On the Ten Great Disasters of the Wicked
Original Text
十恶者，譬律法中人，犯十恶重罪，在所不赦，大败者，譬兵法中与敌交战，大败无一生还，喻极凶也。六甲旬中十个日值禄人空亡，如甲辰、乙巳，甲以寅为禄，乙以卯为禄，甲辰旬以寅卯为空亡。壬申者，壬以亥为禄，甲子旬以亥为空亡。馀如丙申、丁亥、庚辰、戊戌、癸亥、辛巳、乙丑等日皆仿此。命中犯者，当以日上见之为是，其馀不论。况犯者未必皆凶，若内有吉神相扶，贵气相辅，当为吉论。
《元白经》曰：「十恶都来十个辰，逐年有煞用区分。」如庚戌年见甲辰日，辛亥年见乙巳日，壬寅年见丙申日，癸巳年见丁亥日，甲辰年见戊戌日，乙未年见乙丑日，甲戌年见庚辰日，乙亥年见辛巳日，丙寅年见壬申日，丁巳年见癸亥日，盖以年支干冲日支干，无禄为忌，馀悉无妨。
Interpretation
The "ten evils" are like those who, according to the law, commit the ten most heinous crimes and are not pardoned. The "great defeat" is like those in military strategy who engage in battle with the enemy and suffer a great defeat with no one surviving, which symbolizes extreme bad luck. In the cycle of the six Jia, there are ten days when the person's "lu" (the position of good fortune in the Bazi system) falls into the "empty and dead" state. For example, in the case of Jia Chen and Yi Si, Jia takes Yin as its "lu", and Yi takes Mao as its "lu", and in the Jia Chen cycle, Yin and Mao are in the state of "empty and dead". For Ren Shen, Ren takes Hai as its "lu", and in the Jia Zi cycle, Hai is in the state of "empty and dead". The same principle applies to other days such as Bing Shen, Ding Hai, Geng Chen, Wu Xu, Gui Hai, Xin Si, and Yi Chou. If a person's Bazi has such a situation, it should be judged based on the day pillar, and other pillars are not considered. Moreover, those who have such a situation in their Bazi are not necessarily all unlucky. If there are auspicious stars to support and noble influences to assist, it should be regarded as auspicious.
The "Yuanbai Classic" says, "The ten evils all occur within ten Chen periods. Each year has inauspicious signs to be distinguished." For example, in the Gengxu year, the Jiachen day is inauspicious; in the Xinhai year, the Yisi day is inauspicious; in the Renyin year, the Bingshen day is inauspicious; in the Guisi year, the Dinghai day is inauspicious; in the Jiachen year, the Wuxu day is inauspicious; in the Yimao year, the Yichou day is inauspicious; in the Jiasu year, the Gengchen day is inauspicious; in the Yihai year, the Xinsi day is inauspicious; in the Bingyin year, the Renshen day is inauspicious; in the Dingsi year, the Guihai day is inauspicious. This is because when the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches of the year clash with those of the day, and there is no "lu" (a concept in traditional Chinese fortune - telling), it is regarded as inauspicious. All other situations are fine.