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The Corners of the Mouth (Nourishment)
Missing person

Dr. Han's two-year-old goes missing (Yi→Yu, October 1989)

1989-10-24

Context

Dr. Han at the 4th Military Medical University in Xi'an had a 2-year-old child who went shopping with the mother and was lost in an instant. Ten days of searching turned up nothing. The hexagram cast was Yi transforming into Yu.

Six-Line Chart

Line Can Chi Five Elements Six Relations Moving
6 Yin Wood Wood Siblings
5 Zi Water Water Parents
4 Xu Earth Earth Wife/Wealth
3 Chen Earth Earth Wife/Wealth
2 Yin Wood Wood Siblings
1 Zi Water Water Parents
Officials Parents Wife/Wealth Siblings Children ● Changing line

Transformed Hexagram

#16
Enthusiasm

Analysis

Children Si Fire is hidden beneath Parents Zi Water. Si is southeast; Yi has Li imagery (south); Parents Zi Water transforms into Shen Metal, and Shen is southwest. Children hidden beneath Parents means he is in an elder's or guardian's home. On the 25th (Bing-Xu day), Yin-Wu-Xu combine into a Fire cluster that clashes Zi Water (the cover) away — the Use Spirit Si Fire emerges. Before the 26th the child will surely be found.

Actual outcome

On 22 November a notification arrived; the child was picked up that afternoon. A childless couple had taken him in; a neighbor recognized him and alerted the police.

Source: Vol III ch3 ví dụ 4, khoảng dòng 35961-36025