What Is Punishment-Combination Gains Lu (刑合得祿) in BaZi?
Learn the six Gui-day and Jia-Yin-hour rule, absent Wu Officer target, You-Chou support, blockers, pattern precedence and product limits.
Overview
Punishment-Combination Gains Lu is the standard English name for 刑合得祿, also called the Xing-He pattern. Its principal route requires a Gui Day Master and a Jia-Yin hour. The classical model treats Yin as activating an absent Si, whose hidden Wu is Proper Officer for Gui; one You or Chou can connect to Si and retain the invited target. Visible Wu or Ji, Si filling the target, Shen or Geng damaging Jia-Yin, and Hai, Wu or Xu obstructing the route all weaken or replace the premise. If the month command already establishes Officer, Killing or Hurting Officer, that ordinary structure takes precedence. The source also preserves secondary variants, but they must not be merged into the principal rule. OpenFate has no Punishment-Combination Gains Lu detector.
At a glance
- Principal Day Master
- Gui on any of the six Gui day pillars
- Principal hour
- Jia-Yin
- Invited target
- Absent Si with hidden Wu Proper Officer
- Retaining branch
- One You or Chou may connect to Si
- Main blockers
- Wu-Ji, Si, Shen-Geng and route obstructions
- Product boundary
- No OpenFate Xing-He detector
The principal rule joins a Gui day to a Jia-Yin hour
The source begins with the six Gui days and a Jia-Yin hour. Gui treats Wu as Proper Officer, Wu has its Lu position at Si, and the old model says Yin activates the hidden Wu in an otherwise absent Si. The language describes a classical inference; it does not add Si or Wu to the calculated pillars.
One You or Chou can connect with Si and is described as retaining the invited value. The rule is therefore more specific than “Yin punishment creates rank”: Day Master, hour pillar, absent target and supporting relation must all be recorded separately.
- Require the complete Gui-day and Jia-Yin-hour route.
- Keep inferred Si-Wu separate from visible chart data.
Visible Officer, damaged Yin and the month command can displace the route
Visible Wu or Ji exposes Officer or Killing, while Si fills the target. Shen clashes Yin, Geng damages Jia, and the text treats Hai, Wu and Xu as impediments. A You or Chou support is not interchangeable with Shen because Shen directly damages the activating branch.
When the month command already carries Proper Officer, Seven Killing or a strong Hurting Officer structure, use that ordinary pattern first. The text records additional Geng-Shen and Ren-Shen variants for other stems, but these are source variants, not permission to call every punishment-and-combination sequence this pattern.
- Model filling, damage and obstruction as different failure states.
- Apply month-command and ordinary-pattern precedence.
OpenFate verifies visible participants but does not invent the absent Officer
OpenFate can calculate Gui day pillars, the Jia-Yin hour, hidden stems, Ten Gods, branch clashes and combinations, month command and visible Wu-Ji, Si, Shen or Geng blockers.
It does not create Si or Wu and does not output Punishment-Combination Gains Lu. A future detector needs a principal-route table, separately versioned variants, absent-target and blocker states, ordinary-pattern precedence and negative fixtures. Existing reports remain unchanged.
- Use only deterministic pillar evidence as chart data.
- Fail closed when the route or source variant is ambiguous.
The classical Lu label is not a modern status forecast
Lu and Officer are historical technical images. This rare label does not demonstrate promotion, examination success, authority, fame, income or social class.
Do not use it for financial, employment, legal, relationship, health or safety decisions. Those questions require current facts and qualified professional support.
- Exclude rank, wealth and timing promises.
- Keep cultural interpretation separate from professional advice.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)卷六「刑合得祿」及《古今圖書集成》卷471第20頁：六癸日甲寅時、寅刑巳中戊官、酉丑牽巳、戊己巳申庚與亥午戌阻斷及月令優先A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology正體與旁支變例版本化、缺席官星、牽合、填實、沖剋及普通格優先分層，不新增巳戊並排除官位財富考試健康人生結果保證OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.