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学得明师，可继程风于满座，师非良馆，难期贾粟之盈仓? 故欲笔耕，先须蓍筮? 世为西席，如逢父母必明经；应乃东家，若遇官爻须作吏? 临官兮少壮，休囚则贫乏之家，墓库兮高年，旺相则富豪之士? 值土火空无父母，逢金水绝少儿孙?
不拱不和，决定主宾不协；相生相合，必然情意相投? 财作束修，不宜化弟；父为书馆，岂可逢空? 鬼动合身，须得贵人推荐；兄儿临应，决多同类侵谋? 官如藏伏，应无督集之人；应若空亡，未有招贤之士? 动象临财难称意，空爻持世岂如心?
身位受伤，虽成不利；间爻有动，纵吉难成? 鬼或化兄，备礼先酬乎荐馆；世如变鬼，央人转荐于东家? 世无生合，谩看白眼之纷纷；福或兴隆，会见青衿之济济? 衰逢扶起，日加负芨之徒；动遇冲开，时减执经之子? 逢龙则俊秀聪明，遇虎则刚强顽劣? 阳卦阳爻居养位，座前有刘恕之神童；阴宫阴象化财爻，帐后列马融之女乐? 两福自冲，鬼谷值孙膑庞涓之弟子；子孙皆合，伊川遇杨时游酢之门生?
世动妻爻，决主亲操井臼；应生财值，定然供膳饔餮? 如索束修，可把妻财推究；若居伏地，还求朋友维持? 出现不伤，旺相相生名曰吉；入空无救，休囚死绝号为凶? 变出父爻，书债必然偿货物；化成兄弟，砚田定必欠收成? 身空应空财福空，必然虚度；月克日克动变克，恐受刑伤? 鬼化财生，非讼则学金休矣；子连父母，因学而才思加焉?
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: