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葬埋之理，乃先王之所定，虽为送死，而然风水之因，特后世之所兴， 祸福吉凶攸紧，故坟占三代，穴有定爻? 一世二世，子孙出王候将相之英；世四世三，后世主富贵繁华之茂?
绝嗣无人，端为世居五六；为商出外，祇因世在游魂? 八纯凶兆，归魂亦作凶；推吉兆相生相合，凶兆相克相冲? 穴骑龙，龙入穴，穴嫡龙真；山带水，水连山，山环水抱? 交重逢旺气，闻鸡鸣犬吠之声；世应拱穴爻，有虎踞龙蟠之势? 三合更兼六合，聚气藏风；来山番作朝山，回头顾祖? 死绝之鬼，边有荒坟；长生之爻，中有寿穴? 合处与应爻隔断，内外之向不同；穴中为世日冲开，左右之穴相反? 穴道得山形之正，重逢本象之生；世应把山水之关，宜见有情之合?
坐山有气，怕穴逢空废之爻；本命逢生，忌运入刑伤之地? 青龙摆尾，就中逢滞气子孙；白虎昂头，落处逢生身父母? 后来龙，余气未尽，有玄武吐舌之形；前朝案，动爻逢冲，为朱雀门口之象? 世坐勾陈之土局，破坎田园；应临玄武之水爻，沟坑池井? 白虎在破耗之位，古墓坟茔；螣蛇临父母之爻，交加产业? 勾陈土鬼，冢墓累累；玄武金神，岩泉滴滴?
青龙发动临子孙，决主新迁；朱雀飞来带官鬼，必然争讼? 应爻加木临玄武，前有溪桥；日辰冲土镇螣蛇，边信道路? 朱雀火发动爻，厨庭坎爨之旁； 青龙财库相生，店肆库仓之畔? 玄武世龙入穴，暗地偷埋；勾陈土动落空，依山浅葬? 日合鬼爻有气，近神庙社坛之旁； 动临华盖逢空，傍佛塔琳宫之所? 世应逼左右之山，欺穴能虎磕头； 交重并旬内之水，伤身沟河插脚? 生生福合三传上，百子千孙，重重墓在一爻中，三坟四穴? 神不入墓，游魂之鬼逢空；鬼已归山，本命之爻逢合? 日带应爻劫煞，入穴劫冢开棺； 用并世象动爻，克应侵人作穴?
客土动而墓爻合，担土为坟；朝山尊而穴法空，贫峰失穴? 子孙空在日辰之后，穴在平阳； 兄弟爻落世应之间，坟迁两界? 日辰与动爻破穴破墓，定合重埋； 世应并穴道冲尸冲棺，当行改葬? 重交生穴，经营非一日之功；龙德临财，迁造为万年之计? 应飞入穴，必葬他人；煞动临爻，凶逢小鬼? 犯天地六空亡之煞，骸骨不明；穴遇三传刑之空，尸首损伤? 逢冲逢克，怕犯凶神；相合相生，真为吉兆?
爻生之子孙，逢官逢贵临三传，必作官人；穴中之象数，合禄合财若两全，当为财主? 游魂福德空冲主流荡逃移，恶鬼凶神变动见死亡凶横? 损父母子孙之财鬼，鳏寡孤独；叠刃刑鬼破之劫亡，疲（缺一字）残疾? 玄武遇咸池之劫煞，既盗且娼；青龙临华盖之空亡，非僧则道? 月卦勾陈之土鬼，瘟疫相伤；阳宫朱雀之凶神，火灾烦数? 父母临子孙之绝气，后嗣伶仃；福德临兄弟之旺宫，假枝兴旺? 动并旬中之凶煞，立见灾危；穴临日下之进神，当臻吉庆? 看已形之既往，察过去之未来? 事与世应互同，可见卦中体用； 动与日辰相应，方知爻内吉凶?
Overall Paraphrase
This chapter systematically discusses the profound connection between Yin Dwelling (grave site) Feng Shui and the hexagrams and their lines. Ancient people established burial rites primarily to fulfill filial piety and send off the deceased, while the theories of Feng Shui actually developed gradually later, yet they are closely related to the fortune, misfortune, and luck of a family. The condition of ancestral graves over three generations can be deduced through hexagrams, with specific lines corresponding to specific burial sites: a prosperous first or second line of the "world line" (Shi Yao) symbolizes descendants producing generals and ministers, while flourishing third or fourth lines predict future generations' wealth and prosperity 🌱. If the world line falls on the fifth or sixth line, there is a risk of having no heirs; a moving world line in a "wandering soul" hexagram indicates descendants traveling for business 🌊. The eight pure hexagrams often show ominous signs, and the "returning soul" hexagram is also not auspicious; mutual generation and harmony between hexagram lines are auspicious, while mutual conflict and overcoming are inauspicious 🔥.
A true dragon's acupoint requires the blending of the dragon vein and the burial site, with mountains and water embracing each other affectionately being most valuable ⛰. When lines encounter overlapping prosperous Qi, sounds of chickens and dogs can be heard; the world and response lines guarding the acupoint line reveal a situation of a tiger crouching and a dragon coiling. The convergence of three-harmony and six-harmony can gather Qi and store wind; the approaching mountain transforming into the facing mountain presents a situation of looking back at the ancestors. A dead and exhausted "ghost line" suggests neighboring desolate graves; a line encountering "long life" predicts a longevity burial site in the center. A conjunction point being severed by the response line indicates inconsistent internal and external orientations; the acupoint line being opened by the daily branch (Ri Chen) foretells misaligned left and right burial sites. An acupoint obtaining the righteous Qi of the mountain shape and encountering generation by its own image is best; the world and response lines controlling the mountain-water key points need to show affectionate harmony 🌄.
If the sitting mountain has Qi, beware of the acupoint encountering emptiness and decay; if the native life (Ben Ming) encounters generation, cautiously guard against luck entering punishment and injury. The green dragon wagging its tail encounters stagnant Qi in the offspring line; the white tiger raising its head encounters the life-giving parent line. The remnant Qi of the approaching dragon not being exhausted reveals the form of the black tortoise sticking out its tongue; the moving line of the facing table (Chao An) encountering conflict shows the image of the vermilion bird opening its mouth. The world line approaching the Chen earth combination (Gou Chen Tu Ju) fears damage to fields and gardens; the response line subduing the black tortoise water line guards against flooding from ditches and wells. The white tiger falling on a position of loss and consumption often indicates ancient tombs and graves; the serpent (Teng She) approaching the parent line indicates interwoven property. Repeated appearance of the Chen earth ghost line means numerous graves; manifestation of the black tortoise metal spirit shows dripping rock springs 💧.
The green dragon moving and carrying the offspring line necessarily indicates a recent relocation; the vermilion bird flying and pressing on the official ghost line certainly generates disputes ⚖️. The response line adding wood and approaching the black tortoise indicates a stream or bridge in front; the daily branch (Ri Chen) conflicting with earth and subduing the serpent suggests a road nearby. The vermilion bird fire line moving indicates proximity to a kitchen stove; the green dragon treasury of wealth generating indicates neighboring shops or warehouses. The black tortoise world dragon entering the acupoint fears secret burial; the Chen earth moving and falling into emptiness might indicate shallow burial against a mountain. The day combining with a Qi-filled ghost line indicates reliance on a temple or altar; moving and encountering Hua Gai and Kong Wang indicates proximity to a Buddhist pagoda or Taoist temple. The world and response lines pressing on the left and right mountains bully the acupoint like a tiger knocking its head; overlapping and repeated lines within a ten-day period (Xun Nei Shui) injure the body like a river stabbing its foot 🌊.
The auspicious god (Fu Shen) harmonizing with the three transmissions (San Chuan) means a hundred sons and a thousand grandsons; the grave line overlapping within one hexagram indicates three graves and four burial sites. A wandering soul encountering emptiness means the spirit does not return to the grave; the native life encountering a combination means the ghost has entered the mountain. The day carrying the response line's robbery and baleful influence (Jie Sha) warns against tomb robbery and opening the coffin; the world line using a moving line to overcome the response line warns against encroaching on land to make a burial site. Guest earth moving and the grave line combining indicates carrying earth to make a grave; a high facing mountain and an empty acupoint method indicate a poor peak losing the acupoint. The offspring line empty after the daily branch indicates the burial site is on flat land; the brother line falling between the world and response lines indicates the grave is moved to a boundary. The daily branch or moving line breaking the acupoint or grave indicates the need for reburial; the world and response lines or the acupoint path conflicting with the corpse coffin necessitates relocation ⚰️.
Repeated lines generating the acupoint indicate management is not the work of a single day; the dragon's virtue (Long De) approaching wealth indicates relocation and construction as a plan for ten thousand years. The response line flying into the acupoint fears burying others; a baleful influence moving and approaching a line indicates encountering misfortune from minor ghosts. Violating the six types of Kong Wang Sha means bones are unclear; encountering the three transmissions' punishment and emptiness means injury to the corpse. Encountering conflict and overcoming requires avoiding inauspicious spirits; mutual harmony and generation are auspicious signs ✨.
A line generating the offspring line and encountering official nobility approaching the three transmissions necessarily produces officials; the image and number within the acupoint combining with salary and wealth, if both are complete, indicates becoming a wealthy master. A wandering soul, virtuous power (Fu De) empty and in conflict, indicates drifting and fleeing; a malicious ghost or fierce spirit changing indicates encountering death and unexpected disaster. Injuring parents, offspring, wealth, or ghosts often leads to widowhood, orphanhood, and solitude; overlapping blades (Ren), punishment ghosts, breaking, robbery, and loss (Po Jie Wang) indicate disability and illness. The black tortoise encountering Xian Chi and robbery baleful influence indicates both theft and prostitution; the green dragon approaching Hua Gai and Kong Wang indicates being either a monk or a Taoist priest 🙏. The moon hexagram's Chen earth ghost line indicates plague harming each other; the yang palace's vermilion bird fierce spirit indicates frequent fires. The parent line approaching the offspring line's exhausted Qi indicates lonely descendants; the virtuous power line approaching the brother line's prosperous palace indicates flourishing of adopted branches. Moving and encountering a ten-day period's baleful influence immediately shows disaster and danger; the acupoint approaching the day's advancing spirit (Jin Shen) should reach auspicious celebration 🔮.
Observing past events can deduce future trends; the hexagram's body and function (Ti Yong) and the world and response lines should be mutually referenced; the lines' auspiciousness and inauspiciousness correspond with the daily branch to obtain the true mechanism.
Yin Dwelling Feng Shui is not superstition but a systematic observation by ancient people of the connection between geographical environment and family fortune. Its core lies in the correspondence of heaven, earth, and man—burial site selection must conform to the laws of natural Qi fields (geography), hexagram lines reflect potential influences (timing), and ultimately affect the welfare of descendants (humanity). Emphasizing "the genuine acupoint and true dragon, mountains encircling and water embracing" is essentially pursuing ecological harmony; "the world and response lines guarding the acupoint, gathering Qi and storing wind" is fundamentally optimizing the energy field.
Feng Shui theory reflects the ancient people's "unity of heaven and man" cosmology: burial sites are not only resting places but also energy links connecting ancestors and descendants. Its essence is respect for and application of natural laws, not mysticism. Modern people should adopt its ecological wisdom of "harmonious coexistence with the environment" and discard its overly mystical dross.
Note: Although this chapter discusses Yin Dwellings, its core idea of "mountains and water responding, avoiding inauspiciousness and趋向 auspiciousness" can also be extended to Yang Dwelling (living space) site selection and urban planning, reflecting the holistic wisdom of Chinese human settlement environment choices 🌏.