What Are Spirits Concealed, Evils Vanquished (神藏殺沒) in BaZi?
Learn the four yang or yin stem route, seasonal gates, alternate tomb-sha method, conflicting interaction claim and OpenFate safety boundaries.
Overview
Spirits Concealed, Evils Vanquished is the workbook’s English name for 神藏殺沒. The source preserves two distinct methods. The first seeks all four clear yang stems Jia, Geng, Bing and Ren, favoring the first month of a season, or all four yin stems Yi, Xin, Ding and Gui, favoring the last month of a season. It poetically says hostile spirits and sha become concealed and even claims punishment, harm, clash and break do not overturn the auspicious qi. An alternate account maps four seasonal trines to the tomb branch of a killing element and then applies Six-Ren-style spirit and directional suppression rules. That second method uses a different technical vocabulary and cannot be merged into the four-stem route. OpenFate does not override real clashes or publish a “vanquished evil” result.
At a glance
- Yang-stem route
- Jia, Geng, Bing and Ren are all clear
- Yang season
- The first month of a season is favored
- Yin-stem route
- Yi, Xin, Ding and Gui are all clear
- Yin season
- The last month of a season is favored
- Alternate account
- Tomb-sha and Six-Ren spirit suppression
- Product boundary
- No OpenFate concealed-spirit verdict
The four-stem route and tomb-sha route are separate source methods
The first route names an exact four-stem set and a seasonal class. “Four stems clear” requires the four visible pillar stems rather than a partial set or hidden-stem substitution.
The alternate route uses seasonal trines, tomb branches, directions and named Six-Ren spirits. Its objects and derivation rules differ and must be labeled as another account.
- State which of the two methods is being discussed.
- Do not fill one method with conditions borrowed from the other.
The source claim does not erase punishment, harm, clash or break
The first passage says the four clear stems remain auspicious regardless of four branch disruptions. That is a historical priority claim, not a reason to delete calculated interactions.
A modern explanation must continue to show exact clashes, harms, punishments, breaks, season and strength. Lu, Horse, Officer and Seal are separate supporting markers, not automatic proof.
- Preserve every deterministic branch interaction.
- Treat “all evil disappears” as source rhetoric, not data.
OpenFate does not import a parallel Six-Ren spirit system into BaZi
The product can display the four visible stems, month position and standard Bazi interactions already implemented.
There is no Spirits Concealed, Evils Vanquished detector. Six-Ren spirits, directions and suppressed-sha verdicts are not injected into scores, reports or saved charts.
- Use the visible four stems and existing seasonal data only.
- No interaction suppression, spirit flag, safety score or report mutation.
No chart can prove that danger, wrongdoing or illness has vanished
Words such as evil, killing and concealment are technical or literary labels, not evidence that threats have disappeared.
Do not infer moral purity, protection, immunity, legal safety, crime, violence, accident risk, disease, mental health, death or lifespan. Use real safeguards and professionals.
- No moral, legal, crime or supernatural-protection conclusion.
- No violence, accident, illness, death or longevity prediction.
Sources and editorial basis
- 《三命通會》 (Sanming Tonghui)《古今圖書集成》藝術典第609卷所錄《三命通會》「神藏殺沒」：甲庚丙壬四陽干明露配四季首月、乙辛丁癸四陰干明露配四季末月一路，以及按四季三合、煞入墓、方位與六壬神將壓制的另一異說；並錄不論刑害沖破的原典優先主張A historical compilation covering stems and branches, Ten Gods, Nayin, Shen Sha, and multiple classical pattern systems.
- OpenFate Editorial Methodology四干季月法與墓煞六壬法分層且不互補，原典讚語不抹除確定性刑害沖破月令強弱；未實作則不判、不注入六壬或壓煞分數，並排除道德保護法律犯罪暴力事故疾病死亡壽命推斷OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.