Volume 1: Celestial Laws (Tong Shen Lun) · Chapter 31
Hidden and Exposed (Yin Xian)
Attributed to Jing Tu (Song); commentary tradition by Liu Bowen (Ming)
Modern Digest & Life Relevance
Do not parade your good news
A useful spirit left out in the open invites competition — everyone reaches for it, so it gets pulled apart. A harmful element buried deep in the chart is a tiger being fed in a back room: quiet now, dangerous later. The practical advice runs in both directions: keep the good support protected rather than flaunted, and dig out the buried problem before it grows.
Key Concepts:Useful God (Yong Shen)Direct Officer (Zheng Guan)