Wealth Flourishes to Generate Officialdom

Original Text

《继善篇》云：富而且贵，定因财旺生官。盖财有生官之理，既取财为用，不要见官，若见官则为财官格矣。柱有伤食，虽财厚亦不能生官。如戊己以亥子、壬癸为财，以寅卯甲乙为官，若生壬子、癸亥月，四柱不见寅卯甲乙，是为财旺生官，如此元命因富致贵，或纳粟及仪宾之类，若月令财无损克，亦主登科，透庚辛则不能生，不以此格论。

Interpretation

According to "Jishan Pian": "Being both wealthy and noble must be due to the prosperous wealth generating the official. Since wealth has the principle of generating the official, if wealth is taken as the useful element, the official should not appear. If the official appears, it becomes the pattern of wealth and official. If there are damaging and devouring elements in the Bazi, even with abundant wealth, it cannot generate the official. For example, for the Earthly Branches of Wu and Ji, Hai and Zi, Ren and Gui are regarded as wealth, and Yin and Mao, Jia and Yi are regarded as the official. If one is born in the Renzi or Guihai month and there are no Yin, Mao, Jia, and Yi in the four pillars, it is a situation where prosperous wealth generates the official. In such a natal chart, one can achieve nobility through wealth, such as obtaining a title by donating grains or becoming a consort of a princess. If the wealth in the monthly pillar is not damaged or restricted, it also indicates passing the imperial examinations. However, if Geng and Xin appear, the wealth cannot generate the official, and this pattern does not apply."