Sanming Tonghui, Volume 9: Day-Hour Combinations (Ji through Gui)
三命通會·卷九
Sanming Tonghui, Volume 9: Day-Hour Combinations (Ji through Gui)
三命通會·卷九
Hour Judgments for the Six Ji Days
六己日各時斷
六己日甲子時斷至六己日乙亥時斷
[Volume 9 continues the day-hour combination reference for the remaining five Heavenly Stems:] Six Ji Days (12 hours x 6 combinations = 72 entries): Ji as yin earth -- Jia as proper official, Gui as proper wealth, Xin as food spirit. Ji-Earth is the 'field and garden' earth, requiring wood to break it open (cultivation metaphor). Each hour-pairing analyzed for how the hour's stem-branch relationship affects Ji's key dynamics. Ji day with Jia-Zi hour: Seven Killer (Jia-Wood overcomes Ji-Earth) at the wealth position (Gui-Water in Zi generates Jia-Wood). If the month has fire to control the Killer, converts to authority format. Ji day with Yi-Chou hour: Proper official hidden in the Chou storehouse. Scholarly and gentle temperament. Best for winter births with fire support. [Each entry includes verse, technical analysis, and conditional readings for all six Ji day-variants.]
The Ji-Earth day entries are particularly nuanced because Ji represents cultivable soil -- unlike Wu-Earth (walls and embankments), which resists change. Ji's interaction with its official star (Jia-Wood, representing authority pressing down on soft earth) is metaphorically interpreted as plowing: the right amount of 'plowing' makes the soil productive, but too much destroys it. This agricultural metaphor pervades Ji-day analysis.
Hour Judgments for Geng and Xin Days
六庚日至六辛日各時斷
六庚日丙子時斷至六辛日己亥時斷
Six Geng Days (72 entries): Geng as yang metal -- Ding as proper official, Jia as proper wealth, Ren as food spirit. Geng-Metal is the metal of swords and axes; it requires fire's refining (Ding-Fire official) to become useful. Six Xin Days (72 entries): Xin as yin metal -- Bing as proper official, Yi as proper wealth, Gui as food spirit. Xin-Metal is the metal of jewels and ornaments, refined and delicate. It thrives in water (Gui generates sparkle) and fears excessive fire (which melts ornamental metal). [Each set follows the same systematic structure: verse summary, technical explanation, and six variant readings conditioned by year-month factors.]
Hour Judgments for Ren and Gui Days
六壬日至六癸日各時斷
六壬日庚子時斷至六癸日癸亥時斷
Six Ren Days (72 entries): Ren as yang water -- Ji as proper official, Bing as proper wealth, Jia as food spirit. Ren-Water is river and ocean water -- vast, powerful, and requiring earth embankments (Ji-Earth official) to be channeled productively. Six Gui Days (72 entries): Gui as yin water -- Wu as proper official, Ding as proper wealth, Yi as food spirit. Gui-Water is rain, dew, and spring water -- gentle, nourishing, requiring earth to give it direction. Gui day with Gui-Hai hour: Proper salary at the salary position; the self is extremely strong. If the month has earth and fire to provide official and wealth stars, great nobility. If the chart is entirely water without constraint, the person is intelligent but unfocused -- 'water without banks floods everywhere.' [Volume 9 concludes the day-hour reference, completing all 720 stem-pair combinations (10 stems x 12 hours x 6 day-variants). Together with Volume 8, this constitutes the most comprehensive day-hour lookup table in classical Chinese fate-calculation literature.]
The final entry -- Gui day with Gui-Hai hour -- brings the entire ten-stem cycle to its conclusion. Gui-Hai is the last of the sixty Jia-Zi combinations (pure yin water at its own position), representing the completion of one full cycle before the return to Jia-Zi. That the Sanming Tonghui ends its day-hour analysis with this position mirrors the Yijing's ending with hexagram 64, Weiji (Before Completion), suggesting that every end is also a new beginning.
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