T>un S^u, 19-45

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	2^nd	Yuet Tak (‘Moon Virtue’)	"everything except hunting and fishing."
	5^th	N Hap (‘5 Harmonies’)	"marriage and trading."
118	11^th	Iu On (‘Seeking Quiet’)	"setting up the statue of a god."
	13^th	Yik Ma (‘Courier’s Horse’)	"consulting a doctor".
	14^th	N Fu (‘5 Riches’)	"opening a new business".
	18^th	Fuk San (‘Lucky Birth’)	"praying to the gods".
	19^th	Sin Sam (‘Holy Heart’)	"visiting the cemetery to show respect for one’s ancestors."
	22^nd	Won Yat (‘Vigorous Day’)	"planting."
	26^th	Tin Ma (‘Heaven’s Messenger’)	"long journeys"; "moving house."
	27^th	Tin Koan (‘Heaven’s Officer’)	"to apply for a prestigious job."
	28^th	Yun Tak (‘Yan Virtue’)	"to give donations to the poor".
	29^th	Yum Tak (‘Yin Virtue’)	(same as 28^th )
	31^st	Tin C^oi (‘Heaven’ Wealth’)	"to pray for wealth".
	36^th	Luk Yi (‘6 Rites’)	"to give speeches".

1^st, 3^rd, 6^th, 8^th, and 10^th 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 1^st 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 1^st 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 __*
		1^st		bricks			fever, shivering
		2^nd		board, knives			eye, back
		3^rd		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.