[Hua4 Shi3 Pian1] (The Chapter on the 'Transforming the Beginning)
The Classics say:
Heaven is superior. Earth is inferior.
Yang is odd and Yin is even
One and Six share a common ancestor
Two and Seven are comrade
Three and Eight are companions
Four and Nine are friends
Five and Ten are on the same route/path
Closed and open, odd and even
Produce and grow the 5 omens
Prevalent from the beginning to the end
The eight substances widely disseminate
Child and mother branch to bestow
Heaven and Earth orientate and has a relative fixed position
Mountain and Marsh keep each other inform sympathize with each other
Thunder and Wind going hand in hand
Water and Fire do not shoot each other
Middle five establishes the (centre) pole
It arrived and establishes the four directions
One is at the back and nine is at the face
Three and seven reside at the side
Two, eight, four, and six
Vertically and horizontally rules and regulates or arrange the drawstring
of the net.
Yang ministers to yin.
Yin nurses yang.
Yang is born in Yin
Soft is born from strong
Yin virtues widely give relief.
Yang virtues are favourable.
Therefore,
Yang's root is Yin
Yin gives birth to Yang
Heaven depends on form
Earth relies on qi.
This is called 'transforming the beginning.'
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