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金生水、水生木、木生火、火生土、土生金。
凡用神、元神宜于逢生：月建生、日建生，动爻生、动化回头生。
第一例，回头相生
如卯月己卯日，弟占兄已得重罪，母叩阍能救否？得地雷复卦变震卦。
子孙酉金″
妻财亥水″
兄弟丑土×应 父母午火′
兄弟辰土″
官鬼寅木″
妻财子水′世
兄弟爻为用神，丑土兄动日月克之，明现大罪难脱，幸得兄爻丑土化午火父母回头相生。断曰：速速行之。父母生兄，神告显然。后果蒙恩免死。
【新评释】：此例兄弟得救，乃是元神得日月生助，旺而有力生用神，且临青龙，为凶中有喜之象。若是元神休囚无力，未必得救。
例，辛巳年唐山易友张先生来访，拿出一例，未月庚申日，占妹妹出走何时回？得火山旅变乾为天卦，让我判断。
兄弟巳火′
子孙未土× 妻财申金
妻财酉金′应
妻财申金′
兄弟午火× 父母寅木
子孙辰土×世 官鬼子水
我断道：此人妹妹回不来了，恐怕在外寻了短见。
彼答：此人妹妹于摇卦的前一天，即丁未日卧铁轨自杀了。卦中用神动化回头生，如何回不来？你怎么知道是自寻短见？
答曰：此卦中用神兄弟午火月合为有气，又动回头生，但化出元神，入墓于月建，日辰克之绝之，无力生用，回来的是尸首。
元神乃是一个人思维与内心世界，用神临二爻，二爻为宅，元神不上卦，墓于月建与动爻未土，绝于日，不能生二爻用神，乃是其本人不想回家。用神、元神休囚，元神遇死墓绝之一者，多为自杀，今元神死在午火，墓在未土，绝在申金，死墓绝都全，所以才敢断其寻了短见。
此卦甚妙，元神墓于五爻，用神也合于五爻，五爻为道路，化出申金，乃是铁轨，卧轨自杀之象很明显。
例二，父母持世
又如巳月丙申日，占病，得姤卦。
父母戌土′
兄弟申金′
官鬼午火′应
兄弟酉金′
子孙亥水′
父母丑土″世
医者执此卦问曰：其人得病，固是危灾，予命病人占药可能救否？此卦月建巳火，应爻午火生世，病必可救，如何服药无灵？
余曰：卦甚明，乃君错看也。夫占药，以子孙为用神，父母为忌神。此卦亥水子孙月破无根，申日生之而不起，世父克子，所谓父母持世，妙药难医，服药如何望效？
【新评释】：野鹤此论不对，子孙虽是月破，如何日生不起？此教人“凡是月破之爻不必看日，月破者无根，日生也以凶推”，此理易误人入歧途。此卦占药之念由医生而生，并非出自病人内心，虽为病人摇卦，也是以医占病人看，以应为用神。野鹤让人多占，乃是请之，此医让人占卦乃是命之，有本质区别。卦中应为病人，虽得月建帮扶，但元神不在卦中，不得月生，日辰克之，无力生用，所以药不效。子孙为药，乃为克用神之六亲，服药如何有效？
Overall Paraphrased Meaning
The mutual generation of the Five Elements refers to: 🔥 Metal generates 🌊 Water, 🌊 Water generates 🌱 Wood, 🌱 Wood generates 🔥 Fire, 🔥 Fire generates ⛰ Earth, and ⛰ Earth generates 🔥 Metal. In divination, it is best for the "Yong Shen" (the line representing the subject of inquiry) and the "Yuan Shen" (the line that generates the Yong Shen) to encounter supportive conditions, such as being generated by the "Yue Jian" (the earthly branch corresponding to the month), the "Ri Jian" (the earthly branch corresponding to the day), or a moving line (a changing line), or undergoing a transformation that generates itself in return (a moving line transforming and generating itself).
Example One: Reciprocal Generation
For instance, during the Mao month on the Ji Mao day, a younger brother divined about his elder brother who had committed a serious crime, asking whether their mother’s appeal could save him. The hexagram obtained was Di Lei Fu (Earth over Thunder) changing to Zhen (Thunder). In the hexagram, the Brother line (Chou Earth) moved and transformed into the Parent line (Wu Fire), generating itself in return. Although the Brother line was restrained by the month and day, indicating the difficulty of escaping a severe punishment, the reciprocal generation provided a fortunate turn. The interpretation stated: Act quickly; the Parent generating the Brother is a clear sign from the divine. Later, the brother was indeed granted mercy and spared from death.
【New Interpretation】: In this example, the brother was saved because the Yuan Shen (Parent line) received support from the month and day, making it strong and capable of generating the Yong Shen. Additionally, it was accompanied by the Green Dragon (an auspicious symbol), indicating a fortunate turn amidst misfortune. If the Yuan Shen had been weak and inactive, salvation might not have been possible.
Another example: In the year Xin Si, Mr. Zhang, a friend from the Tangshan Yijing community, visited and shared a hexagram case. During the Wei month on the Geng Shen day, he divined about his runaway sister and asked when she would return. The hexagram obtained was Huo Shan Lü (Fire over Mountain) changing to Qian Wei Tian (Heaven). I interpreted: The sister will not return; she may have committed suicide outside. The feedback: The sister had tragically ended her life by lying on railway tracks the day before the divination (Ding Wei day). In the hexagram, the Yong Shen (Brother Wu Fire) moved and transformed to generate itself, but the Yuan Shen was entombed in the month and utterly restrained by the day, rendering it powerless to generate the Yong Shen. Thus, what returned was her remains. The Yuan Shen represents thoughts and inner feelings, and the Yong Shen in the second line (representing home) indicated her unwillingness to return, as the Yuan Shen was not in the hexagram and was entombed and exhausted. The Yuan Shen encountered death, entombment, and exhaustion, leading to the interpretation of suicide. The fifth line represents the road, transforming into Shen Metal (symbolizing railway tracks), clearly indicating the act of lying on tracks.
Example Two: Parent Line Holding the World
Another case: During the Si month on the Bing Shen day, a divination was done about an illness, obtaining the Gou hexagram. The doctor asked: Can the patient be saved with medication? In the hexagram, the Yue Jian (Si Fire) and the responding line (Wu Fire) generated the World line, seemingly indicating possible salvation, but the medication proved ineffective. I explained: In divinations about medication, the "Offspring line" represents the medicine (Yong Shen), while the "Parent line" is the "Ji Shen" (a line that restrains the Yong Shen). In this hexagram, the Offspring Hai Water was broken in the month and rootless; even though it was generated by the day, it could not revive. The World Parent line restrained the Offspring, and with the Parent line holding the World, even miraculous medicine would be ineffective. Hence, the medication did not work.
【New Interpretation】: Wild Crane’s perspective is flawed here. Teaching that "a line broken in the month need not be considered in relation to the day" can be misleading. In this divination about medication, the inquiry originated from the doctor, not the patient’s inner thoughts. The responding line should be taken as the Yong Shen (representing the patient). Although the responding line was generated by the month, the Yuan Shen was not in the hexagram, and the day restrained it, making it powerless to generate the Yong Shen. Thus, the medication was ineffective. The Offspring line represents the medicine but is the Six Relative that restrains the Yong Shen, so naturally, the medication would not work.
The mutual generation of the Five Elements is a foundational concept in Yijing studies, describing the cyclical and generative relationships between elements. In divination, the interactions between the Yong Shen and Yuan Shen determine outcomes, emphasizing "generation" as an auspicious sign. However, a comprehensive analysis must consider the influences of the month, day, moving lines, and other factors to assess their strength.
In contemporary society, divination can be viewed as a decision-support tool to analyze situations. For example, the "reciprocal generation" in the first case can be likened to a sudden turnaround in a crisis (e.g., legal appeals or external support), reminding people to seize opportunities. The second example shows how psychological state (Yuan Shen) affects outcomes, aligning with modern psychology's emphasis on "internal motivation determining behavior." For health-related divinations, rational perspectives should be combined with actual medical practices rather than relying solely on hexagram interpretations.
The mutual generation of the Five Elements reflects the cyclicality and balance of the universe, reminding us of the interconnectedness of all things. Divination is not fatalism but a dynamic simulation emphasizing human agency—changes in generation and restraint can be altered through actions, resonating with modern philosophies of "systems thinking" and "feedback mechanisms."
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