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Bushi Zhengzong · The Orthodox Tradition of Divination
Dui Palace · Hexagram Assignments
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Dui Palace belongs to Metal.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Dui as Lake. Hexagram name: Lake over Water, Kun (Oppression).
Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines.
Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; Qian.
Branch; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; Day.
Chen; Month Commander; Tai Sui; Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; stems and branches; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; day designation; Month Commander; Tai Sui.
Self; Wei Parents; Wei Parents; Wei.
You Brothers; You Brothers.
Hai Descendants; Hai; Response; Hai Descendants.
Response; Chou Parents; Wu Officer.
Mao Wealth; Chen Parents.
Si Officer; Self; Yin Wealth.
Dui means delight. It is the first hexagram of the Dui Palace, called one of the Eight Pure Hexagrams. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in it; they serve as the Hidden Spirits of the other seven hexagrams in this palace.
Kun means danger. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in the hexagram; there is no need to seek a Hidden Spirit.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Lake over Earth, Cui (Gathering). Hexagram name: Lake over Mountain, Xian (Mutual Influence).
Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines: Wealth.
Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; Qian.
Branch; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; Day.
Chen; Month Commander; Tai Sui; Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; stems and branches; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; day designation; Month Commander; Tai Sui.
Wei Parents; Response; Wei Parents.
Response; You Brothers; You Brothers.
Hai Descendants; Hai Descendants.
Mao Wealth; Self; Shen Brothers.
Self; Si Officer; Wu Officer; Mao Wealth.
Wei Parents; Chen Parents.
Cui means gathering. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in the hexagram; there is no need to seek a Hidden Spirit.
Xian means feeling or influence. The hexagram lacks Wife and Wealth. Place Mao Wood Wife and Wealth, the second line of Dui, hidden beneath Wu Fire, the second line of this hexagram. Wu Fire is the Flying Spirit and Mao Wood the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Reading note: The supplied 箤 is read as the hexagram name Cui through its paired title and “gathering” gloss; its Chinese graphic is unchanged.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Water over Mountain, Jian (Obstruction). Hexagram name: Earth over Mountain, Qian (Modesty).
Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines: Wealth. Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines: Wealth.
Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; Qian.
Branch; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; Day.
Chen; Month Commander; Tai Sui; Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; stems and branches; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; day designation; Month Commander; Tai Sui.
Zi Descendants; Hidden; You Brothers.
Xu Parents; You; Hai Descendants.
Self; Shen Brothers; Chou Parents.
Shen Brothers; Shen Brothers.
Wu Officer; Mao Wealth; Wu Officer; Mao Wealth.
Response; Chen Parents; Chen Parents.
Jian means difficulty. The hexagram lacks Wife and Wealth. Place Mao Wood Wife and Wealth, the second line of Dui, hidden beneath Wu Fire, the second line of this hexagram. Wu Fire is the Flying Spirit and Mao Wood the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Qian means retreating. The hexagram lacks Wife and Wealth. Place Mao Wood Wife and Wealth, the second line of Dui, hidden beneath Wu Fire, the second line of this hexagram. Wu Fire is the Flying Spirit and Mao Wood the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Thunder over Mountain, Xiao Guo (Small Exceeding). Hexagram name: Thunder over Lake, Gui Mei (Marrying Maiden).
Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines: Descendants, Wealth. Hexagram palace: Dui Metal; Void; missing lines: Descendants.
Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; Qian.
Branch; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; Day.
Chen; Month Commander; Tai Sui; Six Beasts; Self/Response; hexagram.
Line; stems and branches; Six Spirits; stems and branches; Six Spirits; Hidden.
Spirit; Hexagram Body; day designation; Month Commander; Tai Sui.
Xu Parents; Response; Xu Parents.
Shen Brothers; Shen Brothers.
Self; Wu Officer; Hai Descendants; Wu Officer; Hai Descendants.
Shen Brothers; Hidden; Self; Chou Parents.
Wu Officer; Mao Wealth; Mao; Mao Wealth.
Response; Chen Parents; Si Descendants.
Xiao Guo means exceeding. It is the seventh hexagram of the Dui Palace, called Wandering Soul. The hexagram lacks Wife and Wealth and Descendants. Place Mao Wood Wife and Wealth from Dui hidden beneath Wu Fire, the second line of this hexagram. Wu Fire is the Flying Spirit and Mao Wood the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Place Hai Water Descendants, the fourth line of Dui, hidden beneath Wu Fire, the fourth line of this hexagram. Wu Fire is the Flying Spirit and Hai Water the Hidden Spirit. Water controls Fire: this is called the Hidden controlling the Flying Spirit, termed coming out forcefully.
Gui Mei means greatness. It is the final hexagram of the Dui Palace, called Returning Soul. The hexagram lacks Descendants. Place Hai Water Descendants, the fourth line of Dui, hidden beneath Wu Fire, the fourth line of this hexagram. Wu Fire is the Flying Spirit and Hai Water the Hidden Spirit. Water controls Fire: this is called the Hidden controlling the Flying Spirit, termed coming out forcefully.
The foregoing are fixed examples for the Hidden Spirits and Hexagram Body, hexagram by hexagram. Supplement to the Forest of Changes has the method of yang hidden beneath yin and yin hidden beneath yang; Complete Book of Divination has methods such as Qian and Kun coming and going and exchanging places. Because of these errors, I have set out each hexagram in detail for the convenience of later students.
For cases in which all six lines are still, and for cases in which the moving or changed lines still contain no Useful Spirit, infer it from these examples. If a changed line in the hexagram shows the Useful Spirit or Hexagram Body, there is already a Useful Spirit, and there is no need to inspect the Hidden Spirit again.
For example, suppose Heaven over Mountain, Dun, is still. It lacks Wife and Wealth. Take the second line of Qian as Water and hide it beneath Wu Fire, the second line of Dun. If the first line of Dun moves and changes into Heaven over Fire, Tong Ren, the first line's Bing-Chen Parents changes into Ji-Mao Wife and Wealth. Then use Mao Wood Wife and Wealth as the Useful Spirit; there is no need to consider Yin Wood. Apply this by analogy to the other hexagrams.
Reading note: The supplied phrase says 為水, “as Water,” although the earlier Dun explanation identifies the hidden second line as Yin Wood. This inconsistency and the compressed still/moving wording are retained rather than repaired into a different example.
(Ying [Eagle]: This says that when Mao Wealth changes forth, Mao Wood Wife and Wealth is then taken as the Useful Spirit, and there is no need to seek the Hidden Spirit again.)
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