Xing He De Lu: Gui Days at Jia-Yin Hour and the Source Variants

What is the complete Yin hour for each Gui day?

Every Gui day has Jia-Yin at Yin hour because the Hour Stem (the upper symbol in the birth-hour column) depends on the Day Stem (the upper symbol in the birth-day column). The table establishes the basic pairing, not the season, retaining relation or all variants.

What is already in Jia-Yin, and why invoke Si?

Jia is Gui’s Hurting Officer (a traditional role associated with independent expression and questioning rules). Yin contains Jia, Bing and Wu: Hurting Officer, Direct Wealth (a traditional role associated with managing resources and ongoing responsibilities) and Officer. Wu Officer is therefore not wholly absent from the actual chart; the extra claim concerns its Lu at Si and the punishment/combination theory.

You or Chou belongs to Si’s Metal-trine group and is used for retention. Shen combines with Si but also clashes with the actual source Yin, so it is not an interchangeable supporting branch.

How do Geng-Shen and Ren-Shen variants differ from the main account?

Later accounts use Gui day at Geng-Shen hour and Ji day at Ren-Shen hour through other punishment/combination routes. Both hours are calculable, but their Day Masters, Hour Stems and Officer targets differ from Jia-Yin.

The passage rejects a Xin-day/Geng-Yin route on grounds involving Geng controlling Jia. Geng-Yin is a valid Yin hour for Xin, but that does not make it the main Gui-day method. Calendar compatibility and interpretive eligibility are separate.

What does Ren-Shen, Gui-Chou, Gui-Chou, Jia-Yin illustrate?

The chart contains the required Gui-day/Jia-Yin hour and an actual Shen–Yin clash. It cannot be described as free of the main passage’s Shen caution. Gui-Chou month fits a Ren year and Jia-Yin hour a Gui day; the source uses the case to discuss an affected condition.

A reader can use this to check whether stated restrictions were actually examined. Lu is a traditional term, not proof of rank or assets, and a clear ordinary authority/Output reading needs no extra favorable title.

Continue reading

• Special patterns overview

  Distinguish local configurations, whole-chart methods and source cases.

• Gui’s Geng-Shen Resource route

  Compare another valid hour and its actual hidden stems (the additional element symbols traditionally assigned inside each lower chart symbol).

• Officer and actual authority relations

  Return the placement to the month and whole chart.

References

• Sanming Tonghui, Siku edition, vol. 6: 刑合得禄
• Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Arts: parallel text
• Clarify editorial method and source principles