LI

Question 1

LI1

Answer 1

Merchant Yang (Shang Yang)

Metal

Empowers appropriate valuation of essence

Summons metal element virtues to support LI

Question 2

LI2

Answer 2

Second Interval (Er Jian)

Water

Cools, soothes and tempers metal

Regulates moisture in LI

Empowers boundaries, receptivity and emptiness

Question 3

LI3

Answer 3

The Third Interval (San Jian)

Wood

Ensures receiving and letting go happen in harmony with heaven’s plan

Vision within the process of letting go

Question 4

LI5

Answer 4

Yang Stream (Yang Xi)

Fire

Tempers metal to empower flow

Tempers self righteousness w/ compassion

Allows metal to flow, burning away impurities while transforming and purifying all aspects of being

Question 5

LI11

Answer 5

Crooked Pond (Qu Chi)

Earth

Empowers balance of connection to substance and essence

Harmonizes relationship btw substantiality and emptiness

Empowers nourishment while letting go of impurities

Question 6

LI4

Answer 6

Joining of the Valleys (He Gu)

Yuan Source

Empowers letting go of impurity in all aspects of being

Question 7

LI7

Answer 7

Warm Current (Wen Liu)

Xi Cleft

Moves and eliminates the stagnation of hardened mundanity internally

stagnation manifesting as self righteousness, grief and longing

5 cun up

Question 8

LI6

Answer 8

Side Passage (Pian Li)

Luo

Vents heat and pressure that stagnate in LI

Vents stagnation to the exterior

empowers connection to heaven and essence within and without

3 cun up