天干地支 HS / EB - Part 11 San Ming Tong Hui - Bing Fire

SMTH 丙 Bing Fire

丙火丽乎中天，普照六合；
Bing Fire is beautiful at mid day, it shines all heaven and earth;


在天为日为电，在地为炉为冶，谓之阳火。
in heaven as the Sun as Lightning, on earth as furnace as smelt, it is named Yang Fire.

其禄在巳，巳为炉冶之火，谓之死火。
It is at the stage of 'Lu' in Si, Si is the fire of furnace and smelt, named as Dead Fire.

死火者，刚火也，喜死木发生其焰，恶金、土掩其光。
Dead fire is tough fire, likes dead wood to boost its flame, hates metal, earth covers up its light.

死木者，甲木也，甲禄在寅，寅乃阳木之垣，木盛火生，隐于木石之间，非人用之，不能生发，故五阳皆出乎自然而为先天，五阴皆系乎人事而为后天，丙火生于寅，其理甚明。
Dead wood is Jia Wood, Jia wood is at the stage of 'Lu' at Yin, Yin is the wall of Yang wood, wood that is prosperous cause fire to grow, hidden between wood and stone, cannot be used by people, cannot be developed, because 5 Yangs are all born naturally and are pre-heaven, and because all five Yins are related thing related to man-doings and are post-heaven, Bing Fire is born at Yin, the reason / principle is clear.

如太阳之火自东而升，至西而没，且酉属兑，兑为泽；己土生金，金气盛，掩息丙火之光，不能显辉，岂无晦乎？
As the fire of the Sun rises from he East,and diminished when it reaches West, Dui as swamp; Ji earth engenders Metal, Metal Qi prosperous, covers and diminished the light of Bing Fire, cannot displays its prominence, how can it not be extinguished?

故丙火生于寅而死于酉。经云：火无西向。正此谓也。
That is why Bing Fire is born in Yin and dies at You. The classic says: Fire does not face the West, it means this.