BaZi · Glossary
Insufficiency in BaZi
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-11 · 1 min read
Insufficiency is a BaZi element-balance term. It helps describe climate, momentum, support, restraint, or flow inside the chart.
Example
Use it to compare season, day-master strength, stems, branches, roots, revelation, and luck-cycle activation.
Limit
It is not a standalone forecast or a fixed favorable/unfavorable rule. Read it with the full chart structure.
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In the classical texts
Passages in the classical texts held on this site where the term occurs, transcribed from the named edition. The texts do not necessarily use the term the way it is used today.
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为兄弟生我者为父母珞琭子云金木定其刚柔又兰台赋云兄弟类同三公之位壶中子云兄弟类同紫绶专城扶舜日】二阴和柔两阳争竞太过者暴不及者徐【二阴和柔者命中四柱支神纯末乃二阴位也盖土旺之宫柔和也两阳争竞者子也水也卯者木也如子母之道因两阳相强而不恤所以相生递相刑害故曰无礼有刑争竞之理明矣盖阳司生隂司杀故一阴一阳之
不及少仁、心生妒意。
益者，益其不及也。
扶之不及，扶其扶者为用神。
大叚天元羸弱宫吉不及以为荣中下兴隆卦防不能成其咎
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