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Bushi Zhengzong · The Orthodox Tradition of Divination
Zhen Palace · Hexagram Assignments
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Zhen Palace belongs to Wood.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Zhen as Thunder. Hexagram name: Thunder over Earth, Yu (Enthusiasm).
Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; Void; missing lines: Parents.
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; Xu Wealth; Xu Wealth.
Shen Officer; Shen Officer.
Wu Descendants; Response; Wu Descendants; Wu.
Response; Chen Wealth; Mao Brothers.
Yin Brothers; Si Descendants.
Zi Parents; Self; Wei Wealth; Zi Parents.
Zhen means movement. It is the first hexagram of the Zhen 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.
Yu means delight. The hexagram lacks Parents. Place Zi Water Parents, the first line of Zhen, hidden beneath Wei Earth, the first line of this hexagram. Wei Earth is the Flying Spirit and Zi Water the Hidden Spirit. Earth controls Water: this is called the Flying coming to control the Hidden.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Thunder over Water, Jie (Release). Hexagram name: Thunder over Wind, Heng (Constancy).
Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; 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.
Xu Wealth; Xu Wealth.
Response; Shen Officer; Shen Officer.
Wu Descendants; Wu Descendants.
Wu Descendants; You Officer; Hidden.
Self; Chen Wealth; Hai Parents; Yin Brothers; Yin.
Yin Brothers; Zi Parents; Chou Wealth.
Jie means dispersal. The hexagram lacks Parents. Place Zi Water Parents, the first line of Zhen, hidden beneath Yin Wood, the first line of this hexagram. Yin Wood is the Flying Spirit and Zi Water the Hidden Spirit. Water generates Wood: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Heng means lasting. The hexagram lacks Brothers. Place Yin Wood, the second line of Zhen, hidden beneath Hai Water of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and Yin Wood the Hidden Spirit. Water generates Wood, and Wood has its Birth stage at Hai: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Earth over Wind, Sheng (Rising). Hexagram name: Water over Wind, Jing (Well).
Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; Void; missing lines: Brothers, Descendants. Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; Void; missing lines: Descendants, Brothers.
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.
You Officer; You; Zi Parents.
Hai Parents; Self; Xu Wealth.
Self; Chou Wealth; Wu Descendants; Shen Officer; Wu Descendants; Hidden.
You Officer; You; You Officer; Chen.
Hai Parents; Yin Brothers; Response; Hai Parents; Yin Brothers.
Response; Chou Wealth; Chou Wealth.
Sheng means advancing. The hexagram lacks Brothers and Descendants. Place Yin Wood Brothers, the second line of Zhen, hidden beneath Hai Water, the second line of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and Yin Wood the Hidden Spirit. Water generates Wood, and Wood has its Birth stage at Hai: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Place Wu Fire Descendants, the fourth line of Zhen, hidden beneath Chou Earth, the fourth line of this hexagram. Chou Earth is the Flying Spirit and Wu Fire the Hidden Spirit. Fire generates Earth: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Jing means stillness. The hexagram lacks Brothers and Descendants. Place Yin Wood Brothers, the second line of Zhen, hidden beneath Hai Water, the second line of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and Yin Wood the Hidden Spirit. Water generates Wood, and Wood has its Birth stage at Hai: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Place Wu Fire Descendants, the fourth line of Zhen, hidden beneath Shen Metal, the fourth line of this hexagram. Shen Metal is the Flying Spirit and Wu Fire the Hidden Spirit. Fire controls Metal: this is called the Hidden controlling the Flying Spirit, termed coming out forcefully.
Reading note: “Coming out forcefully” is a contextual rendering of the supplied technical phrase 出暴; no different result or hidden line is supplied.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Lake over Wind, Da Guo (Great Exceeding). Hexagram name: Lake over Thunder, Sui (Following).
Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; Void; missing lines: Descendants, Brothers. Hexagram palace: Zhen Wood; 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.
Wei Wealth; Response; Wei Wealth; Hidden.
You Officer; You Officer; Shen.
Self; Hai Parents; Wu Descendants; Hai Parents; Wu Descendants.
You Officer; Self; Chen Wealth.
Hai Parents; Yin Brothers; Yin Brothers.
Response; Chou Wealth; Zi Parents.
Da Guo means calamity. It is the seventh hexagram of the Zhen Palace, called the Wandering Soul hexagram. It lacks Brothers and Descendants. Place Yin Wood Brothers, the second line of Zhen, hidden beneath Hai Water, the second line of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and Yin Wood the Hidden Spirit. Water generates Wood, and Wood has its Birth stage at Hai: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Reading note: “Calamity” retains the source's gloss 禍 here, rather than replacing it with the conventional hexagram name Great Exceeding.
Place Wu Fire Descendants, the fourth line of Zhen, hidden beneath Hai Water, the fourth line of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and Wu Fire the Hidden Spirit. Fire has its Extinction at Hai: this is called the Hidden Spirit meeting Extinction at the Flying line.
Sui means following along. It is the final hexagram of the Zhen Palace, called the Returning Soul hexagram. It lacks Descendants. Place Wu Fire, the fourth line of Zhen, hidden beneath Hai Water, the fourth line of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and Wu Fire the Hidden Spirit. Fire has its Extinction at Hai: this is called the Hidden Spirit meeting Extinction at the Flying line.
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