二十六、假神
滴天髓阐微 · section 20 · 任鐵樵 疏 · 530 characters
Original text
真假参差难辨论，不明不暗受困顿。提纲不与真神照，暗处寻真也有真。
乙酉
戊寅
壬午
庚戌丁丑
丙子
乙亥
甲戌
癸酉
壬申
壬水生于立春二十二日，正当甲木真神司令，而天干土金并透，地支通根戌酉，此谓真神失势，假神得局，用以庚金化煞，法当以假作真，纯粹可观。虽嫌支全火局。克金灼水，喜其火不透干，又得戊土生化更妙。运走西北，所以早登云路，甲第蜚声，仕至封疆，有利民济物之志，禀秀德真儒之器。总嫌火局为病，仕路未免起倒耳。
庚戌
戊寅
癸未
癸丑己卯
庚辰
辛巳
壬午
癸未
甲申
乙酉
癸水生于立春二十六日，正当甲木真神司令，而天干土金并透，地支丑戌通根。伤官虽当令，而官杀之势纵横，即使伤敌杀，而日主反泄，况未能敌乎？庚金虽是假神，无如日主爱假憎真，用以庚金，有两歧之妙：一则化杀官之强暴，二则生我之日元，时干比肩帮身，又能润土养金。第中运南方，生杀坏印，奔驰不遇；至甲申，运转西方，用神得地，得军功飞升知县：乙酉更佳，仁至州牧：一交丙，坏庚，不禄。
丙子
己亥
辛酉
己亥庚子
辛丑
壬寅
癸卯
甲辰
乙巳
此造以俗论之，寒金喜火，金水伤官喜见官，且日主专禄，必用丙火无疑。不知水势猖狂，病窃去命主无元神，不但不能官，即或用官，而丙火全无根气，必须用己土之印，使其止水生金卫火。丙入亥宫临绝，欲使丙火生土，而丙火先受水克，焉能生土？所以己土反被水伤，真神无情，假神虚脱。初运庚子辛丑。比劫帮身，叨荫之福，衣食颇丰：壬运丁艰；一交寅运，东方木地，虚土受伤，破荡祖业，刑妻克子，出外不知所终。
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