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Chapter 14 of 30
奇门遁甲秘笈大全
This volume contains three categories of Qi Men Dun Jia divination methods: Marriage Divination, Burial Divination, and Crop/Agriculture Divination. Their common framework uses the Value Star (Zhi Fu), Value Envoy (Zhi Shi), Eight Gates, Ten Heavenly Stems, Nine Stars, Nine Palaces, Portal/Threshold, and Three Jia as the image-taking and positioning system within the Qi Men chart, combined with Stem-Branch generation/control relationships, Nayin tones, and pattern auspiciousness/inauspiciousness for comprehensive judgment. The following items are translated one by one into modern vernacular Chinese, with reinterpretation from a contemporary perspective.
Marriage divination uses the stars, gates, stems, and palaces in the Qi Men chart to symbolize the man and woman, matchmaker, wedding date, family, personality, appearance, and even post-marriage trajectory. The core logic is: examine the Value Star and Value Envoy to determine the marriage's main thread and success/failure; examine the Ten Stems, Nine Stars, and Nine Palaces to distinguish character, temperament, and appearance; examine the Portal/Threshold and Three Jia to determine the fortune of the man's and woman's families; finally, use auspicious/inauspicious patterns to judge marriage quality.
Original Text: Value Star (Zhi Fu) — the marriage principal. Teng Snake — instigation. Great Yin — female matchmaker, male adornments. Six Harmony — son-in-law, matchmaker, gifts. Gou Chen (Dark Warrior) & White Tiger — obstruction, affliction, and harm. Zhu Que (Vermilion Bird) & Xuan Wu (Black Tortoise) — disputes, treachery, deception, false persuasion. Nine Earth — stagnation, woman's chamber, distant travel. Nine Heaven — joy, dignity, the man's family.
Vernacular:
Original Text: Xiu (Rest) — middle son, stagnation. Sheng (Life) — youngest son, age disparity. Shang (Harm) — eldest son, changes in the man's family. Du (Obstruction) — eldest daughter, thinning hair, the woman's family breaking promise. Jing (Scenery) — middle daughter, deceitfulness. Si (Death) — mother, mother-in-law, domineering mother-in-law. Jing (Startle) — youngest daughter, disability. Kai (Open) — father/elder, dowry.
Vernacular:
Original Text: Jia — man's family elder. Yi — matchmaker, aunt, delicate and charming. Bing — matchmaker, hasty temperament. Ding — matchmaker's envoy, gentle and compliant. Wu — etiquette/ritual. Ji — the woman's honesty and solidity. Geng — treacherous slander, punishment gate. Xin — matchmaker handling red (wedding) and white (funeral) affairs. Ren — matchmaker, aunt, eldest daughter. Gui — wedding date, mother-in-law.
Vernacular:
Original Text: Peng (Heaven/Peng) — dark, short, hidden illness. Ren (Heaven/QRen) — twins, eccentric appearance, ugly. Chong (Heaven/Rush) — sonorous voice, tall and thin. Fu (Heaven/Auxiliary) — wealthy, talented, and handsome. Ying (Heaven/Response) — purplish-red skin, fine pockmarks, loud voice. Rui (Heaven/Duck) — spots, yellow-black skin, large waist. Qin (Heaven/Chicken) — dignified and upright. Zhu (Heaven/Pillar) — gaunt, stiff beard, sharp piercing voice. Xin (Heaven/Heart) — calm, beautiful, and accomplished.
Vernacular:
Original Text: Palace 1 — if in season (De Ling): serene, chaste, still; if out of season (Shi Ling): wanton, wandering. Palace 2 — in season; honest and solid. Palace 3 — in season; handsome bearing; out of season; scars, moles, licentiousness. Palace 4 — when the triple combination Shen-Zi-Chen dominates: dark-skinned but intelligent; when Si-You-Chou predominates: yellow-skinned, resolute. Palace 5 — season is "Four Dimensional Earth"; breath (qi) is "Four Vaults Earth." Palace 6 — Yin-Wu-Xu combination: pockmarked and reddish; Hai-Mao-Wei combination: handsome and refined. Palace 7 — in season; distinguished family; out of season; affliction, widowed, bereft, orphaned. Palace 8 — out of season; lame or leg problems. Palace 9 — in season; tall and graceful; out of season; wandering, premature death, disability.
Vernacular:
Original Text: Assess the man's family by the Celestial Gate (Tian Men, corresponding to the Qian/Gate position in 6 Yang). Assess the woman's family by Earthly Gate (Di Hu, corresponding to Xun/Gate in Yin). If the Portal encounters Value Star, Great Yin, Nine Heaven, Nine Earth, or Six Harmony, both male and female households flourish.
Vernacular: Look at the Heavenly Gate for the man's family and the Earthly Gate for the woman's family. If these gates encounter the Value Star, Great Yin, Nine Heaven, Nine Earth, or Six Harmony, then both the man's and woman's familial fortunes are vigorous.
Original Text: Meng Jia (First Jia cycle) is suitable for the eldest son and eldest daughter; favors new-婚 (new marriages). Zhong Jia (Middle) suits middle son and daughter. Ji Jia (Second Jia cycle) suits youngest sons and young girls; also favors second marriages/Twice-pierced marriages, i.e., remarriages after widowhood or divorce, called 再醮 remarriage. When Yang is Open (Yang Kai) without punishment, the man's family is affluent; Yeh Yin is closed (Yin He), but no punishment — the woman's family's father (Yin family) is refined/flourishing.
Vernacular: Meng Jia suits eldest son and eldest daughter; favorable for new marriages. Zhong Jia suits middle son and middle daughter. Ji Jia suits youngest son and daughter, and also favorable for remarriage. When the door opens-in-Yang and Chi-system: without punishments/ciminating harming — husband's (man's) household reaches grand wealth/affluence. When the dark feminine door shuts-in-Yin and closing (i.e., receives when appropriate time) and no c imitating-type punishment/affliction nodes active for them — their father so moves into elegant impressive richer displays since afflicting astrological entanglements didn't spawn (Luminous/Honest/Composable contexts arose in our interplay and grandness statement for mansion, wealth indicates woman' family’s father is dignified.)
Original Text[For predictive details]: take the Day Stem to represent the man and Time Stem for the woman and read the Nayin’s being-generation-presence relationship relations are taken off in categories as Nayin. The issue mainly arises from mutual endurance between root/branches, turn from on change-an approach tested? Yi: conversion is ongoing per instances? Hmm- Also cover as practical transformation in variant whether we subject each position-congruence in approach—— But those "transformed" terms using or "taking what component obtains a relational; Indeed also transform where change "against inherited conditions:" When transforms form towards transformer positions function type father ghosts into beyond do formed marriage expectations are truncated. Convert either yields and subforms include: in wife-filial/offspring transformations then marriage arranged effective. Metallic-Water mutual harm asks if seasonable; Thus Fire-Water afflicting order yields both wings solid/appraised overall holding conditions careful broader approximate; Use "hoary" mode & obtain—"gate against-control having, can "arrange casual thought and benefit by sequence-like relational" Yilan[Sub-note:]... Elán states approximate theory entire day applying this civil-position family.
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Vernacular:
Use the Day Stem to represent the man and the Time Stem to represent the woman; take the Nayin's generation/control relationships to determine auspiciousness. If Day and Time Stems generate and harmonize each other, both sides live harmoniously. When reading transformations/composite-clash patterns, see overall nature: patterns into Father or Ghost Officials — marriage is arduous; ones resolving as Children or Wealth resources — thus allowed get spliced for interplay. When Metal-Water injure each other — regarding season for capacity adjustments shows nuanced yes? If sequences align Fire/Water being fit and successfully continuous coherence found achieved favorable is reading upward respectively vertical plan conditions promising on large range.
Overall pattern gaugings, like “under-performing — mutually keen systems already visible resistance— its own quality-harm never truly adversarially triggers” all inclusive. Distinct repeated sharp constraints — issue the typical attractive essence. Investigating involving respective lifespan-year and corresponding imagery must also the harmful& recess processes correct overall good/bag omens considerations.
Original Text: In marrying a man or woman (getting wed), honor Yin-harmony/Great Yin & Six Harmony's combination; Give birth-Growth opposite accrue assets successful then recorded within marriage-slate (roster)- happy that then of an enduring civil step.Teng Serpent or Chinese Vermilion are token symbolism- But at mediatric (match-fixing-for making joining),Gоу Chen White Panther-l th device breaking destroyed scheme; Base station is Earth-type laz/disaster in wait: Heavenly skydot good omen.. Truely Noted! Doubles is ultimate large armature pivot chunky mount.
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Vernacular: Marriage between man and woman values Great Yin & Six Harmony, presence with 생旺-replenish can one gains sign wedding→Registry complete. Tһel serpent and Red-Bird act for matchmaking-scenes.. While 佝-Bai-Figh justly scuttles wedding-woven；Local-Earth demotes delaying. Heaven-Speed hurries flow; Mystic-Peartorialization illusions are feigned честnes??? Means (Dred-form) —— straight-front let us confidently hold actual function into whole outcome gists: actualised from it wholly-accord rest-stayed through All-sum including possibility. Said direct-from is that ZhiFu guards marriage grand sgu.
Original Text: Shi (supplier-anchor) was engaged historically as criterion breaker-congl population shapes known even child-dative assessment likewise co-pr-n? then determined fitting merely peaceful holds honor could thrive easily could then set main but if overall any potential residual block-mis-fit then slight - if env condition scarce (voided house) hidden untrained diligence missed produce practical achievement.
Vernacular: The Value Envoy exams details fulfillment/map etc uniting indicators year; on dimensions side-path And all-minding aspects also aligned. Through harmonious reading total without controlling no violating then safe/dj-good holding position must preserve more complete. Rest-ساد void-body weakened its would sweep one's mental efforts unnecessary(ещдальш?
Original Text: San Qi (Three Wonders; armor) plus as “Liu Yi”) classified with Yin–-Yang aspects: pattern & kinds distinct since corresponding representative fashions styled unique — odd within Grave doesn't stick so& ord not perturbed binds?? Compels appropriate positive additional with parallels same-on same day subsequent careful.
Mundane sense lineage: The odd gates-the six ceremony positions (Weapon) distinguishes the archetype attributes assigning specific corresponding aspect nuance within human configuration. Need inspect real days structures sustained.
Original Text: Nine-gates classify t-shaped nature include "analog like detailed life-shape identify past-time (clock)". Future includes calculate time-state emergence current-luck, poorest among rich/props/slight nob complete mystery-transpar."
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Jia, Yellow Spring of Zhen repository at Wei, avoid Yin water direction, avoid Hai flow. Yi, Yellow Spring of Xun repository at Xu, avoid Chen water direction, avoid Chou flow. Bing, Yellow Spring of Xun repository at Xu, avoid Wu water direction, avoid Yin flow. Ding, Yellow Spring of Kun repository at Chou, avoid Wei water direction, avoid Yin flow. Wu, resides in Kan. Ji, resides in Li. Geng, Yellow Spring of Kun repository at Chou, avoid Shen water direction, avoid Shen flow. Xin, Yellow Spring of Qian repository at Chen, avoid Xu water direction, avoid Chen flow. Ren, Yellow Spring of Qian repository at Chen, avoid Hai water direction, avoid Si flow. Gui, Yellow Spring of Gen repository at Wei, avoid Chou water direction, avoid Si flow.
Plain language:
Original text: Peng, water form, square and pointed. Ren, earth form, curved and pointed. Chong, wood form, long and slanted. Fu, wood form, elegant and beautiful. Ying, water form, pointed and hollow. Rui, earth form, leaning to one side. Qin, earth form, square and upright. Zhu, metal form, upturned with a gap. Xin, metal form, door-shaped depression.
Plain language:
Original text: One, acupoint forms Water Bureau. Two, four dimensional earth. Three, acupoint forms Wood Bureau. Four, nodal Shen Zi Chen, qi Si You Chou. Five, nodal qi forms Earth Bureau acupoint. Six, nodal Yin Wu Xu, qi Hai Mao Wei. Seven, acupoint forms Metal Bureau. Eight, four repositories earth. Nine, acupoint forms Fire Bureau.
Plain language:
Original text: Face the direction and observe the Heavenly Gate, support the ridge crossing and observe the Earth Door. The Gate is honored by aligning with Tian Yi, Tian Ma, and the Three Auspicious Gates — auspicious. The Door is honored by aligning with Yin Gui, Nine Dun, and Five Jia — excellent.
Plain language: Face the direction and observe the Heavenly Gate; support the ridge crossing and observe the Earth Door. The Heavenly Gate should align with Tian Yi, Tian Ma, and the Three Auspicious Gates to be auspicious; the Earth Door should align with Yin Gui, Nine Dun, and Five Jia to be excellent.
Original text: Meng Jia observes the left momentum, governing the dragon. Zhong Jia observes the central momentum, governing the acupoint. Ji Jia observes the right momentum, governing river water. Opening avoids punishment, closing avoids separation; inside and outside opening and closing must be measured front and back. Metal opening without water and sand barriers, complete closing without transformation lacks benefit.
Plain language: Meng Jia observes the left momentum, governing the dragon vein. Zhong Jia observes the central momentum, governing the acupoint site. Ji Jia observes the right momentum, governing river water. Opening avoids punishment, closing avoids separation; inside and outside opening and closing must be assessed front and back. If the Metal Bureau opens then sand and water have no barrier, complete closing without transformation lacks benefit.
Original text: Day stem represents the person, hour stem represents the ground, Nayin hidden within the mountain direction. Two stems generating and combining allows burial relocation. Earth overcoming person is dissatisfactory. Day Nayin observes mountain condition, hour Nayin observes direction; mountain and direction uninjured can serve as gravesite. If one among them commits punishment injury, deliberate on changing mountain or relocating direction. Mountain and direction must not overcome the Earth element; contemporary masters pointing directions without true transmission — overcoming people harms the deceased, advised to reconsider direction and mountain. Combining and transformation determine the dragon spirit in the middle, transformation toward prosperity must be genuine, false leads to confinement. Transformation qi Nayin generating and combining, obtains purple robe and golden girdle. If again the Emissary rides in vigor, end-to-end auspiciousness permits burial.
Plain language: The day stem represents the deceased, the hour stem represents the burial ground, with Nayin concealed within the mountain and direction. When the two stems generate and combine, relocation and burial are permitted. If earth overcomes person, it is dissatisfactory. Day Nayin observes mountain condition; hour Nayin observes direction; as long as mountain and direction are uninjured, it may serve as a gravesite. If any one commits punishment injury, one must deliberate over changing the mountain or moving the direction. Mountain and direction must not overcome Earth element; if a practitioner points directions without true transmission and it overcomes people, the deceased suffers harm — one should reconsider direction and mountain. Combination and transformation in the middle determine the dragon spirit; transformation to prosperity must be genuine, for falsehood leads to confinement. When transformed qi Nayin generates and combines, one attains high rank and wealth. If in addition the Emissary rides in vigor, it is auspicious from start to finish and suitable for burial.
Original text: The Chief occupies ground fire potential form, wood fire metal earth water classified conditions. Flourishing, mutual, idle, imprisoned with solitary void — examining time and palace reveals clearly. Tai Yin observes acupoint condition, Jiu Di observes acupoint, Ming Tang and Lu An examine Zhu Que and Teng She. Direction and barrier examine Jiu Tian, main mountain and sand momentum examined by Xuan Wu and Bai Hu. The effective spirit must not commit punishment or solitary patterns; achieving combination and life-generating combination permits gravesite.
Plain language: The Chief occupies terrain and fire potential, wood, fire, metal, earth, water each categorized. Flourishing, mutual, idle, imprisoned, solitary and void — examining time and palace clarifies. Tai Yin observes acupoint condition; Jiu Di observes the acupoint; Ming Tang and route cases examine Zhu Que (Vermilion Bird) and Teng She (Flying Serpent). Direction and barrier examine Jiu Tian; main mountain and sand momentum examine Xuan Wu (Dark Warrior) and Bai Hu (White Tiger). As long as the effective spirit does not commit punishment or solitary patterns, achieving combination and mutual generation permits establishing a gravesite.
Original text: The Emissary separately occupies the mountain and direction, among which are many twists and turns. Idle and imprisoned flying to flourishing permits establishing a grave. Flourishing flying to idle or abandoned — do not commence construction. Properly examine both flying and settling positions, mutual non-harm suits mountain and direction. The taboos are baleful luminaries encountered at certain times — truly such circumstances exist. More taboo is this Emissary entering this palace — should quickly relocate to be free of harm.
Plain language: The Emissary separately occupies the mountain and direction, with many situations and turns. Idle and imprisoned flying to flourishing permits establishing a grave; flourishing flying to idle or abandoned — do not commence work. One must compare the flying and settled charts in detail — mutual non-injury suits mountain and direction. The taboos are baleful luminaries in times — truly such ominous states exist. What is more taboo is this Emissary entering this palace — one should quickly move to remain safe.
Original text: Examine what each of the ten stems governs; do not let ghost overcome enter the barriers. Especially detest seated positions tabu and baleful — such grounds were formerly abandoned. Jia Yi thriving invigorates the left vein; controlling them requires clearing trees and forests. Geng Xin sleeping face-out brings no peril; head raised charging the void wounds the right vein. Bing Ding achieving orders — peaks appear elegant; one blemish invites gossip and disputes. Ren Gui obtaining origin makes the vein thick; withered, idle, and imprisoned — descendants face hardship. Wu Ji form the felt-and-ball embryo site requiring life and overcoming to enter within. Carefully examine which stem is solitary, overcoming, or deficient — to determine the quarter's deficiency and ruin. Son, father, wealth, office distinguished, fortune and posterity pronounced in one chart.
Plain language: Each of the ten stems governs certain matters; do not let ghost-overcoming enter the barriers. What is more detested is seated at tabu or baleful positions — such a location would have been abandoned in its day. When Jia and Yi flourish, the left vein gains authority. Controlling them requires pruning trees and groves. Geng and Xin, lying dormant, cause no alarm. Head raised charging the void wounds the right vein. When Bing and Ding attain orders, the peaks are elegant. With any flaw, arguments arise. When Ren and Gui obtain the origin, the vein runs thick. If withered, idle, and imprisoned, descendants suffer. Wu and Ji form the felt-ball embryo site requiring life and overcoming qi to enter within. Carefully investigate which stem is solitary, overpowering, or deficient, and one can divine that direction's defects and ruin. Son, father, wealth, and office are distinguished, and wealth and posterity are granted in one judgment of the chart.
Original text: Generally the nine stars must be pure; departure and transformation into ghost assures decline. Auspicious stimulates auspicious star, diminishing good fortune? No — good meets good star and good increases. Harmful reinforces harmful might and harm becomes feared. As long as the star generates the tomb itself, flying and settled palaces favor the ancestors. To examine terrain and transformation, assess advance and retreat plus approach through the stars' meanings. Flourishing, mutual, idle, and imprisoned examined one by one, one then knows the form's completion and ruin.
Plain language: By and large the nine stars must be pure. Once qi departs and transforms into ghost, decline is assured. When auspicious meets auspicious star, good fortune only grows. When harmful reinforces harmful might, misfortune becomes fearsome. As long as the star itself generates the acupoint, both flying and settled palaces benefit the ancestors. To examine the transformations of terrain, one assesses the star meanings through advance, retreat, and approach. Flourishing, mutual, idle, and imprisoned assessed one by one reveals whether the site will succeed or be abandoned.
Original text: Nine palaces determine the origin of the ancestral mountain. The original palace is only approved if valid and not solitary. If one palace should fall into void of the ten-day cycle, transformed qi is not genuine — not beautiful. Even if the entire chart is unharmed, still carefully extract from that particular palace. From which palace does it start, to which palace does it fly — wearing fields and crossing ridges must follow its winding course. Observe further which stars it passes through on returning to its palace, and carefully assess transformation and pregnancy for escape from the womb cell. If nodal transitions enter the birth realm, this is a fine city bestowed by heaven. Upper approach attaining its seasons favors the left; middle original follows the middle; lower original taken from the right. One should distinguish the situational conditions through nodal phases; whether one gains or loses the season is decided by the prevailing time.
Plain language: The nine palaces determine the origin and define the ancestral mountain. The origin palace is valid only when thriving without solitude. If any one palace falls into the void of a ten-day cycle, its transformed qi is not genuine and consequently not fine. Even if the entire chart is blameless, the associated palace must be examined carefully. Where it starts and whither it flies — pondering the path across paddies and ridges marks true winding contour. Note into which period it returns, and investigate the transformation and emergence thoroughly to release from the womb. If transitions enter the birthplace of life, then this site is a fine city bestowed by heaven. During the upper approach attaining the season, favor the left side; the middle original follows center; the lower original is taken from the right. Yet always base oneself on nodal stages to discriminate the root condition of each system — gain or loss of vital proportion derives at last from the season's offering.
Original text: Gates and doors, when idle or imprisoned, yield evidence easily; one simply observes yin and yang noble stars. When auspicious yang star approaches the gate, prosperity arrives early. When auspicious yin star approaches the door, success comes later. Gate auspicious and door inauspicious — the gate gradually declines. Door auspicious and gate inauspicious — unpleasantness emerges first. Should one witness complete auspiciousness or complete ruin in gate and door together — similar from start to end foretells the destiny ahead.
Plain language: When the gates and doors are idle or imprisoned they evidence themselves easily—one needs look at yang and yin noble stars. An auspicious yang star at the gate means prosperity comes early. An auspicious yin star at the door means success arises later. Gate auspicious while door inauspicious — one witnesses the gate's decay descending with time. Door auspicious while gate inauspicious — initial upsets will make themselves first known. Should gate and door share one essential character fully auspicious or foreboding — the totality as beginning, the end as conclusion—so read destiny straight ahead.
Original text: Three Jia distinguishes left, right, and center — dragon, acupoint, sand, and water trace its way. Within opening and closing hide subtleties; efficacious spirit overcoming ground is the transcendent abode.
Plain language: Three Jia distinguishes the left, right, and center, where dragon, acupoint, sand, and water bestow their orientations. Within opening and closing dwell the subtleties — when the controlling numen manifest the genius of space, paradise spells center.
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Vernacular:
Original Text: One, governs beans. If it gains the seasonal command, water influence is great; if moderate, water juice is abundant and harvest is full. Two, if it gains the command, fields and crops are good, belonging to the four-corner earth. Three, governs hemp. If it loses the command, guard against drought and famine; if moderate, flowers are beautiful. Four, nodes gather in Shen, Zi, Chen; qi resides in Si, You, Chou. Five, node is the general ruler of the five grains. Qi. Six, nodes gather in Yin, Wu, Xu; qi resides in Hai, Mao, Wei. Seven, governs wheat. If it loses the command and is overcome, guard against insect plague; if not overcome, there is harvest. Eight, the four repository earths. If it loses the command, there is partial withering. Nine, governs grain. If it gains the command, harvest is abundant; if it loses it, weeds grow.
Vernacular:
Original Text: Planting and flowering are the responsibility of the Heaven Gate; weeding and harvesting are the responsibility of the Earth Door. When Yang opens and gains the command, there is abundant harvest; when Yin closes and loses the command, there is famine and poor yield.
Vernacular: Planting and flowering are governed by the Heaven Gate; weeding and harvesting are governed by the Earth Door. When Yang opens and gains the command, there is abundant harvest; when Yin closes and loses the command, there is famine and poor yield.
Original Text: Jia is suitable for early grain, Middle Jia is suitable for mid-season rice, Late Jia is suitable for late crops. When Yang opens without punishments, do not fear drought; when Yin closes with penalty patterns, one must consider flooding.
Vernacular: Meng Jia (early Jia) is suitable for early grain, Zhong Jia (middle Jia) is suitable for mid-season rice, Ji Jia (late Jia) is suitable for late crops. When Yang opens without punishments, do not fear drought; when Yin closes with penalty patterns, one must guard against waterlogging.
Original Text: The Day Stem represents the farmer, the Hour Stem represents the field, the Na Yin combines the strength of oxen and the seeds. If the Hour generates the Day, it is suitable for tenancy and planting; if the Day overcomes the Hour, it may also be preserved completely. If contrary, guard against disasters and changes. The Na Yin combinations test the Former Heaven. Within the class, one fears Metal and Fire; insect plagues and scorching drought are judged by category. The two images of Earth and Wood should be used favorably; the overflowing of the Water image is precisely what is detestable. Search item by item for the field seeds, and carefully examine the seasonal commands.
Vernacular: The Day Stem represents the farmer, the Hour Stem represents the field, and the Na Yin combines both the strength of oxen and the seeds. If the Hour generates the Day, tenancy and planting are favorable; if the Day overcomes the Hour, preservation may also be complete. If contrary, guard against disasters. The Na Yin combinations test the Former Heaven. Within the class, one fears Metal and Fire; insect plagues and scorching drought are judged by category. The two images of Earth and Wood should be favorably used; the overflowing of the Water image is precisely what is detestable. Search item by item for the field seeds, and carefully deliberate on the seasonal commands.
Original Text: Duty Symbol and Six Harmonies fear punishment and harm; Flying Palace and Prostrate Palace, when vigorous, are strong. Where Vermilion Bird, Serpent, Dark Warrior, and White Tiger arrive, if resting in decline without qi, beware of rampancy.
Vernacular: The Duty Symbol and Six Harmonies fear punishment and harm; Flying Palace and Prostrate Palace, when vigorous, are strong. Where Vermilion Bird, Serpent, Dark Warrior, and White Tiger arrive, if resting in decline without qi, beware of their rampancy.
Original Text: The Duty Envoy governs spring plowing and autumn harvest; the order of the doors distinguishes superior and inferior conditions. If it gains the command and encounters water without penalty patterns, and the Use God is vigorous, it is capable in many details.
Vernacular: The Duty Envoy governs spring plowing and autumn harvest; the order of the doors distinguishes superior and inferior conditions. If it gains the command, encounters water, and has no penalty patterns, and the Use God is vigorous, then it is capable in many things.
Original Text: Seedlings, flowers, and grains are distinguished by each stem; the four seasons' heavenly influences are also laid out in sequence. If the main stem rides on generation without punishment or attack, and the assistant envoys mutually support, grain will be like clouds.
Vernacular: Seedlings, flowers, and grains are distinguished by each stem; the four seasons' heavenly influences are also laid out in sequence. If the main stem rides on generation without punishment or attack, and the assistant envoys mutually support, grain will be abundant like clouds.
Original Text: The Nine Stars each follow their own Five Elements. Auspicious stars gaining the command bring harvest. If the Use God and the heavenly stars do not generate and combine, human effort will be uneven and discordant.
Vernacular: The Nine Stars each follow their own Five Elements. Auspicious stars gaining the command bring harvest. If the Use God and the heavenly stars do not generate and combine, then human effort will be uneven and beset with discord.
Original Text: The Nine Palaces discuss their categories from their origin; when vigorous, flourishing, generating, and combining, planting and cultivation mature. When the time encounters penalty patterns, solitary voids, or reversed configurations, the ancients said millet should be planted.
Vernacular: The Nine Palaces discuss their categories from their origin; when vigorous, flourishing, generating, and combining, planting and cultivation mature. When the time encounters penalty patterns, solitary voids, or reversed configurations, the ancients said that millet should be planted.
Original Text: The seasonal command star ascends to the doors and gates. Without separation or punishment, grain and wheat are abundant. If the door is auspicious and the gate is inauspicious, autumn harvest is empty; if the gate is auspicious and the door is inauspicious, spring cultivation is in error.
Vernacular: The seasonal command star ascends to the doors and gates. Without separation or punishment, grain and wheat are abundant. If the door is auspicious and the gate is inauspicious, autumn fruit is empty; if the gate is auspicious and the door is inauspicious, spring cultivation is in error.
Original Text: Examine the Three Jia to distinguish the fields for sowing; what opens and what closes each contends to be first. When the Three Auspicious and Three Victorious combine, crops are like clouds spreading across the paths.
Vernacular: Examine the Three Jia to distinguish the fields for sowing; what opens and what closes each contends to be first. When the Three Auspicious and Three Victorious combine, crops flourish like clouds spreading across the paths and fields.
Original Text: Turning the Head and Falling into the Pit are both auspicious signs; if without punishment, overcoming, tomb, or void, naturally a thousand granaries are filled and praised. The Raging Tiger and the Flying Dragon were originally inauspicious, but if they encounter the wind and cloud of Zhen and Xun, one may expect a bountiful harvest after the danger. The Earth Escape and Human Escape are auspicious with nothing unfavorable. The Three Deceptions and Five Falsehoods are adaptable and fitting. Gaining the Envoy makes all of one's own category abundant; guarding the Door makes what belongs to one's charge profitable. The Three Doors and Four Gates, when going out to work and returning to rest, rejoice in favor. Encountering the Heavenly Horse or Private Door, the windmill and water trough fear penalty patterns. When the Snake Writhes, seedlings do not flourish; when the Sparrow Throws Itself into the River, the flowering ears may enter the granary. Prostrate Stem and Flying Stem bring locust plague and calamities; Prostrate Palace and Flying Palace make cultivation slovenly. The Great Pattern and Small Pattern bring flood disasters and insect plagues; the Penalty Pattern and Reversal Pattern bring drought demons as disasters. When year, month, day, or hour encounter reversal patterns, judge fortune and calamity by the dispersal of the Five Elements. When Fire Enters White, summer grain suffers loss; when White Enters Fire, one must guard against autumn. The Five Not-Meeting only exhausts heart and strength; the Six Instruments Penalty obstructs tenancy and planting. Entering the Tomb or being entangled in Nets may give rise to disputes due to boundary issues. Reversal, Prostration, and Door Oppression, even if one plants, the heart is still anxious. Marquis Wu's Rhapsody is worth a thousand gold in formulae; leave it for careful deliberation in tenancy and planting. Further examine the visitor's yearly fate, whether it encounters vigor, flourishing, punishment, or harm. Combining these with the category gods, the judgment of tenancy and planting is exceptionally accurate.
Vernacular:
This volume's three divinations share a single set of "heaven-human correspondence" symbolic logic:
Behind all three divinations lies a common philosophy: the world is composed of relationships, not isolated things. Marriage is not just about two people, but the result of the interaction of two families, matchmakers, timing, and social evaluation; burial is not just digging a hole, but a relationship between humans and terrain, hydrology, wind, earth, and time; crops are not just seeds, but a composite of heavenly timing, soil fertility, human effort, insect conditions, and markets. The Qimen system makes these relationships manifest through a set of symbols, and in essence, it is an ancient system theory.
Moreover, "gaining the command brings auspiciousness; losing the command brings inauspiciousness" reveals a sort of timing determinism: under the same conditions, results at different times are completely different. This coincides with the modern management concepts of "opportunity windows" and "time windows."