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Bushi Zhengzong · The Orthodox Tradition of Divination
Kun Palace · Hexagram Assignments
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Kun Palace belongs to Earth.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Kun as Earth. Hexagram name: Earth over Thunder, Fu (Return).
Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; 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; You Descendants; You Descendants.
Hai Wealth; Hai Wealth; Hai.
Chou Brothers; Chou Brothers.
Response; Mao Officer; Chen Brothers.
Si Parents; Yin Officer; Si Parents.
Wei Brothers; Zi Wealth.
Kun means compliance. It is the first hexagram of the Kun 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.
Fu means returning. The hexagram lacks Parents. Place Si Fire Parents, the second line of Kun, hidden beneath Yin Wood, the second line of this hexagram. Yin Wood is the Flying Spirit and Si Fire the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire, and Fire has its Birth stage at Yin: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Earth over Lake, Lin (Approach). Hexagram name: Earth over Heaven, Tai (Peace).
Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; 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.
You Descendants; You Descendants.
Response; Hai Wealth; Hai Wealth.
Chou Brothers; Chou Brothers.
Chou Brothers; Chen Brothers.
Self; Mao Officer; Yin Officer.
Si Parents; Zi Wealth.
Lin means greatness. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in the hexagram; there is no need to seek a Hidden Spirit.
Tai means free passage. The hexagram lacks Parents. Place Si Fire Parents, the second line of Kun, hidden beneath Yin Wood, the second line of this hexagram. Yin Wood is the Flying Spirit and Si Fire the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire, and Fire has its Birth stage at Yin: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Thunder over Heaven, Da Zhuang (Great Strength). Hexagram name: Lake over Heaven, Guai (Breakthrough).
Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; Void; missing lines. Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; 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.
Xu Brothers; Wei Brothers; Si Parents; Si.
Shen Descendants; Self; You Descendants.
Self; Wu Parents; Hai Wealth.
Chen Brothers; Chen Brothers.
Yin Officer; Hidden; Response; Yin Officer.
Response; Zi Wealth; Mao; Zi Wealth.
Da Zhuang means resolve. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in the hexagram; there is no need to seek a Hidden Spirit.
Reading note: “Resolve” translates the supplied 志, without replacing it with the conventional hexagram name Great Strength.
Guai means guai. The hexagram lacks Parents. Place Si Fire Parents, the second line of Kun, hidden beneath Yin Wood, the second line of this hexagram. Yin Wood is the Flying Spirit and Si Fire the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire, and Fire has its Birth stage at Yin: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Reading note: The source repeats 夬 as its own gloss. No different explanatory character is substituted.
Matter asked about; matter asked about.
Hexagram name: Water over Heaven, Xu (Waiting). Hexagram name: Water over Earth, Bi (Union).
Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; Void; missing lines: Descendants, Parents. Hexagram palace: Kun Earth; 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.
Zi Wealth; Si Parents; Zi Wealth.
Xu Brothers; Hidden; Xu Brothers.
Self; Shen Descendants; You; Shen Descendants; Shen.
Chen Brothers; Mao Officer.
Yin Officer; Si Parents.
Response; Zi Wealth; Wei Brothers.
Xu means waiting. It is the seventh hexagram of the Kun Palace, called Wandering Soul. The hexagram lacks Parents. Place Si Fire Parents, the second line of Kun, hidden beneath Yin Wood, the second line of this hexagram. Yin Wood is the Flying Spirit and Si Fire the Hidden Spirit. Wood generates Fire, and Fire has its Birth stage at Yin: this is called the Flying coming to generate the Hidden, obtaining the Birth stage.
Bi means harmony. It is the final hexagram of the Kun Palace, called Returning Soul. Wealth, Officer, Parents, Brothers and Descendants are all present in the hexagram; there is no need to seek a Hidden Spirit.
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