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Chapter 84 of 135
Xing Ping Hui Hai — Compendium of Stars and Zi Ping
General Paraphrased Translation
The theory of the Six Relations primarily elucidates the corresponding principles of familial relationships in Eight Characters (Bazi) astrology. The Partial Seal represents the concubine mother and paternal grandfather; Partial Wealth represents the father (also the mother's husband star) and the secondary wife; Direct Wealth represents the principal wife; the Shoulder symbolizes siblings. The Seven Killings symbolize sons, the Direct Officer symbolizes daughters, the Eating God symbolizes grandsons, and the Hurting Officer symbolizes granddaughters and the maternal grandmother. The selection of the Six Relations in a female's chart differs from that of a male: the Direct Officer is the husband, the Seven Killings are the secondary husband; the Eating God is the son, the Hurting Officer is the daughter. Classical theory states: males take the element that克制 (restrains) the Day Master as offspring, while females take the element produced by the Day Master as children. The Hour Pillar represents children and servants, the Year Pillar represents ancestors, the Month Pillar represents parents, uncles, brothers, and the household, and the Day Pillar represents wives, concubines, and oneself.
Scenarios where the Six Relations are克制 (restrained) include: the Seal encountering Wealth will restrain the mother and grandmother; encountering the Compare or the Blade will restrain wives, concubines, and the father; an excess of Officers and Killings makes it difficult for brothers to survive; an excess of Hurting Officers and Eating Gods leads to difficulties with children; the Owl Seal can harm grandsons and restrain the grandmother. Combinations of the Ten Gods may also暗示 (imply) improper relatives: combination of the Direct Seal suggests an improper mother, combination of Wealth suggests an improper wife, combination of the Officer suggests an improper daughter, combination of Partial Wealth suggests an improper concubine, combination of the Shoulder suggests improper sisters, combination of the Hurting Officer suggests an improper grandmother, combination of the Eating God suggests an improper granddaughter.
Illustrative example: For a Day Master Jia (甲), encountering Gui Water (癸) represents the mother, encountering Wu Earth (戊) or Chen-Xu Earth (辰戌) represents the father and concubine; if Ji Chou-Wei Earth (己丑未) is encountered, it will contend with Wu Earth and harm Gui Water, clearly restraining the mother; encountering Jia Yin Wood (甲寅) restrains the father and concubine; encountering Geng Shen Metal (庚申) restrains older siblings; encountering Yi Mao Wood (乙卯) restrains younger siblings; encountering Bing Si-Wu Fire (丙巳午) restrains children. Other Day Masters can be analogized accordingly. The appearance of specific characters in the annual or luck cycles will restrain the corresponding relatives, necessitating analysis in conjunction with clashes, restraints, decline, prosperity, alignment, and opposition—those approaching advance, those having achieved retreat. If accompanied by solitary or widowed spirits or empty voids within the decade, Metal, Fire, and Water being empty is反而吉 (auspicious反而), but Wood empty decays, Earth empty collapses, undoubtedly ominous. Counting from the birth year, restraint and harm are evident.
Jia encountering Yi is called divided禄 (lu, prosperity), Jia encountering Jia is called Shoulder, the above mostly refers to male penalties and restraints. Those carrying the Day Blade pattern, with prosperous self and no restraint, restrain parents and penalize wives; those carrying the Monthly Order Seal pattern, with many Wealth characters in the Eight Characters, restrain the mother, the Seal restrains the father, encountering Wealth in the major cycle is the same.
Poetry summary:
Detailed analysis: For Jia Day Master, Wu is the father, Gui is the mother, Wu is Gui's husband. Jia takes Wu as Partial Wealth; Wealth prosperous, father thrives; Wealth declined, father fails. If Jia Yin or a full Wood configuration is seen, it must restrain the father, or lead to illness, disability, or discord; if there is a rescuing star, harm can be reduced. Jia prosperous, Wu declined, indicates illness; Wu approaching birth-prosperity, nobleman, virtuous ground is auspicious, obtaining Ding Fire's generation and assistance further increases father's fortune. The flourishing and withering of fate principle requires observing the father's rise and fall, the rest can be analogized.
On Parents: Mixed Officers and Killings, injured Seal, abundant Wealth with weak self, all indicate penalties and restraints.
Poetry:
On Brothers: Jia encountering Yi is the younger brother, meeting Geng-Xin restrains; Bing encountering Ding is the younger brother, meeting Ren-Gui restrains. The rest imitate this.
Poetry:
On Sisters: Jia encountering Yi is the younger sister, Yi encountering Jia is the older sister, meeting Geng-Xin restrains. The rest imitate this.
On Husband and Wife: Females take the Officer star as husband, encountering Hurting Officer and Seven Killings indicates ominous penalties; mixed Officers and Killings must mean baseness. Males take Wealth as wife, encountering Partial Wealth as concubine; meeting the Blade and heavy Shoulder must restrain. Day and Hour Lu and Horse mutually generating, wife auspicious.
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For example: Jia encountering Ji Earth is Direct Wealth, but Yi Wood configuration harms the wife, using Yin restrains wife; Jia combining with Ji更主 (further indicates) wife improper.
On Offspring: Jia encountering Geng is son, Xin is daughter, meeting Bing-Ding restrains. The rest imitate this.
Poetry:
On Penalty and Restraint Song:
On Restraining Wife Song:
On Restraining Son Song:
Another song:
Another song:
For example: Jia to Geng seventh as Seven Killings view son, Officer Lu obtaining ground has support, many auspicious stars, son loyal, filial, wise and understanding; resting, imprisoned, dead, extinct, ominous, void, son poor, base, ill. Need balance, excessive have sons not many, restrain husband, ominous, stubborn; insufficient few, bear daughters. Also said: Eight Characters have one killing then one son, no killing no son; body and killing two balanced, two killings prosperous,断 (decidedly) many sons. Day Master's birth day, like Jia Zi day, take year, month, day, hour separately discuss Wealth, Officer, Seal.
The theory of the Six Relations is based on the Yin-Yang Five Elements and the Ten Gods system, correlating the stems and branches in Bazi with familial relationships. It deduces the auspiciousness, penalties, and restraints among family members through the interactions of the Five Elements' generation and restraint and the Ten Gods. It emphasizes the "Doctrine of the Mean" (中和 zhōnghé)—balance of the Five Elements leads to familial harmony, while imbalance leads to penalties and harm, reflecting the integration of ancient family ethics and natural philosophy.
In modern society, family structures have shifted from traditional clan systems to nuclear families, but the core of the Six Relations—interpersonal dynamics—remains relevant. For example:
The theory of the Six Relations is deeply rooted in the思想 (thought) of the unity of heaven and humanity, cosmologizing family ethics: familial relationships mirror the generation and restraint of the Five Elements, embodying the natural laws of harmony and conflict. It implies: