天干地支 HS / EB - Part 5 Di Tian Sui - Bing Fire and Ding Fire

Di Tian Sui on Bing Fire

丙火猛烈，欺霜侮雪。能煅庚金，逢辛反怯。土众成慈，水猖显节。虎马犬乡，甲木若来，必当焚灭。
Bing fire is fierce and intense; it bullies the frosts and insults the snows. It can forge Geng metal but meeting Xin, it becomes afraid. With abundant earth it becomes compassionate, becomes prominent with rampant water. In the places of tiger, horse and dog, when Jia wood comes, it will be burnt.

原注：火阳精也，丙火灼阳之至，故猛烈，不畏秋而欺霜，不畏冬而侮雪。庚金虽顽，力能煅之，辛金本柔，合而反弱。
Fire is the essence of Yang, Bing fire represent the extreme of Yang brilliance, thus it’s fierce and intense, it’s not afraid of autumn and it bullies the frosts, it’s not afraid of winter and it insults the snows. Although Geng metal is tough, it can be forged by Bing, Xin metal is soft by nature, to combine it in turn becomes weak.

土其子也，见戊己多而成慈爱之德；水其君也，遇壬癸旺而显忠节之风。至于未遂炎上之性，而遇寅午戌三位者，露甲木则燥而焚灭也。
Earth is the children, to meet with many Wu and Ji, it becomes the virtue of love and compassion; water is its lord, to meet with prosperious Ren and Gui, it shows the air of prominence. And because Wei follows the fiery nature, meeting Yin Wu and Xu, Jia wood would become parched and burnt.

任氏曰：丙乃纯阳之火，其势猛烈，欺霜侮雪，有除寒解冻之功。
Bing is the Fire of pure Yang, it’s power is fierce and intense, bullies frosts and insults snows, has the ability to remove coldness and defrost.

能煅庚金，遇强暴而施克伐也；逢辛反怯，合柔顺而寓和平也。
Can forge Geng metal meets **** and it can counter; but meeting Xin it becomes afraid, it combines with gentleness and resides in peace (harmony)

土众成慈，不凌下也； 水猖显节，不援上也。
With abundant earth it becomes compassionate, it wont suppress the ones below; With fierce water it becomes prominent and wont support the ones above.

虎马犬乡者，支坐寅午戌，火势已过于猛烈，若再见甲木来生，转致焚灭也。
The ones in the places of Tiger, Horse and Dog, EB sits on Yin, Wu and Xu, the intensity of fire is overly strong, to have Jia wood to support would in turn be burnt.

由此论之，From this discussion

泄其威，须用己土；遏其焰，必要壬水；顺其性，还须辛金。
To exhaust its might, must use Ji Earth; to stop its flame, must use Ren Water; to follow its nature, Xin metal is a must.

己土卑湿之体，能收元阳之气；戊土高燥，见丙火而焦坼矣。
Ji earth is a body of lowly and wetness, it can accept the Qi of primordial Yang; Wu earth is highly and dry, to meet Bing fire it would become burnt and cracked

壬水刚中之德，能制暴烈之火；癸水阴柔，逢丙火而涸干矣。
Ren water has the virtue of being moderately tough, it can control the explosive fiery of fire; Gui water is Yin and gentle, meeting Bing Fire it would dry up. 

辛金柔软之物，明作合而相亲， 暗化水而相济；
Xin metal is something that is gentle and soft, in appearance they matches and marries, in obscurity they transforms into water and aid each other.

庚金刚健，刚又逢刚，势不两立。
Geng metal is tough and strong, tough meeting tough, the two won’t exist together.

此虽举五行而论，然世事人情，何莫不然！
This uses the 5 elements as examples, to apply it to matters and relationships of human; it cannot be not the same!



Di Tian Sui on Ding Fire

丁火柔中，内性昭融。抱乙而孝，合壬而忠。旺而不烈，衰而不穷，如有嫡母，可秋可冬。
Ding fire is gentle and moderate; its intrinsic nature is brilliant and harmonious. Embracing Yi it is filial, combining Ren it is loyal. It is prosperous but not intense, it is waned but not poor, if there’s the first mother (the children of the concubines address the first (legitimate) wife as嫡母), it can be autumn, it can be winter.

原注：
丁干属阴，火性虽阴，柔而得其中矣。
Ding Stem belongs to Yin, It is fire in nature although it is Yin, it is gentle and it has moderation. 

外柔顺而内文明，内性岂不昭融乎？
It is soft on the outside but it is civilized on the inside, how can its intrinsic nature not be brilliant and harmonious?

乙非丁之嫡母也，乙畏辛而丁抱之，不若丙抱甲而反能焚甲木也，不若乙抱丁而反能晦丁火也，其孝异乎人矣。
Yi is not the first mother of Ding, Yi is afraid of Xin but embraces Ding, Is not as good as Jia when meeting Bing Jia wood would be burnt, is not as good as Yi when embracing Ding Yi wood would obscure Ding Fire, its filial piety is different from people.

壬为丁之正君也，壬畏戊而丁合之，外则抚恤戊土，能使戊土不欺壬也，内则暗化木神，而使戊土不敢抗乎壬也，其忠异乎人 矣。
Ren is Ding’s true ruler, Ren is afraid of Wu so it combines with Ding, on the outside it comforts Wu earth, that makes Wu earth stops bullying Ren, on the inside it transforms into the God of wood in conceal, that makes Wu earth not to defy Ren, its loyalty is different from people.

生于秋冬，得一甲木，则倚之不灭，而焰至无穷也，故曰可秋可冬。皆柔之道也。
Born in Autumn and Winter, to has one Jia Wood, Ding fire can depends on that Wood and will not be extinguished, and its flame would be inexhaustible, thus it can be in autumn and can be in winter. These are all the paths of gentleness.

任氏曰：丁非灯烛之谓，较丙火则柔中耳。
Ding fire is not as the saying that is it of lamps and candles, it is more like Bing fire, but gentle and moderate.

内性昭融者，文明之象也。
The intrinsic nature that is brilliant and harmonious is an image of civilization. 

抱乙而孝，明使辛金不伤乙木也；
To embrace Yi and becoming Filial, in appearance, it makes Xin metal not to hurt Yi Wood.

合壬而忠，暗使戊土不伤壬水也。
To combine with Ren and becoming Loyal, in obscurity, it makes Wu earth not to hurt Ren water.

惟其柔中，故无太过不及之弊，
Unfortunately, in its gentleness and moderation, there’s a disadvantage because it will not go over (beyond) nor will it be insufficient, 

虽时当乘旺，而不至赫炎；
Even at times when it’s riding on prosperity, it would not reach an awe-inspiring flame.

即时值就衰，而不至于熄灭。
Even at times when it’s succumbing to declination, it would not be totally put off / extinguished. 

干透甲乙，秋生不畏金；
With Jia or Yi protrude in HS, born in autumn, it’s not afraid of Metal;

支藏寅卯，冬产不忌水
With Yin or Mao hidden in EB, born in winter, water is not a taboo