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Omens cause problems. If a dog eats its own pups it bodes ill.15 Those who hear a dog howl should not go out for three years10 (or) family ruin and deaths will inevitably follow.
6. Chapter 26: Omens to be drawn from dogs which bare their teeth.
If a dog bares its teeth on a zi day great good fortune will follow. [Some claim it bodes ill for the eldest son.17]
If a dog bares its teeth on a zhou day, it bodes ill; women will die.
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yin, good fortune.
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or the misfortune of parting.
If a dog (bares its teeth on a) mao day, there will be grief. It bodes ill for the eldest son.
si, it is also unfavourable for convening guests.
wu... (there will be) litigation over property.
wei.. great good fortune and benefits will follow. [Some claim there will be mutual injury.]
shen ... misfortune and deaths will follow.
you ... great good fortune will follow. [Some claim evil spirits will arrive.]
xu ...
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9. If a dog urinates against someone's door,18 within three days there will be