T>un S^u, 19-45

p. 116 [see also p. 10] – sect. 19. weather and farming forecasts

"The lists give details of

the wind and rainfall expected during each month, plus

when to sow certain crops,

In recent copies of the Hong Kong editions of the Almanac, such agricultural parts have been dropped".

pp. 117-118 – sect. 20. auspicious & inauspicious stars for the year (names in Cantonese pronunciation) –

88 good stars,

4 indifferent stars,

162 evil stars

some of the good stars, with their blessings

p.

#

star

blesseth __

117

2nd

Yuet Tak (‘Moon Virtue’)

"everything except hunting and fishing."

 

5th

N Hap (‘5 Harmonies’)

"marriage and trading."

118

11th

Iu On (‘Seeking Quiet’)

"setting up the statue of a god."

 

13th

Yik Ma (‘Courier’s Horse’)

"consulting a doctor".

 

14th

N Fu (‘5 Riches’)

"opening a new business".

 

18th

Fuk San (‘Lucky Birth’)

"praying to the gods".

 

19th

Sin Sam (‘Holy Heart’)

"visiting the cemetery to show respect for one’s ancestors."

 

22nd

Won Yat (‘Vigorous Day’)

"planting."

 

26th

Tin Ma (‘Heaven’s Messenger’)

"long journeys"; "moving house."

 

27th

Tin Koan (‘Heaven’s Officer’)

"to apply for a prestigious job."

 

28th

Yun Tak (‘Yan Virtue’)

"to give donations to the poor".

 

29th

Yum Tak (‘Yin Virtue’)

(same as 28th )

 

31st

Tin C^oi (‘Heaven’ Wealth’)

"to pray for wealth".

 

36th

Luk Yi (‘6 Rites’)

"to give speeches".

1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 10th stars bless everything

pp. 119, 121 – sect. 21. cup-divination chart of T>u Ti (‘Earth God’) : 2 bowls (cups) are tossed 3 times – one up, one down = s^en; both down = yin; both up = yan

p. 121 the 1st 4 cases

1. s^en, s^en, yin

"No snow falls, yet you are feeling cold."

2. s^en, s^en, yan

"the unlucky dragon star."

3. yin, yin, yan

"You will look sideways at your beloved".

4. yin, yan, yin

"ask about your wife’s pregnancy".

pp. 122-123, 126-127 – sect. 22. coin-praediction : using only one throw of 5 coins which have characters on side and a picture on the other

the 1st 6 of the 32 combinations

p.

combination

signification

126

1. CCCCC : top top

"The phoenix flies freely

The unicorn comes to rest on your land".

 

2. CPPPP : top flat

"If your job is bad, you’d better change it".

 

3. PCPPP : bottom flat

"The tree moves because the wind blows it"

127

4. PPCPP : small flat

"The boat is in the middle of the pool

On the beach are priceless treasures".

 

5. PPPCP : bottom bottom

"This prediction faces south".

 

6. PPPPC : flat flat

"Don’t listen to those who spread gossip".

p. 128 – sect. 23. Master Yuan T>ien Kan’s Chart of the Spiritual Value and Weight of Your Bones

"the pairings of the years on the bases of the sixty-year cycle. Under each pairing of Heavenly Stem and Earthly Branch is a weight."

3 lists : the months; the days of the month; the double-hours. "Each has below it a specific weight."

p. 50 – sect. 24. lucky direction for the day

"the feng-shui directions associated with each day in the sixty-day cycle, plus

the good and bad stars associated with that direction."

pp. 133-134 – sect. 25. t>ien kan : day-calculation on the hand for fortune-telling

p. 134 quaestions

wealth;

travel;

trade-negotiations;

buying and selling;

whether you have anything in your hand (a game);

whether you will find lost things;

location of lost things;

legal disputes;

going to seek wealth;

luck or calamity on entering or leaving a building;

when will the sky become clear?;

whether a child will be male or female, and

whether it will have good luck or calamity;

whether it will rain or not;

what is in you hand?;

whether an illness is serious;

whether a tick in you eyelid is lucky or not;

how to evade being the object of gossip;

straying animals."

pp. 135, 137-138 – sect. 26. "Child Talk" (How a Boy Answered the Riddles Posed by Confucius)

p.

quaestion

solution

137

"ruling"

"levelling"

     
 

which __

hath no __

 
 

fire

smoke

glowworm

 

water

fish

well-water

 

mountain

rocks

heap of soil

 

tree

branches

dying tree

 

man

wife

saint

 

woman

husband

virgin

 

cow

horns

clay lump

138

horse

reins

wooden horse

 

male

female

bachelor

 

female

male

spinster

 

(season)

sufficiency

winter

 

(season)

inadequacy

summer

 

city

market

palace

 

person

name

rascal

     
 

how came into being __?

 
 

the world

9 * 9 = 81

 

yin-yan

8 * 9 = 72

     
 

whence cometh __?

 
 

wind

forest

 

rain

pastureland

 

clouds

mountain

 

fog

earth

pp. 142-143, 145 – sect. 29. The Secret Book of C^u-ko (Fortune-Telling from the # of Strokes in One’s Name)

p. 143

procedure : # of stroke in one’s 3 name-characters = digits, 10s, 100s of a 3-digit # to be taken for remainder #s modulo 384.

p. 145

"This book ... during the Han period it was written down by a man named Chu-ko Wu Hou and consists of a total of 384 predictions."

p. 157 – sect. 33. miscellaneous activities

best days to undertake:-

weaning children

building

buying animals

etc.

pp. 171-176 -- sect. 40. physiognomy, including (pp. 175-176) prognostication from position of facial mole at 23 possible locations (illustrated on p. 174). These locations are :-

1-4

downward along middle of forehead

5-7

downward along each eyebrow

8-10

downward from middle of nose to upper lip

11-12

downward from each side of nose to each side of mouth

13

under each eye

14-15

downward from under mouth to chin

16

lip

17

below, sideways from, each eye

18

each side of hairline

19

outer corner of each eye

20

?

21

betwixt each side nose & each outer corner of mouth

22

outer corner of each eyebrow

23

each earlobe

prognostication from elemental shape of face http://www.absolutelyfengshui.com/mianxiang/lets-talk-face-shape.php

p. 177 – sect. 41. interpreting personalities

physiognomy

its significance

"Teeth evenly spaced and sized,"

"will have good food and will dress well."

"Well-shaped, longish ears,"

"long life."

"The heel doesn’t touch the ground when walking,"

"a short life."

"The corners of the mouth turn down,"

"will be friendless."

"Eyes longer than eyebrows,"

"No brothers to help this person"

"Eyebrows low, nearly touching the eyes,"

"will always be afraid of his wife."

pp. 178, 180 – sect. 42. respected master T>un’s Method of Calculating Days

p. 180 types of days for the 12 Earthly Branches

#

type

1

Build

2

Get rid of

3

Full

4

Flat

5

Steady

6

Carry on

7

Destroy

8

Danger

9

Success

10

Collect

11

Open

12

Close

pp. 88, 91, 93 – sect. 44. the 3 different sets of charms :-

(1)

p. 88 the 6 charms written on colored paper

#

function

usage

1.

to protect house

on red paper, to wall

2.

to purify well-water

on yellow paper

3.

to remedy fever

around neck on red string

4.

to expell ghost

in haunted room

5.

to protect foetus

in bowl

6.

eye-, abdominal

bathe

(2)

p. 91 the 12 charms to protect against illness on the 12 months

__ mo.

offending substance

ailing __

1st

bricks

fever, shivering

2nd

board, knives

eye, back

3rd

coop, byre

abdomen, limbs

(3)

p. 93 the 60 charms to protect from sickness for each the day of the 60-day cycle

day

oppponents

ailment

C^ia Tzu

Wu Tao; Kuo Wan

fever

Yi C^>ou

"a knife"; soldiers

breathing trouble

Pin Yin

"new ghosts"; "headless ghosts"

muscle pains

Tin Mao

"tree"; Lok S^ui

disturbed sleep

p. 185 – sect. 45. the 60-year cycle, with Good-Luck- & Bad-Luck-Stars

Martin Palmer : T’ung Shu : the Ancient Chinese Almanac. Shambhala, Boston, 1986.