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Chapter 10 of 12
易林补遗
The Supplement to the Forest of Changes (Yilin Buyi), Volume Six, systematically elaborates on the methodology of divination concerning interpersonal relations, social cooperation, travel safety, and business operations in ancient divination studies. This volume comprises twenty chapters (81st to 100th), whose core logic is uniformly based on the generative and restraining relationships between the World (Shi) line and the Function/Responding (Ying) line.
In the realm of interpersonal relations and evaluating/employing people (Chapters 81–87 and 97–100), the classic emphasizes using hexagram imagery to discern others' true intentions, emotional states, sincerity versus falsehood, and how to select suitable partners, trustees, and advisory companions. Its core principle is: When the Function line generates the World line, it is auspicious; when it restrains the World line, it is inauspicious. Six-harmony (Liuhe) hexagrams indicate harmony and endurance; six-clash (Liuchong) hexagrams indicate separation and difficulty in achievement.
In the realm of travel safety and logistics (Chapters 88–96), the text details methods for assessing the safety of carriages, horses, boats, and ships; determining favorable winds; passing through checkpoints; predicting travelers' return dates; and forecasting letters and news. The focus is on deducing travel fortune through the prosperity or decline of the Father/Mother line (transportation vehicles), Officer/Ghost line (calamity and risk), and Brother line (obstacles/companions).
Overall, this volume constitutes a systematic decision-making guide for ancient social relations and risk management, abstracting complex real-world interpersonal and travel conditions into actionable hexagram-analysis models.
This text covers general principles of Six Lines (Liuyao) divination without any specific BaZi (birth chart) examples, so no BaZi component tags are needed.
The ancients believed that judging others' emotional states, sincerity, abilities, and loyalty should not rely on subjective assumptions but must be objectively assessed through the relationship between the Function line and the World line within the hexagram.
Chapter 85, "Inheriting Property and Continuing the Family Line," specifically discusses the risks of inheriting others' property or being adopted as an heir: If the World line is void, one cannot remain there long; if the Responding line is void, the other party will not sincerely comply. If an auxiliary line moves to restrain the World line, one may face future disputes by clansmen over the property. Chapter 83, "Assessing People for Employment," identifies seven taboos in employing others: day clash, month break, void and ruin, death and extinction, restraining the World line, transformation into clash, and the hexagram assuming the six-clash form. If any of these seven conditions is violated, that person can never serve one's purposes.
In contemporary workplace, business partnership, and family relations, these principles translate into modern talent assessment and risk-management models:
| Classical Concept | Modern Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Function generates World | The party creates value for me with aligned interests (Win-Win) |
| Function restrains World | The party harbors conflicting interests or controlling tendencies—be on guard |
| Responding line void | The party lacks integrity or real substance—due diligence fails |
| Six-harmony hexagram | Long-term partner, stable relations warranting long-term contracts |
| Six-clash hexagram | Short-term arbitrageur; do not enter deep binding ties |
The logic of "Inheriting Property and Continuing the Family Line" resembles contemporary business mergers and acquisitions due diligence (DD). An empty World line mirrors one's lack of integration capacity; an empty Responding line suggests an obstinate target party with inflated assets; an auxiliary line restraining the World line indicates hidden third-party interference (e.g., creditors, regulators, family discord). Chapter 84, "Commissioning Tasks to Others," records the conclusions—"If the Responding line moves or clashes, that guest/witness will change; if the Responding line is void or broken, that person is weak and incapable"—which closely corresponds to the agency problem (Agentic Problem) in modern project management.
Ancient categorization of human behavior into Five-Phase generative/restraining sign-systems roots profound sensitivity toward the persistence and variability of humanity. The comparison between six-harmony and six-clash hexagrams involves not only fortune or misfortune, but reveals the cyclical principle “What has long been united inevitably separates; what has long been divided reunites.” Divination judgment negative as “never at harmonious terms” itself avoids fatalism by also expostulating one’s existential realization: these relationships lack immutable shares and value nexus.
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