Hi all,
FYI. My translation of the case study using the 1691AD version of Zengshan Buyi (ZSBY) (see ZSBY-6 pdf in
https://fivearts.org/index.php?topic=1997.0):
[Ex.22-62. E/E to E/W]卽如寅月乙未日。占女痘。得坤之師。
Example: Yin(t) month, Yi Wei day. Divining about daughter?s smallpox. Obtained
Kun [E/E], then
Officer [E/W].
子 酉金 丶丶世
財 亥 丶丶
兄 丑 丶丶
鬼 卯 丶丶應
父 巳火 ㄨ 兄弟 辰土
兄 未 丶丶
Kun as Earth [E/E] Earth-Water Officer [E/W]
Son-Daughter You metal 丶丶 Subject Son-Daughter You metal 丶丶
Wife-Wealth Hai water 丶丶 Wife-Wealth Hai water 丶丶
Brother-Sister Chou earth 丶丶 Brother-Sister Chou earth 丶丶
Officer-Ghost Mao wood 丶丶 Object Father-Mother Wu(h) fire 丶丶
Father-Mother Si fire ㄨ Brother-Sister Chen earth 丶
Brother-Sister Wei earth 丶丶 Officer-Ghost Yin(t) wood 丶丶
酉金子孫。雖則春令休囚。得日辰生之。二爻巳火動而剋金。得未日沖動丑土。火動生土。土動生金。花雖密以全生。
You metal Son-Daughter. Yet in spring season, so Resting(s)-Trapped(s). [While] obtain day branch producing, 2nd line S? fire moving to counter metal. Obtain Wei day clash to move Chou earth. Moving fire will produce earth, moving earth will produce metal. [Smallpox] lesions although numerous, [person is] still full of life.
彼曰。目下甚危。余曰。不妨。今日未申時有救。
Person said: At present, very dangerous. I said: No harm. Today, Wei to Shen hour, will receive help.
果于申時。遇明醫救治。何當緩也。
Result: At Shen hour, met a brilliant doctor who provide critical care. How can [response] be
slower?
Note: The last sentence above (
slower) relates to the paragraph preceding the case study:
古以暗動。福來而不知。禍來而不覺。又曰。吉凶之力則半。遲速之應則緩。非此論也。何嘗不知不覺。報應也非緩也。
Ancients consider Secretly Moving as good-fortune coming without knowing it; misfortune coming without feeling it. Also said: Auspicious or inauspicious, strength is halved. Speed of response is slower. Wrong, this theory! How can we not know and not feel? Announced response is not slow.