How to Choose Yongshen in Liu Yao
Choose Liu Yao Yongshen from the precise role named in the question, then select among visible or hidden candidate lines before judging strength or outcome.
Overview
Yongshen is the chart focus chosen for a bounded question. The role may be Shi, Ying or a Six-Relative class such as Parents, Officer/Ghost, Wife/Wealth, Children or Peers. Selection happens before strength analysis; a favorable-looking line must not be chosen simply because it supports the desired answer.
At a glance
- Reader question
- Liu Yao Yongshen
- Evidence model
- Fixed chart facts → attributed tradition → conditional interpretation
- Product boundary
- OpenFate /liuyao owns interactive casting and chart generation
- Review posture
- Source-backed reference · interpretation remains conditional
Direct answer
Yongshen is the chart focus chosen for a bounded question. The role may be Shi, Ying or a Six-Relative class such as Parents, Officer/Ghost, Wife/Wealth, Children or Peers. Selection happens before strength analysis; a favorable-looking line must not be chosen simply because it supports the desired answer.
Definitions and prerequisites
Rewrite the question as one actor, object or outcome and one time window. Identify the role taxonomy used by the named method, then note whether several visible lines, a hidden spirit or a Shi/Ying focus compete.
Method or reference rule
Map the question to a role, list all eligible lines, apply the declared tie rule, preserve rejected candidates and only then audit month/day, movement, void and changed-line evidence for the selected focus.
Worked example
A document or examination question may use the Parents class under one declared framework. If two Parents lines appear, record both and explain the selection rule rather than choosing the stronger one after judging them.
Closest failure case
A double question such as “Will I get the job and be happy there?” contains separate outcomes and can imply different focus roles. Forcing both into one Yongshen makes any result too broad to audit.
Sources, interpretation and limits
Yongshen is an interpretive role, not a measured cause or guaranteed representative of a person. It cannot authorize medical, legal or financial action and should never be chosen to produce a predetermined verdict.
The named chapter documents a historical procedure; the OpenFate code locator documents the current deterministic implementation. Differences remain attributed rather than silently reconciled.
Verification checklist
Save the question, cast time, timezone, face convention, six line values, source edition and product version whenever they can change the result.
- Reproduce the six stored line values before interpretation.
- Name the method, edition and product settings used.
- Cite the decisive chart facts instead of one dramatic label.
- Use observable records and qualified advice for high-stakes decisions.
Sources and editorial basis
- Wikisource: 增刪卜易《增刪卜易》 chapter 9, lines 110–122 in the current digitization: definitions of 用神、元神、忌神、仇神 and a worked selection example.Public-domain digitization with named chapters on casting, Eight-Palace names, Yongshen and worked cases. Editorial additions in the digitization must not be silently attributed to the historical author.
- OpenFate Liu Yao deterministic chart contractOpenFate app/modules/liuyao/logic/topics.ts and engine.ts: topic-to-focus contract, counterpart branch, Shi/Ying fallback and selected-position handling.Product evidence for seeded six-line casting and the current deterministic chart fields and policies. It supports current behavior only, not historical priority or predictive truth.
- OpenFate Editorial MethodologyOpenFate Editorial Methodology, stable sections #editorial-principles, #editorial-workflow, #editorial-ai and #editorial-context. Page claim scope: 依問題角色選取用神，並明列含糊問題、雙重問題與多候選爻的處理。OpenFate separates deterministic chart calculation, traditional interpretation, and modern editorial explanation.