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Looking at the Mountains and Breaking Off

阴宅风水

Withered trees cannot bear speech,
People die violently in the ruined cattle fields.
Digging small ponds on Shen, You, and Geng directions,
Internal chaos in the family, known by few.
The grandson is the elder brother's son,
The younger sister-in-law often becomes the elder brother's wife.
If water flows out from the front for a long time,
Even if descendants do not perish, they will leave their hometown.
Long, pointed Dragon Mountain leads to leaving home,
Long, pointed Tiger Mountain leads to leaving home at a young age.
When Qian wind strikes and Xun wind blows,
It harms either people or wives.
Sharp peaks shooting into the bright hall from the front,
Without moving the family, marriage or leaving home is inevitable.
Pointed facing mountain shades high officials,
Only pointed peaks are suitable, not slanted ones.
Water winding on the left brings wealth and honor to men,
Water winding on the right brings prosperity to women.
The White Tiger mountain head resembles a cat,
Looking back at the grave opening, it holds a corpse.
Certainly indicating descendants bitten by tigers,
Practitioners should quickly inform people.
Grave facing a forked road leads to muteness,
Grave facing a curved road produces hunchbacks and cripples.
Grave facing a mound of stones leads to miscarriages and blindness,
Grave facing red and yellow soil produces red-faced sons.
Grave facing a ditch invites coughing,
Grave facing Tiangang suppresses the eldest son.
Grave facing Guyao affects the middle son,
Grave facing Saodang leads to the youngest leaving home.
Seeing an open water mouth upon ascending the grave,
Descendants have no money and many debts.
Insects and ants in the coffin of the deceased,
High grave with low water suffers demonic obstacles.
Looking afar, the forest trees are green,
This place certainly can produce descendants.
I advise you not to bury in the wrapped city,
After burying, descendants will be cut off.
A deep pit straight down to the pond,
The father sleeps on the daughter's bed.
Pointed sands below the grave with two waters夹,
People born are different from the family.
Reverse water rushing against the left flank,
The eldest son dies first.
Surrounded by eight sides of Luo Cheng,
This place is worth a thousand gold.
If the Green Dragon has few forks,
The daughter-in-law beats the mother-in-law.
If the White Tiger mouth has forks,
Mother and son, sister-in-law and brother-in-law are not harmonious.
Front mountain like goose and duck heads,
Adultery and scandalous sounds permeate.
Front mountain like goose and duck claws,
Women have many skills.
Front mountain like bees spitting pearls,
Unmarried women secretly attract husbands.
Front mountain like an overturned bell,
The daughter-in-law has relations with the father-in-law.
Front mountain like cymbals,
Women steal monks.
Front mountain like a pass or fork,
The family is confiscated and exiled.
A ditch inside the bright hall,
Women follow others.
Bright hall like a gourd,
A widow certainly follows a servant.
Table mountain like a withered pig,
One woman shares two husbands.
Offering flowers on left and right sides,
Younger sister-in-law sleeps with the elder brother.
Offering flowers on left and right sides,
The uncle and sister-in-law are connected.
Green Dragon goose eyebrows inverted,
The young man relies on the sister-in-law.
White Tiger like a bell hook,
Women are stolen by others.
Water rushing against the Black Tortoise back,
The family suffers exile.
Reverse bow water in front of the grave,
The owner flees and becomes poor.
Mountain head facing outward,
Descendants leave home and perish.
Wind comes from the left side,
The left side's timber rots first.
The skull is偏 on the left,
Moss grows on the bone.
Wind comes from the right side,
The right side's timber rots first.
The skull is偏 on the right,
This grave should be opened urgently.
Wind comes from the feet,
The foot timber rots first.
Foot bones blow upwards in reverse,
Ants cover the corpse.
Wind comes from the head,
The head timber rots first.
The skull is under the feet,
Mud covers the mouth opening.
Wind rises from all four sides,
The coffin is full of ants.
White sticks inserted into bones,
Green algae grows below.
Black spots rise above,
Dog blood fills the coffin.
If grass roots are yellow,
Dog blood is on both sides.
Corpses turn to powder,
Sons and daughters-in-law definitely know of death.
If the Tiger mountain looks back,
Even ghost thieves worry about stealing corpses.
If the lower section has no bones,
The root line will be cut off soon.
If the White Tiger is higher than the grave,
Ants have thousands of layers.
Descendants suffer from madness and leprosy,
Move quickly to gain peace.
Vines penetrate the mouth, nose, and ears,
Green indigo maggots below.
If the back of the grave is like an upward tile,
The coffin is like a bucket of pickled fish.
I advise you to look carefully,
Rats and snakes are definitely not wrong.
If mountains on all four sides fly,
Bones and corpses make a pile.
Tree roots penetrate bones,
Soil is mixed with black ash.
Seeing sparse grass on the grave,
Descendants are definitely lonely and desolate.
If there is no grass on the grave,
Descendants are definitely hard to protect.
If the grave falls into a trench under the soil,
Bones break and corpses disjoin.
Grass on the grave dies naturally,
Certainly the coffin is full of water.
Bones all over the body look black,
Half of the bones are worms.
If the table mountain is long like claws,
Certainly indicating jaundiced and swollen sons.
Sharp stones piercing the hall,
Certainly indicating blindness.
Chen and Xu dragons above the grave,
Certainly indicating severe leprosy.
Long rain feet on the lower sand,
Father-in-law and daughter-in-law share the bed.
Venus grave with fire,
Blindness, hunchbacks, and cripples are certain.
If the soil is loose, there are centipedes in the grave.
High on all sides, there are soil mounds in the coffin.
Grass hanging down makes this grave worth a thousand gold.
Withered grass roots, children and daughters attract husbands themselves.
If the grave is like an ash pile with cow dung color,
Certainly knowing the coffin is full of water bubbles and corpses.
If you see insects pushing eggs in front of the grave,
The whole body is coated in soil like entering sauce.
Pulling up grass roots smells like medicine,
Snakes and insects in the coffin are unbearable to mention.
Do not be surprised by the color of rotten mud,
Eyeless loaches accompany the cement mud.
Only on the graves of the rich and noble,
The grass color is dignified, elegant, and neat.
In spring, love green; in summer, love green;
In autumn, love grass seeds forming branches.
In winter, yellow like gold color,
This grave certainly makes descendants prosper.
In spring, fear yellow; in summer, fear black;
In autumn, not good to see tender branches.
If you see green and green in winter,
Family perishes, people die, and disasters follow.
Geomancers must first recognize the mountain before the grave,
Look at the dragon, the vein, and the facing mountain.
Recognize water, recognize dragon, and recognize the grave,
What is difficult about three feet of soil?
First, the incoming dragon must form a true grave,
Second, the facing mountain must have affection.
Third, the city walls must contain six elegances,
Fourth, the dragon and tiger must be balanced.
If one of the four is missing, the formation is incomplete,
Tell the practitioners to evaluate carefully.
If the Green Dragon embraces but is not high,
Descendants produce heroes generation after generation.
If the White Tiger and Green Dragon are equal,
Descendants wear brocade generation after generation.
Bamboo roots in front of the grave flow straight,
The deceased cry day and night.
Certainly indicating water roots penetrating the bottom,
Descendants lose all good fields and cattle.
Round bright hall buying all fields in the world,
Descendants become high officials generation after generation.
Round and broad facing mountain acquiring worldly fields,
Descendants compete for the top honor generation after generation.
Withered trees cannot bear speech,
People die violently in the ruined cattle fields.
Digging small ponds on Shen, You, and Geng directions,
Internal chaos in the family, known by few.
The grandson is the elder brother's son,
The younger sister-in-law often becomes the elder brother's wife.
If water flows out from the front for a long time,
Even if descendants do not perish, they will leave their hometown.
Long, pointed Dragon Mountain leads to leaving home,
Long, pointed Tiger Mountain leads to leaving home at a young age.
When Qian wind strikes and Xun wind blows,
It harms either people or wives.
Sharp peaks shooting into the bright hall from the front,
Without moving the family, marriage or leaving home is inevitable.
Pointed facing mountain shades high officials,
Only pointed peaks are suitable, not slanted ones.
Water winding on the left brings wealth and honor to men,
Water winding on the right brings prosperity to women.
The White Tiger mountain head resembles a cat,
Looking back at the grave opening, it holds a corpse.
Certainly indicating descendants bitten by tigers,
Practitioners should quickly inform people.
Grave facing a forked road leads to muteness,
Grave facing a curved road produces hunchbacks and cripples.
Grave facing a mound of stones leads to miscarriages and blindness,
Grave facing red and yellow soil produces red-faced sons.
Grave facing a ditch invites coughing,
Grave facing Tiangang suppresses the eldest son.
If there is no grass on the grave,
Descendants are definitely hard to protect.
If the grave falls into a trench under the soil,
Bones break and corpses disjoin.
Grass on the grave dies naturally,
Certainly the coffin is full of water.
Bones all over the body look black,
Half of the bones are worms.
If the table mountain is long like claws,
Certainly indicating jaundiced and swollen sons.
Sharp stones piercing the hall,
Certainly indicating blindness.
Chen and Xu dragons above the grave,
Certainly indicating severe leprosy.
Long rain feet on the lower sand,
Father-in-law and daughter-in-law share the bed.

Written by Master Sanfu on February 27, 2013. Please credit the source if you share.

Translation Notice: This English version was translated with AI assistance. Specialized, historical, religious, or culturally sensitive terms may contain nuances, inaccuracies, or debatable wording. In case of ambiguity or discrepancy, the original Chinese text shall prevail.