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Bushi Zhengzong · The Orthodox Tradition of Divination
Xun Palace · Hexagram Assignments
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Xun Palace belongs to Wood.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Xun as Wood. Hexagram name: Wind over Heaven, Xiao Xu (Small Taming).
Hexagram palace: Xun Wood; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Xun Wood; Void; missing lines: Officer.
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; Mao Brothers; Mao Brothers.
Si Descendants; Si; Si Descendants.
Wei Wealth; Wei Wealth.
Response; You Officer; Chen Wealth; You Officer.
Hai Parents; Yin Brothers.
Chou Wealth; Zi Parents.
Xun means compliance. It is the first hexagram of the Xun 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.
Xiao Xu means blockage. The hexagram lacks Officer and Ghost. Place You Metal, the third line of Xun, hidden beneath Chen Earth, the third line of this hexagram. Chen Earth is the Flying Spirit and You Metal the Hidden Spirit. Earth generates Metal: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Wind over Fire, Jia Ren (Family). Hexagram name: Wind over Thunder, Yi (Increase).
Hexagram palace: Xun Wood; Void; missing lines: Officer. Hexagram palace: Xun Wood; Void; missing lines: Officer.
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.
Mao Brothers; Response; Mao Brothers.
Response; Si Descendants; Si Descendants.
Wei Wealth; Hidden; Wei Wealth.
Hai Parents; You Officer; You; Self; Chen Wealth; You Officer.
Self; Chou Wealth; Yin Brothers.
Mao Brothers; Zi Parents.
Jia Ren means being together. The hexagram lacks Officer and Ghost. Place You Metal, the third line of Xun, hidden beneath Hai Water, the third line of this hexagram. Hai Water is the Flying Spirit and You Metal the Hidden Spirit. Metal generates Water: this is called the Hidden going to generate the Flying, and is named draining qi.
Yi means decrease. The hexagram lacks Officer and Ghost. Place You Metal, the third line of Xun, hidden beneath Chen Earth, the third line of this hexagram. Chen Earth is the Flying Spirit and You Metal the Hidden Spirit. Earth generates Metal: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden.
Reading note: The source glosses Yi with 損, “decrease,” just as it previously glossed Sun with “increase.” Both supplied explanations are retained; neither is silently reversed.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Heaven over Thunder, Wu Wang (No Falsehood). Hexagram name: Fire over Thunder, Shi He (Biting Through).
Hexagram palace: Xun Wood; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Xun 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; Si Descendants.
Shen Officer; Self; Wei Wealth.
Self; Wu Descendants; You Officer.
Chen Wealth; Chen Wealth.
Yin Brothers; Response; Yin Brothers.
Response; Zi Parents; Zi Parents.
Wu Wang means calamity from Heaven. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in the hexagram; there is no need to seek a Hidden Spirit.
Shi He means biting. 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: Mountain over Thunder, Yi (Nourishment). Hexagram name: Mountain over Wind, Gu (Decay).
Hexagram palace: Xun Wood; Void; missing lines: Descendants, Officer. Hexagram palace: Xun 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.
Yin Brothers; Response; Yin Brothers; Yin.
Zi Parents; Si Descendants; Zi Parents; Si Descendants.
Self; Xu Wealth; Hidden; Xu Wealth.
Chen Wealth; You Officer; You; Self; You Officer.
Yin Brothers; Hai Parents.
Response; Zi Parents; Chou Wealth.
Yi means nourishing. It is the seventh hexagram of the Xun Palace, called the Wandering Soul hexagram. It lacks Descendants and Officer and Ghost. Place You Metal Officer and Ghost, the third line of Xun, hidden beneath Chen Earth, the third line of this hexagram. Chen Earth is the Flying Spirit and You Metal the Hidden Spirit. Earth generates Metal: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden.
Place Si Fire Descendants, the fifth line of Xun, hidden beneath Zi Water, the fifth line of this hexagram. Zi Water is the Flying Spirit and Si Fire the Hidden Spirit. Water controls Fire: this is called the Flying coming to control the Hidden, turning back to injure the person.
Gu means an affair. It is the final hexagram of the Xun Palace, called the Returning Soul hexagram. It lacks Descendants. Place Si Fire, the fifth line of Xun, hidden beneath Zi Water, the fifth line of this hexagram. Zi Water is the Flying Spirit and Si Fire the Hidden Spirit. Water controls Fire: this is called the Flying coming to control the Hidden, turning back to injure the person.
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