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Flying Blade: opposing-branch table and Yin-stem variants
Flying Blade (Fei Ren, 飞刃) commonly means the branch opposite a Blade position. Jia’s Blade is Mao, whose opposite You becomes the Flying Blade target. This two-step rule changes whenever the underlying Blade table changes.
List the Blade first, then its opposite
This table assumes the five-Yang-stem Blade rule and uses the six opposing branch pairs. The Flying Blade target can be present even when the original Blade branch is absent.
| Day Stem | Blade | Flying Blade target |
|---|---|---|
| Jia | Mao | You |
| Bing | Wu 午 | Zi |
| Wu 戊 | Wu 午 | Zi |
| Geng | You | Mao |
| Ren | Zi | Wu 午 |
Does Jia with You already create a Mao–You clash?
In a Jia-day fragment with known branches Zi, Yin and You, You matches the derived target. Without Mao, however, there is no natal Mao–You clash. Deriving an opposite does not insert the missing branch.
The Xing Xue Tang Fu/Flying Blade table also assigns Chen Blade and Xu Flying Blade to Yi. It uses a Lu-offset convention for Yin stems. The five-Yang-stem version has no Yi row, so these are not one default table.
Why should Flying Blade not be read as an accident?
The calculation supplies a reference stem, Blade position, opposite and actual location. It contains no information about travel conditions, symptoms or environmental exposure.
Understanding the derivation helps you notice when a reading has turned a missing clash into a risk claim. Clarify does not calculate Flying Blade. Practical precautions depend on the situation, not this label.