Day officer
Chéng
Complete
An almanac describes traditional day-types. It cannot decide health, money, law, marriage or children. Burial, marriage and medical items on these pages are what a book states, never advice.
In the classical sources
繼危者成何以成建三合備也
What follows Danger is Complete. Why complete? The triple harmony of Establish is now whole.
協紀辨方書 卷四
About this entry
成, complete, is ninth and arrives on the 戌 day of the 寅 month. 協紀辨方書 卷四 asks how completion comes about and answers from the branches: this is the third member of the 三合 group that began with the month. 卷十 calls it the close of that group and sets it beside 開 as the start of living qi. Two other names attach to it, 天喜 and 天醫.
Entering school, border pacification, moving house, building dikes and opening markets make up the base list, each read by the editors as a case of finishing. As 天喜 the day adds court favors, banquets, and the marriage sequence from arrangement through betrothal to wedding. As 天醫 it adds seeking a physician, and in the fifth month it gains two appointments when 天馬 joins. 卷十 prints no avoidances for it.
選擇宗鏡 weighs 三合 as good against 飛廉 and a 四利 白虎 rated slightly bad, and still ranks 成 among its best four. 星厯考原 judges it favorable, and comments that the 白虎 pairing is a poor fit. That 白虎 is a different item from the spirit of the same name on this site. Our calculator treats 成 as position nine of twelve. Where this list names illness, money or contracts, it reports the 1741 book and is no guidance; ask a doctor or another qualified person about real decisions.
What 協紀辨方書 says of a 成 day
These are the statements of the 1741 imperial almanac book, volume 10. They are the book's words about choosing days, not advice from this site.
The book says the day suits
- 入學Entering school
- 安撫邊境Pacifying the borders
- 般移Moving house
- 築隄防Building dikes
- 開市Opening a market or shop
- 施恩封拜Granting favors and conferring titles (as 天喜)
- 舉正直Promoting the upright (as 天喜)
- 慶賜賞賀Bestowing gifts, rewards and congratulations (as 天喜)
- 宴㑹Banquets (as 天喜)
- 行幸Imperial tours (as 天喜)
- 遣使Sending envoys (as 天喜)
- 上官赴任Taking up an official post (as 天喜)
- 臨政親民Governing and attending to the people (as 天喜)
- 結婚姻Arranging a marriage (as 天喜)
- 納采問名Betrothal gifts and exchanging names (as 天喜)
- 嫁娶Weddings (as 天喜)
- 詔命公卿Appointing high ministers by decree (fifth month, joined with 天馬)
- 招賢Recruiting able men (fifth month, joined with 天馬)
- 求醫療病Seeking a physician and treating illness (as 天醫)
The book says to avoid
The book states nothing to avoid on this day type.
Where this text comes from
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