BaZi: An Early Classic - 四言独步 SYDB Four Words Invincible Steps

Part 3
五行生旺，不怕刑囚；东西南北，数尽方休。Five elements born prosperous, does not
fear punishment or imprisonment/hukuman, east west south and north, direction
where the count ends is at rest.

Trey: Five elements refers to the DM and all the gods in the chart. Being born
prosperous/di musim or having Qi is an advantage because when LP goes to the
places where the element is 'dead' or 'extinct', it can still function well.

寅申巳亥，四生之局；用物身强，遇之发福。
Yin-Shen-Si-Hai, the structures of 4 births; usable substances and self
prosperous/kuat, meeting this is successful/maksudnya lahir di tahap pertumbuhan

Trey: Yin, Shen, Si and Hai are 4 places where elements are born, Yin is the
birthplace/pertumbuhan of fire and earth, Shen of water (and earth), Si of metal and
Hai of wood. Usable substances refer to Useful Gods, for example earth born in Shen
can use Wealth, fire born in Shen can use Officer. Wealth and Officer gets
ChangSheng Qi from the Month EB and together with a strong DM, the chart becomes
a good structure. 

辰戌丑未，四库之神；人元三用，透旺为真。 
Chen-Xu-Chou-Wei, the gods of 4 storages; the Human Origin gets 3 uses, protrusion
and prosperous are regarded as true. 

Trey: This verse talks about DM born in the month of the earth, all 3 Qis contained in
the earth can be used when they protrude and they are prosperous.

Take for example Jia born in Xu, Xu contains earth as the main Qi, which is Wealth,
metal as the residual Qi, which is Officer and fire as storage Qi which is the output.
The true Useful God is the one that protrudes or is prosperous/yg dipakai adlah yg
muncul di thian kan atau sebgai gudang dlama hal ini adalah gudang api. 

子午卯西，四败之局；男犯兴衰，女犯孤独。
Zi-Wu-Mao-You, the structures of 4 defeats/penaklukan'; committed /melakukan by
men denotes rise and fall. committed /dilakukan by women denotes
loneliness/kesepian.

4 comments:
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AnonymousDecember 13, 2013 at 4:44 PM

Hi Trey,

si yan du bu is made up of four words verses that compressed a concept(s)

together. Because it is so simplified, we can interpret it in many ways.

For example, 
寅申巳亥，四生之局；用物身强，遇之发福。

Your quote: Yin-Shen-Si-Hai, the structures of 4 births; usable substances and

self prosperous, meeting this is successful
 Can also be: Yin-Shen-Si-Hai, a structure with 4 births; usable substances (is
attained) when self is prosperous, meeting this is successful.

relic

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Trey TanDecember 14, 2013 at 2:45 AM

Hi relic,

That is very true, the author compressed so much into such a small body of
text. The text is supposedly very old. 

I rely on my understanding to interpret, there is high possibility of

misinterpretation. Could never know. 

trey
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AnonymousDecember 14, 2013 at 11:47 AM

Hi Trey,

You misunderstood me. You did a great job in all the interpretations. I was
merely suggestig that there could be more than one interpretation. 

relic
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Trey TanDecember 15, 2013 at 2:57 AM

Hi relic,

Well, :-D 

Sorry that I misunderstood you, it actually true that my interpretation might not
be correct. I don't know enough to understand everything written in the text so I
am not very confident with my own interpretation.