first followed by poverty; if the inner trigram lacks wealth but the outer trigram has it, there will be poverty first followed by wealth. A strong and prosperous official ghost changing into a tomb or a fetal position (note: fetal is a small tomb) indicates initial prestige followed by decline. An official ghost in a dead or绝 position changing into growth or prosperity indicates initial low status followed by honor. If the hexagram is of six clashes, affairs will be empty and not substantial; if it is of six harmony, things will be stable and practical. If both the original and changing hexagrams are of six clashes, nothing will be accomplished in a lifetime; if both are of six harmony, one will enjoy continuous prosperity throughout life.

世強無助，自己支持。世弱得扶，因人豎立。欲知誰氏欺凌，但看何爻克世。要識何人芘覆，只觀何象生身。日時扶合，偏得力於小人。歲月克沖，每見嗔於上位。進一步，兄弟化財，退一步，財爻化弟。年安一年，惟見子孫逢祿馬。月安一月，定然福德值青龍。土空而無田地，父空而無住場。世沖父母，幼失雙親。世合文書，長得一命。子空者絕，財空者鰥。鬼空者寡，兄空者主只力也，此終身之占也。

The world line is strong and has no support from others, meaning that everything depends solely on oneself; the world line is weak but receives support from other lines, indicating that one can only stand on the help of others. To know who is oppressing, look at which line is overcoming the world line; to know who is protecting, look at which line is generating the self. If the day branch and hour branch support or harmonize with the line, it is usually supported by those of lower status; if the year stem and month stem overcome or clash with the line, it is often being blamed by those in higher positions. Advancing in fortune is when the siblings line transforms into the wealth line; retreating is when the wealth line transforms into the siblings line. For a year of stability, one must see the children line accompanied by the禄神 and post horse; for a month of stability, the children and fortune virtue must be accompanied by the azure dragon. If the earth line is empty, there is no land; if the parents line is empty, there is no home. If the world line clashes with the parents line, one loses both parents in childhood; if the world line harmonizes with the documents line, one may attain an official position in adulthood. If the children line is empty, there will be no descendants; if the wealth line is empty, one will be a widower; if the official ghost line is empty, one will be a widow; if the siblings line is empty, one can only support oneself alone. The above describes a lifelong divination.

若問一年之災福，但以歲月日時之生合沖剋斷之。如四直，帶財生合世，必增財進祿。帶福生合，有婚姻孕育喜慶事。帶兄生合，有朋友兄弟扶持。帶父生合，得尊長提拔。帶鬼生合，必有貴人薦舉，或公門中有得意之事。帶財刑沖剋害世，必因貪財好色致禍。帶福傷世，世旺，則因酒色致病。世衰，則因酒色亡身也。

If one asks about misfortunes and blessings within a year, one only needs to examine the relationship between the heavenly stem of the year, the month builder, the day branch, and the hour stem with the world line. For example, if these four stems bring wealth and fortune to harmonize with the world line, there will certainly be an increase in wealth and official rank. If they bring children and fortune virtue to harmonize with the world line, there will be happy events such as marriage or pregnancy. If they bring siblings to harmonize with the world line, there will be support from friends and brothers. If they bring parents to harmonize with the world line, one will receive promotion from elders. If they bring officials and ghosts to harmonize with the world line, there will be recommendations from noble people or satisfactory matters in official affairs. Conversely, if these four stems bring wealth and fortune to punish or harm the world line, one will suffer misfortune due to greed for wealth and indulgence in lust. If they bring children to harm the world line, the world line being strong will result in illness from alcohol and lust, while the world line being weak will result in death from alcohol and lust.

或福動化鬼，鬼動化福傷世，更與文書同動，必因酒色致訟。要分酒色，但遇龍為酒，遇武為色也。帶兄傷世，主兄弟朋友爭訟破財。帶父傷世，主尊長屋產，墳墓，船車，衣服，起禍。帶鬼傷世，或世持靜鬼，四直沖並動者，主有不測災來。以六神定其何事。巳上吉凶，在太歲，則歲內事。在月將，則月內事。在日辰，則本日事。在時建，則時下事。

Either the children change into officials and ghosts, or the officials and ghosts change into children to harm the world line. If this happens together with the parents and documents, it indicates legal troubles caused by alcohol or lust. To determine whether it is alcohol or lust, look at the six spirits: if the azure dragon is present, it indicates alcohol; if the black tortoise is present, it indicates lust. If the four direct lines bring siblings to harm the world line, it indicates disputes and financial loss among siblings and friends. If the parents bring harm to the world line, it indicates troubles related to elders, property, graves, vehicles, ships, and clothing. If the officials and ghosts bring harm to the world line, or if there are officials and ghosts already resting on the world line that are disturbed and activated by the four direct lines, it indicates an unexpected disaster. To determine the specific nature of the disaster, refer to the six spirits. All these auspicious and inauspicious events, if they occur under the year's ruler, will happen within a year; if under the month's ruler, within a month; if under the day's ruler, on the same day; and if under the hour's ruler, in the current moment.

如不帶四直，而動爻生合刑沖剋害世者，當分衰旺。旺相能生克休囚，休囚不能生克旺相。其益我傷我之期，以動爻生旺月日定之。如卦靜無動來生克者，即將一歲分四季。如木帶吉神，春季見喜。火鬼見煞，夏季生災。金值妻財，秋宜得利。水逢兄弟，冬必破財。土爻若帶吉凶，各隨司令決斷。辰三月，未六月，戌九月，丑十二月也。若值空亡，吉空則凶，凶空反吉也。又值子孫月日，吉旺，則朋儕講習。凶衰則爭競失財也。值妻財月日，吉旺則飲食宴樂。凶衰則破傷印綬。此流年之占也。

If there are no four direct influences, and the moving lines only generate, harmonize, clash, or harm the world line, then we must consider their strength and weakness. A prosperous and strong line can generate or control a weak and confined line, but a weak and confined line cannot generate or control a prosperous and strong line. As for whether it benefits or harms me, we determine this by the month and day when the moving line is strong. If all six lines are still and there is no moving line to generate or control, we divide the year into four seasons for interpretation: if the wood line carries auspicious spirits, there will be good fortune in spring; if the fire line has officials and ghosts with malevolent influences, there will be disasters in summer; if the metal line has wealth and is strong, it is favorable to gain profit in autumn; if the water line has siblings, there will certainly be financial loss in winter. If the earth line carries auspicious or malevolent influences, we judge according to the season when it is in its prime, which is the third month for the dragon (辰), the sixth month for the earth dog (未), the ninth month for the dog (戌), and the twelfth month for the ox (丑). If these lines fall into the empty state, auspicious spirits in the empty state become malevolent, and malevolent spirits in the empty state become auspicious. Additionally, when the month or day corresponds to the line of descendants, if it is auspicious and strong, there will be discussions and studies with peers; if it is malevolent and weak, there will be disputes and loss of wealth. When the month or day corresponds to the line of wealth, if it is auspicious and strong, there will be feasting and enjoyment; if it is malevolent and weak, there will be damage to official seals and harm to documents and achievements. The above discusses the divination of the current year.

歸藏易曰，六為朝廷五天子，四是侯伯三公卿，二應五爻為大夫，初體最卑象民庶。六爻惟初最下，世如居此，發必後期，多為市井而困於里巷。雖貴馬臨之，亦有福德而難顯達。六位最高，世如值之，恆成高崗而匿影於林泉。

The Guicang Yi says: The top line symbolizes the court, the fifth line symbolizes the Son of Heaven, the fourth line represents the marquises, the third line represents the ministers and officials, the second line corresponds with the fifth line to symbolize the scholars and officials, and the first line is the lowest, symbolizing common people. Among the six lines, only the first line is the lowest. If the world line is located here, success will come late, mostly being a commoner confined to the alleys; even if there are noblemen and post horses present, it is only some fortune and virtue but difficult to achieve prominence. The top line is the highest position. If the world line is located here, it often resembles a high hill, hiding the figure among mountains, forests, springs, and rocks, becoming a hermit.

三為公卿，內卦之太過也，動與時逢，故多凶。四乃侯伯，外卦之不及也。淹抑稽遲，故多懼。惟二爻、五爻，為中正之位。得位者，在上而治人。失位者，在下而治於人也。一世四世，同居下體，然初體尤居最下也。（出管公照心神鑑經）。

The third line represents the position of ministers and officials, located at the extreme of the inner trigram, which is considered excessive. When it moves, it collides with the current situation, leading to many凶 (adverse outcomes). The fourth line represents the position of marquises and dukes, located at the beginning of the outer trigram, which is considered insufficient. It is often suppressed and obstructed, leading to many fears. Only the second and fifth lines are positions of balance and correctness: those who are in proper position govern others from above, while those who are out of position are governed by others from below. The first world line and the fourth world line both have the world line falling in the lower trigram, but the first line is especially the lowest. (Original note: This passage is from Guan Lu's "Zhaoxin Shenjian Jing.")

世在陽宮，謀為顯達。身居陰象，行事卑汙。故陽主慧明，陰主拙暗。得陽剛，可以當九五之尊。若陰柔而竊尊位，亦羊質而虎皮耳。至陰柔而當三六之凶爻，鮮不傾覆敗亡者。是以五行在世，各不同科。陰金刑傷狠戾，陽金正直堅剛。陰木貪殘剋剝，陽木華藻文詞。陰水譎詐猖狂，陽水材能聰敏。陰火執滯固陋，陽火強敏文明。陰土愚魯拙鈍，陽土忠信質誠。此剛柔之所分也。

When the World Line falls in a yang hexagram, the person's endeavors can achieve success and recognition; but if the Hexagram Body falls in a yin hexagram, the actions will be lowly and corrupt. This is because yang represents wisdom and clarity, while yin signifies dullness and obscurity. Possessing a yang line allows one to bear the dignity of the Nine in the Fifth position; however, if a yin line occupies the尊位, it is like a sheep wearing a tiger's skin. If yin lines occupy the Third and Top lines, which are positions of misfortune, few will escape ruin. Therefore, even when holding the World Line, differences in the Five Phases result in different character traits: yin metal signifies punishment and cruelty, while yang metal represents uprightness and strength; yin wood indicates greed and cruelty, while yang wood signifies eloquence and literary skill; yin water implies cunning and recklessness, while yang water denotes talent and intelligence; yin fire suggests stubbornness and limited vision, while yang fire represents strength and sharpness; yin earth implies dullness and clumsiness, while yang earth signifies loyalty and sincerity. This is the distinction between yang and yin.

遊南子曰，卦中六親，有有者，有無者，有真者，有假者，有真中之假，有假中之假者。如純乾卦，六親皆有也，皆真也。如乾宮風地觀卦，六親皆假也。有官鬼父母妻財，無兄弟子孫也。又如山地剝卦，外艮丙戌土為父母，丙子水為子孫，丙寅木為妻財，乾宮有戌子寅三爻，乃真中之假。內坤乙未土為父母，乙巳火為官鬼，乙卯木為妻財，乾宮無未巳卯三爻，乃假中之假。

Younanzi said: In the hexagrams, the six relations may be present or absent, true or false, and there are also cases of 'false within the true' and 'false within the false'. For example, in the pure Qian hexagram, all six relations are present, and they are all the yao of the original palace, so they are all true. Again, in the Guan hexagram of the Qian palace, none of the six yao belong to the branches of the Qian palace itself, so all six relations are false, and the hexagram contains only official ghost, parents, and wealth, but no siblings or children. In the Bo hexagram, the outer trigram is Gen, which takes in Bingxu earth as parents, Bingzi water as children, and Bingyin wood as wealth; the branches xu, zi, and yin are originally present in the Qian palace, so they are 'false within the true'. The inner trigram is Kun, which takes in Yiwei earth as parents, Yisi fire as official ghost, and Yimao wood as wealth; the branches wei, si, and mao are not originally present in the Qian palace, so they are 'false within the false'.

據此而推，則一本九族，別於內外矣。為親為疎，別於真假矣。父母之親晚，兄弟之真義，夫婦之偏正，子孫之嫡庶，別於真中之假，假中之假矣。然則宅居之或有或無，屬人屬己，豈外是而推也哉。

By this principle, the nine relations within the same family can be distinguished through the inner and outer trigrams: the inner trigram represents the immediate family, and the outer trigram represents the extended family. The closeness or distance of kinship is determined by the distinction between true and false. Among the parents, one can tell who is the biological parent and who is adopted; among the siblings, one can distinguish between those who are twins and those who are foster brothers; among the husband and wife, one can identify the main wife from the concubine; and among the children, one can determine who is the legitimate heir and who is the illegitimate child, all through the distinction between "true within false" and "false within false." If this is the case, then how can one determine whether a house or property exists or not, whether it belongs to someone else or oneself, without using this method?

內親以內卦本宮出現者為真，如內卦不現，則看內卦之伏神。如不現，又無伏者，則取飛宮論之。外親以外卦本宮出現者為真，如外卦不現，則看外卦之伏神，更若無伏神，亦取飛宮論之。

The order for selecting the Six Relations as the Useful God is: first, the inner relations of the native's own family, with the yao in the inner trigram that belongs to the native's palace appearing in the hexagram being the true Useful God; if it does not appear in the inner trigram, then look at the hidden god in the inner trigram; if there is no hidden god, then use the flying palace method to calculate. For outer relations, the yao in the outer trigram that belongs to the native's palace and appears in the hexagram is the true Useful God; if it does not appear in the outer trigram, then look at the hidden god in the outer trigram; if there is no hidden god, then also use the flying palace method to determine.

陽宮祖也，陰宮祖妣也。陽父，父也。陰父，母也。陽兄，兄也。陰兄，弟與姐妹也。陽子，男也。陰子，女與媳也。陽財，妻也。陰財妾也。陽宮，外祖也。陰宮，外祖母也。陽父，岳父，母舅，姑夫也。陰父，岳母，舅母，姑娘，母姨也。陽兄，表兄弟也。陰兄，表姐妹也。陽子，女婿，表侄，外甥也。陰子，表侄女甥女了也。陽財，表嫂也。陰財，表弟婦，或表兄弟之妾也。

First, the method of matching the Six Relations within the Inner Trigram: the爻 of the Inner Trigram is yang and represents the grandfather, and yin represents the grandmother; the Parents爻 is yang and represents the father, and yin represents the mother; the Brothers爻 is yang and represents the elder brother, and yin represents the younger brother and sisters; the Children爻 is yang and represents the son, and yin represents the daughter and daughter-in-law; the Wealth爻 is yang and represents the main wife, and yin represents the concubine. Next, the method of matching the Six Relations within the Outer Trigram: the爻 of the Outer Trigram is yang and represents the maternal grandfather, and yin represents the maternal grandmother; the Parents爻 is yang and represents the father-in-law, mother-in-law, maternal uncle, and maternal uncle's husband, and yin represents the mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, maternal aunt's wife, and aunt; the Brothers爻 is yang and represents the cousin brother, and yin represents the cousin sister; the Children爻 is yang and represents the son-in-law, cousin nephew, and nephew, and yin represents the cousin niece and nephew's daughter; the Wealth爻 is yang and represents the cousin sister-in-law, and yin represents the cousin brother's concubine or the cousin brother's wife.

飛位以世為主而推之。生世為父，父克為母。生父為祖，祖克為祖妣。父比為伯叔，伯克為姆，叔克為嬸。世比為兄弟，兄克為嫂，弟克為弟婦。世克為妻，妻克為妾，妻生為女，克女為婿，婿生為甥，女生為甥女。世生為子，長子之前爻為次子，次子之前爻為三子，子克為媳，子生為孫，媳生為孫女，孫克為孫媳，孫生為玄孫。

The method of flying palace divination uses the World Line as "I" to deduce relationships: the one that generates the World Line is the father, and what the father generates is the mother; the one that generates the father is the grandfather, and what the grandfather generates is the grandmother; the one with the same Five Phases as the father is the elder or younger uncle, and what the elder uncle generates is the elder aunt, and what the younger uncle generates is the younger aunt. The one with the same Five Phases as the World Line is the brother, and what the brother generates is the sister-in-law, and what the younger brother generates is the younger brother's wife. What the World Line generates is the son; the trigram before the eldest son is the second son, and the trigram before the second son is the third son; what the son generates is the daughter-in-law, and what the son generates is the grandson, what the daughter-in-law generates is the granddaughter, what the grandson generates is the granddaughter's wife, and what the grandson generates is the great-great-grandson.

以此推之，罔不周悉。入生鄉者吉，入忌鄉者凶。（如父入財方，兄入鬼爻也）。休空者必遠離，鬼殺者必帶疾。大問小從世前一位數上去，小問大從世下一位數下去。俱以一水二火三木四金五土之數，數到之爻即取為用也。劉青田曰，數定之六親，顯而有準，此法熟玩，禍福自真是也。

By following this method, all six relations can be thoroughly deduced. If the爻 being analyzed falls in a position that generates me, it is auspicious; if it falls in the position of theHostile God, it is inauspicious. If the爻 being analyzed is weak and confined or falls in an empty position, the person is certainly away from home. If it carries official ghosts orInauspicious Sha, the person is certainly ill. If an elder asks about a younger person, count upward from the previous position of the world line; if a younger person asks about an elder, count downward from the next position of the world line. Count according to the numbers: one for water, two for fire, three for wood, four for metal, five for earth. The爻 reached by counting is taken as theUseful God. Liu Ji (also known as Qingtian) said: using numbers to determine the six relations is clear and accurate. Once this method is mastered, the prediction of good and bad fortune becomes genuine.

曾祖、父、（祖妻曾祖妣、妻、伯叔兄弟）、母、（祖姐子）。按飛數之法，以分宮為主。如問高祖，從曾祖位起飛數。問伯祖叔祖，從祖位起飛數。問堂兄弟，從伯叔位起飛數。各隨大小，分上下，依五行生數輪飛，以定用爻，餘仿此，此推緦功遠親之法。

The Golden Strategies have another method of assigning relatives according to the positions of the lines. The six lines are arranged from top to bottom, sequentially corresponding to the paternal grandfather, father, grandfather, wife, and the maternal grandmother, wife, uncles and cousins, mother, and the maternal aunt and children, among others. The original table is fragmented and only these items remain. According to the method of flying numbers, the main principle is to divide the palace. For example, if asking about the high grandfather, one starts flying numbers from the paternal grandfather's position; if asking about the paternal or maternal grandfather, one starts from the father's position; if asking about cousins, one starts from the uncles' position. Each is determined according to the relative generation, distinguishing between senior and junior, and the numbers are sequentially rotated according to the generating numbers of the Five Phases to determine the used line. The rest are similarly applied. This is the method used to calculate relationships such as the缌麻 and small mourning clothes for distant relatives.

高祖屬金，曾祖屬水，祖屬木，伯祖叔祖屬木，高祖妣木，曾祖妣火，祖妣土，伯叔祖母屬土，伯叔堂伯叔火，父屬火，兄弟堂兄弟屬土，子侄屬金，姆嬸堂姆嬸金，母屬金，妻嫂弟婦嫂妹妻妾屬火，媳侄婦女屬水，孫屬水，孫媳孫女火，曾孫屬木（巳上內親）。外祖屬木，母舅岳父姑夫屬火，表兄內弟姐妹夫屬土，外祖母土，舅母岳母姑娘屬金，表嫂表姨表姐妹屬水，表侄外甥屬金，表侄婦甥媳甥女屬木（巳上外親）。

When the World Line belongs to Earth, the Five Phases of each relative are as follows. For inner relatives: the high grandfather belongs to Metal, the great grandfather belongs to Water, the grandfather belongs to Wood, and the uncle and cousin uncle also belong to Wood; the high grandmother belongs to Wood, the great grandmother belongs to Fire, the grandmother belongs to Earth, and the uncle's wife and cousin uncle's wife also belong to Earth; the elder uncle, younger uncle, and cousin uncle belong to Fire, the father belongs to Fire; the brothers and cousin brothers belong to Earth, the sons and nephews belong to Metal; the elder aunt, younger aunt, and cousin aunt belong to Metal, the mother belongs to Metal; the wife, sister-in-law, younger brother's wife, sisters, and concubines belong to Fire, the daughter-in-law, nephew's wife, and daughters belong to Water; the grandson belongs to Water, the grandson's wife and granddaughter belong to Fire, and the great grandson belongs to Wood. For outer relatives: the maternal grandfather belongs to Wood, the maternal uncle, father-in-law, and maternal aunt belong to Fire, the cousin brother, younger brother-in-law, and husband of the sister belong to Earth; the maternal grandmother belongs to Earth, the maternal aunt's wife, father-in-law's wife, and maternal aunt belong to Metal, the cousin brother's wife, cousin sister, and cousin sister-in-law belong to Water; the cousin nephew, maternal nephew belong to Metal, the cousin nephew's wife, maternal nephew's wife, and maternal nephew's daughter belong to Wood.

高祖屬火，曾祖屬土，祖屬金，伯祖叔祖屬金，高祖妣金，曾祖妣木，祖妣木，伯叔祖母屬木，伯叔堂伯叔屬水，父屬水，兄弟堂兄弟屬木，子侄火，姆嬸堂姆嬸屬火，母屬火，妻嫂弟婦姐妹土，妾屬水，媳侄婦女屬金，孫屬土，孫女孫媳屬水，曾孫金（巳上內親）。外祖屬金，母舅岳父姑夫屬水，表兄內弟姐妹夫屬木，外祖妣木，舅母岳母姑娘屬火，表嫂妻姨表姐妹屬土，表侄外甥屬金，表侄婦甥女甥媳屬木（巳上外親）。

When the World Line belongs to the Wood element, the Five Phases of each relative are as follows. For the inner relatives: the high grandfather belongs to Fire, the great grandfather belongs to Earth, the grandfather belongs to Metal, the elder and younger uncles belong to Metal; the high grandmother belongs to Metal, the great grandmother belongs to Wood, the grandmother belongs to Wood, the elder and younger aunties belong to Wood; the elder and younger uncles and the cousins belong to Water, the father belongs to Water; the brothers and cousins belong to Wood, the sons and nephews belong to Fire; the elder and younger aunts and the cousins' aunts belong to Fire, the mother belongs to Fire; the wife, the sister-in-law, the brother's wife, and the sisters belong to Earth, the concubine belongs to Water; the daughter-in-law, the nephew's wife, and the daughters belong to Metal, the grandson belongs to Earth, the granddaughter and the daughter-in-law belong to Water, the great-grandson belongs to Metal. For the outer relatives: the maternal grandfather belongs to Metal, the maternal uncle, the father-in-law, and the maternal aunt belong to Water, the cousin, the younger brother-in-law, and the husband of the sisters belong to Wood; the maternal grandmother belongs to Wood, the maternal aunt, the father-in-law's wife, and the maternal aunt belong to Fire, the cousin's wife, the wife of the sister-in-law, and the cousin's sisters belong to Earth; the cousin's son, the nephew, belong to Metal, the cousin's son's wife, the niece, and the nephew's wife belong to Wood.

高祖屬木，曾祖屬火，祖屬土，伯祖叔祖屬土，高祖妣土，曾祖妣金，祖妣土，伯叔祖母屬水，伯叔堂伯叔屬金，父屬金，兄弟堂兄弟屬水，子侄木，母嬸堂姆嬸屬木，母屬木，妻姐妹嫂弟婦火，妾屬金，媳姪婦女屬土，孫屬火，孫女孫媳金，曾孫屬土（巳上內親）。外祖屬土，母舅岳父姑夫屬金，內兄表弟姐妹夫屬水，外祖母水，舅母岳母姑娘屬木，表嫂妻姨表姐妹屬火，表侄外甥屬木，表侄婦甥女甥媳屬土（巳上外親）。

When the World Line belongs to the Water element, the Five Phases of each relative are as follows. For the inner relatives: the high grandfather belongs to Wood, the great grandfather belongs to Fire, the grandfather belongs to Earth, the elder and younger uncles belong to Earth; the high grandmother belongs to Earth, the great grandmother belongs to Metal, the grandmother belongs to Earth, the elder and younger aunties belong to Water; the elder and younger uncles and the cousins belong to Metal, the father belongs to Metal; the brothers and cousins belong to Water, the sons and nephews belong to Wood; the elder and younger aunties and the cousins' wives belong to Wood, the mother belongs to Wood; the wife, sisters, sisters-in-law, and younger brothers' wives belong to Fire, the concubine belongs to Metal; the daughter-in-law, the nephew's wife, and the daughters belong to Earth, the grandson belongs to Fire, the granddaughter and daughter-in-law belong to Metal, the great-grandson belongs to Earth. For the outer relatives: the maternal grandfather belongs to Earth, the maternal uncle, the father-in-law, and the maternal aunt's husband belong to Metal, the maternal cousin, the cousin-in-law, and the husband of the sister belong to Water; the maternal grandmother belongs to Water, the maternal aunt, the mother-in-law, and the maternal aunt belong to Wood, the cousin-in-law, the wife's aunt, and the cousin-in-law belong to Fire; the nephew-in-law, the maternal nephew, belong to Wood, the nephew-in-law's wife, the maternal niece, and the maternal nephew's wife belong to Earth.

高祖屬水，曾祖屬木，祖屬火，伯祖叔祖屬火，高祖妣火，曾祖妣土，祖妣金，伯叔祖母屬金，伯叔堂伯叔屬土，父屬土，兄弟堂兄弟屬金，子侄木，姆嬸堂姆嬸屬水，母屬水，妻嫂弟婦姐妹木，妾屬土，女媳侄婦火，孫屬木，孫女孫媳屬土，曾孫屬火（巳上內親）。外祖屬火，母舅岳母姑夫屬土，表弟內兄姐妹夫屬金，外祖妣金，舅母岳母姑娘屬水，表嫂妻姨表姐妹屬木，表外侄甥屬水，甥女甥媳表侄婦火（巳上外親）。

When the World Line belongs to metal, the Five Phases of each relative are as follows. For inner relatives: the high grandfather belongs to water, the great grandfather belongs to wood, the grandfather belongs to fire, the elder and younger uncles and granduncles belong to fire; the high grandmother belongs to fire, the great grandmother belongs to earth, the grandmother belongs to metal, the elder and younger aunt and uncles belong to metal; the elder and younger uncles and cousins belong to earth, the father belongs to earth; the brothers and cousins belong to metal, the sons and nephews belong to wood; the elder and younger aunts and maternal uncles belong to water, the mother belongs to water; the wife, sister-in-law, younger brother's wife, and sisters belong to wood, the concubine belongs to earth; the daughter, daughter-in-law, and nephew's wife belong to fire, the grandson belongs to wood, the granddaughter and daughter-in-law belong to earth, the great-grandson belongs to fire. For outer relatives: the maternal grandfather belongs to fire, the maternal uncle, mother-in-law, and maternal uncle belong to earth, the cousin, brother-in-law, and husband of the sister belong to metal; the maternal grandmother belongs to metal, the maternal aunt, mother-in-law, and maternal aunt belong to water, the cousin's wife, wife's aunt, and cousin's wife belong to wood; the nephew and cousin belong to water, the niece, nephew's wife, and cousin's wife belong to fire.

高祖屬土，曾祖屬金，祖屬水，伯祖叔祖屬水，高祖妣水，曾祖妣木，祖妣火，伯叔祖母屬火，伯叔堂伯叔屬木，父屬木，兄弟堂兄弟屬火，子侄土，姆嬸堂姆嬸屬土，母屬土，妻嫂弟婦姐妹金，妾屬木，女媳侄婦水，孫屬金，孫女孫媳屬木，曾孫屬水（巳上內親）。外祖屬水，母舅岳父姑夫屬木，內兄表弟姐妹夫屬火，外祖母火，舅母岳母姑娘屬土，表嫂表弟婦妻姨屬金，表侄外甥屬土，甥媳甥女表侄婦屬水（巳上外親）。

When the World Line belongs to the element of fire, the Five Phases of each relative are as follows. For inner relatives: the high grandfather belongs to earth, the great grandfather belongs to metal, the grandfather belongs to water, the elder and younger uncles and granduncles belong to water; the high grandmother belongs to water, the great grandmother belongs to wood, the grandmother belongs to fire, the elder and younger aunties and grandaunties belong to fire; the elder and younger uncles and cousins belong to wood, the father belongs to wood; the brothers and cousins belong to fire, the sons and nephews belong to earth; the elder and younger aunties, the mother-in-law, and the aunties and mother-in-laws of cousins belong to earth, the mother belongs to earth; the wife, the sister-in-law, the daughter-in-law, and the sisters belong to metal, the concubine belongs to wood; the daughter, the daughter-in-law, and the niece-in-law belong to water, the grandson belongs to metal, the granddaughter and daughter-in-law belong to wood, the great-grandson belongs to water. For outer relatives: the maternal grandfather belongs to water, the maternal uncle, the father-in-law, and the maternal uncle belong to wood, the maternal brother, the cousin, and the husband of the sister belong to fire; the maternal grandmother belongs to fire, the maternal aunt, the mother-in-law, and the maternal aunt belong to earth, the cousin's wife, the cousin's wife, and the wife's aunt belong to metal; the cousin's son, the nephew, belong to earth, the nephew's wife, the nephew's daughter, and the cousin's son's wife belong to water.

高祖從曾祖位下飛，曾祖從祖位下飛。如祖位值旬空月破，則看曾祖分宮。祖看內卦本宮官鬼爻。如內卦鬼不現，看內卦伏神。如不現，又不伏，取父下一位起數飛之，飛位既定。後看某爻帶吉生旺，則知某祖起家。看某祖來生合世身，則知承某祖基業。如某祖爻衰空，帶破碎二耗暴敗等殺，則知祖業飄零，必須自成自立也。

To determine the high ancestor, count down from the great-grandfather's position. To determine the great-grandfather, count down from the grandfather's position. If the grandfather's position is exactly in the旬空 or month breaker, then refer to the great-grandfather's position instead. The grandfather's position is taken from the inner trigram's official ghost爻; if the official ghost爻 is not present, then look at the hidden god in the inner trigram; if there is no hidden god, then count from the next position after the parents爻. Once the flying position is determined, check which爻 carries a good god and is strong and prosperous, and that will indicate which ancestor started the family. Check which ancestor爻 supports and harmonizes with the world line and the hexagram body, and that will indicate which ancestor's legacy is being continued. If a certain ancestor爻 is weak, empty, and carries the凶煞 of 'broken', 'great loss', 'minor loss', or 'sudden collapse', it indicates that the ancestral legacy has completely dispersed, and one must start from scratch.

祖宗富貴貧賤詳見於後，故不載。再看某祖之子孫，逢刑害克破空亡，帶破碎二耗暴敗煞者，便知某枝子孫破敗家業。如子孫爻帶祿馬，官鬼德合，旺相得仕者，便知是枝子孫發達。如值空亡墓絕而帶白虎刑刃，又被四直動爻克破者，則知是枝絕也。但逢衰敗破耗，不見財祿，持兄伏兄者，則不絕而貧也。

How to determine the prosperity or poverty of ancestors is explained in detail later; it is not listed here. Now let us look at theChildren Line (children line) under a particular ancestor. If it is afflicted by刑 (trouble), 害 (harm), 克 (control), 破 (destruction), or 空亡 (void), and also carries 破碎 (ruin), 二耗 (double loss), 暴败 (sudden collapse), and other bad signs, then it is known that this branch has lost its family fortune. If theChildren Line carries 禄神 (favorable deity), Post Horse (post horse), Official Ghost (official ghost), and 天Monthly VirtueSix Harmony (heavenly and monthly virtue and six harmony), and is prosperous and strong (prosperous and strong), then it is known that this branch will achieve success. If theChildren Line falls into 空亡 (void) or sits on 墓绝 (depression and burial), and also carries White Tiger (white tiger), 刑 (trouble), and 羊刃 (sheath blade), and is further attacked by 四直 (four direct) and Moving Line (moving line), then it is known that this branch has no descendants. If it is only 衰败破耗 (decline and loss) without seeing 财禄 (wealth and honor), or holds Siblings (siblings) or has Siblings hidden, then it will not be without descendants, but only poor.

燃犀集曰，本宮鬼空者無祖業也，鬼旺父衰者，祖興父敗也。鬼衰父旺者，祖敗父興也。鬼在外爻遇煞，祖亡他郡也。鬼臨五六煞墓，（丁未戊戌），客葬外邦也。

The Wei Zhao Ran Xi Collection says: If the official ghost line of this hexagram falls into an empty position, there will be no ancestral property. If the official ghost is strong but the parents are weak, it indicates that the grandfather's generation was prosperous while the father's generation declined. If the official ghost is weak but the parents are strong, it indicates that the grandfather's generation declined while the father's generation became prosperous. If the official ghost is located in the outer trigram and meetsInauspicious Sha, it signifies that the ancestors died in another prefecture. If the official ghost is on the fifth or sixth line and carriesInauspicious Sha into the tomb (original note: such as Dingwei or Wuxu lines), it indicates that the ancestors died away from their hometown and were buried elsewhere.

以本宮官鬼為用也，如庚寅年，卜得火風鼎卦，本宮己亥鬼伏三爻酉金之下，（不現則看伏鬼），己亥逆數至本旬甲午，乃第六位也，再從庚寅年，逆數至己亥，便知某祖死五十年矣。（出袁客師占驗日錄）

To determine the rank of a deceased ancestor among his siblings and the year of his death, use the official ghost爻 as the useful god. For example, if a divination is made in the year Gengyin and the hexagram obtained is Ding (Fire over Wind), which belongs to the Li palace, the Jihai official ghost is hidden under the third line, which is You metal (original note: if the official ghost does not appear, look for the hidden official ghost). Counting backwards from Jihai to the first day of the current cycle, which is Jiawu, Jihai is the sixth position, indicating that the ancestor was the sixth in his siblings. Then count backwards from the divination year Gengyin to Jihai year, which is exactly fifty years, indicating that the ancestor has been dead for fifty years. (original note: this example is from Yuan Keshi's "Record of Divination Verification.")

甲子、乙丑金，丙寅、丁卯火，戊辰、己巳木，庚午、辛未土，壬申、癸酉金，戌亥空。甲戌、乙亥火，丙子、丁丑水，戊寅、己卯土，庚辰、辛巳金，壬午、癸未木，申酉空。甲申、乙酉水，丙戌、丁亥土，戊子、己丑火，庚寅、辛卯木，壬辰、癸巳水，午未空。甲午、乙未金，丙申、丁酉火，戊戌、己亥木，庚子、辛丑土，壬寅、癸卯金，辰巳空。甲辰、乙巳火，丙午、丁未水，戊申、己酉土，庚戌、辛亥金，壬子、癸丑木，寅卯空。甲寅、乙卯水，丙辰、丁巳土，戊午、己未火，庚申、辛酉木，壬戌、癸亥水，子丑空。

This is a table of the sixty Jiazi (Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches) paired with their corresponding Nayin sound elements and the empty periods (kongwang) for each ten-day cycle. Each pair of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches shares one Nayin sound element. For the Jiazi cycle: Jiazi and Yichou have the sound element of metal, Bingyin and Dingmao have fire, Wuchen and Jisi have wood, Gengwu and Xinwei have earth, Renshen and Guiyou have metal, and the empty period for this cycle is in Xu and Hai. For the Jiaxu cycle: Jiaxu and Yihai have fire, Bingzi and Dingchou have water, Wuyin and Jimao have earth, Gengchen and Xinsi have metal, Renwu and Guiwei have wood, and the empty period for this cycle is in Shen and You. For the Jiashen cycle: Jiashen and Yiyou have water, Bingxu and Dinghai have earth, Wuzi and Jichou have fire, Gengyin and Xinmao have wood, Renchen and Guisi have water, and the empty period for this cycle is in Wu and Wei. For the Jiawu cycle: Jiawu and Yiwei have metal, Bingshen and Dingyou have fire, Wuxu and Jihai have wood, Gengzi and Xinchou have earth, Renbu and Guiyou have metal, and the empty period for this cycle is in Chen and Si. For the Jichou cycle: Jichou and Yisiyi have fire, Bingwu and Dingwei have water, Wuxu and Jihai have earth, Gengyin and Xinmao have metal, Renchen and Guisi have wood, and the empty period for this cycle is in Yin and Mao. For the Jibin cycle: Jibin and Yimao have water, Bingchen and Dinghai have earth, Wuxu and Jihai have fire, Gengyin and Xinmao have wood, Renchen and Guisi have water, and the empty period for this cycle is in Zi and Chou. To determine one's personal destiny, the corresponding element and the empty period are both found in this table.

看內卦出現父母爻，不論外卦，如無，看伏。若旺靜而不受二傅動爻刑害克沖，與衰靜而遇三傅，（歲月日），動爻生合者，俱主雙壽。以爻靜者不必論陰陽真假也。若逢死墓絕胎旬空死氣，被三傅動爻刑害克沖者，決主有失。又財爻持世動，或財爻獨發，或卦有財無父者，俱主少年傷克，否亦離祖過房。如財爻旁動，或持世不動，而父母不空絕者，惟主父子不睦耳。

To determine the condition of the parents, only the parents' lines within the inner trigram are considered, regardless of the outer trigram. If there are no parents' lines in the inner trigram, then the hidden god is examined. If the parents' lines are prosperous and strong and are quiet, and are not punished or harmed by the month builder and day branch along with the moving lines; or even if they are weak but quiet, and are supported by the heavenly stem, month builder, and day branch along with the moving lines, then both parents will live long. If the lines are quiet, there is no need to distinguish between yin and yang or true and false. If the parents' lines are in the death, tomb, end, or embryo positions, or are in the旬空 and accompanied by death qi, and are punished or harmed by the three transmissions and moving lines, then there will definitely be loss. Additionally, if the wealth line holds the world and moves, or the wealth line moves alone, or the hexagram contains wealth but no parents, then the parents will be harmed at a young age, even if not, they will leave the ancestral home to be adopted by others. If the wealth line only moves in other lines, or holds the world but does not move, and the parents' lines are not in the旬空 or in the end position, then it only indicates that the father and son will not get along.

若問父母何人先亡，須以真假論之，陽宮陽爻為真父，陽宮陰爻為繼父。陰宮陰爻為真母，陰宮陽爻為繼母。傍爻帶天殺，並虎刑，動傷真陽爻者失父。帶地殺並虎刑動傷真陰爻者失母。真陽爻帶天煞動者，失父。真陰爻帶地殺動者，失母。（繼父母生死仿此斷）。天綱曰，若動爻來沖並，則反斷。陰動傷陽，陽動傷陰，並陽傷母，並陰傷父也。客師曰，何謂也，天綱曰，此非汝所知。

If you want to ask which parent will die first, you must distinguish between true and false lines. A yang line in a yang palace represents the biological father, while a yin line in a yang palace represents the stepfather. A yin line in a yin palace represents the biological mother, while a yang line in a yin palace represents the stepmother. If a secondary line carries the 'Heavenly Kill' and is also accompanied by the White Tiger and刑 (punishment), and it acts to harm the true yang line, it indicates the death of the father. If a secondary line carries the 'Earthly Kill' and is also accompanied by the White Tiger and刑, and it acts to harm the true yin line, it indicates the death of the mother. If the true yang line itself carries the Heavenly Kill and acts, it also indicates the death of the father. If the true yin line itself carries the Earthly Kill and acts, it also indicates the death of the mother. (Original note: This method applies to determining the death of stepfathers and stepmothers as well.) Yuan Tiangang said: If the moving line comes to conflict or join with another, you should reverse the interpretation — a yin line acting harms the yang line, and a yang line acting harms the yin line. Joining with the yang line harms the mother, and joining with the yin line harms the father. Yuan Ke Shi asked: What is the reason for this? Yuan Tiangang said: This is something you cannot comprehend.

如本宮父母不出現，即取內卦伏神，若又無伏，則取生世之爻為父，父克之爻為母。從世下一位，分一水二火三木四金五土之數飛之，亦分陰陽真假斷之。如前法，凡飛爻父母入財鄉，帶死墓絕胎，被三傅及世爻刑剋者，已故。看在何限內，並看刑剋之爻，是何支神，即知是限中是年亡也。如子刑卯限，子克巳午，即知卯限中子年刑剋也。（六親仿此）。

If the parents' hexagram does not appear in the current hexagram, then take the hidden god of the inner trigram; if there is no hidden god, take the hexagram that generates the world line as the father, and the hexagram that is overcome by the father as the mother. Starting from the hexagram following the world line, count in the order of one water, two fire, three wood, four metal, five earth, and determine the true or false nature of each hexagram, following the same method as before. If the flying parents' hexagram falls into the position of wealth, and is in a dead, tomb,绝, or fetal state, or is overcome by the three transmissions or the world line, then the parents are considered deceased. Then check which period the hexagram falls into, and which branch god is overcoming it, to determine the year within that period when the parents died. For example, if the hexagram is harmed by the hexagram of the rat, and the parents' hexagram falls into the rat's period, and the rat can also overcome the snake and the horse, then it is known that the parents died in the rat's period during the year of the rat. (Original note: the other six relations are treated in the same way.)

若父母爻持鬼，伏鬼，化鬼，與日月大殺羊刃合者，衰則帶疾，旺必喪身。或父母爻空，或受刑害克沖，得月日會兄鬼動來合住者，主帶疾延年。加孤寡殺動來生合，主孤苦延年。如太歲動來沖刑，年內有災。月將動來沖刑，月中見災。得龍福動來解救，庶免大咎也。凡父母富貴，貧賤，帶疾禍福俱與世爻斷法相同也。

If the parents' line carries official ghosts above, hides official ghosts below, or transforms into official ghosts, and if it also combines with the great killer and the sheep blade on the month builder and day branch, then the weak line indicates the person is sick, while the strong line means certain death. If the parents' line falls into an empty position or is punished, harmed, or attacked, but is supported by the month builder and day branch joining with siblings and official ghosts to harmonize it, then the person may be sick but can live longer. If further supported by solitary gods and lonely spirits coming to harmonize and support, the person will suffer from loneliness but can live longer. If the year's ruler attacks or punishes, there will be disaster within a year; if the month's general attacks or punishes, there will be disaster within a month. Only if the azure dragon and the children's fortune and virtue come to rescue can great calamity be avoided. All methods for judging the parents' wealth, poverty, illness, and fortune or misfortune are the same as those used for judging the world line.

前知集論繼父母曰。陽父眾，繼父成家。陰父眾，繼母管活。父化父，母化母，生合世爻者，在本宮內卦，伯叔姆嬸繼也。在本宮外卦，姑夫母舅母姨表叔繼也。父母化鬼生合世者，祖輩繼也。父母化兄生合世者，兄嫂表姐妹繼也。父母化福生合世者，僧尼繼也。父母化財生合世者，得絕戶應繼產業也。

Gao Canghe's "Qianzhi Ji" discusses the topic of adoptive parents, stating that when there are many yang parents' lines, it indicates that an adoptive father will help establish the family's business; when there are many yin parents' lines, it indicates that an adoptive mother will manage the household. If the parents' line changes into another parents' line and generates and harmonizes with the world line, and if this occurs within the inner trigram of the native's hexagram, it means that the person is adopted by an uncle, aunt, or their spouses. If it occurs within the outer trigram, it means that the person is adopted by a maternal uncle, maternal aunt, or their spouses. If the parents' line changes into an official ghost line and generates and harmonizes with the world line, it means that the person is adopted by an ancestor. If the parents' line changes into a siblings' line and generates and harmonizes with the world line, it means that the person is adopted by an older brother or sister or their spouses. If the parents' line changes into a children's line and generates and harmonizes with the world line, it means that the person is raised by a monk or nun. If the parents' line changes into a wealth line and generates and harmonizes with the world line, it means that the person inherits property from a family that has no descendants.

內親，外親，各以本宮內外卦，分親疏尊卑斷之。若他宮內卦，父母化出六親來生合世者，鄉里繼也。他宮外卦，父母化出六親來生合世者，遠方人繼也。以變卦定其何方，以神煞分其貴賤富貧也。又曰，父下伏子者，絕嗣也。否亦離祖過房入贅也。父下伏財並玄武咸池者，必父有偏房寵妾也。伏生飛吉，飛生伏凶。（此論飛宮）。

The inner and outer relations are determined by the inner and outer trigrams of their respective palace. If the parents in another palace's inner trigram transform into the six relations and generate and harmonise with the world line, it indicates adoption from the same village or neighborhood. If the parents in another palace's outer trigram transform into the six relations and generate and harmonise with the world line, it indicates adoption from a distant place. The direction is determined by the resulting hexagram, and the status of wealth and poverty is divided by the divine signs. The book also states: if the children are hidden under the parents' trigram, it indicates no descendants; even if there are descendants, they must leave the ancestral home to be adopted or take in a wife. If the wealth is hidden under the parents' trigram, and it is also with the black tortoise and salty pool, it indicates the father has a concubine. A hidden god generating a flying god is auspicious, while a flying god generating a hidden god is inauspicious. (Original note: This refers to the flying palace.)

鬼谷百問篇曰，人有幾母，看本宮陰爻父母，在變卦互卦，伏卦，內爻中者，其有幾位，即知其有幾重。若飛數，則看父克之爻，共有幾位，即知其有幾母也。如乾宮土為父，父克者水，為母也。看本宮飛伏化爻，共有幾水，即知其幾母也。年月日時上見水者，為庶母也。若爻逢旬空死墓絕胎者，則不依此斷。

The "Ghost Valley Hundred Sections" says: To determine how many mothers a person has, look at the yao (lines) representing the parents of the yin nature in the native's hexagram. Count how many times these yao appear among the resulting hexagram, the nuclear hexagram, the hidden hexagram, and the inner trigram. The number of appearances indicates the number of mothers. If using the method of flying palace, look at the yao that is being overcome by the father. The number of such yao indicates the number of mothers. For example, the Qian palace belongs to metal. Earth generates metal, so earth is the father. The father earth overcomes water, so water is the mother. Count how many water yao appear among the flying god, hidden god, and the resulting yao of the native's hexagram. This number indicates how many mothers there are. If the water yao are seen from the year, month, day, or hour, they represent a secondary mother. If these yao happen to be in the empty period or are in the positions of death, tomb,绝, or fetal, then this method should not be used.

先看內卦出現兄弟爻，不論外卦，不見則取伏，多少之數，以一水二火三木四金五土推之。旺相加倍，休如數，囚死減半，空絕者無也。兄爻旺相，而與三傅生合者，必連枝茂盛，雍和友愛也。旺而遇三傅沖剋者，則減福也。兄爻衰而逢沖並刑剋者，隻身也。兄爻雖旺，而逢旁爻，伏爻，化爻，刑害克沖者，有而無情也。

To determine the relationship with siblings, first look at the brothers' lines within the inner trigram, regardless of the outer trigram; if there are none, use the hidden god. The number of brothers is calculated according to the numbers one for water, two for fire, three for wood, four for metal, and five for earth. If the line is prosperous and strong, double the number; if it is in rest, use the original number; if it is in captivity or death, reduce by half; if it is in the empty or dead position, it is considered nonexistent. If the brothers' line is prosperous and harmonious with the year stem, month builder, and day branch through mutual generation and harmony, it indicates a flourishing and harmonious relationship. However, if prosperity is met with conflict from the three transmissions, the blessings will be reduced. If the brothers' line is weak and encounters conflict, combination, punishment, or control, it indicates being alone. Even if the brothers' line is strong, but is punished, harmed, or controlled by other lines, hidden lines, or changing lines, it indicates having brothers but lacking affection.

鬼持世動，與鬼爻獨發，或卦內有鬼無兄者，俱主刑剋也，否亦分離也。若鬼爻旁動，或持世不動，亦主不睦也。又兄動生合世身者，多恩義。刑沖剋害身世者，必不睦也。如內卦兄弟爻，不現，又不伏，方取與世比肩之爻為兄弟。從世上飛數之，兄世後一位逆起，弟世前一位順起。兄位退一為次兄，退二為三兄。弟位前一為二弟，前二為三弟，皆分陰陽真假論之。

When the Official Ghost occupies the World Line and moves, or when the Official Ghost moves alone, or when the hexagram contains the Official Ghost but no Siblings, it indicates punishment and conflict among the siblings. Even if there is no direct punishment, there will be separation. If the Official Ghost only moves in an adjacent line or occupies the World Line without moving, it suggests that the siblings are not harmonious. If the Siblings line moves to generate and harmonize with the World Line and the Hexagram Body, there is deep affection among the siblings. If the Siblings line moves to punish, clash, control, or harm the World Line and the Hexagram Body, there will certainly be discord. If the Siblings line in the Inner Trigram does not appear and there is no hidden god, then the line with the same Five Phases as the World Line is taken as the Siblings. Count from the World Line: the elder brother starts from the line after the World Line and counts backward, while the younger brother starts from the line before the World Line and counts forward. The position of the elder brother is counted back one more to be the second elder brother, and back two more to be the third elder brother. The position of the younger brother is counted forward one more to be the second younger brother, and forward two more to be the third younger brother. All these should be analyzed according to yin and yang and true or false positions.

帶祿馬德貴者貴，加財子福祿者富，加沐浴咸池者賤，帶破碎耗敗者貧，休空受傷者死。若休空受傷，得月日父福動來合住者，主帶疾延年也。兄爻持鬼伏鬼，化鬼者災病，空則無妨也。歲動刑沖，其年有災。月動刑沖，月內有災。得龍福解神動來沖剋，庶免大咎也。

If the brother's hexagram is accompanied by the禄神,驿马,天月德, and贵人, the brother will attain high status. If it is also accompanied by妻财,子孙,福德, and禄神, the brother will be wealthy. If it is accompanied by沐浴 and咸池, the brother will be of low status. If it carries破碎,大耗,小耗, and暴败, the brother will be poor. If the brother's hexagram is in a weak and confined state, falls into emptiness, and is attacked, it indicates the brother has died. If although it is in emptiness and injured, it is supported by the parents andChildren from the month builder and day branch to form a harmonious relationship, it indicates the brother is sick but can live a long life. If the brother's hexagram carriesOfficial Ghost, withOfficial Ghost below it, or transforms intoOfficial Ghost, it indicates illness. IfOfficial Ghost falls into emptiness, it is not a problem. If the year stem exertspunishment and clash, there will be disaster in that year. If the month builder exertspunishment and clash, there will be disaster in that month. If theAzure Dragon,Children, andRelief Deity exertclash and control on theInauspicious Spirit, it is possible to avoid great calamity.

若問兄弟孰存孰亡，須分真假論之。陽宮陽爻為真兄，陰宮陰爻為真弟。陽宮陰爻為女兄，陰宮陽爻為女弟。真陽爻起兄，後一位為次兄，後二次為三兄。真陰爻起弟，前一位為次弟，前二位為三弟。陽空兄失，陰空弟亡也。

If asking about which of the siblings is alive and which is dead, one must distinguish between true and false: a yang line in a yang palace represents the true elder brother, and a yin line in a yin palace represents the true younger brother; a yin line in a yang palace represents the sister, and a yang line in a yin palace represents the younger sister. Starting from the true yang line, the next line is the second elder brother, and the one after that is the third elder brother; starting from the true yin line, the previous line is the second younger brother, and the one before that is the third younger brother. If a yang line is empty, it indicates the elder brother has already died; if a yin line is empty, it indicates the younger brother has already died.

旁爻帶月殺亡神動刼殺，動來刑並真陽爻者兄失。刑並真陰爻者，弟亡也。若真陽真陰爻，帶月殺匿刑，（辰午酉亥），亡劫，動者亦主兄弟死也。如動爻來沖並，則反斷，陰動傷陽，陽動傷陰。並陰傷兄，並陽傷弟也。凡兄弟富貴，貧賤，帶疾，禍福，俱與世爻同斷，詳見於後。

A side line that carries the monthly killing, death spirit, and劫杀 and becomes active, coming to刑 and true yang line, indicates the loss of an elder brother; coming to刑 and true yin line, indicates the death of a younger brother. If the true yang line and true yin line themselves carry the monthly killing, hidden self-punishment (original note: refers to self-punishment at the positions of辰, 午, 酉, and 亥), and death spirit and劫杀 and become active, it also indicates the death of brothers. If the moving line comes to冲 or并, then the interpretation is reversed: a yin line becoming active harms the yang line, and a yang line becoming active harms the yin line; coming to并 with a yin line harms the elder brother, and coming to并 with a yang line harms the younger brother. All matters concerning the fortune, poverty, illness, and fortune or misfortune of brothers are interpreted in the same way as the world line, as detailed in the following text.