BaZi · Glossary
Element I Generate in BaZi
Deep Oracle Editorial Team · 2026-08-11 · 1 min read
Element I Generate is a BaZi ten-god direction term. It is the outward-output direction, usually read through eating-god and hurting-officer themes.
Reading Role
Use it to place the term in the correct pillar, stem, branch, hidden-stem, or timing layer before drawing interpretation.
Example
In a chart fragment, this term changes what gets read first: location, support, season, or direction of element flow. That keeps the reading from collapsing into a single label.
Limit
Do not assume output has already become results.
Related Terms
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.
间不过隂阳五行而已隂阳五行交相为用不过生尅制化而已今指甲乙为例以日干论甲乙在五行属木甲阳而乙隂也如人命得甲乙生谓之日主属我生我者壬癸水我生者丙丁火尅我者庚辛金我尅者戊巳土而十干尽之矣生我者有父母之义故立名印绶印䕃也绶受也譬父母有恩徳䕃庇子孙子孙得受其福朝廷设官分职畀以印绶使之掌管官而无印何所慿据人无
旧云逢财看官者，不尽然，凡我克我生，一件入格得气，皆可取贵，但恐只此一件，便是滞物，故财与食伤，又欲其辗转生化，非必以生出克我为贵也。
补曰：伤官者，我生彼之谓也。
五行生我者为父母是也，我生为子孙。
甲丙生寅，明我生气。
火生春而旺于夏土乗火气初生旺于已每于四季节中气前三日为旺其日在辰戌丑未为正位故金旺木死木旺金囚水旺木相土旺火休生我者父母我生者子孙尅我者官鬼我尅者妻财比和者同类然五行之性各致其用是以元星入局福夀无亏母曜归巢荣华有凖若见财星得所发积成家倘或刑星当前尅伤防命遇子旺宫多显发子冲杀处必英雄子可顺于财星财莫伤
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