Cangjia

養身於花柳之家曰娼曰妓，識禍福於幾微之際惟蓍惟龜。花街托跡，柳巷安身。門外紛紛，總是風流子弟；窗前濟濟，無非歌舞佳人。

Those who make a living through beauty and talent in the entertainment quarters are called courtesans or prostitutes. To foresee good or bad fortune before things become evident, one must rely on divination with yarrow stalks or turtle shells. This particular divination concerns the business of courtesans: taking refuge in the flower-lined streets and settling in the willow-lined lanes. People coming and going outside the door are all debauched youths; those gathered before the window are nothing but dancing and singing beauties. In the divination, wife and wealth represent the courtesan and her profits, official ghost represents the patron, children represent pleasure, and siblings represent loss.

若要安寧，必得世無沖剋；欲求稱意，還須應去生扶。卦見六沖，往來亦徒迎迓；爻當六合，晨昏幸爾盤桓。

If you want your household to be peaceful, you must ensure the World Line is not subjected to clash and control. If you want your business to prosper, you also need the Response Line (guests) to come and support it. If a hexagram shows Six Clashes, although guests may come and go frequently, they will only come and go without staying. If a hexagram shows Six Harmony, guests will stay around all day and night, which is a good situation.

財若空亡，錢樹子恐防傾倒；官如墓絕，探花郎那得棲遲。妻財官鬼二者不可相無，財鬼父兄子孫皆宜不動。

If the wife's wealth爻 falls into an empty position, the "money tree" (referring to the house's courtesan) is likely to fall. If the official ghost爻 enters a tomb and reaches a dead end, the guests who seek pleasure will not stay long. The wife's wealth and the official ghost are both essential—one represents capital, the other the customer. The five elements of wealth, official ghost, father, elder brother, and son are all better when they remain still and unmoved; any movement brings trouble.

鬼煞傷身，火盜官災多恐布；日辰沖父，住居屋宅有更張。兄弟交重，罄囊用度；子孫藏伏，蹙額追陪。

Official Ghost andInauspicious Sha harm the Hexagram Body, leading to many troubles such as fire, theft, and legal issues, causing fear and anxiety. The Day Branch冲 (conflict) the Parents爻 (which represents the house), indicating the need to move or change the residence. Brothers爻 are strongly activated, suggesting financial loss. The Children爻 are hidden and not visible (the god of joy is absent), so one can only force a smile while entertaining guests with a worried expression.

財化福爻，家出從良之妓；官居刑地，門招惡病之人。忌動衰空，閒是閒非閒撓舌；財興克世，有財有利有驚憂。能將玄理以推詳，真乃黃金而不易。

The wife's wealth line transforms into the children line (indicating the departure from the wealth position to a fortunate place), suggesting that there is a courtesan in the family who will leave to marry someone else. The official ghost falls in a place where it is punished, meaning that a guest who brings illness will arrive through the door. The hostile god becomes active but is weak and falls into emptiness, indicating only trivial disputes and verbal conflicts. Although the wife's wealth is strong and brings profit, it also brings a sudden worry. Being able to understand these subtle principles is a rare and valuable skill.

小忿小懲，必至爭長競短；大虧既負，寧不訴枉申冤。欲定輸贏，須詳世應。應乃對頭，要休囚死絕；世為自己，宜帝旺長生。

At first, it was just a little resentment or a minor punishment, but it eventually turned into quarrels over who is right or wrong. When one suffers a big loss or great injustice, who would not seek redress? In divination regarding legal disputes, there is one main principle: to determine the outcome, first look at the relationship between the World Line and the Response Line. The Response Line represents the opponent, so it should be weak or in a state of death or decline. The World Line represents oneself, so it should be in a position of prosperity or growth. All the following sections are derived from this relationship between the World Line and the Response Line.

相沖相剋乃是欺凌之象，相生相合終成和好之情。世應比和官鬼動，恐公家捉打官司；卦爻安靜子孫興，喜親友勸和公事。世空則我欲息爭，應動則他多機變。

The World Line and Response Line being in conflict and mutual control indicate a situation of mutual bullying and contention; when they are mutually generating and harmonious, they will eventually reconcile and reach an agreement. If the World and Response Lines are originally harmonious (with no conflict), but the Official Ghost moves, it suggests that the authorities themselves will arrest someone and bring charges. If the six lines are quiet and the Children are strong, this means friends will intervene to mediate and the matter will be resolved — the Children represent the Relief Deity, which specifically overcomes the Official Ghost. If the World Line is empty, it suggests I have no fighting spirit and want to avoid trouble; if the Response Line moves, it indicates the other party is being very cunning and unpredictable.

間傷世位，須防硬證同謀；鬼克間爻，且喜有司明見。身乃根因事體，空則情虛；父為案卷文書，伏須未就。鬼作問官，克應則他遭杖責；日為書吏，傷身則我受刑名。

The intermediate line harms the world line, so we should be cautious of witnesses colluding with the other party to give false testimony. The official ghost goes on to overcome the intermediate line (the official has suppressed the person trying to interfere), which is a good sign as the judge is clear-sighted. The hexagram body is the root of this case; if it is empty, the case itself lacks evidence. The parents line represents the lawsuit documents; if it is hidden, the case has not yet been processed. The official ghost here represents the judge; the official ghost overcoming the response line means the other party will be punished. The day branch here represents the clerk in the court; if the day branch harms the hexagram body, I will face punishment.

逢財則理真氣壯，遇兄則財散人離。世入墓爻，難免獄囚之繫；官逢太歲，必非州縣之詞。內外有官，事涉一司終不了；上下有父，詞興兩度始能成。

In the hexagram, the wife and wealth line is strong, indicating sufficient funds for handling affairs and solid evidence, leading to a just and confident position. However, encountering the siblings in power causes money to scatter and people to part, losing support. The world line falls into the storage, inevitably leading to imprisonment. The official ghost coincides with the supreme year, meaning the case will not stop at the county level but must be reported to a higher authority. Both inner and outer trigrams contain the official ghost, indicating involvement of two different offices, making the matter unresolved for a while. With parents present both above and below, the lawsuit must be filed twice before it can be settled.

官父兩強，詞狀表章皆准理；妻財一動，申呈訴告總徒勞。父旺官衰，雀角鼠牙之訟；變衰動旺，虎頭蛇尾之人。世若逢生，當有貴人倚靠；應衰無助，必無奸惡刁唆。

Official Ghost indicates the official document, and Parents represent the petition itself. If both are strong, then the submitted petition will be accepted. However, if Wealth moves and overcomes Parents, the petition will be damaged first, making all the complaints and reports useless. If Parents are strong and Official Ghost is weak, although many petitions are submitted, the officials will not take them seriously, and it will be just a minor dispute. If the original line is strong but the changing line becomes weak, this person is superficial, making a big show at first but lacking strength later. If the World Line receives support, there will be a reliable nobleman to rely on; if the Response Line is weak and lacks support, then there will be no one to incite trouble from the other side.

無合無生總旺，如何獨腳虎；有刑有克逢空，空效縮頭龜。兄在間中，事必干眾；父臨應上，使欲興詞。父動而官化福爻，事將成而偶逢兜歡；父空而身臨刑煞，詞未準而先被笞刑。

The Response Line is strong, but it has no support or assistance, standing alone like a one-legged tiger, just frightening others. The World Line, although subject to conflict and restriction, happens to fall into an empty position and thus avoids being affected (empty positions are not subject to restriction), so it can only temporarily retreat like a turtle drawing its head in. Siblings are in the intermediate line, indicating that this matter will involve many people. Parents are in the Response Line, meaning the other party is about to file a lawsuit against me. Parents are active, but the Official Ghost turns into Children (the official power is greatly reduced), meaning the matter was about to succeed, but someone suddenly comes forward to mediate. Parents fall into an empty position, and the Hexagram Body is subject to a crime and bad omen, meaning the lawsuit has not yet been decided, but I have already been punished first.

妻動生官，須用貲財矚託；世興變鬼，必因官訟亡身。子在身邊，到底不能結證；官伏世下，訟根猶未芟除。墓逢日德刑沖，目下即當出獄；歲挈福神生合，獄中必遇天恩。

The wife's wealth moves to generate the official ghost, indicating the need to use money to bribe someone. If the world line becomes active and transforms into the official ghost, there is fear of dying in this legal case. The children are near the hexagram body (children overcome the official), meaning this case will never be resolved. The official ghost is hidden beneath the world line, implying the root of the lawsuit has not been completely removed, and it will resurface later. Although the world line is in a tomb, if the day branch and heavenly virtue come to punish and clash with the tomb, the person will be released from prison soon. If the sovereign supports the children to generate and harmonize with the world line, the person in prison will certainly be pardoned.

若問罪名，須詳官鬼；要知消散，當看子孫。卦象既成，勝負瞭然明白；訟庭一部，是非判若昭彰。

To determine the specific crime, examine the Five Phases of the Official Ghost and the Six Beasts; to know when it will be resolved, look at when the Children gain strength. Once the hexagram is arranged, the outcome is clear, and the right and wrong in court are evident. The entire passage can be summarized in five lines of mnemonic: The World and Response Lines determine victory or defeat, the Official Ghost determines the crime, the Children determine resolution, the Parents determine documents, and the Wealth determines expenses.

人有窮通，世有否泰。自嗟薄命，適當離亂之秋；每嘆窮途，聊演變通之易。因錄已驗之卦爻，為決當今之賊寇。

People may experience hardship or success, times may be closed off or flourishing. Lamenting one's fate, one happens to encounter war and chaos; every time one feels stuck, one can only perform the Yi to seek a way through. This section records past verified divination examples to judge current bandit troubles. The method of selection is: official ghosts represent bandits and disasters, children represent saviors and deities of fortune, the world line represents oneself, and wife wealth and parents represent wife, children, and belongings.

鬼位興隆，賊勢必然猖獗；官爻墓絕，人心始得安康。路上如逢休出外，宅中如遇勿歸家。動來刑害，總教智能也難逃；變入空亡，若被勾留猶可脫。

Official Ghosts being strong indicate that thieves will be rampant; when Official Ghosts enter their tomb and reach their end, people's minds will be at ease. The most practical way to avoid chaos is "avoid where the Official Ghost is": if the Official Ghost is in the fifth line, which represents the road position, do not go out; if it is in the second line, which represents the home position, do not return home. If the Official Ghost moves and harms or harms me, even with intelligence, one cannot escape; if it moves but transforms into emptiness, even if temporarily detained, one can eventually escape.

日辰制伏，何妨卦裡刑傷；月建臨持，勿謂爻中隱伏。所惡者，提起之神；所賴者，死亡之地。自持鬼墓，墳中不可潛藏；或值水神，舟內猶當仔細。

If the day branch restrains the official ghost, the slight injuries indicated in the hexagram are not a problem; but if the month builder comes into its position and gains the energy of the month, one should not think that because it is hidden in a line it will be harmless. The most harmful is the line that generates and supports the official ghost, lifting it up; the most reliable is when the official ghost falls into a dead or绝 position. If the world line holds the storage of the official ghost, it cannot hide in the graveyard; if the official ghost is associated with the water deity, even if it is hidden in a boat, one must be cautious.

子爻福德北宜行，午象官爻南勿往。鬼逢沖散，何須剋制之鄉；福遇空亡，莫若生扶之地。旺興內卦，終來本境橫行；動化退神，必往他鄉標掠。

The Son爻 falls on the Zi water, and since Zi is located in Due North, it is suitable to go north. The Official Ghost爻 falls on the Wu fire, and since Wu is located in Due South, one should not go south. Since the Official Ghost has already been scattered by a clash, there is no need to seek the direction to control it. If the Son爻 falls on an empty position, it is better to go to the direction that can generate and support the Son. If the Official Ghost is strong and flourishing in the Inner Trigram, it will eventually cause trouble locally. But if it moves and transforms into the Retreating God, it will move to another place to cause trouble.

官連旺福合生身，反凶為吉；陽化陰則刑剋世，弄假成真。賊興三合爻中，必投陷阱；身在六旬空處，終脫樊籠。官鬼臨身，任爾潛蹤猶撞見；子孫持世，總然對面不相逢。

The official ghost is present, yet it is connected to the prosperous and strong children that support and generate me, turning misfortune into good fortune. A yang line turning into a yin line, while also刑克 the world line, is originally just a false alarm, but it becomes a real event. The official ghost rises within the triple harmony formation (a surrounding force), inevitably falling into a trap. The hexagram body is precisely in the position of the旬空, eventually escaping the cage. The official ghost is attached to the hexagram body; no matter how you hide, you will still be discovered. The children hold the world line (the guardian of fortune), facing the thief yet unable to recognize me.

兄變官爻，竊恐鄉人劫掠；財連鬼煞，須防藏護私藏。日辰沖剋財爻，妻孥失散；動象刑傷福德，兒女拋離。火動克身，恐有燎毛之苦；水興傷世，必成滅頂之凶。

The siblings change into officials and ghosts (similar elements turning into thieves), beware of people from the same hometown coming to rob. Wealth connected with officials and ghosts, be cautious of others hiding stolen goods. The day branch clashes with wealth, the wife and children may be separated; the moving line injures children, the children may be separated. If fire lines are activated to control the hexagram body, fear burning and scorching; if water lines are strong and injure the world line, there will certainly be a disaster of drowning.

父若空亡，包裹須防失脫；妻如落陷，財物當慮遺亡。五位交重，兩處身家無下落；六爻亂動，一家骨肉各西東。福臨鬼位刑沖帶煞，則官兵不道；官變兄爻克合傷財，則妻妾遭淫。

The parents' line falls into emptiness (parents represent luggage, clothes and bedding), so the package should be guarded against loss; the wife and wealth line is in decline, so wealth should be protected against loss. The fifth line (road) is activated repeatedly, with no news from either end of the family; the sixth line is chaotic, with family members scattering in all directions. The children's line is in the position of official ghost and accompanied by punishments and clashes (what should protect me becomes harmful), indicating that the soldiers are lawless and more disruptive than thieves. The official ghost transforms into siblings, which both harm and combine with the wife and wealth line, causing harm to the wife and wealth, indicating that the wife and concubine are subjected to humiliation.

妻去生扶，只為貪財翻作禍；子來沖動，皆因兒哭惹成災。得值六親生旺，雖險何妨；如臨四絕刑傷，逢屯即死。世遇亂離，既已遂爻而決矣；時遭患難，亦當隨象以推之。

The wife's wealth goes to generate and support the official ghost, which means seeking wealth brings misfortune; the children come to stir up the official ghost, meaning children's crying brings disaster. If all the six relations are strong and flourishing, even if there is danger, it will not matter much; but if they are in the four dead ends and suffer from punishment, once encountering difficulties, there will be no life. People encountering chaos and disorder have already been interpreted according to the positions of the lines; as for temporary troubles encountered, they are also analyzed according to the hexagram and the specific situation.

最怕官爻克世，則必難迴避；大宜福德臨身，則終可逃生。官化父沖，必有文書挨捕；日沖官散，必多親友維持。鬼伏而兄弟沖提，禍由骨肉；官靜而旁爻刑剋，事出吏書。

In general, the most feared situation is when the Official Ghosts overcome the World Line, which is unavoidable. The most favorable situation is when the Children are present on the Hexagram Body, which ultimately leads to survival. If the Official Ghosts transform into Parents, which represent documents, there will certainly be official documents leading to a search and capture. If the Day Branch disperses the Official Ghosts, there will be many relatives and friends who will support and protect. If the Official Ghosts were originally hidden but are stirred up and revealed by the Siblings, the disaster is caused by one's own family members. If the Official Ghosts were originally still but are disturbed by the actions of other lines, the matter is initiated by the officials and clerks.

應若遭傷當累眾，妻如受克定傷財。遍喜六爻安靜，又宜一卦無官，或身世之逢空，或用神之得地。天來大事也無防，海樣深仇何足慮。事有百端，理無二致，潛心玩索，若能融會貫通，據理推占，自得圓通神不滯！

The Response Line being harmed will affect everyone, and if the Wealth is attacked, there will certainly be financial loss. A divination indicating avoidance of turmoil has four auspicious signs: all six lines are quiet, the entire hexagram has no Official Ghost, the Hexagram Body and the World Line are exactly in the empty position (the thief cannot find me), and the Useful Gods are each in their proper place. If any of these four signs are present, even if there is a great calamity, it will not matter, and even the deepest enmity will not be a concern. The world has many affairs, but the principle is only one. As long as one diligently studies and integrates the knowledge, following the principle to make predictions, it will naturally be smooth and profound without being stuck.

寬以禦敵，眾侮慢斯，加嚴以治人，逃亡遂起。故雖大聖之有容，尚謂小人之難養，須察用爻方知實跡。若臨午地，必往南方，或化寅爻，轉移東北。

If one is too lenient with subordinates, people will become disrespectful; if one is too strict, those who run away will follow. Therefore, even Confucius, who was so broad-minded, said that it is difficult to manage small people. When predicting an escape, one must examine the useful god — if the one who runs away is a servant, take the wealth; if it is a child, take the children, each according to their proper role. If the useful god is in the午 fire, which is located due south, the person will go south; if the useful god is activated and transforms into寅 wood, which is located in the northeast, then the person is heading northeast.

木屬震宮，都邑京城之內；金居兌象，庵觀寺院之中。鬼墓交重，廟宇中間隱匿；休囚死絕，墳陵左右潛藏。如逢四庫，當究五行；倘伏五鄉，豈宜一類。

The useful god belongs to wood and is in the Zhen trigram, indicating a person is hidden in a city or capital. If it belongs to metal and is in the Dui trigram, the person is hidden in a temple or monastery. TheStorage of official ghosts are activated repeatedly, hidden in temples. If the useful god is weak and confined, it is hidden near tombs. If the useful god falls on the fourStorage positions, namely Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei, one must further examine its own Five Phases to determine the direction. If it is hidden under another yao, one must also check which of the six relations it is under, and not treat all cases the same.

木興水象，定乘舟楫而逃；動合伏財，必拐婦人而去。內近外遠，生世則終有歸期；靜易動難，坐空則必無尋路。合起合住，若非容隱即相留；沖動沖開，不是使令當敗露爻。

The wood line is flourishing and there is a water image (wood floating on water), indicating someone escaping by boat; if the moving line combines with the hidden wealth line, it suggests a woman being taken away along with her husband. If the useful god is in the inner trigram, it is near; if in the outer trigram, it is far. If the useful god generates the world line, there will eventually be a return. If the useful god is still, it is easy to find; if moving, it is hard to track. If the useful god is on an empty place, there is no way to find it. If the useful god is combined and blocked, it means either someone is hiding it or someone is holding it; if it is impulsively moved or broken, it means either being sent by someone or the person's whereabouts will be revealed.

動爻刑剋，有人阻彼登程；日建生扶，有伴糾他同去。間爻作合，原中必定知情；世應相生，路上須當撞見。無沖無破居六位，則一去不回；有克有生在五爻，則半途仍走。

In the hexagram, if the moving line harms or restricts the useful god, someone is blocking the way and preventing him from proceeding. If the day branch and month builder generate and support the useful god, there will be companions who join him on the journey. If the intermediate line combines with the useful god, the mediator certainly knows about the matter. If the world line and response line generate each other, the person is likely to meet someone on the way. If the useful god is neither conflicting nor breaking through and is located in the sixth line (the outermost and farthest line), he will not return. If the useful god is in the fifth line (the line of the road) and there are both conflicting and supporting elements, he will have to travel further on the way.

主象化出主象，歸亦難留；本宮化入本宮，去應不遠。歸魂卦用仍生合，不捕而自回；游魂卦應又交重，能潛而會遁。世克應爻，任爾潛身終見獲；應傷世位，總然對面不相逢。

The useful god moves again and transforms into another useful god of the same type (leaving and then leaving again), even if it returns, it cannot be retained; the爻 in the original palace transforms into the same palace (still moving within its own domain), not going far away. If a returning soul hex is drawn and the useful god generates a harmonious relationship with me, there is no need to catch it back by oneself; if a wandering soul hex is drawn and the responding line is repeatedly active, the person is good at hiding and escaping. If the world line can overcome the responding line, no matter how he hides, he will eventually be captured; if the responding line harms the world line, even face to face, he will not be encountered.

父母空亡，杳無音信；子孫發動，當有維持。眾煞傷身，竊恐反遭刑辱；動兄持世，必然廣費貲財。父動變官，必得公人捕捉；世投入墓，須防窩主拘留。

The parents line falls into emptiness (indicating no news or letters), and there is no information; the children line becomes active (a fortunate deity comes to help), suggesting someone will support and assist. If many evils harm the hexagram body, one should be cautious as pursuing may lead to self-humiliation. If the siblings line becomes active and holds the world line (siblings represent expenditure), this search will result in significant expenses. If the parents line becomes active and transforms into the official ghost (documents turn into officials), it indicates that the authorities will send people to arrest. If the world line falls into the storage, one should be careful of being caught by the person who started the matter.

世應比和不空，必潛於此；世應空亡獨發，徒費乎心。但能索隱探幽，何慮深潛遠遁！

The World and Response Lines both have the same Five Phases and are not empty, meaning the person is hidden nearby; if the World and Response Lines are empty and only one line moves alone, then it is in vain to worry. In the end, as long as we can investigate the lines carefully, looking at the direction, where the hidden person is under which line, and whether there is a conflict or harmony and movement or stillness, we need not fear that the person is hidden deep or has escaped far.

民苦飢寒，每有穿窬之輩；勿忘檢束，亦多遺失之虞。要識其中之得失，須詳卦上之妻財。自空化空，皆當置而不問；日旺月旺，總未散而可尋。

When people suffer from hunger and cold, there are often thieves who climb walls or dig holes. If one does not restrain oneself, there will also be times of loss. To divinate about lost items, one must know whether the item can still be found, which depends on the wife's wealth line in the hexagram. The wife's wealth line represents the lost item. If the wife's wealth line falls into an empty period and transforms into another empty period, then one should give up hope and not ask further. If the wife's wealth line is strong due to the day branch and the month builder, the item has not yet been lost and can still be searched for.

內卦本宮，搜索家庭可見；他宮外卦，追來鄰里能知。五路四門，六乃棟樑闊上；初井二，三為閨閫房中。

The wife's wealth is in the inner trigram and belongs to the same palace; it can be found by searching within one's own home. If it is in the outer trigram and belongs to another palace, one must ask neighbors to find out its location. Then determine the location based on the line position: the fifth line represents the road, the fourth line represents the door, the sixth line represents the main beam and high places, the first line represents the well and underground, the second line represents the kitchen and the front hall, and the third line represents the inner room. Where the wife's wealth falls on a particular line, the object is located there.

水失於池，木乃柴薪之內；土埋在地，金為磚石之間。動入墓中，財深藏而不見；靜臨世上，物尚在而何妨。

Again, according to the Five Phases, theWealth belongs to water, and is lost by the pool or by the water's edge; if it belongs to wood, it is hidden among firewood piles; if it belongs to earth, it is buried in the soil; if it belongs to metal, it is hidden in the cracks of bricks and stones. When theWealth moves and enters theStorage, it is hidden deep in the east or west, and cannot be found at the moment. It must wait until theStorage is opened. If theWealth is quiet and is on theWorld Line, the object is still near oneself, and there is no problem.

鬼墓爻臨，必在墳邊墓側；日辰合住，定然器掩遮藏。子爻福變妻，財須探鼠穴；西地逢福德，當檢雞棲財。

The official ghost's storage is adjacent to the wealth, so the object must be near the grave or by the tomb. The wealth is held by the day branch, meaning it is certainly covered or hidden by some object. When the children's爻 changes into wealth (children belong to the rat), one should look for it in the rat's hole. If the children fall on the酉 position (酉 belongs to the chicken), then one should search in the chicken coop. This is using the生肖 imagery of the earth branches to locate lost items.

鬼在空中世動，則自家所失；財伏應下世合，則假貸於人。若伏子孫，當在僧房道院；如伏父母，必遺衣笈書箱。

Official Ghost falls into an empty position while the World Line is activated, indicating a loss due to one's own negligence, not due to a thief. Wealth is hidden beneath the Response Line and harmonizes with the World Line, meaning it has been lent out and is not considered lost. If Wealth is hidden beneath Children, the item is in a monastery or temple (Children represent monks and Taoists). If Wealth is hidden beneath Parents, it is in a chest or bookcase (Parents represent clothing and documents).

在內則家中失脫，在外則他處遺亡。財伏逢沖，必是人移物動；鬼興出現，定為賊竊人偷。

The Wealth trigram inside the inner trigram indicates the item was lost at home; if it is in the outer trigram, it was lost elsewhere. If the Wealth trigram is hidden and meets a conflicting trigram, it suggests someone moved the item, not theft. If the Official Ghost trigram is strong and appears in the hexagram, then it is definitely theft. The presence or absence of the Official Ghost trigram is the key to distinguishing between loss and theft.

陰女陽男，內卦則家人可決；生壯墓老，他宮則外賊無疑。乾宮鬼帶螣蛇，西北方瘦長男子；巽象官加白虎，東南上肥胖陰人。

The official ghost is a yao; if it is a yin yao, the thief is a woman, and if it is a yang yao, the thief is a man. If the official ghost is in the inner trigram, it indicates someone from within the family. If the official ghost is in the growth position, it represents a young and strong person; if it is in the storage position, it represents an old person. If the official ghost belongs to another palace, it is certainly an outsider. For example, the official ghost in the Qian palace with the snake (Qian is in the northwest, and the snake is slender), the thief is a thin and tall man coming from the northwest; the official ghost in the Xun palace with the white tiger (Xun is in the southeast, and the white tiger is thick and strong), the thief is a fat woman coming from the southeast.

與世刑沖，必是冤仇相聚；與福交變，必然僧道同謀。鬼遇生扶，慣得中間滋味；官興上下，須防內外勾連。

The Official Ghost and the World Line are in conflict and mutual clash, indicating that this thief must be someone with a grudge against me. The Official Ghost and the Children change alternately, suggesting that there must be monks or Taoist priests involved in the plot (Children represent monks and Taoists). The Official Ghost is repeatedly supported and strengthened, indicating that this is a habitual thief who has already tasted the benefits of such actions. Both the upper and lower lines have the Official Ghost active, warning of potential collusion between inside and outside forces.

木克六爻，窬牆而入；金傷三位，穿壁而來。世去沖官，失主必曾驚覺；日來克鬼，賊心亦自驚疑。

The wood type official ghost is attacking the sixth line (which represents a wall or high place), indicating the thief climbed over the wall. The metal type official ghost is harming the third line (which represents a gate or wall), indicating the thief dug through the wall. The world line is going against the official ghost, meaning the owner must have been alarmed at that moment. The day branch is attacking the official ghost, meaning the thief himself felt uncertain and anxious.

子動子宮，問牧童定知消息；福興酉地，見酒客可探情由。兄動劫財，若卜起贓無處覓；官興克世，如占捕盜必傷身。

The Son line is in the Zi water palace and is active (Zi represents water and a place for grazing). Asking a herdsman will surely bring news. The Son line is also strong in the You palace (You represents wine), so meeting a wine drinker can reveal the truth. The Son line is the savior in catching thieves; knowing where it falls shows where to seek information. The Brothers line is active and drains wealth, so if there is stolen property, it will be hard to find. The Official Ghost line is strong and attacks the World Line, so if catching thieves is the subject, the person capturing them will be injured.

世值子孫，任彼強梁何足慮；鬼臨墓庫，縱能巡捕亦難擒。日合賊爻，必有窩藏之主；動爻鬼煞，還逢指示之人。

The World Line is occupied by the Children, which overcome the Official Ghost, indicating a divine figure for capturing thieves. No matter how strong the thief is, there is nothing to worry about. The Official Ghost is located in the Storage, hidden deeply. Even if people are sent to search, it will be difficult to capture. The Day Branch combines with the Official Ghost, indicating there must be a person who shelters the thief. Although the Moving Line is aInauspicious Sha (malevolent force) of the Official Ghost, if it comes to harmonize with the World Line, it suggests someone will reveal the thief's whereabouts.

卦若無官，理當論伏；財如發動，墓處推詳。伏若克飛，終被他人隱匿；飛如克伏，還為我輩擒拿。

If the official ghost is not present in the hexagram, according to principle, one should look for the hidden god. If the wealth element is activated, one should investigate its storage place to determine where the matter is. If the hidden official ghost can overcome the flying god above it (the thief is strong but can be concealed), it will ultimately be hidden and cannot be captured. If the flying god can overcome the hidden official ghost (the thief is subdued), then the thief will still be captured by our side.

若伏空爻，借賃屋居非護賊；如藏世下，提防竊盜要留心。倘失舟車衣服，不宜妻位交重；或亡走獸飛禽，切忌父爻發動。

The official ghost is hidden under a vacant line, indicating a rented house where the landlord is not protecting the thief. If the official ghost is concealed beneath the world line, the thief is nearby and one must be especially cautious. As for the lost item, if it is not money, the useful god should be chosen differently: if the lost item is a boat, vehicle, or clothing (belonging to parents), then the wealth line should not be strongly active (as wealth overpowers parents); if the lost item is an animal, bird, or creature (belonging to children), then the parents line should not be active (as parents overpower children).