East and West groups (东四命与西四命) in the classical texts
What the classics say
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乾配老父坤配老母震配长男巽配长女坎配中男离配中女艮配少男兑配少女五行相生金生水水生木木生火火生土土生金五行相克金克木木克土土克水水克火火克金西四宅延年上大吉乾坤艮兑四宅同东四卦爻不可逢误将他卦装一屋人口伤亡祸必重东四宅生炁上大吉坎离震巽是一家西四宅中莫犯他若逢一气休成屋子孙兴旺定荣华西四宅与东四宅不许相混论西四宅门、主灶不混东四宅门、主、灶,俱系土、金相生,比和,宫、星相生,宫、星比和,试观富贵之家,未有不合三吉,而能发福者也。厨灶厨房,宜在宅之生旺方,忌在关煞方,择吉作灶,论宅主之东四命西四命,以定灶之座向,灶座,宜压主命四凶方,灶门,宜向主命四吉方,谓之压煞向生,如乾坤艮兑为西四命,则灶座压坎离震巽四方,灶门向乾坤艮兑四方,坎离震巽为东四命,则灶座压乾坤艮兑四方,灶门向坎离震巽四方,而四吉向中,又须阴阳配合,若向与主命,纯阳纯阴,则未尽吉,至男女两命,一东一西,但以男命为重,向男命之吉方,而避女命之绝命方,即为合局,再参用九宫元运,审其生旺衰死,乃为全美,至一卦三字,宜向天干四维,忌向地支,忌向坐山五行之临官帝旺Sources: 殆知阁 (Daizhige) corpus, Chinese Wikisource and transcribed editions; see the manifest for each book's provenance. Classical readings are cultural references, not predictions. Methods and review