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Chapter 23 of 34
Huang Jin Ce — Golden Strategies
Overall Paraphrased Translation Choosing an excellent teacher 🌱 ensures the transmission of knowledge, filling the seats with students who achieve success in their studies. If the teacher is incompetent or the school environment is poor 🏚, it is difficult to expect fruitful results. Therefore, for those wishing to make a living from teaching (writing and teaching), one must first use divination 📜 to predict fortune or misfortune. The Self Line (Shi Yao) represents the teacher (Xi Xi). If it encounters the Parent Line (Fu Mu Yao), it symbolizes profound learning and mastery of the classics. The Corresponding Line (Ying Yao) represents the employer (Dong Jia). If it encounters the Officer Line (Guan Yao), it may indicate the employer has an official background. If the Officer Line is strong, the employer is young and vigorous 💪; if weak, the family is poor. If the Yao enters a Tomb (Mu) and is strong, the employer may be an elderly wealthy person 💰; if weak, they are old and impoverished. If the Yao corresponds to Earth or Fire and is in Empty Void (Kong Wang), it may indicate incomplete parents; encountering Metal or Water in a state of Exhaustion (Jue Di) suggests few descendants.
If the Yao positions are uncoordinated (not supporting or harmonious), the relationship between host and guest is disharmonious. If they generate and combine with each other, then affections are mutual, and cooperation is pleasant. The Wealth Line (Cai Yao) symbolizes tuition fees (Shu Xiu). It is unfavorable for it to transform into a Sibling Line (Xiong Di Yao) to avoid financial loss. The Parent Line represents the school (library). It must not encounter Empty Void, otherwise the school will be unstable. If the Ghost Line (Gui Yao, Officer-Ghost) moves and combines with the Self Line, one needs to rely on recommendations from influential people. If the Sibling Line is on the Corresponding Line, there is easily competition or interference from peers. If the Officer Line is hidden and latent, there is no one to supervise or manage. If the Corresponding Line is in Empty Void, the employer lacks the intention to recruit talent. If the Wealth Line shows movement, it is difficult to be satisfactory. If the Self Line is in Empty Void and holds the world, there is dissatisfaction in the heart.
If the Body Line (Shen Yao) is injured, even success is unfavorable. If the Intermediary Line (Jian Yao) moves, even auspicious signs are difficult to materialize. If the Ghost Line transforms into a Sibling Line, gifts must be prepared to thank the recommender. If the Self Line transforms into a Ghost Line, one must entrust someone to recommend them to the employer. If the Self Line lacks generation or combination, one will encounter cold shoulders and disdainful looks (Bai Yan Fen Fen). If the Offspring Line (Fu Yao, Zi Sun) is prosperous, students will be numerous, and studies will flourish. If a weak Yao is supported and rises, students will gradually increase. If a moving Yao encounters a clash that opens, students will sometimes decrease. Encountering the Azure Dragon Line (Qing Long Yao) indicates students are handsome, talented, and clever 🎓. Encountering the White Tiger Line (Bai Hu Yao) indicates they are strong-willed and unruly. If a Yang Trigram with a Yang Yao resides in the Nourishment Position (Yang Wei), there will be child prodigies like Liu Shu before the seat. If a Yin Palace with a Yin image transforms into a Wealth Line, there will be a lavish setup with female musicians like Ma Rong behind the curtain. If two Offspring Lines clash, it is like Guiguzi having disciples like Sun Bin and Pang Juan who contended with each other. If the Offspring Lines all combine, it is like Cheng Yi (Yi Chuan) encountering harmonious disciples like Yang Shi and You Zuo.
If the Self Line moves to the Wife Line (Qi Yao), the teacher needs to personally handle miscellaneous affairs. If the Corresponding Line generates the Wealth Line, the employer provides abundant meals. If demanding tuition fees, one can investigate the Wife-Wealth Line. If the Wealth Line is hidden and latent, help from friends is needed. Appearing without injury, strong and generating each other is auspicious. Entering emptiness without rescue, in a state of rest, imprisonment, death, or exhaustion is inauspicious. Transforming into a Parent Line suggests book debts may be repaid with goods. Transforming into a Sibling Line indicates poor teaching income. If the Body, Corresponding, Wealth, and Offspring Lines are all empty, one will inevitably idle away the time. If oppressed by the Month, Day, moving or transforming lines, one may suffer pressure or harm. If the Ghost Line transforms and generates Wealth, it indicates either litigation or the cessation of studies. If the Offspring Line connects to the Parent Line, talent and thinking are enhanced due to learning.
This chapter emphasizes predicting the fortune of the educational environment through Yijing divination. The core lies in the harmony between the choice of teacher, school, and student interaction. Based on the generating and overcoming relationships of hexagram lines and positions (such as Self-Corresponding, Parent, Officer-Ghost, Wealth Lines, etc.), it judges the success or failure of teaching, interpersonal relationships, and financial prospects, reflecting the ancient high regard for educational quality and wisdom in risk prediction.
In a modern context, this is equivalent to a reference for educational decision-making and career planning: