BaZi · Glossary
Flowing Element Chain in BaZi
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-11 · 1 min read
Flowing Element Chain 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.
四丁未，未中乙枭丁比，惟己为食神，得生金财，流通为妙，运行午巳辰寅卯，火愈炎，土愈燥，此凶祸之命。
金见水以流通。
而土五皆阳之生数而不可易者也故得以更迭为主而为五行之纲以徳言之则木为发生之性水为贞静之体而土又包育之母故水之包五行也以其流通贯彻而无不在也木之包五行以其归根反本而藏于此也若夫土则水火之所寄金木之所资居中而奠四方一体而载万类者也又曰水火清金木浊土又浊邵子曰金火相守则流木火相得则然从其类也水遇寒则结遇火
，庚合之，则绊乙，以其化金也，或丑未为喜神，子午合之，则成闲神，或甲木为忌神，寅亥合之，则增凶势，皆不宜也，大率多合则不流通，不奋发，虽有秀气，亦不为奇。
八月辛金，当权得令，旺之极矣，专用壬水淘洗，故云金见水以流通，如见戊己，则生扶太过，故以土为病，见甲制土，方妙，无戊，不宜用甲。
水有含润流通。
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