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Chapter 25 of 131
Zeng Shan Bu Yi — Revised I Ching Divination
Holistic Interpretation
The ancients believed that a day branch impacting a moving line causes dispersion, and a moving line impacting another line could also lead to dispersion. However, through repeated verification, I have found that: 🌱 A line that is strong (旺相) and energized (有气) cannot be dispersed by impact; a line that is weak (休囚) and powerless may occasionally be dispersed, but the probability is only one or two in a thousand. Why is this? Because a moving line is a manifestation of cosmic mechanisms and omens—once it moves, it must carry profound significance. Even if temporarily constrained today, it will still exert its influence when the timing is favorable.
For example, in the Chou month on Ding-You day, someone divined about their father who had been away for a year without any news, obtaining the Wind-Water Huan hexagram changing to Kan:
🌳 The moving Wood parent line generates and supports the present line, and it transforms into Water, which generates it in reverse. This indicates the father is safe abroad. The present line being void (空亡) suggests his return is imminent, and he will surely return after the Beginning of Spring. Indeed, the person returned triumphantly in the second month—is this not an example of the Wood line moving and being impacted by the You day? How could it be dispersed?
Commentary by Li Woping: The Golden Strategy emphasizes voidness but underestimates dispersion; Yimao, however, excessively emphasizes dispersion. A careful reading of its chapter on diseases reveals errors: For instance, in the Mao month on Bing-Yin day, someone divined about their child’s illness and obtained the Jian hexagram changing to Guan. 🌑 The offspring line transforming into a ghost line is originally an omen of death, but the book mistakenly judged it as dispersion due to impact on the Yin day. Another example is in the chapter on advance and retreat: a divination in the Shen month with a moving You line impacted on a Mao day was also erroneously interpreted as dispersion—such mistakes are numerous.
A moving line is a manifestation of cosmic mechanisms and omens. Its power stems from the waxing and waning of the Five Elements and their generative and destructive relationships. Impact from a day branch or another line cannot be simply judged as "dispersion"; it requires comprehensive observation of the moving line’s strength (旺相休囚) and whether it receives support.
This is essentially ancient wisdom combining probabilistic thinking and conditional judgment:
"The divine omen manifests in movement" reveals the dynamic cosmology of Chinese philosophy: change is not random chaos but an orderly flow of energy. Impact is essentially a form of energy interaction; dispersion or non-dispersion depends on the state of energy rather than the interaction itself.
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