Cai Xi Qiong - Wu Earth

Cai Xi Qiong

戊土：Wu Earth

第一讲 比方下的戊土

First Discussion,  Earth Examples

古人说：“戊土在天为霞，为雾，在地为山峦，也可理解为城墙、厚土”。“土无专气，依火以生，霞无定体，借日光以存。知丙火为日，可推戊土为霞。霞与日有关，故无火则土死”。戊在人身上为皮肤，在体内为胃。

The ancients say: "Wu Earth in sky is rosy cloud, mist, on ground it is a hill, you can also try to understand it as city wall, thick earth."  "Earth have no main qi, depends on fire for birth, rosy cloud have no body, it needs to borrow daylight to exist.  Knowing Bing fire is light, can push Wu Earth as rosy cloud.   Rosy cloud and day are related, thus without fire then Wu is dead."  Wu on the body is represented by the skin, inside the body it is stomach.  

胃 上接于食道，下通小肠，其主要功能是受纳，腐熟水谷。饮食入口，经过食道容纳于胃，胃有“水谷之海”之称。容纳于胃的水谷，经过胃的初步消化，下传于小 肠，其水谷精微通过脾的运化，以供养全身。胃对于饮食水谷的消化功能，称之为“胃气”。胃气对人体生命与健康是很重要的，中医认为“人以胃气为本”，有胃 气则生，无胃气则死。胃的功能特点是以通降为顺，所以胃气主降。如果胃失和降，所饮食物及糟粕不能下行，就会出现脘腹胀痛，大便秘结等病症。胃气不降而上 逆，则可能引起恶心呕吐或呃逆嗳气。戊土就象人的皮肤和胃一样，在外面对全身都有保护和发散功能，在内可以消化饮食之物。胃喜湿怕燥，戊土也一样，喜滋 润，太燥则有失功用。
Stomach is connected to the Esophagus on the top, and connected to small intestines on the bottom,  it's main function is to absorb, digest food. Food entering mouth, goes through the esophagus to the stomach, stomach has also known as "reservoir of food and drink."  The stomach holds the food and drink, after going through initial stage of digestion, next is the small intestines, (meow notes:  feeling like a lesson in biology eh.  Skipping this big chunk for now since it's mostly TCM....
其水谷精微通过脾的运化，以供养全身。胃对于饮食水谷的消化功能，称之为“胃气”。胃气对人体生命与健康是很重要的，中医认为“人以胃气为本”，有胃 气则生，无胃气则死。胃的功能特点是以通降为顺，所以胃气主降。如果胃失和降，所饮食物及糟粕不能下行，就会出现脘腹胀痛，大便秘结等病症。胃气不降而上 逆，则可能引起恶心呕吐或呃逆嗳气.  Wu earth is like a person's skin and stomach, outside it functions as protection and dispersion, inside it functions as digestions.  Stomach likes to be moist and fears parched, the same as Wu earth.  If parched, will lose its function.  

也有人说，戊土在地上，是硬硬的土，像墙壁，像混凝土。可以成就高大的建筑，可以承载万物。但它也有顽固的一面，不可与戊日干的人过于直接的冲突。戊土日主的人常常说一套，背后想的又是依自己原则而行的另一套，要小心不要抵触戊日主生人。
There are others who say, Wu on Earth ground, is hard hard earth, like the wall, like concrete.  It can help create big buildings, it can hold many things.   But it also have a stubborn side, you can not have a full frontal disagreement with Wu DM people.  Wu DM will often speak of one way, but behind your back he will go with his own views, so you must be careful when you disagree with Wu DM.  

《滴天髓》说：戊土固重，既中且正。静翕动辟，万物司命。水润物生，火燥物病。若在艮坤，怕冲宜静。戊土人，本性厚重，正直无私。戊土人喜静，懒得动。但一当他行动起来，就有一股特别的激情，对周围将产生不小的影响，大致可以改换原有的场面气氛。戊土人喜欢直来直去，无意之中容易得罪别人，这对他的事业前途多会带来负面影响。

<DTS> says:  Wu Earth is solid and heavy, it is both main and center.  It likes quiet and dislike movement, it is the commander of all living things.  Along with water, all things will grow.  Along with Fire, things will fall ill.  If it falls under 艮 (Gen/Northwest) 坤(Kun/North), it does not like clash, prefers peace.  Wu DM, are magnanimous, honest and selfless.  Wu DM like to be static, it's too lazy to move.  However once it moves, it will move with enthusiasm, and its surrounding will feel its impact, it can change the original atmosphere.  Wu DM are straightforward people, they may offend people unknowingly, this will have a negative impact on their career. 

围 住江湖，堤岸是功不可没。戊土为堤岸，壬水为江河之水，壬水不是过于旺盛的时候，戊土可以起到固水的作用，但壬水过旺，就有冲垮堤岸的危险。所以较弱的戊 土，比较害怕壬水的冲击。斯时非伤灾必破财。戊土如长江江畔的土山，在长江不泛滥时，戊土只是一堆石块，不会令人觉得它的重要性，但当长江水涨时，这些戊 土便救家救民，不使河水涌入民居。戊土之德便显现出来了。因此在有灾难发生时，戊土日元的人份外易成名。很多知名人物，特别是很多烈士都是戊土日元。

Surrounding the rivers and lakes, embankment plays an important role.  Wu earth is embankment, Ren water is river and lake, when Ren water is over whelming, Wu earth is used to block, but excessive Ren water, can destroy the embankment.  Thus if Wu earth is considerably weak, then it is afraid of Ren water's attack.  Such is a sign of injury, disaster, or lost of wealth.  Wu earth is like the earth of 长江江畔 (see picture), when changjiang is not flooded, Wu earth is a pile of rocks, it doesn't give off the impression it is important, but when the tides are high, Wu earth can help save the country and families, by preventing flooding into homes.  Wu earth's virtues thus appears.  That's why when there is disaster, Wu earth DM can easily get famous.  There are many famous people, especially the warrior types are Wu earth DM. 

例一，乾造：辛丑 庚子 戊戌 癸亥 戌亥 子丑 汪洋之水， 戊土为堤岸，但力量薄弱，逢壬年都不顺，或者病痛多或者破财。平时不好接触，只在朋友危难之际，愿意出手。

戊象城墙厚土，是甲木的掩体， 又是生长甲木的基础。放在社会上， 代表大众群体， 冲撞戊土就象犯众一样可怕。

任何有生气之物都以戊土为基础。 离开戊土，生气就没有支撑，官以民主本，民以食为天，民与食都是戊土的特征物。好官必爱民，爱民如子的官，民必为他所用，此时的官就有生气，可以蓬勃发展。就象甲以戊为财，可以任其所用，任劳任怨，克的太过就象官逼民反，大事不妙。
    First Example, Male chart: Xin Chou, Geng Zi, Wu Xu, Gui Hai, 

Xu Hai Zi Chou are vast ocean water, Wu Earth is embankment, however its strength is weak, whenever chart meets Ren year it is not smooth, or gets ill or lose money.  Usually hard to get along with, but when friends are in danger, willing to lend a hand.  
Wu earth is like thick wall, it is Jia wood's bunker/coverage/shelter, it is also Jia wood's foundation.  In society, it represents the masses, to clash with Wu earth is as scary as clashing with the masses.  
Wu earth is the foundation for any living thing.   Departing Wu earth, then there is no support,
官以民主本,民以食为天 (Meow notes: this part should be 国以民为本, 民以食为天, but the writer tweaked it.  In the original form, it's a famous Chinese verse. ) Guan serves the people/sees the people as the most important, the people sees food as most important, people and food are both Wu earth's special features.  Good guan definitely loves people, a guan who love people like own children, then the people will be useful, this time guan will have qi, then can flourish.  Just like Jia uses Wu as wealth, will allow Jia to use it however it wants, it will be hard working for Jia, if Jia is overwhelming then it's like Guan forcing people to rebel, that's very bad.  

戊土到处可见，有坤象，厚德载物，普通又而广泛，朴实而又简单。它是万物所依赖的基础。一切生机从那里来，也必将回到那儿去。戊土很直接，没有太复杂的比如义。

        Wu earth can be found everywhere, it is Kun like (Meow notes: Kun is the gua that represents mother), it is heavy with virtue, common yet extensive, guileless yet simple. it is all living thing's dependence and foundation.  Everything from life, will go back to its origin.   Wu earth is direct, it has nothing complicated like justice.

戊土人，喜欢自由，有懒散的习惯，有时很任性，克服这些弱点才有成才的期望。 书曰：土得金火，方成大器。戊土遇到金多的时候，就有发泄才华的资本，任性的程度会进一步加剧。如果有火止泄，就不会肆意妄为地乱发泄，此时就有成大器的可能。
Wu earth people, like freedom, have lazy habits, sometimes they are capricious, to be able to conquer this weakness then there will be chance for success.  The books say: Earth to have Metal and Fire, will have great success.  Wu earth meeting too many metal, will have ability to expend talent, capriciousness will increase.  If there is fire to stop the leak, then it will not carelessly expend its bad habit, then there will be chance to achieve great success.  

例二，乾造：辛亥 辛丑 戊申 戊午， 生时得午火，年月伤官辛金泄秀，其人才华卓著，双博士。

戊是土的本气，己土是田园砂松之土，必要的时候，己土可以变成戊土，如砌墙，垒大坝。一切戊土的具象.

Second example, Male chart:  Xin Hai, Xin Chou, Wu Shen, Wu Wu, birth hour have Wu fire, Year and Month have Hurting Officer Xin metal to expend energy, this person has outstanding talent, holds two Phd degrees.  

Wu is earth's main qi, Ji is earth's soil, in times of need, Ji earth can become Wu earth, like walls, dams.  It can become all of Wu earth's image.