明通赋
The Odes of Ming Tong
东海徐子平撰。易水万育吾解。
Authored by Xu ZiPing of DongHai, explained by Wan YuWu of YiShui
and Trey of Kampung Sayang
and Trey of Kampung Sayang
太极判为天地，一气分为阴阳，流出五行，化生万物，为人禀命；贫富贵贱由之。术士知机，吉凶祸福定矣。
TaiJi is judged as Heaven and Earth, one Qi is separated as Yin and Yang, It flows out the 5 elements, transform and engendered ten thousand being, and they decide the Lives of people, the origin of the poor, wealthy, noble and lowly is such. When the practitioners have known the mechanism, they can determine the auspiciousness, inauspiciousness, disaster or blessing.
（此原造化之始）。
Xu ZiPing: 凡看命，以日干为主，统三元而配合八字干支。
When analyzing Life (BaZi), use the Day Stem as the Master, gathers the 3 Origins and match them with the eight characters Stems and Branches.
（天有四时，造化万物，屋有四柱，各立规模；命有四柱，注定荣枯。论者专以日辰天干为命元之主，上为地元禄支，内所藏者，为人元寿。人字，即四柱天干、地支共八字也。《继善篇》云：四柱排定，三才次分，专以日干天元，配合八字干支是也。）
Wan YuWu: Heaven has for Times (Seasons), created ten thousand beings. A House has four pillars, each with their own dimensions; Life has 4 pillars, that decide glory or condemnation. When analyzing, use the Day Stem as the Master of Day Origin, the ones above are the Earth Origin of Fortune branches, the ones hidden are Human Origin of Longevity. The eight characters are the 4 characters in the Heavenly Stems and the 4 characters from the Earthly branches, altogether there are 8 characters. <<Ju Shan Pian>> says: Four pillars are determined, the three talents are then identified, focus on the HS of the Day Stem, matches with the 8 characters.
Trey: The three origins 三元 is the same as the three talents 三才. They refer to the Heavenly Origin, 天元, the Earth Origin, 地元 and the man Origin 人元. They are just terms referring to the HS, EB and HHS.
沦(论)运者以月支为首，分四时而提起五行消长。
To discuss Luck, take the Month EB as the leader, separates into four seasons and analyzes the rise and fall of the 5 elements.
（大运以月支起，故月为提纲。看月支节气浅深，四时得何节。士。春木、夏火、秋金、冬水、车上。初气、中气，消长不同。所行之运，或顺或逆，或旺或衰，与八字或助，或泄，或克或生者，木乎此。先言日干，次言月支，举其所要者以示人也。）
The LP begins from the month EB, thus the Month is known as the KeyPoint (or Outline). Look at the deepness or shallowness of the term for the month EB, which term is within the season. Earth, Spring is for wood, Summer is for fire, Autumn is for Metal, Winter is for water, ??. The rise and fall of Qi for the beginning of Qi and the middle of Qi is different. For the LP, it could go for or it could go against, it could be prosperous or waning, it could support the BaZi or exhaust it, it could counter or engender,??. Firstly, analyze the Day Stem, secondly analyze the Month Branch, ....
向官旺以成功，人(入)格局而致贵。官印财食为吉，平定遂良；煞伤果(枭)败为凶，转用为福。
Success is when it is towards the Officer, Noble is when it has a structure. Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are auspicious. When it is calm it is good; Devil, Hurt, Owl and Failing are inauspicious, but if they are transformed to be Useful, it is a blessing.
（五行临官、帝旺，在四柱为本宫成功之地。入格局则百，破格局则贱。如它(官)印、财食，本是吉种，须无伤克、冲刑、破败，则为平定遂良，乃入格也。煞伤、具(枭)败，末为凶煞，若有制伏，去留合化，是谓转用为福，亦入格也。观下取用诸格局，其喜忌自可见矣。四吉、四凶，格局之最重者，故首言之胜云，"日主景宜健旺，用神不可损伤"是也。）
The stages of Arriving Officer (LinGuan) and Imperial Prosperity (DiWang) at the four pillars are places of success. When (a chart) has a structure, it is a hundred (good), when the structure is broken, it is lowly. such as Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are of auspicious type, there must not be injury or counter, clashes, punishment, breakage and failing, when it is calm, it is good and is considered as having a structure. Devil, Hurt, Owl and Failing, are inauspicious spirits, if there are restraint, discard and saving, combination and transformation, they are considered as transformed to be Useful, which is a blessing, that is also called having a structure. When one has taken and use a certain structure, its favorable and unfavorable (entities) can be naturally seen. The 4 auspicious, the 4 inauspicious are the most important (concept) of the chart, thus some classics say: The state of Day Master is better at Healthy and Prosperous, The Useful God cannot be damaged or Injured. That is it.
Trey:
This except talks exactly about the concept of 顺逆, which was previously discussed in the topic of Follow Use and Against Use. Notice that the name of the gods are somehow different from ZPZQ.
Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are benevolent, so they need to be engendered or protected. They should not be injured, clashed, countered, etc in order for a chart to successfully establish a structure.
Devil (7K), Hurt (HO), Owl and Failing (Rob Wealth / YangRen) are malevolent, so they need to be
- Restrained (eg 7K seeing Food)
- Discarded and Saved(Refer to the previous few chapter)
- Transformed (eg the month command is combined and transformed into another element)
for the chart to successfully establish a structure.
Also notice the last sentence,
DM is preferred to be Healthy and Prosperous, Useful God cannot be damaged or Injured.
Healthy is a term that is used to describe a weak DM getting support from the Seal. Prosperous means the DM is having enough Qi as in having ChangSheng, Lu or DiWang.
When DM is not having Qi, such as in the stages of Death and Extinction, meeting a Seal is called
死处逢生 - At dead place encounters 'engendering' or 绝处逢生 - At Extinct place encounters engendering.
There's a chapter in SMTH Discussing Seal that explains this. Although the DM is without Qi and not prosperous, but it is considered Healthy.
Some DMs have Qi. but at the same time encountering too many Seals. That is also not Healthy.
In summary, the classics does not say that a strong DM is better than a weak DM. This is a common misconception. The correct term for a good DM is 建旺, Healthy / Prosperous.
In ZPZQ, Master Shen XiaoZhean stresses 2 main concepts when analyzing a chart.
1. Look for 'Affection' - 有情 - which refers to a chart having the correct dynamics between the gods. I.e the benevolent gods be protected and supported, and the malevolent gods be restrained or transformed.
2. Look for Strength - 有力- which refers to the entities in the chart having Qi to play their parts.
These 2 concepts are named differently from classics to classics, but the fundamentals remain the same as explained by the founder of the system Mr Xu ZiPing and Master Wan of Ming dynasty.
Success is when it is towards the Officer, Noble is when it has a structure. Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are auspicious. When it is calm it is good; Devil, Hurt, Owl and Failing are inauspicious, but if they are transformed to be Useful, it is a blessing.
（五行临官、帝旺，在四柱为本宫成功之地。入格局则百，破格局则贱。如它(官)印、财食，本是吉种，须无伤克、冲刑、破败，则为平定遂良，乃入格也。煞伤、具(枭)败，末为凶煞，若有制伏，去留合化，是谓转用为福，亦入格也。观下取用诸格局，其喜忌自可见矣。四吉、四凶，格局之最重者，故首言之胜云，"日主景宜健旺，用神不可损伤"是也。）
The stages of Arriving Officer (LinGuan) and Imperial Prosperity (DiWang) at the four pillars are places of success. When (a chart) has a structure, it is a hundred (good), when the structure is broken, it is lowly. such as Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are of auspicious type, there must not be injury or counter, clashes, punishment, breakage and failing, when it is calm, it is good and is considered as having a structure. Devil, Hurt, Owl and Failing, are inauspicious spirits, if there are restraint, discard and saving, combination and transformation, they are considered as transformed to be Useful, which is a blessing, that is also called having a structure. When one has taken and use a certain structure, its favorable and unfavorable (entities) can be naturally seen. The 4 auspicious, the 4 inauspicious are the most important (concept) of the chart, thus some classics say: The state of Day Master is better at Healthy and Prosperous, The Useful God cannot be damaged or Injured. That is it.
Trey:
This except talks exactly about the concept of 顺逆, which was previously discussed in the topic of Follow Use and Against Use. Notice that the name of the gods are somehow different from ZPZQ.
Officer, Seal, Wealth and Food are benevolent, so they need to be engendered or protected. They should not be injured, clashed, countered, etc in order for a chart to successfully establish a structure.
Devil (7K), Hurt (HO), Owl and Failing (Rob Wealth / YangRen) are malevolent, so they need to be
- Restrained (eg 7K seeing Food)
- Discarded and Saved(Refer to the previous few chapter)
- Transformed (eg the month command is combined and transformed into another element)
for the chart to successfully establish a structure.
Also notice the last sentence,
DM is preferred to be Healthy and Prosperous, Useful God cannot be damaged or Injured.
Healthy is a term that is used to describe a weak DM getting support from the Seal. Prosperous means the DM is having enough Qi as in having ChangSheng, Lu or DiWang.
When DM is not having Qi, such as in the stages of Death and Extinction, meeting a Seal is called
死处逢生 - At dead place encounters 'engendering' or 绝处逢生 - At Extinct place encounters engendering.
There's a chapter in SMTH Discussing Seal that explains this. Although the DM is without Qi and not prosperous, but it is considered Healthy.
Some DMs have Qi. but at the same time encountering too many Seals. That is also not Healthy.
In summary, the classics does not say that a strong DM is better than a weak DM. This is a common misconception. The correct term for a good DM is 建旺, Healthy / Prosperous.
In ZPZQ, Master Shen XiaoZhean stresses 2 main concepts when analyzing a chart.
1. Look for 'Affection' - 有情 - which refers to a chart having the correct dynamics between the gods. I.e the benevolent gods be protected and supported, and the malevolent gods be restrained or transformed.
2. Look for Strength - 有力- which refers to the entities in the chart having Qi to play their parts.
These 2 concepts are named differently from classics to classics, but the fundamentals remain the same as explained by the founder of the system Mr Xu ZiPing and Master Wan of Ming dynasty.
hi Trey,
ReplyDeleteDM in di wang in month pillar is prosperous. But it is strong rob wealth hence not necessarily good. So i why does the above say the a Good DM should be prosperous?
Hi Joe,
ReplyDeleteYou are right, the text talks about structures in general. Almost every structure prefers a strong DM except for Seal structure. As for Rob wealth structure, DM is already prosperous, then it has to depend on which god is in play.
Remember ZPZQ says for a chart to be perfect, it has to have 1. affection and 2. strength. Having strength without affection is an average chart, so is affection without strength.