Under One Person: Sincerity Moves the Gods

Chapter 86 The Great Six Lines

Before I knew it, the sun was already high in the sky.

In one morning, Li Cunzhen had learned all the commonly used techniques.

Zhuge Yunhui's lips twitched and his eyes were glazed over.

Li Cunzhen then asked Zhuge Yunhui what to do next.

Zhuge Yunhui then seemed to wake from a dream and led Li Cunzhen away from the training ground and into a secluded courtyard.

The courtyard was not large. There was a row of side rooms on the east side, a clump of green bamboo on the south side, and a large blue stone vat on the west side, in which several koi carp were raised, and water lilies on the surface of the water were half open and half closed.

In the center of the courtyard stood a stone table, on which lay several copper coins and a half-open thread-bound book.

"I've almost mastered the spells."

"However, I have another way that won't break the rules and will increase your chances of winning."

Zhuge Yunhui sat down on the stone bench.

He gathered the few copper coins in his palm and looked at Li Cunzhen.

"Master Li, you are well-read, so you must have heard of divination and numerology."

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Li Cunzhen's gaze fell on the few copper coins on the table.

"The Great Six Lines".

Zhuge Yunhui nodded.

"That's right, it's the Great Six Lines Divination. This is the foundation of the Wuhou School of Divination. Back then, our ancestor Zhuge Liang relied on this method to deduce the timing of events and foresee the future, which enabled him to cleverly borrow the east wind at Chibi and set up an empty city at Jieting."

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He pushed the few copper coins in front of Li Cunzhen.

"The art of divination, in essence, is to use a finite model to simulate the infinite world. The hexagrams, lines, six relatives and six gods, and the mutual generation and restraint of the world and the response in the Great Six Lines divination are the foundation of the Great Six Lines divination model of the Wuhou School."

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Let me demonstrate it for you first.

Zhuge Yunhui took out six copper coins from his sleeve.

First, cup the coins in your palm, shake them up and down a few times, then release them. The coins fall onto the stone table, roll a few times, some face up, some face down.

He carefully examined the arrangement, then took out a pen from the side and drew six horizontal lines on the paper, some connected together and others broken in the middle.

Zhuge Yunhui explained as he demonstrated.

"This is how to cast a hexagram. The Six Lines Divination uses the coin-based hexagram casting method."

"Six copper coins, heads are yin and tails are yang. Shake them six times and you will get a hexagram. The six lines from bottom to top form a hexagram."

"This is called the original hexagram, which represents the current situation."

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Zhuge Yunhui then drew a second set of hexagrams on the right side of the original hexagram.

"Among the six lines of the original hexagram, if a certain line is an old yin or an old yang, this line is called a moving line. It needs to be transformed from yin to yang to generate a new hexagram, which is called a changing hexagram."

"The moving line represents the key to the transformation from the original hexagram to the changing hexagram. The information it involves often foreshadows the development trend and outcome of events."

He marked several lines of small characters below the original hexagram and the changing hexagram.

"Once we have both the original hexagram and the changing hexagram, we need to fill in other information."

"The first step is to determine the Worldly Branch and the Corresponding Branch. The Worldly Branch represents the person asking the question, and the Corresponding Branch represents the matter being asked. The relationship of mutual generation and restraint between the Worldly Branch and the Corresponding Branch is the first essential principle for judging good or bad fortune."

"The second step is to allocate the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches according to the Na Jia song, since each of the eight trigrams has its own Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches."

"Qian metal Jiazi outside Renwu, Kan water..."

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Zhuge Yunhui read very quickly, as if he had memorized an old article hundreds of times.

"After the Na Jia, the six relatives and six gods must be matched, with the five elements of the hexagram palace as the standard, and the five elements of the earthly branches of each line of the hexagram corresponding to them."

"Determine the parents, brothers, children, wife/wealth, and official/ghost, and then arrange the six gods of Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Hooked Serpent, Soaring Serpent, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise into each line in order."

He raised his head and looked at Li Cunzhen.

"Once the hexagram is completed, the auspicious or inauspicious trend will be clear at a glance."

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Li Cunzhen listened attentively, his gaze lingering on the divination symbols on the paper for a moment.

The logic of the Great Six Lines is indeed rigorous, using a finite system of symbols to simulate the infinite changes of the Heavenly Way. Every step is well-reasoned and based on evidence, with layers nested and interlocking.

Zhuge Yunhui turned the paper around and handed him the pen.

"Give it a try."

Li Cunzhen took the pen and began to draw on the paper, following Zhuge Yunhui's demonstration.

The process of casting the hexagram, determining the world and response positions, assigning the Jiazi (甲子) to the six relatives, and determining the six gods was carried out swiftly, with almost no pauses.

He simply mentally went through the Na Jia song that Zhuge Yunhui had recited, while his hands had already finished setting up the divination.

Zhuge Yunhui leaned over for a look, his brows furrowing slightly.

He had thought that Li Cunzhen's learning speed would slow down.

After all, mastering divination requires long-term accumulation and experience; it cannot be achieved quickly simply through intuition.

however.

The hexagram on the paper is neatly arranged, with the Heavenly Stem, Earthly Branch, Self and Response, Six Relatives and Six Gods all present and accounted for. Even the general direction of the mutual generation and restraint between Self and Response is marked. Apart from a few details that are not quite mature enough, the overall framework is perfectly fine.

Zhuge Yunhui suddenly realized that he was still not numb enough.

"Master Li, you...have you studied this before?"

Upon hearing this, Li Cunzhen nodded.

I guess so.

I studied it for about two weeks in my previous life.

Zhuge Yunhui felt a little better, forced a smile, and poured himself another cup of tea.

Then he reminded him.

"The key to interpreting the hexagram in the Six Lines divination method is to determine the final fortune based on the interaction between the original hexagram, the changing hexagram, and the interaction of the self and the application gods."

"This is different from what you used to cultivate, Brother Cunzhen. It relies on accumulation and experience. You can't rush it. The more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes."

Li Cunzhen nodded, knowing that Zhuge Yunhui was doing this for his own good.

Some things can be mastered through intuition, while others can only be achieved through gradual accumulation and practice.

Divination and numerology belong to the latter category.

Furthermore, divination is an act of stealing heavenly secrets, making it extremely dangerous.

We need to be extremely cautious.

Seeing that he understood, Zhuge Yunhui stopped arguing.

So he put the pen back in his sleeve, stood up, and picked up a booklet from the table and handed it to him.

"These are some basic knowledge of the Zhuge family's Six Lines divination. Master Li can take a look when he has time. There's nothing more I can teach you."

"Once you've mastered it a bit more, you can try to seize the Wuhou Qimen."

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Li Cunzhen nodded and took the booklet.

He flipped through the booklet, and at random he found various methods of combining hexagrams with the six relatives and six gods. The further he went, the more profound the methods became, and he couldn't understand them in a short time.

The paper was yellowed and the ink had faded somewhat, but the handwriting was neat and clear, and each page was covered with dense annotations next to the hexagrams.

Some parts were circled with vermilion ink, as if the previous owner had paid special attention to them. Li Cunzhen put the book back into his sleeve, knowing in his heart that it was probably Zhuge Yunhui's own stuff.

His heart warmed, and he cupped his hands in a smile.

"Thank you, Young Master Yunhui."

Zhuge Yunhui waved his hand, then a smile appeared on his lips.

"Why are you being so polite with me? If you really want to thank me, Master Li, you'd better work hard and try to defeat my elder brother."

"I'm still waiting for your 'Turning the Eight Directions' move!"

Upon hearing this, Li Cunzhen couldn't help but chuckle. He shook his head and then cupped his hands in a gesture of respect.

"Okay! Okay! I'll definitely try my best!"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look in the direction of the main hall of the Zhuge family.

Indeed, once one has mastered the art of Qimen Dunjia and divination, one can try to seize the Qimen Dunjia of Zhuge Liang.