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Omens
19. Offering made to each of the four quarters will be auspicious.
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The Shuozhou says:
"Dogs die and are repeatedly reborn; to eat dogs is unlucky.
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inauspicious. Once (it) possesses supernatural powers (it) can cause misfortune.
death and destroy one's links (with the living???).
difficult to catch in order to kill it; if wounded it becomes even fiercer(?).
If you reflect on how best to worship (it) again in order to grow rich (then) release something living(?), it will bring great good fortune to all of us. Afterward, all things will rapidly be successful as promised in the rules. (?) Make an amulet and put a dog at the top.
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23. Chapter 27: Omens from sounds.
All these sounds are (produced) by the ghosts of dead soldiers.
If a sound is heard on a zi day, it bodes ill; there will be illness
24. (and misfortune?). Write an astronomical charm and hang it over the door and all will be well.
If a sound is heard on a zhou day, there will be damage to wealth and property and misfortune for small children. Offer a peach tree branch, 6 inches seven cun long.
25. Write an astronomical charm and place it in the branch and it will bring good fortune.
If sounds are heard on a yin day, it bodes ill. There will be illness, calamities and loss of wealth. Offer a peach tree branch 6 inches 7 cun long.
26. Write an astronomical charm in order to produce good fortune. If a sound is heard on a mao day, disasters will affect young children. Offer a branch of the tong tree three inches nine cun long.
I made the following corrections: - "muži" to "cun" (assuming it's a unit of measurement, and "cun" is a common Chinese unit) - "US" to "us" - "zi F day" to "zi day" (removed the extra character) - "zhou # day" to "zhou day" (removed the extra character) - "mao p day" to "mao day" (removed the extra character) - Added or corrected punctuation for better readability - Corrected some spacing issues - "seven muži" and "7 mu" to "seven cun" (consistency in unit of measurement) Note that some parts of the text still appear to be unclear or contain uncertain characters (e.g., "(with the living???)" and "(?)"). These were left as is, as per the instruction to not rephrase or rewrite the text.