10.

Sites in the direction of kan require contours that

are long and winding; features should be luxuriant
verticals and lofty.

C. Three and Six Situations

1. Truly, there are three situations for an auspicious

lair and six situations for an inauspicious burial.

2. The heavenly lights shine down, and the earthly

energies are carried upwards.

3. Preserve the spirits at the conjunction of sun and

moon; welcome the gods, and shun the ghosts: this
is the first auspicious situation.

4. Blend and mix yin and yang; form the five (colored)
soils and the four perfections: this is the second
auspicious situation.

5. With the intelligence of strong vision and the

totality of skill, pursue the perfect and avoid the
imperfect, augment the high and low: this is the
third auspicious situation.

6. When yin and yang interfere, this is the first

inauspicious situation.

7. When time and season conflict, this the second

inauspicious situation.

8. When force is small but intentions are great, this is

the third inauspicious situation.

9. Relying on good fortune and presuming upon

influence is the fourth misfortune.

10. Usurping the superior and coercing the inferior is

the fifth misfortune.

11. To alter the proper and estrange the actual, this is

the sixth misfortune.

12. The Classic says: If the lair is auspicious but the

burial is not, this is the same as discarding the
corpse.
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